Maimi looks back on an eventful 2014 in her December 31st update “last…2014“. Full translation below.

Good morning
It’s Maimi

It’s the last day of 2014∑(゜Д゜)

What kind of year was it for everyone??

There are those who had a lot of fun times
And those who had more difficult times than fun ones…

But I think that each person’s year happened for very important reasons

It makes me happy that even though each of us had our individual years,

we will be starting a new year together like this

 

This year passed by so quickly that I still can’t believe 2014 is ending,

but when I look back, a lot of things happened

In particular,
we were able to stand on stage at Nippon Budokan many times,

℃-ute’s first performance in Yokohama Arena was announced,

and a lot of other happy things happened

The number of juniors increased rapidly,
and I strengthened my resolve to be a proud senior

For me personally, becoming the Hello! Project leader was a big deal

I never thought the day would come where I’d be the leader of Hello! Project~…(゜Д゜)

I felt a lot of anxiety and pressure, but everyone’s support at that time really eased my spirits

Now I’m fired up to open the curtains on a brand new Hello! Project I’m optimistic

I also met a lot of people this year,
and I was able to see a lot of people’s smiles, so I was truly happy

Everyone saved me countless times when I was worried or things were tough,
and I felt “I never want to betray everyone They are really precious to me”

I want all of those precious people to always be smiling,

so I’m praying that 2015 is full of happiness for everyone(((o(*゜▽゜*)o)))

Ah! It’ll definitely be a happy year(^o^)/*

Let’s have the best year ever

At the beginning of 2014,
I was excited thinking “What kind of year will this be?(((o(*゜▽゜*)o)))”,

and it’s kind of funny that now I know the answer to that

Surely, the days will pass in the blink of an eye and I’ll be looking back at 2015 before I know it~

I have aspirations for this year too,

and maybe I’ll write about them once it becomes 2015??(*^^*)

At any rate,
today I’m grateful to 2014 for the many experiences it gave me,
the many feelings it showed me,
and all the ways it grew me

And then, I’m full of gratitude to the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaany people who supported me this year

 

On today, the final day of 2014, we have the Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY

There’s a new experiment where we travel between 2 venues in Osaka and Kobe,
and there’s live viewings all over the country and overseas♪( ´θ｀)ノ

My heart is pounding

I’m really happy that Hello! Project will start 2015 with so many people watching over us like this,

and I hope that even those who can’t come will send their support to us

So that we can have a wonderful end to 2014 and a wonderful start to 2015,
I will go and have fun will all my might

Everyone, please enjoy the last day of 2014 without regrets

Well then, one last time…

Thank you for your warm support all year

Please follow us as we keep running in 2015

I pray for everyone to have a happy future…
Have a nice New Year’s~