Born in Tokyo and currently based in London. Mari* was a Senior Producer/ Programmer at Worldwide FM and Gilles Peterson’s longtime radio collaborator.
She presented s a daily breakfast show ’Morning Mari*’ and the monthly ‘Oto Nova Japan 音の波’ on Worldwide FM. On ‘Oto Nova Japan’ is a Japanese music specialist show where she introduces a new wave of artists and music coming out of Japan.

Mari* has lived and worked in the US, Japan and the UK and has produced and coordinated radio shows with more than 30 radio stations around the world- from major radio stations in Japan to the BBC. She also writes on publications and works as a translator.

Mari is currently one of the driving force of Gondwana Records and also produces radio shows for J-WAVE, one of the biggest FM radio stations in Japan.