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“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 29th
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Hagiwara Mai shared this 2-shot of herself and Maimi in her update on the official ℃-ute blog yesterday. In addition, Mai wrote that her and Maimi get along well, and joked that it might be destiny.
Mai’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665000540
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi first posted this 2-shot with Maimi and followed up with a 3-shot that turned into a group shot in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog today.
Airi’s update: http://gree.jp/c_ute/blog/entry/665059710
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for March 27th
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi posted another 2-shot with Maimi from their “Spirits” photoshoot in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
▪Morning Musume’s Iikubo Haruna shared a 3-shot of herself, Maimi, and Nakajima Saki from their “Hello! SATOYAMA Life” filming in an update on the Morning Musume 10th generation blog.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
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.
Maimi Sightings for March 24th
▪Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi uploaded this 2-shot with Maimi in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
▪Maimi’s “Sakura no Hanataba” costar Fukunaga Marika shared this 2-shot with Maimi and had this to say in an update on her official blog:
The pic’s of my partner Yajima Maimi-sama and our parfaits.
Maimi-sama’s presence in the dressing room alone has a relaxing effect.
She’s a human aroma.
By the way, Maimi-chan has a pet dog named Aroma.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for February 7th
Starting off a special birthday-themed Maimi Sightings, fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi shared this collage of 2-shots in her update on the official ℃-ute blog. Airi wrote that Maimi is a beautiful woman no matter where or by whom she’s seen, but is also scatter-brained. She continued on to say that no matter how much someone wants to, they can’t be like Maimi.
Nakajima Saki attached this image she created to her update on the official ℃-ute blog, and wrote that she worries about her leader, and hopes that she’ll lean on the rest of the members more.
Fellow birthday girl Hagiwara Mai uploaded these pics to her update on the official ℃-ute blog. Mai wrote that Maimi’s outward beauty is likely a result of her inner beauty, and that Maimi is like an older sister to her.
Batting last for the ℃-ute members, Okai Chisato shared this 2-shot with Maimi in her update on the official ℃-ute blog. Chisato wrote that she’s jealous of Maimi’s beauty, and how that coupled with her scatter-brained nature make her charming.
Various other Hello! Project members wrote messages for Maimi’s birthday, including S/mileage’s Fukuda Kanon, who in an entry on her official blog wrote that Maimi’s smile and scatter-brained episodes always soothe her, and that she wants to become closer friends with Maimi.
Maimi’s little cousin, S/mileage sub-member Takeuchi Akari, wrote in her update on the S/mileage sub-member blog that Maimi was her motivation for auditioning for Hello! Project Eggs, and she often e-mails Maimi when she needs advice. In addition, she wrote how impressed she was with Maimi’s solo version of “Ame” when she watched the video on YouTube.
Another S/mileage member, this time Nakanishi Kana, attached this tiny pic and wished Maimi a happy birthday in her update on the S/mileage sub-member blog. Kana added that she’s envious of Maimi’s style, and that her smile is sparkling and cute on concert videos.
S/mileage member Katsuta Rina also wrote birthday wishes in her update on the S/mileage sub-member blog. Rina said that she’s happy when Maimi smiles at her backstage at the Hello! Project concerts, and that she respects her dancing.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for February 4th
Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi uploaded this group shot in her update on the official ℃-ute blog today.
Former Country Musume member Satoda Mai shared this 3-shot of herself, Maimi, and Airi from backstage at the H!P concerts in an update on her official blog.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for February 3rd
Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi shared this ℃-ute group shot in an update on the official ℃-ute blog.
Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi uploaded these pictures that happened to feature Maimi in a post about Mano Erina on her official GREE blog.
“Idol Hour Hello! Project” host Okamura Yuriko attached this 2-shot with Maimi to an update on her official blog. Miss Okamura wrote that she thinks Maimi is really, really cute and reminds her of the artist “Priscilla Ahn”. When she told Maimi this, Maimi responded that she had played some of Priscilla’s music on her radio program before.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for February 2nd
First from Maimi’s fellow ℃-ute members, Okai Chisato shared these groups shot over several of her updates on the official ℃-ute blog.
Hagiwara Mai also had a couple of shots of her own that she uploaded in her updates.
Wrapping things up for the ℃-ute members, Suzuki Airi attached these shots to her entries.
Morning Musume member Iikubo Haruna shared these group shots in an update on the Morning Musume 10th generation blog from when herself, Maimi, Chisato, and Ishida Ayumi had a recording for the radio program “J-POP SUPER COUNTDOWN”.
The Enjoy Network Japan Facebook page uploaded a series of pictures of Maimi, who is hosting the “Idol Hour Hello! Project” program for the month of February. The ENJ staff mentioned that Maimi might be cutting her hair again soon, and that she spilled her drink trying to get it open (picture 3), possibly because of nerves.
Over on YouTube, the UFACTORYchannel uploaded a video of February’s 3 birthday girls (Maimi, Nacky, Mai) singing the “Happy Birthday Song” and showing off their birthday shirts that will be on sale during the finale of ℃-ute’s tour and at their birthday event.
Maimi also appears in a video on the MBCMS channel, where details of Hello! Project’s “Hinamatsuri Festival” are decided.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for January 28th
Fellow ℃-ute member Hagiwara Mai shared this 3-shot of her, Maimi, and Suzuki Airi in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
Maimi’s best friend Berryz Koubou’s Tokunaga Chinami tweeted this 2-shot with Maimi.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for January 27th
Fellow ℃-ute member Okai Chisato uploaded these pics of Airi and Maimi doing their make-up in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
Airi also shared a 2-shot with Maimi in her update today.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for January 26th
Fellow ℃-ute member Nakajima Saki shared these shots featuring Maimi in a couple of her entries on the official ℃-ute blog the last several days.
Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi uploaded these 2-shots with Maimi in her updates the past couple of days.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
“Kono Machi” MV
The music video for ℃-ute’s February 6th release, “Kono Machi”, has been uploaded to the official ℃-ute channel on YouTube.
Maimi Sightings for January 15th
Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi shared these 2-shots with Maimi in her update on the official ℃-ute blog today, and wrote about the two’s misadventures when they tried to find somewhere in Shibuya to eat during their downtime.
Hello! Project soloist Mano Erina shared this 3-shot with herself, Maimi, and Nakajima Saki in an update on her official blog.
The futsal section of the Japanese Adidas shop updated with a header featuring Maimi along with Up Up Girls member and Gatas Brilhantes H.P. teammate Sengoku Minami.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
Maimi Sightings for January 6th
Fellow ℃-ute member Suzuki Airi uploaded this 2-shot with Maimi in her update today on the official ℃-ute blog.
Morning Musume O.G. member and Maimi’s “16-sai no Koi Nante” duet partner Abe Natsumi shared these 2-shots she took with Maimi when she appeared at the current Hello! Project concerts in an update on her blog. In her posting, Natsumi reminisces about their duet and how at the time she said a lot of strict things to “Yajiman”, but that they were good memories.
Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.
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