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℃-ute to disband
It was announced today that ℃-ute will disband following a performance at Saitama Super Arena in June of 2017. An official translation of the announcement can be found at UP-FRONT LINK and translations of various news articles with additional comments from the members can be found at 910 Percent.
℃-ute begins official Ameba blog
It was announced at the evening performance of ℃-ute’s spring tour that ℃-ute will be starting an official Ameba blog, which is already up here. Their GREE blog will continue for the remainder of March.
℃-ute news: “Alo-Hello!” digest
The official ℃-ute YouTube channel has uploaded a digest of “Alo-Hello! 3 ℃-ute”, which is now available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
“Smiling sky” cover, “Alo-Hello!” bonus, blog appearances
▪The e-LineUp listing for the Maimi solo DVD “Smiling sky”, which recently shipped out to those who ordered it, has been updated with the cover for the DVD.
▪Those who order the latest ℃-ute “Alo-Hello!” photobook from 7net shopping can get a photo of Maimi exclusive to the online shop.
▪Maimi made appearances in the blogs of (from left) fellow ℃-ute members Saki Nakajima and Airi Suzuki and Berryz Koubou members Miyabi Natsuyaki and Saki Shimizu.
Maimi Sightings for August 6th: Nacky, Airi
Maimi’s fellow ℃-ute members shared some 2-shots with her in their updates, starting with this one Nakajima Saki posted in her update on the official ℃-ute blog the other day (1), and then this one Suzuki Airi posted in her update yesterday (2).
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for August 3rd: Nacky, “UTB”
Fellow ℃-ute member Nakajima Saki shared this 2-shot with Maimi in her update on the official ℃-ute blog (1). The “UTB” magazine Twitter account tweeted this “refreshing shot” of Maimi while promoting the issue ℃-ute appears in (2).
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for August 2nd
▪Maimi’s fellow ℃-ute members Nakajima Saki, Okai Chisato, and Suzuki Airi uploaded these group shots from the Otodama concert in their updates yesterday on the official ℃-ute blog.
▪The official ℃-ute Facebook page shared another group shot from the Otodama concert, as well as a solo shot of Maimi from the group’s shoot for an upcoming issue of “UTB”.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for July 23rd: Nacky, Airi
(1) Fellow ℃-ute member Nakajima “Nacky” Saki uploaded this 3-shot of her, Maimi, and Suzuki Airi in her update yesterday on the official ℃-ute blog. (2) Airi then shared a picture of her and Maimi and a cafe au lait whose straw fell into the cup in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
“Hello! Station” #23 uploaded
The 23rd edition of the YouTube program “Hello! Station” was uploaded to the channel of the same name, and features clips from ℃-ute’s performance in Paris (1:20) and the dance shot of their music video of “Kanashiki Amefuri” (18:11).
Maimi Sightings for May 20th: Nacky, “Taklimakan”
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Nakajima Saki shared this 2-shot with Maimi in an update on the official blog.
▪”Taklimakan” producer/playwright Hata Takehiko tweeted this shot of Maimi at practice for the play.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for April 16th
▪℃-ute member Nakajima Saki posted this 2-shot of her and Maimi in the “Crazy Kanzen na Otona” threads in her update on the ℃-ute blog today.
Nacky’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665962033
▪℃-ute member Okai Chisato also shared a 2-shot with Maimi in her blog update, but this time the girls were showing off some of the goods from their upcoming tour.
Chisato’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665962421
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for April 14th
▪℃-ute member Nakajima “Nacky” Saki shared this rehearsal 2-shot with Maimi in her blog update today.
Nacky’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665868562
▪℃-ute member Suzuki Airi uploaded this 2-shot of her and Maimi at rehearsal wearing the matching hoodies they received during their “Spirits” photoshoot in her update today.
Airi’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665874207
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
℃-ute to perform in Paris
Along with the announcement that ℃-ute will perform at the Nippon Budoukan on September 10th (℃-ute Day), it was also announced that ℃-ute will have their first overseas event this summer in Paris, France. The event will take place on July 5th and will be titled “℃-ute Cutie Circuit ~VOYAGE A PARIS~”. Few other details are available at the moment, but I’ll update again when they are.
Update: UpFront Link has posted more information on the event, including the venue and ticket information. The concert will be held at the La Cigale theater, which according to Wikipedia, can only accomodate up to at most 1389 people. The tickets will go on sale April 8th, and will run 38.80€ plus fees.
“Crazy Kanzen na Otona” live event broadcast
Tomorrow is the release date for ℃-ute’s 21st single “Crazy Kanzen na Otona”, and it’s been announced that their release commemoration event on the same day will be broadcast live from Ikebukuro Sunshine City over ℃-ute’s official YouTube channel. The event will start at 5:30PM JST (4:30AM EST), so if you’re able to, be sure to tune in and celebrate the release of the new single with the girls and those in attendance.
Update: An archive of the event was uploaded to their YouTube channel after the event, so I’ve updated the article with that video for those who missed it.
Maimi Sightings for March 26th
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi posted this 2-shot of herself and Maimi from their “Big Comic Spirits” photoshoot in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Nakajima Saki wrote in her update on the official ℃-ute blog today that she was on location filming for the program “Hello! SATOYAMA Life” along with Maimi and Morning Musume’s Iikubo Haruna, and shared this 3-shot of the group.
▪Maimi’s “Sakura no Hanataba” costar Fukunaga Marika updated her official blog with a couple of 2-shots with Maimi and reflected on their time together on the play. Marika wrote how Maimi’s diligence and postive attitude inspired her, and that she wouldn’t have been able to do the play with anyone else.
▪The “UTB” Twitter account tweeted these pictures from today’s photobook handshake event. In the second picture, Maimi is showing her favorite picture in the photobook, one she took of Nacky and Airi on the bullet train which Hagiwara Mai happened to sneak into.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
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