Marina Yamada

I'll be honest, Marina Yamada flew under my radar until I dug in, and now I kind of root for her. A Fukuoka kid, born in '95, an Aries in the year of the Boar, which is a fun combo to imagine: soft, smiley idol exterior wrapped around a stubborn, charge-straight-ahead streak. Fukuoka women have that reputation for warmth and backbone in equal measure, and you can picture both showing up on stage. She's not the flashiest name out there, and I won't pretend to know her whole arc, but there's something appealing about the grind-it-out idol who just keeps showing up, putting in the unglamorous reps to carve out her own little corner of the spotlight. She's still posting away on Instagram and X, doing her thing. I like that. Quietly rooting for her.

Marina Yamada (born March 24, 1995) is a Japanese idol from Fukuoka Prefecture. She is an Aries by zodiac sign and was born in the Year of the Boar. Details about her agency, debut, and career history have not been made public.

Name (English)

Marina Yamada

Name (Japanese)

山田麻莉奈

Reading

やまだ まりな

Born

March 24, 1995 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar (Inoshishi)

Origin

Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Idol

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/marina.yamada_324/
• Xhttps://x.com/maririchan_324
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E9%BA%BB%E8%8E%89%E5%A5%88

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Idol

Last updated

2026-06-02

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