Lehua Sandbo
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Lehua (レフア) was a member of the Hello! Project group Coconuts Musume who graduated in 2002.
Profile
- Stage Name: Lehua (レフア)
- Real Name: Lehualani Ehukai Nahina (née Sandbo)
- Birthdate: February 7, 1983
- Birthplace: Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA
- Blood Type: O
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 105 lbs
- Bust: 34"
- Waist: 26"
- Hips: 34"
- Dress: 5 (US)
- Shoe: 7 (US)
- Ethnicity: Norwegian, Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese, Irish, Spanish
- Religion: Catholicism
- Favorite Books: The Gate to Women's Country, The Kadin, Maus, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Private Pleasures, The River Between, Season of the Sun, Siddhartha
- Favorite Color: Orange
- Favorite Foods: Gyudon, Hawaiian food, Italian food, okonomiyaki, ramen
- Favorite Hello! Project Members: Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari
- Favorite Movies: Like Water for Chocolate, Pretty Woman, Romeo and Juliet
- Favorite Singers: Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Morning Musume, Britney Spears
- Interests: Acting, dancing, jazz, life, longboard surfing, school, shopping, singing, soccer, talking, visiting the beach
- Hello! Project Groups:
- Coconuts Musume (2000–2002)
- Hello! Project Shuffle Units:
- 2000: Aoiro 7
- 2001: 7nin Matsuri
History
Lehua joined Hello! Project in January 2000 as the only second generation member of Coconuts Musume. She surprised the judges during the final round of auditions by being the only person to sing "DANCE & CHANCE" in Japanese. During her time in Hello! Project, she released three singles with Coconuts Musume and participated in the shuffle units for two years. Lehua graduated from Hello! Project in February 2002 to pursue a college education.
After her departure from Hello! Project, Lehua moved back to Hawaii. She participated in the Miss Hawaii Pageant in 2003 where she received the Miss Congeniality award. In July 2008, she was crowned Mrs. Hawaii-USA and will compete in the Mrs. United States national pageant on 25 July 2008.
Lehua graduated from Saint Francis School in 2001. She married professional longboard surfer, Kapono Nahina, and in 2004 she gave birth to her only child, Kaianna Lehualani Nahina. She is currently in her junior year at Hawaii Pacific University to become a professional nurse.
