Lalla Hirayama was born February 10, 1988 in Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. She was born to a Japanese mother and a white South African father of Jewish descent. She is a Japanese-South African television host, actress, dancer and model. Best known for her current work as one of 5 hosts of the live celebrity news show V Entertainment on DSTV channel Vuzu as their longest serving host, a judge on South Africa's Got Talent and host of her show Lalla Land on M-net Movies channel.[