Maria Himesato

**Maria Himesato** (姫里マリア *Himesato Maria*) is one of the main characters in the second season of *Aikatsu!* (both in the arcade game (2014 series) and the anime adaption). She is formally introduced as the fourth main girl representing the Dream Academy community, making her official debut in episode 68 of the anime adaption. Her preferred brand is Aurora Fantasy.

## Bio

Maria is a student of Dream Academy who appears to be good friends with Sora Kazesawa, as they're often seen together since her official debut, and even in her cameo debut. She is a cute-type idol and one of Dream Academy's models. It appears that she – along with Sora – has gained popularity as they were both seen on the front cover of a magazine.

It was revealed in her debut episode that she is the daughter of a wealthy family who owns a farm in the mountains.

### Appearance

Maria has caramel colored hair that is styled into ringlets with a portion held up with a flower hair band. She has dark purple eyes and fair skin.

### Personality

Maria is a kind, gentle and soft-spoken girl. She is very considerate, as shown in episode 69, when she took into account everyone's likes for her house party. Maria is very sweet and good with cosmetics.

## Etymology

**Hime** (姫) means *Princess*, referencing to her being an "ojō-sama" and **Sato** (里) means *village*; most likely referring to her home in the mountains which is located near a village.

**Maria** (マリア) has many translations. In Latin it can mean "wished for child" or "star of the sea". Despite the name's non-Japanese origin, it has decent popularity as a girl's name in Japan.

## Trivia

* Maria Himesato Autograph
* Her zodiac Sign is Aries.
* She is the only cute idol whose given name is written in katakana and not hiragana.
* Maria is the third idol to wear a floral hair clip, the other two being Sora Kazesawa and Sakura Kitaoji.
* Maria is the second main idol to share not just her brand with another idol, but also her singer.
	+ She and Sakura later share their singing voice with Sora and Kokone Kurisu.
* She made a cameo appearance at the end of episode 67.
	+ This makes her the second person to have an appearance at the end of the episode before their official debut, preceded by Kaede Ichinose who did the same in episode 33.
	+ This also makes her the third character to have more than one cameo before her debut. She is preceded by Ran who, unlike her, had a speaking role in both cameo debuts instead of one, and Sora, who had a non-speaking role in both.
* Maria is the fourth person to debut in her Premium Rare Coord and the sixth to not debut in her basic coord.
* She shares her given name with Maria Hikawa from the anime series Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.
	+ She also shares her given name to Maria Cadenzava Eve from the Senki Zesshō Symphogear franchise.
	+ She also shares her given name to Maria Kanamori from Kiratto Pri☆Chan.

## Gallery

* **Apricot Dream Coord**

Maria Himesato Blue MonutainMaria Himesato Blue Grassland PowerMaria Himesato Blue Grassland Road TipsMaria Himesato Blue Grassland CocoMaria Himesato Blue Sky HomeMaria Himesato Blue Sky GrasslandMaria Himesato Blue Sky Mountain HighMaria Himesato Blue Sorsogon GrasslandMaria Himesato Cloudy HillMaria Himesato Blue Tagaytay SceneryMaria Himesato MonutainMaria Himesato Power MonutainMaria Himesato Tagaytay Staycation Hotels Taal VolcanoMaria Himesato Biggest Bridge RoadMaria Himesato Blue Grassland PlaneMaria Himesato Bridge RoadMaria Himesato Train BridgeMaria Himesato Golf LandMaria Himesato Plane ManilaMaria Himesato Summer GrasslandMaria Himesato Blue Summer ClubMaria Himesato Blue PTT RoadSakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Mayor VolcanoSakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Mountain FlowersSakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Summer LifeOtome Arisugawa Sakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Construction GrasslandOtome Arisugawa Sakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Construction of Slope Protection Sibul Springs Bridge San Miguel River BulacanOtome Arisugawa Sakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Play GrasslandOtome Arisugawa Sakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Summer Coord
* **Alice Fantasy Coord**

Maria Himesato Blue Grassland MountainMaria Himesato Irosin Eco ZooMaria Himesato Blue Land FourMaria Himesato Blue Grassland HomeMaria Himesato Blue Land PlausMaria Himesato Blue Monutain Land HighMaria Himesato Blue Mountain CloudyMaria Himesato Blue Grassland FlowerMaria Himesato Blue Mountain FramlandMaria Himesato Blue Mountain PlasMaria Himesato Cloudy Flower MountainMaria Himesato Blue Monutain PlaneMaria Himesato Blue Land PlaneMaria Himesato Blue Sky MonutainMaria Himesato Sunet RoadMaria Himesato Blue Sky Mountain FoeMaria Himesato Blue Sky MountainMaria Himesato Grassland LifeMaria Himesato Cloudy Land WorldMaria Himesato Flower Monuntain SumetMaria Himesato Cloudy LandMaria Himesato Summer LifeMaria Himesato Blue Oecan of Tamaraw FallsMaria Himesato Sun LifeMaria Himesato Aurora MountainMaria Himesato Sa IslandMaria Himesato Lobo RoadMaria Himesato Blue Bridge RoadMaria Himesato Blue Flower SummerMaria Himesato Flower BridgeMaria Himesato Flower PoamMaria Himesato Blue SummerMaria Himesato Blue Summer LakeMaria Himesato Aurora SummerMaria Himesato Aurora JollibeeMaria Himesato High Road FoodMaria Himesato Café Tukan Aurora PrincessSakura Kitaoji and Maria Himesato Lake Land Four
* **Flower Alice Fantasy Coord**

Maria Himesato Blue GrasslandMaria Himesato Blue Sky Lake LandMaria Himesato Road LifeMaria Himesato Flower MonutainMaria Himesato Power GrasslandMaria Himesato Sun LightMaria Himesato Blue IslandMaria Himesato Cloudy FlowerMaria Himesato Blue Summer HouseMaria Himesato Island Hotel
* **Princess Marchen Coord**

Maria Himesato Cloudy SunnyMaria Himesato Cloudy RoadMaria Himesato Mountain LandMaria Himesato Blue Mountain RoadMaria Himesato Mountain BridgeMaria Himesato Blue Sun LifeMaria Himesato Bridge RiverMaria Himesato 5 Treee MorthMaria Himesato Forset BridgeMaria Himesato Grassland SummerMaria Himesato Summer ForsetMaria Himesato Cafe PrincessMaria Himesato Starbucks Shop
* **Tyrolean Aries Coord**

Maria Himesato Road CoconutMaria Himesato MountainMaria Himesato Blue MountainMaria Himesato Blue Oecan SeaMaria Himesato Zoo BridgeMaria Himesato Starbucks Coffee