Mari Liisa Pajalahti (born 15 March 1979), also known by her stage name MC Mariko, is one of two lead singers of hip-hop music group Kwan.
She has also acted in a Finnish TV soap opera called Salatut elämät in the role of Virpi Hurme from 1999 to 2000.
In addition, she has played the lead role in the musical Dakota.
[1] In 2007, Mariko was chosen to dance in season two of the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars (Tanssii tähtien kanssa).
Together with her partner Aleksi Seppänen [fi], she went on to win the entire competition on 22 April 2007.