Member of the League Militare, Mahalia is part of the Shrike Squadron, commanded by Oliver. She drives a Gun-Ez.

It is Universal Century 0153. On the space colonies located at Side 2, the Zanscare Empire has come to power and it holds onto that power through liberal use of the guillotine. With its forces invading the Earth and its space fleets preparing to subjugate the other Sides, the Zanscare Empire has nothing to fear from the weakening Earth Federation. It is opposed only by the League Militaire, whose state of the art mobile suits and young pilots comprise the only real resistance movement. Now, thirteen-year-old Uso Ewin has been dragged into the war by a battle near his home in Eastern Europe. As the Newtype pilot of the Victory Gundam, he fights not only to defeat the Zanscare Empire but also to find out what has become of his parents, who left him behind when they went into space.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

Maruta Mari's parents both work in theatre: her father is a stage designer and her mother is an actress. Mari has been interested in paintings and manga since early childhood. She studied at a junior college of art, where she was also a member of the local manga research club.

Apart from voice acting work, Mari is active as a jazz singer and is currently a member of the unit Wild Strawberry together with Inoue Kikuko, who is also a seiyuu, and the pianist Ogasawara Junko. In June 2013, she married a person she's been dating for 10 years.

Mahalia Merril