Mari Iijima

I'll be honest, I came to Mari Iijima the way a lot of people outside Japan did, through Lynn Minmay in Macross, and that voice just kind of imprinted on me. There's something so clear and unguarded about it that "Do You Remember Love?" still gives me a little chill. But what I love is that she was never just an anime idol, she's a trained, conservatory-schooled musician from Tsuchiura who writes her own stuff and clearly cares more about the song than the spotlight. She's the kind of artist who could vanish into a crowd and still be unmistakable the second you hear her sing.

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Mari Iijima is a Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, and radio personality born on May 18, 1963, in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture. She studied piano at Kunitachi College of Music but did not graduate. She first became known as the voice of Lynn Minmay in Macross, and her debut album Rosé (1983) was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. She writes and produces most of her own music and lives in Los Angeles.

Name (English)

Mari Iijima

Name (Japanese)

飯島真理

Reading

いいじま まり

Born

May 18, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actress / Singer / Voice Actress / Radio Personality

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Agency

MariMusic

Active years

1982 -

University

Kunitachi College of Music

Works summary

Appearances

142 (1982–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1982: 1, 1983: 1, 1984: 3, 1985: 4, 1986: 3, 1987: 1, 1988: 4, 1989: 5, 1990: 4, 1991: 2, 1992: 1, 1993: 2, 1994: 2, 1995: 3, 1996: 1, 1997: 4, 1998: 1, 1999: 2, 2001: 2, 2002: 1, 2003: 1, 2004: 4, 2005: 4, 2006: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 3, 2009: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2020: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2026: 1, year unknown: 47

Debut work

Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.marimusic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mari_iijima_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/Marin_Island
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%AF%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%86
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307887

Tags

• Ibaraki Prefecture
• Actress
• Singer
• Voice Actress

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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