Mayu grew up in Osaka, Japan, and studied law at Kyoto University.
In 2007, she quit law school to pursue her career as a singer-songwriter and moved to Los Angeles.
While studying music at LA Music Academy, Mayu self-produced her first EP "Stars Won't Fall", from which "24 Hours" got featured in Sony Walkman as a preload song, attracting an international fanbase.
In promotion of the album, she performed at SXSW as part of the Japan Nite tour in the United States[3] and at The Great Escape Festival in UK.
[4] She is also credited as co-producer in TXT's debut song "Crown", for their EP The Dream Chapter in 2019.