Women's scene · personfemale fronted
Mari Hamada浜田麻里
vocals · Tokyo
- Japanese name
- 浜田麻里 [WJA]
- Born
- 1962
- Person class
- institutional connector
- Placed at
- 1983: first documented year on the map; founding year not recorded
- City
- Tokyo
- Status as of 24 September 2026
- active
- Connections
- 8 edges, 8 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.033 (rank 34 of 324) · personnel only 0.004 (rank 25)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [W] (register)
Debut Lunatic Doll (1983), produced and drummed by Loudness's Munetaka Higuchi, with Arouge as her live band. Called the Queen of Heavy Metal by 1984; Return to Myself hit number 1 on Oricon in 1989. First Japanese musician to top Burrn!'s vocalist poll (2019). 40th anniversary album Soar (2023).
Connections
People and personnel
- memberHirotsugu HommaHer drummer for sixteen years1991 to 2007
- produced byMunetaka Higuchi樋口宗孝Produced and drummed on Lunatic Doll and Romantic Night1983
- produced byArougeアルージュBecame her live band and won a Victor deal that way1983 to 1984
Lineage
- came out ofLoudnessラウドネスThe Loudness production link into the women's scene1983
Influence
- influenced byCarmen Makiカルメン・マキFirst female hard rock frontwoman1970s
Labels, festivals, collaborations
- collaborationShow-YaショーヤThe two poles of 1980s women's hard rock: band and solo artist1980s
- collaborationBurrn!バーンFirst Japanese musician to top the readers' vocalist poll2019
- labelVictor Entertainmentビクターエンタテインメント1983, from 2018