Shiga Mariko

Shiga Mariko promoting mariko (1986)

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 dorama Kazoku Dzukuri. She made her debut as a seiyuu years after, playing a minor character in the OVA Maho no Princess Minky Momo. But, she didn't become popular until 1986 when she played the main character in the anime Maho no Aidoru Pasuteru Yumi. 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

Shiga Mariko promoting "Aoi Namida" (1986)

Shiga Mariko promoting "Rainy Day Hello" (1987)

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 Sono Ki ni Sasete (#14 Rainy Day Hello)
• [1991.02.21] Anime Hot Wave 2 (#12 Yume no Naka no Rondo)
• [1999.06.23] Minky Momo (#34 Yume no Naka no Rondo, #44 Organ wo Tomenaide)
• [2002.08.21] Emotion 20th Anniversary Theme Collection (CD1 #2 Yume no Naka no Rondo)
• [2003.10.22] Animage Maho Shojo Collection (#14 Kane no Ribon de Rock Shite, #15 Freesia no Shounen)
• [2005.09.22] Anime Song Selection (#4 Yume no Naka no Rondo)
• [2005.12.21] Maho no Idol Pastel Yumi Ongakushu Vol.1 (#1 Kane no Ribon de Rock Shite)
• [2005.12.21] Maho no Idol Pastel Yumi Ongakushu Sohuhen (#8 Kane no Ribon de Rock Shite)
• [2006.08.23] Minna no TV Generation Anime Uta Nenkan 1986 (#7 Kane no Ribon de Rock Shite, #8 Freesia no Shounen)
• [2008.03.26] Flying Dog Collection - Theme Song Archive 80's Part.2 (#21 Yume no Naka no Rondo, #22 Organ wo Tomenaide)

Filmography

Doramas

• [1983] Kazoku Dzukuri
• [1983 - 1984] Dotsu Kiri Futago Sensei Otomegakuen Danjibu
• [1983 - 1984] Seibu Keisatsu PART - III
• [1984] Beat Takeshi no Gakumon no Susume
• [1984 - 1985] Donna Mondai Q Television
• [1986] Shinya ni Yokoso
• [1986] Getsuyo Dorama Rando

Seiyuu

• [1985] Maho no Princess Minky Momo
• [1986] Maho no Aidoru Pasuteru Yumi - Yumi Hanazono

External Links

• Anime News Network Entry
• Unofficial Fansite