Maimi kicks off the new year with the annual Hello! Project concerts in her January 2nd update “Hello! concert START!“. Full translation below.

The New Year’s Hello! Project concerts have started this year too

Sayashi Riho-chan has graduated from Morning Musume。’15,
Yanagawa Nanami-chan and Funaki Musubi-chan joined Country Girls,
and Kamikokuryou Moe-chan has joined ANGERME,

so a new Hello! Project has started in 2016

Did everyone who participated have fun??

A lot of people came on the opening day, so I was really happy(^^)

Those who couldn’t participate today,
there will be more Hello! concerts after this, so please be sure come

By the way, this time we jumble up members from various groups and perform shuffle unit songs,

and the shuffle units will vary by performance, so I’ll be glad if you come to watch a looot

It was the first Hello! concert since joining their groups for the new members,

so I thought “Are they nervous??((((；ﾟДﾟ)))))))”,

but after the performance,

Kamiko-chan (Kamikokuryo-chan) was grinning and said “It was fun“

What an iron heart（≧∇≦）

It looks like she had fun standing on stage, so it makes me happy too

When I talked to her before the performance,
she was nervous and asked me “This is my first time doing make-up by myself,
so is it okay? Does it look weird?“,

and seeing her like that was really, really cute…

Yeah! You’re naturally cute, so you’ll be cute no matter whatlol

 

That innocence melted the hearts of the ℃-ute members today

Interacting with other members like this at the Hello! concerts is fun~

I wonder what will happen tomorrow?(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o))) I can’t wait

 

Ah! And then, something else happy happened

What!
We got handmade rice cake from the Nakajima family

Actually, last night on LINE,
Nacky said “I’m bringing rice cake for everyone tomorrow“,

so I brought the walnut sauce made by my grandmother too

I got to eat a miraculous combination of the Nakajima family rice cake and my grandmother’s walnut sauce(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

It was so delicious…

So much so that I want to eat it again as soon as possible

Hang in there… Yajima… Hang in there for now…

Otherwise I’ll get fat for New Year’s~lol

Tomorrow morning, I want all of us to eat it in the dressing room again

Hurry up and become tomorrow!lol

Everyone in the Nakajima family,
grandma,

thank you so much о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆

And then!
Today there was an important announcement!

 

Morning Musume。’16 13th generation auditions have been decided

In addition,
the age limit this time is 10 to 17

I was 10 when I entered Hello! Project((((；ﾟДﾟ)))))))

It’s amazing(^^)

Those of you who love to sing and dance
If you’re thinking “Im interested“, please be sure to audition

I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of people will join Hello! Project next

 

We’re waiting for a lot of applications

Now then, now then
Thanks for all your hard work today

Let’s have a day full of happiness tomorrow too

Sweet dreams~~
Good night