Motoki Maxted is an American social media star and actor, best known for 2 of his YouTube channels which have amassed more than 2 million subscribers and 500,000+ subscribers. On the platform, Motoki makes comedy skits, challenges, vlogs, real-life stories and advice, tips and tricks related to school and dating, discussions of trending events, and began hosting a podcast titled SUSPENDED released on June 25, 2018 Motoki also frequently makes videos on his well-known YouTube series called Car Rides With Mother , where he dances and lip-syncs to well-known songs. These videos have typically broken his channel’s records for number of views.

He has also starred in series Seven Bucks Digital Studios (2016), Millennials: The Musical (2016), Attaway Appeal (2017), and Beginner Packet (2018). Motoki has also appeared as himself in web series Influential (2019) aired via Snapchat and I Want My Stuff Back (2019) via Facebook, where he attempted to mediate couples who recently broke up. Motoki has also built a large social media following, with more than 4.5 million followers on Facebook, more than 500,000 followers on Instagram and more than 100,000 followers on Twitter.

Born name

Motoki Maxted

nickname

Mojo, Moretoki

Sun sign

Protect

Place of birth

Akron, Ohio, USA

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

nationality

training

Motoki Maxted attended Wauseon High School in Wauseon, Ohio, USA and had a 3.9 GPA.

After graduating, he enrolled at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, USA, majoring in TV and Film Production.

occupation

Social media star, actor

family

• Vater – Mitch Maxted (Pastor)
• Mutter – Kumi Maxted
• Siblings – Manami Maxted (Sister) (Illustrator, Gallery Assistant), Kajot Maxted (Brother)
• Others – Jody Maxted (grandmother), Jim Maxted (grandfather) (former USDA employee)

Manager

Motoki Maxted is represented by –

• The Gersh Agency (theater, advertising, hosting agent) in Beverly Hills, California, USA
• Authentic talent and literature management (managers) in Brooklyn, New York, USA and Culver City, California, USA

Build

Slim

Height

5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

weight

70 kg or 154.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Motoki Maxted likes to keep his dating history private.

race/ethnicity

Multiracial (White and Asian)

He is of Japanese descent on his mother’s side and American descent on his father’s side.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Tall, lean physique
• Haircut combed back
• Defined facial features
• deep voice

brand promotion

Motoki Maxted supports brands like:

• Gucci (2017)
• Guess (2018)

Religion

Christianity

Known for

• Appeared in numerous series such as Seven Bucks Digital Studios (2016), Millennials: The Musical (2016), Attaway Appeal (2017), Beginner’s Packet (2018), Influential (2019) and I Want My Stuff Back (2019)
• As a social media star with 2 YouTube channels with more than 500,000 and more than 2 million subscribers and more than 500,000 followers on Instagram

First web show

Motoki Maxted made his debut as Tyler/Cypher in an episode titled Lin-Manuel Miranda & Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on the making of “Millennials: The Musical” of the Seven Bucks Digital Studios YouTube series in 2016.

Motoki Maxted favorite things

• Animals – deer, ducks
• Square – Paris, France

Motoki Maxted Fakten

1. Before he was born, doctors gave him a life expectancy of only 20%.
2. He was so tall at birth that a nurse told his mother he looked like a sumo wrestler.
3. Motoki lived in Japan for about 3 years before returning to the US.
4. He was bullied in Japan, and a classmate even called him “skinny foreigner.” Fortunately, after he explained the situation to his teacher, things changed for the better.
5. The biggest struggle after moving to the United States was going to Walmart to buy things since he forgot how to speak English.
6. As a child, he played a lot of baseball and football.
7. Motoki wanted to be an actor in elementary school and started acting in every school play he could.
8. Motoki is fluent in Japanese and has learned Spanish.
9. He and his siblings did short homemade skits when they were young.
10. YouTubers Nigahiga and Kevin Jumba were the first content creators he saw on YouTube, which motivated him to create his own videos.
11. Motoki found his passion for lip syncing when he was 10 years old after watching the YouTube video for the song titled Numa Numa . Since he was underage at the age of 10 and unable to start a YouTube channel, he recorded his first videos with his friends on DVD.
12. While at school, Motoki uploaded his first YouTube videos, which he wrote and filmed for his English and Spanish classes.
13. To fans wondering why his mother never smiled or laughed in her car videos, Motoki explained that he asked her not to because it made the videos even funnier.
14. People often called him Mojo instead of Motoki because they had a hard time pronouncing his real name.
15. He created the 2nd channel under the name Moretoki, a play on words to get “more” from Motoki. He cited the desire to present his true personality to the audience, rather than scripted and carefully filmed videos, as the reason.
16. Motoki has a knack for impersonating characters and some actors.
17. Motoki had a Facebook page called What Just Happened. Numerous videos have been shown of him surprising unsuspecting strangers and asking them questions for a chance to win money.
18. He was raised and identified as a Christian, but had doubts about his religious beliefs in high school.
19. Both he and a YouTuber Piper Curda had web series from Wong Fu Productions .
20. He had his first real kiss in 8th grade with a friend he went to school with.
21. Motoki has an Instagram account under the name Plantoki . He then shared pictures of flowers and plants he was passionate about.
22. He responded to many of his fan’s assumptions that he is gay by stating that he is completely straight. Motoking jokingly added that despite his good sexuality, he still felt tingles after seeing Zac Efron.
23. In 2016, a cheeky YouTuber Mathieu Richard stole content from many YouTube creators in the US, including Motoki. To solve the problem of stealing up to seven videos, he went to Paris, France, met Mathieu and completed a video with him, which he later uploaded.
24. Motoki collaborated with Sarah Baska and Ashlynn Tapp on his video titled Naughty Cops , uploaded in November 2017. It was the last video he uploaded before he unexpectedly stopped posting videos without notice.
25. In late June 2018, he cited stress, depression, hate comments, and the pressure to create perfect videos as reasons for a hiatus that lasted about six months.
26. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, 2nd YouTube and Tumblr.