(1966); her guest appearances on series television include Valentine's Day (1965), I Spy (1966), Star Trek (1967), It Takes a Thief (1968), The Beverly Hillbillies (1971), Ironside (1971), Medical Center (1971-1972), Hawaii Five-O (1972), Kojak (1974), Mannix (1974), and M*A*S*H (1979).
Her films include Impasse (1969), The Hawaiians (1970), Amanda Fallon (1973), That Man Bolt (1973) and Cage Without a Key (1975).
Mayama met Burt Reynolds in 1968 while working in Japan as a kabuki theater player.
[dubious – discuss] Reynolds was in Japan to film Impasse and Mayama signed on to the cast.
She learned English by watching Bugs Bunny cartoons, according to Reynolds' autobiography But Enough About Me.