Maimi Sightings for July 31st: Mai, Airi, Haruna

(1 & 2) ℃-ute members Hagiwara Mai and Suzuki Airi both uploaded pictures from the ℃-ute girls’ night out in their updates on the official ℃-ute blog today (Mai’s update, Airi’s update). (3) Morning Musume’s Iikubo Haruna shared this backstage 2-shot with Maimi in her update on the MM 10th generation blog, and wrote:

℃-ute’s Yajima Maimi-san.

There are sunglasses that are decorations on our outfits,

but we played around putting them on.

Yajima-san… I went to see the play “Taklamakan”…

I really fell in love with her…

The more I look at her, the more beautiful she seems!!

She’s a really warm and tender beauty!!

I hope we can become closer during the Hello! concerts.

Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.

Blog update: “Real time(^_-)”

Maimi recouperates after yesterday’s long day of filming with her beloved pet dogs in her July 31st update “Real time(^_-)“. Full translation below.

Maimi Sightings for July 30th: Aika, “UTB”

Hello! Project soloist Mitsui Aika shared 2-shots with all of the ℃-ute members on her official blog, including this lovely one with Maimi.

℃-ute staffs’ Twitter account tweeted this picture of Maimi from today’s photoshoot for the magazine “UTB”.

Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.

Blog update: “Today’s time diary(^^)”

Maimi brings back the time diary for today’s “UTB” photoshoot in her July 30th update “Today’s time diary(^^)“. Full translation below.

Maimi Sightings for July 29th: Captain

Berryz Koubou’s captain, Shimizu Saki, shared this 2-shot with “Mii-tan” in an update on her official blog today.

Check out blog!project for full translations of the other ℃-ute and Hello! Project members’ blog updates.

Blog update: “In the 5th year…!?( ≧∀≦)”

Maimi intermingles with the members of the other Hello! Project groups, gets excited for a potential public recording of her radio show, and prepares for an insanely hot time in her July 29th update In the 5th year…( ≧∀≦)“. Full translation below.

Blog update: “Who’s this(=°ω°=)”

Maimi celebrates the start of the Hello! Project concerts, gets an e-mail from a past costar, and gets a call from a mysterious stranger in her July 28th update “Who’s this(=°ω°=)“. Full translation below.

Blog update: “Looks itchy~(((( ゜д゜;))))”

Maimi gets hyped for the start of the Hello! Project concerts and laments mosquito bites in her July 27th update “Looks itchy~(((( ゜д゜;))))“. Full translation below.

Blog update: “Soothed first thing in the morning(*’-‘)”

Maimi takes part in several photoshoots, introduces Mellowquad’s music video, and enjoys the antics of one of her pet dogs in her July 26th update “Soothed first thing in the morning(*’-‘)“. Full translation below.

Mellowquad “Eiyasa! Brother” music video

The music video for Maimi’s newest group Mellowquad’s song “Eiyasa! Brother” has debuted on the 24th volume of the UF-LICKS YouTube show. The MV can seen at the 6:29 mark, and features Maimi, Berryz Koubou’s Tokunaga Chinami and Natsuyaki Miyabi, and ℃-ute’s Okai Chisato.

Blog update: “Trip~②(^-^) 人(^”

Maimi’s summer vacation trip to Kamakura continues in her July 25th update titled “Trip~②(^-^) 人(^“. Full translation below.

Blog update: “Trip~(^-^)人(^-^”

Maimi heads out for a short trip over her summer vacation in her July 24th update “Trip~(^-^)人(^-^“. Full translation below.

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.

Blog update: “Hot(; ´д｀)”

Maimi teases details of a ℃-ute photoshoot, talks about the latest issue of “JUNON”, and explores the various breeds of dogs she wants to raise in her July 23rd update “Hot(; ´д｀)“. Full translation below.

Maimi’s “BASEBALL GAME MAGAZINE” cover

The Amazon.co.jp listing for the August edition of “BASEBALL GAME MAGAZINE”, which features “℃-ute’s absolute leader” Maimi, has been updated with the issue’s cover. Maimi appears on the cover wearing a variation of the jersey for her family’s favorite baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants. According to one of Maimi’s blog updates from earlier this year, the issue, which goes on sale July 24th, features pictures of Maimi in a variety of outfits and an interview covering a wide range of topics.