Berryz Koubou member and Maimi’s close friend Tokunaga Chinami shared these shots of Maimi in an update today on her official blog. (Translated by yours truly over at blog!project.)

A video giving a behind-the-scenes look at the current Hello! Project concert tour was uploaded to the Mobekimasu YouTube channel. Maimi can be seen several times through-out the course of the rehearsals, and at around 6:53 she’s backstage talking with Morning Musume’s Iikubo Haruna about how fast time has been flying since the start of the new year.