Maimi wishes her best friend, Berryz Koubou’s Chinami Tokunaga, a happy birthday in her May 22nd update “All my best(// ∇//) by Maimi“. Full translation below.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Chinami~~~♪( ´θ｀)ノ

Today, May 22nd,
is Berryz Koubou member Tokunaga Chinami-chan’s birthday

Chinami is 22-years-old
She’s the same age as me now(((o(*゜▽゜*)o)))

I have a lot of memories of the 21-year-old Chinami(//∇//)

After work was over, we’d go out to eat in a hurry

We hung out in Chinami’s hometown,
and ate delicious things from the food carts

We went to the zoo,
and the two of us rode a boat in the pond…o(^▽^)o

When we were little too,
we’d go shopping together and to Disneyland~…

We haven’t changed at all since then~♪( ´θ｀)ノ

Despite appearances,
Chinami’s a level-headed person

She always researches the places we’re going to go hang out♪( ´▽｀)

For example, it’ll be like

“We’re going here~… If we get on the train around this time, we’ll arrive around this time, and we’ll be hungry about then, but it seems there’s this kind of restaurant near the station, so let’s eat there~♪( ´▽｀)”…

I’m just like

“Whoaaaa(((((((((((( ´ ▽ ` )ノ”,

and I follow Chinami

Hehe~♪( ´▽｀)
I depend on her

After work once,
when the 2 of us told our manager

“We’re going to go out for dinner now“,

they responded
“Oh Be careful~( ´ ▽ ` )ノ”,

and what do you think Chii said?

 

 

She said “It’s alright(^o^)/ If anything happens, I’ll protect Maimi(￣+ー￣)“…

How strong~(//∇//)

 

If anything happened to Chii,
I’d protect her with all my might too♪(´ε｀ )

On top of that, on the way home from eating,

Chinami was worried about me…(^◇^;)

“If you get on the wrong train, you’ll end up in the wrong place, right??(*_*)”…(ー ー;)

“Are you listening?(・ω・)ノ
I’m going to get on this train,
but Maimi needs to catch the train on that track at this time, and it’ll go straight to your station(・◇・)”

Σ(￣。￣ノ)ノEe~~~h
She even looked up info for me~~?(＞人＜;)

China-san… Sniff…… Thanks……(/ _ ; )

 

In addition,
I wrote about in an update at the time,

but when my train arrived at the station before the one where we were supposed to meet,

she e-mailed me saying “Maimi, get off at the next station(*^o^*)!!”…

I remember being surprised thinking “Chinami is amazing“…(^o^)/

Chinami seems like the “Everything will work out in the end~( ´ ▽ ` )ノ” type,

but there’s been times she’s been really worried,

like before a play, she said
“Maimi~, will you go over my lines with me??♪( ´▽｀)”,

and when we reached the end,

she worried “Have I already forgotten the stuff at the beginning??“…(#^.^#)

She also sent me an e-mail that said “I’m nervous about today’s birthday event…“…(^-^)

I continue to be in debt to Chinami, she soothes me, and she makes me happy, and I’m really grateful every day

So I hope my precious, precious Chii’s 22nd year is full of happiness(*^^*)

So that Chii will always keep smiling, I will support her with all my power through the hard times p(^_^)q

Though she’s nervous about today’s event, I hope Chii has fun

 

Do your bestヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

Once again, happy birthday
I hope a lot of happiness arrives for Chinami…

I love you~~~