Maria Makino

Maria Makino (Japanese: 牧野真莉愛, Hepburn: Makino Maria) (born February 2, 2001) is a Japanese pop singer, dancer and model. She is a 12th generation member and Sub-Leader of Japanese girl group Morning Musume.

Maria Makino (牧野真莉愛)
Background information
Born	(2001-02-02) February 2, 2001 (age 24)
Origin	Nishio, Aichi, Japan
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer Model Dancer
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Pony Canyon Zetima
Website	www.helloproject.com/morningmusume

Biography

Makino joined Hello Pro Kenshusei on November 1, 2012, the news was later made public by Hello Project on November 20.^[1] She was admitted to Hello Project's biggest group Morning Musume in 2014.

Overview

In summer 2014, Maria auditioned for the Morning Musume '14 (Golden) Audition! for an opportunity to join Morning Musume '14 and successfully passed.^[2] She was introduced as a 12th generation member during Morning Musume '14's concert at Nippon Budokan on September 30, alongside Haruna Ogata, Miki Nonaka and Akane Haga, effectively leaving Hello Pro Kenshusei the same day.

Hello! Project groups and units

• Hello Pro Kenshusei (2012–2014)
• Morning Musume (2014–present)

Discography

For Maria Makino's releases with Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.

Filmography

DVDs and Blu-rays

#	Title	Details	Charts
			JP Oricon Blu-ray [3]
1	Greeting ~Makino Maria~	Released: March 24, 2015 Label: Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series)[4]	—
2	Blanc	Released: March 7, 2018 Label: Zetima (EPXE-5128)	18

Photobooks

• [2015.11.14] Makino Maria Mini Photobook "Greeting -Photobook-" (牧野真莉愛ミニ写真集「Greeting-Photobook-」)
• [2016.08.06] Maria
• [2017.08.30] Senkou Hanabi (せんこう花火)
• [2018.02.02] Maria 17sai (マリア17歳)
• [2018.08.25] Summer Days
• [2019.02.02] María 18 años
• [2020.02.02] Maria19
• [2021.02.02] Maria Hatachi (真莉愛二十歳)