Stephanie Topalian is a Japanese American/Armenian entertainer currently residing in Japan. She debuted at the age of 19 from SME Records (SONY). The same year, she received the “New Artist Award” at the 49th Annual “Japan Record Award”. With her popularity soaring, she has released back to back albums ”Stephanie” (2008) and ”Colors of my Voice”(2009).
Stephanie's songs were widely featured in the Japanese Anime scene, as they became theme songs for popular TV Anime series such as “Kiss Dum”, “D. Gray-man”, and “Gundam 00”. Her song ”Friends” took her to the top 10 of the Japanese Oricon music chart. Stephanie took the leading role in the film “Pride”(2009) based on Yukari Ichijo's shōjo comics and also sang the theme song ”Pride-A Part Of Me- feat.SRM”. She has also starred in Indie films “It's All Good” and “Tokyo Tribe.”
As Stephanie's popularity grows internationally, she is also serving as a goodwill ambassador bringing together cultures and countries. In August 2014, she was the singing star for the 1st Annual Nagoya Day performing live at The Grove, Los Angeles. This Los Angeles/Nagoya (Japan) sister city event was hosted by political dignitaries such as Nagoya Mayor Kawamura, Los Angeles Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Japan Consul General Horinouchi and corporate sponsors such as Toyota and Central Japan Railway Company. Stephanie created the "Nagoya Day Song" especially for this day and also debuted songs like "Price of Freedom" from Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Core Crisis "The Death March" project.
In May 2015, Stephanie represented the country of Armenia by joining the Genealogy team to compete in the 2015 Eurovision contest held in Vienna, Austria. The melodic song "Face The Shadow" garnered #1 on the Eurovision Popular Vote. For Genealogy's efforts in bringing unity to the Armenian people around the world, Stephanie was awarded as honorary citizen of Armenia at a congratulatory ceremony hosted by the Republic of Armenia President Sargsyan.
In October 2015, Stephanie received a special invitation by the Los Angeles Nagoya Sister City Affiliation to sing at the 2015 Nagoya Festival.
Stephanie continues to mesmerize her fans all over the world with her powerful voice and captivating presence.