Malia (model)

Japanese fashion model (born 1983)

Model
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StyleGeneral fashionHeight167 cm (5 ft 6 in)Children4

Malia (stylized as MALIA, born 1 February 1983, in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture)^[1] is a Japanese fashion model. Her real name is Maria Shinbo (新保真里有, Shinbo Maria). She is represented by Ten Carat.

Personal life

Malia was born on 1 February 1983 in Yokohama. She is of Pakistani descent through her father and Japanese through her mother.

In 2001, she married Japanese footballer, Hayuma Tanaka. Their son Kaili Shimbo, born 16 August 2002, is a professional footballer for Renofa Yamaguchi. They divorced in 2004.

Malia was married to UFC fighter Norifumi Yamamoto until 2009, they share two sons and a daughter together.^[2]

Filmography

Magazines

Title	Publisher
Vivi	Kodansha
SAKURA	Shogakukan
Frau	Kodansha
Boao	Magazine House
Bijin Hyaku Hana	Kadokawa Haruki Corporation
smart	Takarajimasha

Advertising

Title	Notes
Kitson×Uniqlo Super Mama by Leslie Kee	Charity album
Inter Planet	Image model
duras ambient
HbG
Uniqlo
Moussy
Lagunamoon

TV programmes

Year	Title	Network
2009	easy sports	TV Asahi
	Meringue no Kimochi	NTV
	The! Sekai Gyōten News	NTV
2010	Ichihachi	TBS
	Gokujō Jikara Premium	TV Tokyo
2015	Konya kurabete mimashita	NTV

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network
2015	The Last Cop	Rei Kirishima	NTV

Bibliography

Year	Title	Book code
2009	Gekkan Malia	ISBN 978-4-10-790210-8

References

^ "マリア". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 20 Mar 2017.
^ Matthews, Liam (2018-09-18). "Norifumi Kid Yamamoto Loses His Last Battle Against Cancer". RDX Sports Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-26.