Karin Maruyama

Karin Maruyama (丸山 夏鈴, Maruyama Karin, 2 August 1993 – 22 May 2015)^[3][4][5] was a Japanese singer and tarento. She was born in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. She graduated from Shōshi Kōtō High School.^[6] She was nicknamed Rin-chan (りんちゃん). She was represented with Happy Strike.^[7] She had a brain tumor removed during her second year of elementary school. After that, by the time she made her debut, she had one operation in the second year of junior high school and two operations in the third year of high school. During her hospitalization for surgery, she was influenced by the appearance of idols she saw on television and wanted to be like them too, so she decided to begin a fight against cancer to achieve her dreams.^[8] After she died, she was buried in Nichirinji Temple, Motomiya. Her sister is Miss iD 2016 finalist and Go Yoshida Award winner Yuka Maruyama.