Richard Magarey (born 3 August 1983) is an Australian

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, singer and

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, known for his bearded

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persona named . He is currently vocalist of the band BABYBEARD, formerly with the band

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and

Deadlift Lolita Richard Magarey (born 3 August 1983) is an Australian stunt actor, professional wrestler, singer and YouTuber, known for his bearded crossdressing persona named . He is currently vocalist of the band BABYBEARD, formerly with the band Ladybaby an ...

Early career

According to GirlsWalker, Magarey first started crossdressing when he was 14 years old using his sister's school uniform. Ever since then, cute outfits have been part of his eventual wrestling gimmick. Magarey graduated from the

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of South Australia Drama Centre in 2004 with a

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before moving to Melbourne to train in Hong Kong-style martial arts and cinematic stunt work with

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of the

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Wrestling and acting career

Originally from

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, Magarey moved to Hong Kong in 2006 to kickstart his martial arts stunt career in films, later becoming a hit in Hong Kong as a cross-dressing pro wrestler. He held roles in two

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movies:

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, shot in 2010 in Hong Kong (where Magarey was also the

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for lead actor

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), and

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, shot in 2011 in the

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. He also starred as the main foreign villain in

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. In October 2013 he moved to Tokyo, Japan to attempt a similar career there. On January 1, 2015 Ladybeard released the DVD+CD "Ladybeard Justice Fight Ai To Yuki To Bikini To Hige To". In 2017 Ladybeard was part of the Australian documentary "Big in Japan". In addition to his native English, Ladybeard has conversational levels of Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and can understand some German.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) – with

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and

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( 1 time)

Music career

T-SPOOK 2016 Ladybeard (Onechans) (33930919055)

Ladybeard's musical style is described as

Kawaiicore Kawaii metal (also known as idol metal, cute metal, J-pop metal or kawaiicore) is a musical genre that blends elements of heavy metal and J-pop that was pioneered in Japan in the early 2010s. The genre combines both Eastern and Western influence ...

, a

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(Japanese for "cute") and the -core suffix associated with hardcore metal genres. His motto is "Sing, dance, destroy!".

Ladybaby

In 2015, he formed the band with singers

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and called

. On 4 July, the group released their first track and music video titled 'Nippon Manju' ('Japanese Bun', in English) which is a song that covers all the things they love about Japan. Released in July 2015, the music video went viral on YouTube, at one point gathering 1 million views in 2 days. Their second single, released in Japan on 13 January 2016, debuted at number 15 in the daily

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charts. Ladybeard has since withdrawn from the group. The group re-branded itself, going by "The Idol Formerly Known as LADYBABY". in 2018, the group returned to the original name after Rei left the group and three other girls joined. Ladybeard did however make a guest appearance on the EP "ホシノナイソラ -Starless_Sky-", providing additional growling vocals on the song "ビリビリマネー -Biri Biri Money-".

Deadlift Lolita

On 28 February 2017, Ladybeard announced the formation of a new group, "Deadlift Lolita", with bodybuilding model and wrestler

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. They are joined by guitarist , who also accompanied

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. Their first single "Six Pack Twins" was released on 31 March 2017.

Solo and collaborations

On 1 January 2015 Ladybeard released the single CD bonus of the DVD "LadyBeard Justice Fight – Ai to Yuki to Bikini to Hige to -", with the single and four remixes of the song "Ladybeard Justice Fight". On 20 January 2016 Ladybeard was featured in Shiori Tomita single "Valentine Kiss Cover", version of "

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", from

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. On 19 October 2016 Ladybeard released a collaboration single with PEE and Yuuka Furukawa, "Wanchan Aruchan". On 28 October 2016 he released a collaboration single with the Chinese idol group ATF, "Ghost Script". On 23 May 2018 he released a collaboration single with the drummer MURATA TAMU, "Super D & D ~Kanzen ni Lead Shite I My Me~", with "D zettai! Samurai in the rain" as b-side. On 7 July 2020 he made screams in the single from Zakk Cash " Limit Break X Survivor (Dragon Ball Super Collaborative Cover) (feat. Amalee, Ladybeard, Samuel Cristea, Eric Emery, Julian Comeau, Mark Barela, Callgirl & Christian Grey"). All the proceeds from streams are going to

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, supporting victims of the Aussie bushfires, and those most affected by

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BABYBEARD

On April 12, 2021, Ladybeard announced the formation of a new group called BABYBEARD with singers Suzu and Kotomi. Their debut releases "Nippon Kara Konnichiwa" and "PIENIZER" began streaming on April 28, 2021. "Nippon Kara Konnichiwa" reached iTunes Store • J-Pop Top Songs • Australia • TOP 2 on April 28, 2021 and iTunes Store • J-Pop Top Songs • America • TOP 4 on April 29, 2021. Songs for the group were written by Takashi Asano and Natsumi Tadano, the writers of

's "Nippon Manju".

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* * {{authority control 1983 births Living people Australian male professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Adelaide Sportsmen from South Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan Musicians from Adelaide Australian heavy metal singers Male-to-female cross-dressers Kawaii metal musicians 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian male singers Fly To Everywhere World Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Champions