, known professionally as , is a biracial (''

hāfu is a Japanese language term used to refer to a person ethnically half Japanese and half non-Japanese. A loanword from English, the term literally means "half," a reference to the individual's non-Japanese heritage. The word can also be used to ...

'') Japanese Canadian model,

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and

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. She is known for many television shows such as ''Sport'' on

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(2009-),

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's ''Hirunandesu!'' (2014-) and ''Buzz Rhythm'' (2015-). Her

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videos are about exotic cars and hobbies.

Career

Maggy is of

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(her father Iain Gibb is a voice actor and narrator) and Japanese descent. As she spent her childhood in Halifax,

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with relatives, she speaks both English and Japanese. In 2008, at the age of sixteen, she was scouted by her current agent, and won the Best Smile Award in the LesPros Girls Audition 2008. Then she made her debut in entertainment industry. In April 2009, she appeared in the sports news program ''Sport'' on

. This show made her name popular. Since October 2014, she appears as a regular guest on

's variety show ''Hirunandesu!'' every Monday. She also hosts the variety show ''Buzz Rhythm'' with Japanese comedian Bakarhythm on NTV since April 2015. She also often participates in fashion events such as the

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, and is part of the stable of magazine models '' Vivi'' and '' Cutie''. She made her debut as an actress with the role Yona in the NHK drama Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit which started on November 25, 2017. Her first appearance in a movie was

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where she played Margaret and it released on July 19, 2019. On September 20, 2020, Maggy started a

channel called Maggie's Beauty and the Speed. The videos are about cars and her hobbies and primarily in

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. As of May 24, 2022 the channel has 95.8 thousand subscribers.

Appearances

Film

*''

'' (2019)

TV

*'' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (2017)

Events

* Girls Award (2011 S/S, 2011 A/W, 2014 A/W, 2015 S/S) *

(2011 A/W, 2012 A/W, in Nagoya, 2012 S/S, 2014 S/S, 2014 A/W, 2015 S/S) *

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(2011 A/W, 2012 A/W, 2013 A/W) * Tokyo Runway (2012 A/W, 2013 S/S, 2013 A/W, 2014 A/W, 2015 S/S)

Radio

* ''Current'' (October 2011 - March 2013,

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) * ''Hamarabo'' (April 2012 - September 2012, FM Yokohama)

Discography

Singles

* ''Niji no Mukou e'' (Sony Music Direct, 27 July 2011)

Bibliography

Magazines

* ''CUTiE'',

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1989-, as a regular model * '' ViVi'', Kodansha 1983-, as an exclusive model since 2010

Photobooks

* ''Maggy,Maggy,Maggy……'' ( Kodansha, 18 November 2013) * ''I'm Maggy'' (Kodansha, 2 December 2015) * ''Your Maggy'' (Kodansha, 2 December 2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maggy 1992 births Japanese television personalities Japanese female models Japanese gravure models Japanese YouTubers Japanese people of Canadian descent Japanese people of Scottish descent Living people Models from Hyōgo Prefecture