Larissa Cartes is a Brazilian-Japanese singer, dancer and former member of RANIA (라니아) and BLACKSWAN (블랙스완). She is the second Brazilian idol in the K-pop industry, but the first female one. She has dual citizenship thanks to her parents.

She was officially part of RANIA (using her real name, Larissa) after she was added to the lineup in 2019, but was never part of any promotions as the group re-branded due to the agency's financial problems. She then became the sub-vocalist, visual, lead rapper, dancer and maknae of BLACKSWAN and debuted in November 2020 (using the stage name Leia) with their first album, "Goodbye Rania".

In late 2022, DR Music (디알뮤직) revealed that she had returned to Brazil to receive psychiatric treatment and went into an indefinite hiatus. In July 2023, group leader Fatou revealed the 4-member lineup was the final one, implying that she had left the group.

She appears to be working as a commercial model in Brazil.

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