Mari Iijima

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Mari Iijima (飯島真理, Iijima Mari^?) (born 18 May 1963) is a Japanese singer and actress who has released various top 10 albums in Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Marin.

Iijima was born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan, and she is fluent in both Japanese and English. She was nominated for the 2000 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Pop Artist for her first English album "No Limit". She has released several independent albums (in English) in the United States, including her most recent, "Wonderful People."

She is best known, though, for her portrayal of Lynn Minmay in the classic Japanese anime The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Recently, Mari reprised her role as Minmay in ADV Films' English-language release of Macross, becoming one of the few Japanese voice actors to ever participate in an English dub. In interviews and commentaries available on ADV's Macross DVDs, Iijima has stated that she was for some time disillusioned with her association to Minmay and had felt that it hampered her career as a singer, but she has since come to accept the Minmay character as a part of her.

Iijima eventually moved to Los Angeles, California and married James Studer on 30 September 1989. They had two children before divorcing on 7 February 2001.

She will release her newest Independent American release, Uncompromising Innocence, in November.