Maria Ozawa

Maria Ozawa was born on January 8, 1986, in Hokkaido, Japan. She spent her early years in Japan, raised by her Japanese mother and French-Canadian father, a missionary. She attended the Christian Academy in Japan, an international school, where she developed stronger English reading and writing skills than Japanese. During her school years, she played ice hockey daily and enjoyed karaoke after classes. She has mentioned becoming sexually active at age 13 and held jobs like fast-food server, karaoke bar attendant, and kindergarten teacher assistant before entering the entertainment world. Her ethnicity is mixed, combining Japanese and French-Canadian heritage. Professionally, she is known as Maria Ozawa, though she used the alias Miyabi early in her career, a name meaning "elegance" in Japanese. Her entry into adult content began in June 2005 at age 19, when she modeled for the pornographic site Shirouto-Teien.com under the name Miyabi, producing photo sets and a short hardcore video. Unlike many peers, she wasn’t scouted; a friend in the industry introduced her to adult video (AV) work. She soon signed with S1 No.1 Style, marking her rise in Japan’s AV scene. Maria worked with major studios including S1 No.1 Style, DAS, Attackers, Moodyz, M’s Video Group, and Ran-maru—all part of the Hokuto Corporation—along with mainstream outlets like Three Dots Entertainment. Her adult …