{{Short description|Japanese actress and model (born 1995)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Alissa Yagi | native_name = 八木 アリサ | native_name_lang = ja | other_names = | birth_name = Arisa Yagi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|31|mf=yes}}<ref name="oricon profile"/> | birth_place = Hokkaido, Japan<ref name="oricon profile"/> | years_active = 2006–present | occupation = {{flatlist| * Model * actress}} | agent = Amuse, Inc. | height_cm = 168<ref name="oricon profile"/> | parents = | relatives = | website = {{URL|http://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/yagi_arisa/}} }} {{nihongo|'''Alissa Yagi'''|八木 アリサ|Yagi Arisa|born July 31, 1995}}, also known as '''Arisa Yagi''', is a Japanese actress and model associated with Amuse, Inc. From 2008 to 2012, Yagi was an exclusive model for the pre-teen fashion magazine ''Nicola''. Since 2012, she modeled exclusively for the magazine ''Vivi'', and in 2014, she made her acting debut as Megumi Kitagawa in the live-action film adaptation of ''Say I Love You''.

==Career==

Yagi was scouted at Actors Studio in Hokkaido Headquarters School recital and was set to debut in the girl group Teardrops but left in October 2006.<ref name="actorsstudio profile">{{cite web | url=https://hokkaido-actors.jp/artist.html | title=2013年、アクターズスタジオ出身アーティスト | trans-title=Artists from Actors Studio, 2013 | language=ja | work=Actors Studio | access-date=2019-04-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724200632/https://hokkaido-actors.jp/artist.html | archive-date=July 24, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> She auditioned for Lyra in the Japanese dub of ''The Golden Compass'' and became a finalist in the competition, which led her to be scouted by ''Nicola''.<ref name="actorsstudio profile"/> She modeled exclusively for the magazine beginning in the February 2008 issue and graduated in 2012 at the nicola Tokyo Open Day 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nicola.jp/nicomo/2003/arisa.html | title=ニコラネット★ニコモ's FILE | trans-title=Nicola Net: NicoMo's File | language=ja | work=Nicola | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223131515/http://www.nicola.jp/nicomo/2003/arisa.html | archive-date=2008-12-23}}</ref>

She first appeared in ''ViVi'' in October 2011 in the December issue. Beginning in 2012, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Vivi''.<ref name="modelpress 2014-06-22">{{cite news |date=2014-06-22 |title=「ViVi」八木アリサ、「Seventeen」三吉彩花らミニ衣装で"美脚競演" 「アミューズ」期待のモデルが集結 |language=ja |work=Model Press |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1379804 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

In 2014, Yagi appeared on the South Korean reality show ''We Got Married: Global Edition'', where she was paired with Key from Shinee.<ref name="wgm">{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1357326 | title=「ViVi」モデル八木アリサ、SHINee・KEYとの"仮想結婚"「刺激がいっぱい」 モデルプレスインタビュー | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2014-04-28 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> Later in October, she modeled at the A-Nation and Girls Award Island Collection collaboration concert event in Singapore<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1438261 | title=藤井リナ、八木アリサ、石田ニコルら「a-nation」シンガポールで大歓声 | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2014-10-19 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> and Super Girls Expo in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1448549 | title=「ViVi」八木アリサ、透けセクシーで美脚披露 台湾女子から大歓声 | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2014-11-22 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

In 2015, she modeled at Tokyo Runway 2015 Spring/Summer,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1467656 | title=「ViVi」八木アリサ、真っ白フリルミニドレスで登場 ラブリーな後ろ姿にも視線集中＜東京ランウェイ 2015 SPRING／SUMMER＞ | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2015-02-14 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> and Kobe Collection 2015 Spring/Summer.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1472366 | title=八木アリサ、可愛すぎるミニスカ×ツインテールに黄色い歓声＜神戸コレクション2015S／S＞ | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2015-03-07 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

She had her first solo cover in the March 2016 version of ''ViVi'' released on January 23, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-23 |title=八木アリサ「ViVi」初の単独表紙 "アリサになりたい"圧倒的支持を集める素顔とは |url=http://mdpr.jp/review/detail/1559639 |website=モデルプレス (modelpress) |access-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427114628/http://mdpr.jp/review/detail/1559639 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Yagi modeled at the Tokyo Girls Collection 2016 Autumn/Winter show.<ref name="modelpress 2016-09-04">{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/1611785 | title=八木アリサ、初挑戦の反響は？「ニヤニヤしながら…」＜TGC2016 A／W＞ | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2016-09-04 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> On August 20, Yagi released her first photobook, ''Yagi Magazine''.<ref name="oricon 2019-08-27">{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2077449/full/ | title=八木アリサ、写真集は"素"がテーマ 初の下着姿も「女の子にキュンとしてほしい」 | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2019-08-27 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

In 2018, Yagi modeled at the Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Autumn/Winter show.<ref name="modelpress 2018-09-01">{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1789979 | title=八木アリサ、ミニスカで美脚輝く "流し目"が色っぽい＜TGC2018A／W＞ | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2018-09-01 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> In 2019, Yagi modeled at the Rakuten Girls Award 2019 Spring/Summer show.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1827666 | title=TWICE、ガルアワ初出演決定 MCには松岡茉優「GirlsAward 2019 SPRING／SUMMER」第2弾出演者発表 | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2019-03-15 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> She has also been the model spokesperson for fashion and make-up brands such as Samantha Thavasa,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20190204-767170/ | title=八木アリサ、ショーパンで美脚全開! 抜群のスタイルで魅了 | language=ja | work=MyNavi News | date=2019-02-04 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> Candy Stripper, and Canmake.

From 2020 till 2023, Yagi played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical ''Rent''.

In November 2020, one of her costars in the musical "RENT" contracted COVID-19, and Yagi also tested positive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=八木アリサ、コロナ感染 甲斐翔真らに続きミュージカル「RENT」から15人に - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2314952 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |date=May 15, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref> A total of 21 people involved in the musical tested positive, so all performances were cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=ミュージカル「RENT」全公演中止に |url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/406028 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=ステージナタリー |language=ja}}</ref> On December 1, she announced on her Instagram that she would be returning to work after her recuperation period.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-02 |title=新型コロナ感染の八木アリサ、仕事復帰を報告「応援を胸に引き続き精進」 |url=https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/672442 |website=沖縄タイムス }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> She contracted COVID-19 for the second time on January 31, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=株式会社 アミューズ |date=2022-01-31 |title=当社所属アーティスト 八木アリサの新型コロナウイルス感染に関するご報告 |url=https://www.amuse.co.jp/info/20220131/ |website=AMUSE}}</ref>

Yagi graduated from ViVi with the February 2022 issue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=八木アリサ：ViViモデル卒業で「一から再チャレンジ」 努力の人が新たなステージへ - 毎日キレイ_ |url=https://mainichikirei.jp/article/20220104dog00m100006000c.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=毎日キレイ |date=January 4, 2022 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> In May 2022, a collaboration item with lingerie brand bijorie was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ランジェリーブランド「bijorie」から、『#女の子のよくばり盛り』ルームウェアが登場！モデルの八木アリサさんとコラボレーション5月21日(土)よりルミネエスト新宿店に... |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001571.000001304.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES|date=May 12, 2022 }}</ref>

== Personal life == Yagi was born on July 31, 1995, in Hokkaido, Japan to a French father and a Japanese mother.<ref name="oricon profile">{{cite web |title=八木アリサのプロフィール |trans-title=Alissa Yagi's profile |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/637755/profile/ |access-date=2019-04-29 |work=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="modelpress 2014-06-22" /> She is an only child.<ref name="oricon profile" /> She is fluent in English and Japanese but has also studied Korean and Chinese.<ref name="oricon profile" /> When she was in elementary school, she lived in Thailand and Tahiti.

==Publications==

===Photo books=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Publisher ! ISBN |- | 2016 | {{nihongo|''Yagi Magazine''|やぎマガジン}} | Kodansha | {{ISBN|978-4-06-220236-7}} |- |}

==Filmography==

===Music video=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Artist ! Note |- | 2008 | "Anata ga Koko ni Itara" | Porno Graffitti | &mdash; |- | rowspan="2" | 2015 | "Ohhh!!! Hanabi" | Porno Graffitti | &mdash; |- | "Ashita wa Kitto Ii Hi ni Naru" | Rihwa | &mdash; |- |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Network ! Note |- | 2009–2010 | ''Necktie Princess'' | Herself | TV Tokyo | Variety show regular<ref name="actorsstudio profile"/> |- | 2014 | ''We Got Married: Global Edition'' (season 2) | Herself | MBC TV | Reality show; partnered with Key (Shinee)<ref name="wgm"/> |- | 2018 | ''Love Love Alien 2'' | Sumire Kitamura | Fuji TV | &mdash; |- | 2020 | ''Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" Season 1'' | Eleonora | Wowow | &mdash; |- | Rowspan="2" |2022 | ''Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" Season 2'' | Eleonora | Wowow | &mdash; |- | ''What Six Survivors Told'' | Mogami Sana | MBS TBS | &mdash; |- |}

===Film===

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Ref. |- | 2014 | ''Say I Love You.'' | Megumi Kitagawa | Debut acting role | <ref>{{cite news | first=Crystalyn | last=Hodgkins | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-09/haruna-kawaguchi-sota-fukushi-star-in-say-i-love-you-live-action-film | title=Haruna Kawaguchi, Sōta Fukushi Star in Say, 'I Love You'. Live-Action Film | work=Anime News Network | date=2014-01-09 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Zenigata'' | Sawako Sugiyama | | |- | rowspan="3" |2019 | ''Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy'' | | | |- | ''Come On, Kiss Me Again!'' | Akari Kazami | Lead role | <ref>{{cite news | url=https://mdpr.jp/cinema/detail/1834726 | title=八木アリサ、おしゃれ"肌見せ"ドレスで魅了「沖縄をイメージしてきた」＜第11回沖縄国際映画祭＞ | language=ja | work=Model Press | date=2019-04-21 | access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> |- | ''Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight'' | Shu Uchida | | <ref name="ann 2019-10-03">{{cite news | first=Rafael Antonio | last=Pineda | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-03/live-action-kiss-me-at-the-stroke-of-midnight-film-trailer-previews-theme-song/.151811 | title=Live-Action Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight Film's Trailer Previews Theme Song | work=Anime News Network | date=2019-10-03 | access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2021 | ''The Sun Stands Still'' | Nana | | |- | ''We Made a Beautiful Bouquet'' | | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2020/10/12/69387.html|title= 清原果耶＆オダギリジョーら『花束みたいな恋をした』追加キャスト発表|access-date= October 12, 2020|work= Cinema Cafe|date= October 12, 2020}}</ref> |- | 2024 | ''The Dancing Okami'' | Catherine | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98329/|title= レディ加賀|access-date= December 24, 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |}

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