Mai Mizuhashi (MARiA)

Okay, so MARiA's voice is one of those that just grabs you by the collar the second it kicks in. I came up on her stuff partly through the Vocaloid scene and GARNiDELiA, and what gets me is how she somehow makes a song feel both razor-sharp and weirdly tender at the same time. The Japanese-style outfits, the long black hair, that cool intensity in her eyes, it all reads like theater, but the singing under it is the real deal, not just costume. That's the part I respect: she'll go full spectacle and still never lose the spine of the actual vocal. I'm quietly rooting for her, honestly.

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Mai Mizuhashi, known by her artist name MARiA (stylized as メイリア), is a Japanese singer born on January 31, 1992, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. She is an Aquarius of the Chinese zodiac Year of the Monkey. She maintains an active presence on social media under the handles maria_grnd on Instagram and MARiA_GRND on X.

Name (English)

Mai Mizuhashi (MARiA)

Name (Japanese)

メイリア

Reading

めいりあ

Born

January 31, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Works summary

Appearances

109 (2006–2023)

By year

2006: 2, 2007: 2, 2008: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 1

Debut work

Brand New Morning / / 図書館では教えてくれない天使の秘密

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maria_grnd/
• Xhttps://x.com/MARiA_GRND
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3550799

Tags

• From Ibaraki Prefecture
• Singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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