Mai Mizuhashi, better known as MARiA (メイリア), is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and costume designer born on January 31, 1992, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Active since 2006, she studied at Tsukuba Actors Studio in elementary school. She debuted as a member of New man co.,Ltd. and later became the youngest member of Harajuku BJ Girls, the group that preceded Chix Chicks. When Chix Chicks disbanded on July 27, 2010, she began solo activities.
From autumn 2010, Mizuhashi appeared on Niconico as MARiA. On September 11 that year, she formed GARNiDELiA with toku and released the first mini-album ONE. GARNiDELiA went on to make its major debut through DefSTAR Records in 2014.
Alongside her J-pop work as a vocalist, she performed "Yumemiru Otome", the ending theme for Doujin Work. Her 2016 single "Gokuraku Jodo" later gained wide circulation in Mainland China after a dance video was posted on Bilibili in 2018.
