Amy Harvey

Amy Harvey
ハーヴィー瑛美
Harvey in 2023
Born (2002-12-18) December 18, 2002 (age 22)[1]
Tokyo, Japan[1]
Other names
  • Harvey
  • Amy Jannet Harvey[2]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • model
Years active2016–present
Agent
  • Xgalx
Musical career
Genres
Member of

Amy Harvey (ハーヴィー 瑛美, Hāvī Eimi, born December 18, 2002), also known mononymously as Harvey, is a Japanese singer, rapper, and model based in South Korea. Harvey first began her career as a model after becoming one of six winners in the 2016 Tokyo Girls Audition [ja], where she then modeled for magazines such as Love Berry, Nylon Japan, ViVi, and Vogue Girl Japan. She debuted as a member of the Japanese girl group XG in 2022.

Early life

Amy Harvey was born to an Australian father and a Japanese mother.[4][5] She is an only child.[4] When she was in fifth grade, she studied cheer dance; in her first year of middle school, she transitioned to hip-hop dance with aspirations of becoming a rapper.[6] In the same year, at the suggestion of her mother and being inspired by Miranda Kerr, Harvey decided to pursue modeling and studied fashion magazines from overseas that were provided by her mother.[6] Harvey was later scouted at a large dance competition that she took part in.[4]

Career

At the age of 13, Harvey took part in the 2016 Tokyo Girls Audition [ja], a modeling audition organized by Tokyo Girls Collection, Avex Group, and Ameba.[7] She won the competition along with five other finalists.[7] During the audition, she received awards from the magazines Soup, Nylon Japan, Bea's Up, Popteen, and Love Berry, winning the most awards over the other finalists.[7] Following the event, Harvey modeled for issues 4 and 5 of Love Berry and the November 2016 issue of ViVi.[1] Harvey was named an "it girl" by fashion publications such as Nylon Japan[8] and Vogue Girl Japan.[5]

With aspirations of becoming a singer, Harvey announced she was part of Avex Artist Academy in 2017.[4] In March 2017, Harvey became the face of the make-up campaign So Good in Colors, a collaboration between MAC Cosmetics and Vogue Japan.[9] Harvey also modeled in the seasonal promotions for the hair salon Shima,[10] as well as for Elle Girl[11] and Nylon Japan.[8] In 2018, Harvey modeled at the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo Spring/Summer show and the 27th Tokyo Girls Collection Autumn/Winter show.[12][13]

After 5 years of training at Avex, on March 18, 2022, Harvey debuted as the main rapper and sub-vocalist of the girl group XG under Xgalx.[3]

Discography

See also: XG (group) § Discography
  1. ^ a b c "ハーヴィー瑛美" [Amy Harvey]. Tokyo Girls Audition [ja] (in Japanese). January 29, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Munson, Olivia (May 23, 2023). "Meet XG: Girl group talks 'Left Right' and 'Shooting Star', messages for fans and more". USA Today. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "7人組ガールズグループ「XG」、3・18「Tippy Toes」でデビュー" [7-member girl group XG debuts on March 18 with "Tippy Toes"]. Oricon (in Japanese). March 2, 2022. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "WHO'S THAT GIRL!? 9頭身ハーフモデルの14歳、ハーヴィー瑛美に接近！" [Who's That Girl?! 14-year-old half-Japanese model with a great figure, we get closer to Amy Harvey!]. Vogue Girl (in Japanese). March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Tanaka, Yuri (May 24, 2017). "東京it girlsの着回しリレー／No.99 ハーヴィー瑛美" [Mix-and-match relay of Tokyo it girls: no. 99 Amy Harvey]. Vogue Girl (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Matsushita, Yuika (August 31, 2017). "14歳モデル・ハーヴィー瑛美 母から受けた"モデル英才教育"" [14-year-old model Amy Harvey received "model talent education" from her mother]. Anan (in Japanese). No. 2067. Magazine House. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c ""ガールズの頂点"新星モデル6人が決定 ファッション誌が続々指名、美女たちのスタイルキープ法・今後の目標は？". Model Press (in Japanese). September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Sakamoto, Yuka. "TOKYO IT GIRL BEAUTY #60 STREETGIRL". Nylon Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "鮮やかカラーメイクで自由に、大胆に！" [Be free and be bold in brightly colored make-up!]. Vogue Girl (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  10. ^ Mamiya, Yasuko (May 3, 2017). "14歳モデル・ハーヴィー瑛美、海外進出のためにアメコミ読破?" [14-year-old model Amy Harvey, reading American comics to expand activities overseas?]. Anan. No. 2051. Japan: Magazine House. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  11. ^ "ハーヴィー瑛美と楽しもう！ 真夏のジューシーメイクLIVE" [Let's enjoy with Amy Harvey! Midsummer juicy make-up live]. Elle Girl (in Japanese). June 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  12. ^ Ogawa, Riku (October 21, 2017). "2018年春夏「アマゾン ファッション ウィーク東京」が閉幕！ 小木基史や浦浜アリサ、ハーヴィー瑛美らが来場" [2018 Spring/Summer "Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo" comes to a close! Motofumi Ogi, Alisa Urahama, Amy Harvey, and others to attend]. Women's Wear Daily (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  13. ^ "『マイナビ presents 第27回 東京ガールズコレクション 2018 AUTUMN/WINTER』 王子が大渋滞！「PRINCE OF LEGEND」スペシャルステージ決定！" ["MyNavi presents the 27th Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Autumn/Winter" show is full of princes! A special stage, "Prince of Legend", has been finalized!]. Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). August 17, 2018. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.