Shiga Mariko

Shiga Mariko

Shiga Mariko (志賀真理子) is a former Japanese pop idol singer and seiyuu. Shiga got her start as a child actor in the NHK dorama Donna Mondai Q Television. She made her debut as a seiyuu years after, playing a minor character in the OVA Magical Princess Minky Momo. But, she didn't become popular until 1986 when she played the main character in the anime Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol. She would also debut as a idol singer by releasing the single :Freesia no Shounen", the theme song for the anime.

After graduating from high school, Shiga moved to the United States to attend college at University of California, Riverside. But on November 23, 1989, Shiga Mariko was pronounced dead after she was involved in a car accident when the car she was in rolled over after the car tried to swerve to miss an animal.

Profile

• Birthdate: December 24, 1969
• Deathdate: November 23, 1989 (aged 19)
• Birthplace: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

Discography

Album

• [1986.06.25] mariko
• [1996.06.25] mariko+3 (Repackage Album)

Singles

• [1985.04.21] Yume no Naka no Rondo (夢の中の輪舞; La Ronde in my Dream)
• [1986.02.25] Freesia no Shounen (フリージアの少年; Freesia's Boy)
• [1986.05.25] Aoi Namida (青い涙; Blue Tears)
• [1986.12.10] Hikouki Kumo (ひこうき雲; Contrail)
• [1987.08.25] Rainy Day Hello

Other

• [198?.??.??] Haha to Ko no Doyo no Kuni (#3 Fumikiri de, #4 Yuhi no Uta)
• [198?.??.??] Oshiete Idol Warner Music-hen Sono Ki ni Sasete (#14 Rainy Day Hello)
• [199?.??.??] Emotion 20th Anniversary Theme Collection (CD1 #2 Yume no Naka no Rondo)

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia: 志賀真理子
• English Wikipedia: Mariko Shiga
• Anime News Network Entry
• Unofficial Fansite