AI Marika Mizushima (D4DJ) Voice

Mizushima Marika (水島茉莉花?) is a character in the D4DJ franchise, and is a member of the group Merm4id. Marika is an easygoing girl with a comforting atmosphere. Besides being a university student, she also works as a popular model. She was the center of attention upon entering university, but she became friends with Rika, who was able to talk to her despite all the attention. Sometimes her connections as a model comes in handy for Merm4id activities. She loves concerts and is dedicated to her DJ activities. Marika's father is an interior designer and her mother owns a talent agency. Her older sister is also a fellow model like her too. Marika has always dreamed of becoming a film actress, being moved by a movie she saw a while ago and wanted to make someone else feel the same way. She studied acting, went to workshops, and even signed with her mother's agency. However, she attended and failed many auditions, including a dance audition on TV to debut overseas. Coincidentally, Dalia also attended that audition, but they didn't recognize each other yet at the time. Knowing her mother wouldn't always coddle her and that she needed to work from the ground up, Marika decided to settle with modeling to head start her career. Marika used to be closer with her peers when she was younger, but it all changed in high school when she started taking on modeling gigs. Due to her busy schedule, Marika would often arrive to class late or have to leave partway through. As a result, her classmates started perceiving her differently and ostracizing her, thinking that she has no time for them and how the teachers treat her specially due to her fame. She started being alone and says that she became used to that feeling, before Rika was the first one to approach her. Marika is a friendly and carefree girl with a relaxed exterior. Despite her popularity and professional career, she has a down-to-earth personality and seeks to do more things outside of modeling, such as her dream of being an actress. She can also be playful, joining in with Rika's shenanigans and teasing her unit members Saori and Dalia to expose their flustered side. She is also very caring and nurturing with members outside her unit, even on par with Hiiro, being one of the characters that Hiiro can be vulnerable with. Marika is also quite good at getting along with children or even animals like penguins. Despite the positive facade she strives to maintain, Marika struggles with insecurities about not meeting others' expectations and admires the confident aspects of her friends that she feels she lacks. To compensate, Marika goes out of her way to uphold the image of the "perfect girl" that she knows many associate with her. She becomes extremely bashful to the point of hiding from others if spotted in her casual tracksuit in public on her lazing off days. This isn't due to vanity, but rather a fear of rejection, rooted in her ostracization at school when she first began modeling. As a result, Marika can sometimes be a passive people pleaser, a trait further explored in the It's my style event story. There, she and Towa are cast in lead roles for a movie, a job secured for her by Marika's mother to push her acting career. However, the production turns sour when the movie director begins harassing Marika on set. Though she initially endures the situation to avoid risking her big break or disappointing her mother, she is shaken when the harassment escalates into unwanted advances and inappropriate comments that cross her boundaries. With Towa's support and straightforwardness as inspiration, Marika learns to embody that same honesty for herself. She ultimately confronts the director and announces her decision to turn down the role, choosing to stay true to herself and the girl she knows she is, not the superficial type that the director projected on her. She's even brave enough to face against a burglar while she and Dalia were cleaning an old lady's residence, although truth be told, Marika was responsible for making a mess out of the lady's belongings.