(born February 2, 2001) is a
Japanese pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...
singer, dancer and model. She is a 12th generation member of Japanese girl group
Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles ...
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Biography
Makino joined
Hello Pro Kenshusei
(formerly known as until January 2012) is a pre-debut training group established by Japanese entertainment agency Up-Front Group within Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups ...
on November 1, 2012, the news was later made public by Hello Project on November 20. 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.
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
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Hello Pro Kenshusei
(formerly known as until January 2012) is a pre-debut training group established by Japanese entertainment agency Up-Front Group within Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups ...
(2012–2014)
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Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles ...
(2014–present)
Discography
''For Maria Makino's releases with
Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles ...
, see
Morning Musume discography
The discography of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume consists of sixteen studio albums, five compilation albums, and seventy single (music), singles. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and ...
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Filmography
DVDs and Blu-rays
Photobooks
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015.11.14Makino Maria Mini Photobook "Greeting -Photobook-"'' (牧野真莉愛ミニ写真集「Greeting-Photobook-」)
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016.08.06Maria''
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017.08.30Senkou Hanabi'' (せんこう花火)
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018.02.02Maria 17sai'' (マリア17歳)
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018.08.25Summer Days''
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019.02.02María 18 años''
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020.02.02Maria19''
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021.02.02Maria Hatachi'' (真莉愛二十歳)
References
2001 births
Living people
People from Nishio, Aichi
Musicians from Aichi Prefecture
Morning Musume members
Japanese women pop singers
Japanese female idols
Japanese gravure idols
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