Emi Maria was born in 1987 in
Papua New Guinea. Her mother is Japanese, while her father is Papua New Guinean. She began writing lyrics in junior high school. In 2007, she started appearing on many different Japanese urban artists' albums as a guest artist, such as
Seeda and
MC Moggy. In 2007, Emi Maria released her first EP,
Between the Music on Freest Inc., a label she had created for herself. She debuted as a major label artist in 2009, with the release of a digital single "One Way Love" under
Victor Entertainment. In December, she had her first top 10 hit, as a featured artist on
Seeda's single "Wisdom", which reached number 8 on the Oricon singles charts. After the release of her first physical single in 2010, "Show Me Your Love", Emi Maria released her first major label album,
Contrast. ==Discography==