Wei Son

Wei Son (孫 暐, Son ii, born October 13, 1989) is a Japanese fashion model who has been active in both the professional and commercial modeling fields since the late 2000s. She is particularly known in the gyaru scene, as a former major contributor to the Popteen magazine and an exclusive model for its sister magazine PopSister. There are several different ways of spelling her name in Roman script, including Ii Son,Wei Sun, and Wei Son.

Early life

Son, according to her official profile, was born in Saitama, Japan with Chinese nationality, however she herself has stated on multiple occasions that she was born in Dairen, China and lived there until she was 5 years old before immigrating to Niigata and growing up in Saitama. She became a full-time model at the age of 17.

Modeling

She first appeared in the Popteen magazine in May 2007 and was first on its cover in March 2008.

In April 2010 when Popteen's "older sister" magazine PopSister was first published, she appeared on it as an exclusive model alongside six other exclusive models. That same year she went to Shanghai to attend the Shanghai World Expo, specifically its event promoting the gyaru culture and various gyaru-brands, as a representative of the gyaru scene along with eight other Japanese models related to the Popteen magazine.