: Ozawa has been open about her personal life and has used her platform to advocate for certain causes. She announced her retirement from the adult film industry in 2019 and has since focused on other ventures.

: She started with the studio S1 before co-founding a new start-up, DAS, in 2007

Maria Ozawa debuted at the height of the "second wave" of JAV superstars. Her first contract was with , the most prominent studio of the era.