Her main role in Platonic Sex was somewhat controversial as it was rather contrary to her image as one possessing pure values.
Of the Japanese dramas shown in Los Angeles, a substantial fraction of them have Mari in the cast.
In September 2011, she married to an TBS announcer, Takahiro Takano.
[1] On July 30, 2015, she gave birth to their first daughter, named Fuka (ふうか).
[2] In September 2024, she revealed on her Instagram that her daughter has congenital myopathy.