Kiara is best known for assisting Japanese reporters with interviews and features requiring real-time language interpretation and commentary. Her most well-known celebrity interactions include dancing with idol group Momoiro Clover Z, interviewing YOSHIKI of the band X Japan, and eating around Osaka hotspots with announcer Takeshi Mori and talent Takashi Matsuo.

TV Appearances

Waratte Koraete (億人の大質問!?笑ってコラえて!)
12 appearances on the Japanese variety show, including…

• The first New York/LA 2 hour special of the program, highlighting culture and events for July 4th/Independence Day interpreting interview questions for the director.
•  “Kiara’s First Trip To Japan Special” where – after discovering I spoke fluent Japanese but had never been – the host of the show flew me out for an all-expenses paid 10 day trip in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagano that included meditating with monks, a tearful reunion with an old friend, Japanese cuisine, firework festivals, and dancing with the popular idol group Momoiro Clover Z.
• Reporting for the red carpet premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in NYC, interviewing actors and guests.
• Exploring and reporting the area around Mount Fuji in Japan after it was named a World Heritage site.
• Two studio appearances and 4 relay broadcasting between the US and Japan.
• A 2 week adventure through the cities and small villages of Alaska interpreting and coordinating between Japanese director/reporter and local people.

Ce Matin (朝生ワイド す・またん!)
3 Appearances on the Japanese morning news program, including…

• 2 day coverage as reporter and interpreter for Japanese news announcer Takeshi Mori while he visited New York City restaurants and shops that were to be featured in a “Hankyu New York Fair” event at a shopping center in Osaka, Japan.
• Filming in Osaka, Japan with announcer Takeshi Mori and actor Takashi Matsuo as a talent/reporter highlighting well known restaurants in the Nanba area, afterwards sitting in as commentator during the live morning news as a special guest at the studio.

Notable Japanese/English Interviews

•  Django Unchained, NY Red Carpet Premiere (Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Uma Thurman)
• NYC Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop (Taylor Swift, PSY)
• Yoshiki Classical Concert at Carnegie Hall (Yoshiki) via NicoNico Douga, “YoshikiChannel”