Maria Amabuki/History



Reiko's only daughter. with her mother's maiden name and leads the fugitive group "Dorami" as Maria Kirishima, but there are only three members.

Early Life
She once had a healthy relationship with her mother when she was younger, but it all fell apart when she found out about Reiko's background. It is implied that she dragged her two friends to be part of her gang, but they are too nice about it.

Despite acting like a tough and rude Japanese criminal, she draws the line in harming elementary school students and lets Lily break free when he threatens her and Sakura.

She really wants to be one like her mother, but her gang is only made up of her and two other girls, and her scooter covered in pink stickers doesn't exactly inspire this image.

Present Day
She does her best to become the same motorcycle gang captain her mother was before, as Maria feels her mother lost her temper. She has a hard time pulling it off when most of her gang are sticker-covered female scooters and only two other members who know they're not cut out for it. Saki has to prove her point about knowing her limits by jumping and surviving, a bicycle accident that Misa wouldn't dare to do.

She uses her mother's maiden name, Kirishima. Exclusively for this band, she rejects her mother's married name because she hates what her mother has become, and would rather follow the tough biker she used to be. It is also relevant to the plot, as using her mother's name is how Saki realizes that she is Reiko's daughter.

Episode 9
Dissatisfied with her mother, since she discovered the background of their in a gang, she decides to re-form Dorami with her friends, Despite trying to win the chicken game after receiving a letter from the korosuke, Saki is willing to do it for her as a " special commander of a day ", Saki crashes the bike not before jumping from it, Reiko rebukes Saki but changed her mind after hearing the words of Saki to show her guts to persuade her mother. She was invited by Saki for her next concert saying: "I will show you my own legend". At the end of the episode she achieves a reconciliation with korosuke becoming fans of Franchouchou

Episode 12
Appears as an extra in the background while supporting Franchouchou

Episode 18
Demonstrating a change in personality from the previous season, Maria seems very concerned about her mother and is actually working to buy her a new motorcycle that Saki destroyed in episode 9. It is revealed that this is not the first time that Tae and Maria have met. Because of the bite in her bow, when her friends arrive Maria invites Tae to join them in a contest in plaza 656 where Tae unexpectedly wins 30,000 yen by beating Drive in Tori's pet chicken. However, Tae does not want the money, which causes Police Suenaga to appear and tell them where to spend the money, and like a good policeman he leads them to gamble! Wait, is that legal?

Suenaga takes the group to a Karatsu boat race, Maria sees Misa compete and her group of motorcyclists supporting her from the building, in the end thanks to Tae's good luck they take 20 million yen to pay Franchouchou's debt. Upon arriving at the house, Maria turns to see Okoba but it seems not to worry him, the girls are surprised by the money that Tae brought them but that surprise is almost ruined by Sakura's carelessness but fortunately Saki uses Kotaro's technique and prevents Maria see Tae's headless body. Maria Amabuki/Sipnosis