Q1: What does your name mean?
A1: It means “to dance (舞) beautifully (美)”

Q2: What is your nickname?

A2: Maimi~, Miitan

Q3: How does your family call you?
A3: Maimi or Maii!

Q4: What is your height?
A4: 165cm. Although lately I haven’t checked how tall I am…

Q5: What is your shoe size?
A5: Either 24.5 or 25cm.

Q6: How is your eyesight?
A6: A. But lately I haven’t checked that either…

Q7: An habit of yours?
A7: When talking, I often say “like” (example: “so, like, we were at a mall and like, there was a very cool store and…”)

Q8: What’s your hobby?
A8: Writing letters and making crafts… I really like making small things! After that, I do exercise ♡

Q9: Are you particularly good at something?
A9: Running! I’m also good at tongue twisters.

Q10: What subjects are you good at?
A10: P.E.!!

Q11: Past accomplishements?
A11: Penmanship, piano, swimming, conversation in English. And although I didn’t learn these, I was in the baseball team for three years, and in the softball team for the same amount of time.

Q12: Any club you were in before?
A12: When I was in primary school, I was in the handicrafts club in 4th grade and in the dance club in 5th and 6th grade. In middle school, I was in the arts club on 1st grade, and in the softball club for 2nd and 3rd grade.

Q13: Favourite food?
A13: Cherries! I love fruits. I like meat too ♡ except for liver.

Q14: Disliked food?
A14: Liver, parsley, amongst others…

Q15: What can you cook?
A15: Chinese-style fried rice and omelet rice ♡ so yeah… I can only cook these.

Q16: Favourite colour?
A16: White, pink ♡

Q17: Favourite season?
A17: Maybe spring? Although I’m allergic to pollen…

Q18: Favourite time of the day?
A18: In concerts, in movies, anytime I’m doing something I like!! When I’m sleeping too (lol)

Q19: Favourite place?
A19: My home ♡ (translator note: she wrote my home in English). My grandmother’s house ♡ I’m always spontaneous at these places ♡

Q20: Favourite word/phrase?
A20: “Use all of your strength” (全力投球) and “Fight for your dreams” (努力夢現)

Q21: What book do you like?
A21: Kimi ni shika kikoenai (“I can only hear you”) by Otsuichi-san.

Q22: What movie or dorama do you like?
A22: Amongst what I’ve watched recently, there’s “2012″.



Q23: What fashion are you into?
A23: I think cute clothes are eye-catching ♡

Q24: What was the first CD you bought?
A24: “The three dango brothers”!

Q25: When you were younger, what song did you frequently sing?
A25: “The three dango brothers” as well (lol)

Q26: What kind of kid were you when you were young?
A26: I was mischievious and a crybaby, and shy.

Q27: Tell us one memory from your childhood!
A27: Once I went to Hawaii with my family!

Q28: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A28: The owner of a cake shop. A flourist.

Q29: What part-time job would you like to try sometime?
A29: A pâtissière.

Q30: What role you want to try sometime?
A30: I want to improve my acting skills. I’d quite like to try a challenging role…

Q31: What is your charm point?
A31: My recently cut hair.

Q32: Your strong point?
A32: Using all my willpower!

Q33: And weak point?
A33: Being impatient… when I get impatient, I kind of can’t see what is around me. I lose my orientation…

Q34: If you were an animal, which one it would be?
A34: Umm… eh, ah, I’m often told that I’m a wild goat! But I also think of myself as a kangaroo… (lol)

Q35: What colour would you be?
A35: Blue?

Q36: Describe your character in one word!
A36: A reliable leader!!… That’s what I want to be (lol)

Q37: Who do you respect?
A37: My mom.

Q38: What motivated you to join Hello! Project?
A38: When I was young, I was a kid that watched a lot of TV. Then one day I thought “I want to be in a movie! Because it seems fun♡” And just around that time, I saw an article about auditions in a newspaper.
When I noticed that, I asked my parents if I could apply for it.

Q39: What is one memory from your days as Hello! Project Kid that you can’t forget?
A39: Dance lessons, although I’m bad at remembering things… so since I was a kid, I’ve been a good dancer, but I… … … always stayed in the lessons until the very end, even when I was the only one there. It was embarrassing.

Q40: If you had the main male role in a teenage romantic comedy, which Hello! Project artist would you chose for (female) partner role?
A40: Risako (Sugaya Risako) ♡ She’s cute!


Q41: If you were the female star in an teenage romantic comedy, which Hello! Project artist would you chose for the main male role?
A41: Niigaki (Risa)-san or Maasa (Sudou Maasa). Niigaki was the prince in Cinderella The Musical, and I thought she was cool, the best!! As for Maasa, her being taller than me gives a feeling of reliance ♡


Q42: If you were to produce a comical short play, which Hello! Project artist would you chose for your partner?
A42: Chinami (Tokunaga Chinami) Chii is a fun girl! She’s very energetic ♡


Q43: If you were a cameraman, which Hello! Project artist would you chose as a model?
A43: Kumai (Yurina)-chan. She’s beautiful and has lots of style!


Q44: If you were a magazine journalist, which Hello! Project artist would you give total coverage for a day?
A44: Maybe Momo (Tsugunaga Momoko). When I’m at Momo’s house, it’s like being in a different house each time! Momo is kinda magical ♡ (note: magical as in weirdly cute, mysterious. I always find “fushigi” difficult to translate lol)



Q45: This morning, at what hour you woke up?
A45: At 7am aprox.

Q46: What’s the first thing you do in the morning after waking up?
A46: Since I’ve cutted my hair, the upward parts are very important now, so I wash my hair after I wash my face.

Q47: How much time there is between you waking up and leaving the house?
A47: 2 hours. I’m quite slow…

Q48: What did you have for breakfast today?
A48: Oshiruko. Made by my grandma ♡

Q49: What did you have for dinner yesterday?
A49: Hui guo rou.

Q50: What’s your perfect dinner?
A50: A mom-made hamburger! Delicious stuff ♡

Q51: How much time do you usually spend at the bathtub?
A51: 1 hour. It’s a long time!

Q52: What do you do if you wake up in the middle of the night?
A52: I watch a dorama I’ve recorded or a DVD! Or listen to music! That way, my throat gets to rest.

Q53: Do you have good sleeping posture?
A53: Yeah. Although once I start sleeping, I don’t know what happens next.

Q54: Do you wake up on a good posture?
A54: Yes!! (lol)

Q55: Tell us a dream you had recently!
A55: I don’t know why but I often dream of me being a kids assistant.

Q56: How do you spend your holidays?
A56: Going shopping or going to the movies.

Q57: If you had a one week holiday, what would you like to do?
A57: I would like to go to my grandma’s house!

Q58: If you had a one month holiday, what would you like to do?
A58: I would like to go to a vacation abroad, with my grandma and all of my family!

Q59: What place would you like to visit?
A59: France.

Q60: Where would you want to go on a date?
A60: I think before I would have give “the amusement park” as an answer! But now, maybe the theathers? I like watching movies ♡

Q61: If your ideal man was an animal, which one it would be?
A61: A zebra!?

Q62: Do you have any pets?
A62: 3 dogs. They’re Rookie, Colon and Aroma, and they’re soo cute ♡

Q63: Do you believe in fortune telling?
A63: I believe in the good things it predicts.

Q64: What would you wish for if the shrine you visited in New Years does actually makes wishes become true?
A64: I would wish for a beautiful year, full of happiness…

Q65: Tell us a memory from New Years!
A65: On 2000 New’s Year, I went to visit my grandma, and everyone went to a nearby sea to watch the New Year’s sunrise.

Q66: What ℃-ute song would you first like to hear in the beginning of the new year?
A66: Massara Blue Jeans.

Q67: Something that made you happy or make you had fun recently?
A67: To perform in the stage play “Romantic ni Yoroshiku”! I really learned a lot from the cast. It’s a good experience.

Q68: Something that made you laugh recently?
A68: Nakky’s weird face (lol)

Q69: Something that made you cry recently?
A69: Momo and I went to the movies. Near the very end, we crumbled at the same time.

Q70: What made you think “why is that” recently?
A70: Why is watermelon green and black…

Q71: What have you been daydreaming about recently?
A71: Lately, nothing, maybe the things I’ve been reading.

Q72: What’s your source of energy?
A72: The smiles of all the fans!! ℃-ute’s members, my family, my friends… the people near me are my source of energy!!

Q73: Something that you have decided to do on your everyday life?
A73: To keep the drawing pins in my house stuck in the wall!

Q74: Something that you always bring with you?
A74: The stuff I use for writing and my electronic organiser, that way I stay active.

Q75: Something that you always need to have?
A75: Tissues. Sometimes I spill something and… there hasn’t been a day when I haven’t needed them.

Q76: What do you collect?
A76: I collect cute necklaces. Actually there are many things I collect without even realizing!

Q77: What do you treasure?
A77: My photo album!! Fan letters!!

Q78: What are fans to you?
A78: They’re warm and so important! I’m really lucky to have met them all!

Q79: A message for you fans!
A79: In 2010 ℃-ute will try to do their best effort. Let’s make 2010 a great year. I also wish a great and
happy 2010 to you all ♡ Please watch over us warmly!

Q80: What kind of animal would Nakajima Saki be?
A80: A chihuaha!! She has those crying eyes (ie. like this *click*)

Q81: What do you like about Nakajima Saki?
A81: Whenever I’m worried she comes to help me. She’s become so reliable and level-headed! I like how hard working she is ♡

Q82: What kind of animal would Suzuki Airi be?
A82: A panda? A sheep? Something fluffy.

Q83: What do you like about Suzuki Airi?
A83: I feel she makes me a more reliable person. She always does her best! And when I’m telling her something, she wants me to keep on talking! She has lots of stories to tell too!

Q84: What kind of animal would Okai Chisato be?
A84: A dog!! Because she’s so energetic and michievous…!!

Q85: What do you like about Okai Chisato?
A85: She always makes better the mood of the members! It’s as there were two of her (ie. she stands out a lot)! And she has such an innocent smile ♡

Q86: What kind of animal would Hagiwara Mai be?
A86: A leopard!! She gives a cool and mature feeling.

Q87: What do you like about Hagiwara Mai?
A87: She listens to a lot of my stories!! And she’s always talking with the members!

Q88: If you were a boy, which ℃-ute member would you fall for?
A88: Eh… I wonder who… let’s chose Airi.

Q89: What ℃-ute song is perfect for you?
A89: JUMP. I think it’s perfect for me and ℃-ute as well.

Q90: What is the appeal of ℃-ute?
A90: Everyone gets to voice their opinion!! Since we were in Hello! Project Kids, we’ve been together for seven years, and we tell us anything to each other. I feel that the mutual feelings amongst us can make us go through everything!

Q91: What memory will you always treasure from the days of when ℃-ute was first formed?
A91: Back then we went to a lot of events. In order to remember them all, I wrote the name of all of them in a paper, in big letters. Mai-chan was the only one who wrote the name of one event (in small letters)… I thought “hey, write with bigger letters”.

Q92: What memory will you always treasure from the year 2009?
A92: In my 17th birthday, ℃-ute’s members, the staff and all the fans congratulated me!! It was a surprise!

Q93: What challenge would you like to try?
A93: I would like to act in a dorama.

Q94: What is absolutely impossible/unreachable for you?
A94: Being in a haunted house alone…

Q95: What do you see yourself doing after 10 years from now?
A95: Working! I wonder if I will be married by then? (lol)

Q96: What do you see yourself doing after 30 years from now?
A96: Living with my parents!

Q97: What do you see yourself doing after 50 years from now?
A97: Doing what I want, living a calm life…

Q98: What dreams do you have in mind for your job?
A98: The people who don’t know about ℃-ute, I would want them to get to love our group, that’s my dream!!

Q99: What is a more private dream of yours?
A99: I want to be able to make a tart cake.

Q100: One last word!
A100: Happy New Year… ♡