James Ma was born in Bangkok, Thailand on July 3 1993. His mother is from Hong Kong and his father is Thai of a Chinese descent. He has 1 younger sister. Ma first attended NIST (New International School of Thailand) and at the age of 8, his family moved to Hong Kong and he resumed studying in Quarry Bay International School of Hong Kong. He then excelled 2 years past his usual studying year group and attended South Island School Hong Kong. Later, he met A Supachai Srivijit, who then became his manager in the entertainment business and Ma came back to Thailand to study in Harrow International School, Bangkok. He is currently working as an actor and model in a popular Thai television channel, ThaiTV3 or Ch3.

Ma is well known for his passion towards cats. In Hong Kong, he has a British Shorthair named Mocha. In Thailand, he has 2 ginger cats, Jammy and Zon Zon.

Ma auditioned for The Star season 7, a Thai reality show and singing competition but didn’t pass through the final audition. He was briefly a model before he gained media’s attention when he starred in the Thai television drama series The Juthathep Gentlemen, or Supaburoot Juthathep” as Khun Chai Ronnapee.