Mai Miyagi Explained

Mai Miyagi
Native Name:宮城 舞
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:19 February 1988
Birth Place:Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Other Names:Maipū
Height:160 cm (2014)[1]
Children:2

is a Japanese fashion model and tarento.[2] She is represented with Starray Production.[3] Her activities centred on magazines and runways.[4] She has the nickname .[5]

After debuting at the gyaru magazine Ranzuki, since 2008 she has been acting as an exclusive model of Jelly for about five years.[6] After becoming an existence called by a signboard model of the same magazine, she moved to ViVi from 2013.[7]

Her younger brother is actor and former kickboxer Dyki Miyagi, who appeared on .[8]

Biography

Modelling career

She was posted as a reader model in the magazine Ranzuki on the occasion of the scouting received before 109 in high school and became the main model of the magazine, then it will become an exclusive model of Jelly from 2008.[9] Since then, she continued exclusive model activities of the magazine.[10] She was posted on the cover on its first solo in the December issue of the same year in her seventh year of the model in 2011.[11] She was later posted on the cover on its own in the next issues of March and April 2012, and February 2013.[12]

She graduated from Jelly who carried out exclusive model activities for about five years at the April issue released in February 2013.[13] On the same day, on 22nd of her own blog, she announced that it will act as a ViVi exclusive model from the April issue of ViVi released on 23 February, and appeared on "ViVi Night" held in Nagoya the same day. The transfer drama of electric shock in this one week became a hot topic on the internet, and was posted as Exceptional Transfer to Jelly Model ViVi at Yahoo News.

In 2013, which became an exclusive model of ViVi, she showed her first gravure modelling with Young Magazine (No. 40) released in September.[14] She made her initial appearance to "Tokyo Runway" in 2014.[15] In addition, she performed various runway performances such as "Tokyo Girls Collection" and "Girls Award", and changed her hairstyle, also became the year when it was said that it was "a year of Imechen".[16]

In 2015, she was appointed in the fashion brand "Heather" developed by Adastria, and became the first "Communication Director" of the brand.[17] She was later appointed after receiving support from a female college student who is the main target of this brand, and will be involved in product development advice, season campaign planning, brand image construction, novelty creation, etc.[18]

Her hobbies is playing mahjong and golf, its hobby is high and it is made to be cast to mahjong and golf programmes.

She appeared in AbemaTV's Freestyle Jan Jon Rec 2 uploaded on 3 September 2016, and won the pro-opponent and earned a prize of 1.5 million yen.

Acting career

In addition to her model activities, in 2011, she appeared in the stage drama Yakusanjū no Uso written by Hideo Tsuchida, becoming her first activity as an actress.[19] In 2014, she played with her younger brother Dyki Miyagi on the stage play "I Want to Try Again xx!" of directed by co-star Chuji Mikasano.[20]

Filmography

Magazines

TitlePublisher
ViVi Kodansha
Jelly Bunkasha
Ranzuki

Runways

Title
Tokyo Girls Collection
Girls Award
Tokyo Runway

Music videos

ArtistSong
C&K "Dance Man (Wokky Wokky × Boggie Woggie)"
"Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichiji"

Jacket photos

YearTitleArtistNotesRef.
2010 "Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichiji" Lady Bird feat. yula. With Yuuki Yamamoto and Maya Mori [21]
2011 Shibuya Ragga Sweet Collection Spicy Chocolate [22]
2012 Shibuya Ragga Sweet Collection 2 [23]

Catalogues

YearTitleWithRef.
2013 Sly 2013 Spring News Paper Aki Matsummoto [24]
Sly 2013 Autumn News Paper [25]
2014 Sly 2014 Spring News Paper [26]

Television

DatesTitleNetworkNotes
12 Jun 2013 Tokyo Precious Dating
  1. 58 Kyobashi
5 Sep 2015 NMB48 Ririka Suto no Kamigi Toi Gachi Battle TBS Channel
4 Dec 2016  - Summers no Kamigi Toi As 47 prefectural surname survey respondent
26 May 2017 The Warame De Pon Fuji TV One

Others

MediumYearTitleWithNotesRef.
2010 Gilfy Store Produced by Jelly Maiko Takahashi, Maya Mori, Yuuki Yamamoto, Naomi Arai, Mana Honda Published by Bunkasha [27]
Internet programme Gyaru Tele Yuuki Yamamoto, Yui Minemura Uploaded to YouTube; regular [28]
Radio programme Mai Miyagi no Say Love [29]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 「ViVi」モデル、4年ぶりのイメチェンに「ドキドキ」. Model Press. ja. 6 Feb 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  2. Web site: 宮城舞. Oricon Celebrity Dictionary. ja. 28 Jul 2017.
  3. Web site: 東京ガールズコレクション'12 S/S. ja. Tokyo Girls Collection. 2012. 28 Jul 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520072219/http://girlswalker.com/tgc/12ss/model/mai_miyagi.html. 20 May 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: 宮城舞とは. Talent Databank. ja. Weblio Dictionary. 28 Jul 2017.
  5. Web site: 宮城舞のプロフィール. Oricon Celebrity Dictionary. ja. 14 Feb 2011. 28 Jul 2017.
  6. Web site: 「ViVi」モデル、太っていた過去を告白 美の秘訣も明かす. Model Press. ja. 21 Jan 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  7. Web site: 「JELLY」卒業の宮城舞、「ViVi」への移籍を発表 本人コメント到着. Model Press. ja. 22 Mar 2013. 28 Jul 2017.
  8. Web site: 宮城舞&宮城大樹"お揃い"スタイルで登場. Model Press. 2 Feb 2015. 28 Jul 2017.
  9. Web site: 宮城舞のヒストリー. Oricon Celebrity Dictionary. ja. 28 Jul 2017.
  10. Web site: ViViモデル宮城舞、美脚あらわなショーガール風衣装で悩殺. Model Press. ja. 26 Apr 2013. 28 Jul 2017.
  11. Web site: 人気モデル、7年目で初のピン表紙 モデルプレスへ独占コメント到着. Model Press. ja. 17 Oct 2011. 28 Jul 2017.
  12. Web site: 人気モデル、今年最後の「JELLY」で単独表紙「心を入れ替えた」. Model Press. ja. 18 Dec 2012. 28 Jul 2017.
  13. Miyagi. Mai. 16 Feb 2013. JELLYモデル宮城舞が卒業を電撃発表 5年間を振り返る モデルプレスインタビュー. Model Press. ja. 28 Jul 2017.
  14. Web site: 「ViVi」モデルがグラビア初挑戦 ビキニ姿披露「めっちゃ恥ずかしかった」. Model Press. ja. 3 Sep 2013. 28 Jul 2017.
  15. Web site: 「ViVi」宮城舞、「Seventeen」三吉彩花らも初参戦 「東京ランウェイ2014 A/W」出演者続々発表. Model Press. ja. 14 Aug 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  16. Web site: 「ViVi」宮城舞、イメチェンの1年を振り返る. Model Press. ja. 21 Dec 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  17. Web site: 「ヴィヴィ」モデルの宮城舞が「ヘザー」初のコミュニケーション・ディレクターに就任. WWD Japan.com. ja. 2 Mar 2015. 28 Jul 2017.
  18. Web site: 「ヘザー(Heather)」コミュニケーションディレクター導入 モデル宮城舞を起用. Fashionsnap.com. 2 Mar 2015. 28 Jul 2017.
  19. Web site: 人気モデル、女優デビューを発表 イケメン俳優も演技に太鼓判. Model Press. ja. 6 Nov 2011. 28 Jul 2017.
  20. Web site: 元テラスハウス宮城大樹、姉とW主演で舞台デビュー. Model press. ja. 10 Apr 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  21. Web site: 「JELLY」の人気モデル3人がPerfumeに!?. Model Press. ja. 18 Jun 2010. 28 Jul 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130625190942/http://mdpr.jp/gal/detail/435721. 2013-06-25.
  22. Web site: 青山テルマ他、豪華アーティスト参加「渋谷レゲエ」誕生!人気モデルがジャケットに登場. Model Press. ja. 26 Jul 2011. 28 Jul 2017.
  23. Web site: 人気モデルの潤んだ瞳・唇に釘付け. Model Press. ja. 27 Jul 2012. 28 Jul 2017.
  24. Web site: 水原希子に続き人気モデルが"NEW SEXY"な女性像を体現. Model Press. ja. 23 Feb 2013. 28 Jul 2017.
  25. Web site: 「美少女すぎて息ができない」と話題のモデル、「SLY」新作で新たな魅力を開花. Model Press. ja. 29 Aug 2013. 28 Jul 2017.
  26. Web site: 「SLY」からランジェリーライン登場 世界的有名イラストレーターとのコラボも実現. Model Press. ja. 28 Feb 2014. 28 Jul 2017.
  27. Web site: 豪華特典付き!「GILFY」のムック本に JELLYモデルが多数登場. Model Press. ja. 12 Mar 2010. 28 Jul 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130620084527/http://mdpr.jp/gal/detail/183031. 2013-06-20.
  28. Web site: 人気モデル3名、元五輪代表にドン引き「アニメ好きアピールしすぎ」. Model Press. ja. 4 May 2012. 28 Jul 2017.
  29. Web site: 「ViVi」モデル宮城舞、冠番組で"前代未聞"の試み. Model Press. ja. 11 Jun 2014. 28 Jul 2017.