Mai Hagiwara

Mai Hagiwara

Mai Hagiwara at Japan Expo 2014
Native name 萩原 舞
Born (1996-02-07) February 7, 1996
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Other names Maimai
Occupation Singer
Years active 2002–2017
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Associated acts
Website www.helloproject.com/c-ute/profile/mai_hagiwara/

Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞, Hagiwara Mai, born February 7, 1996 in Saitama Prefecture)[1][2] is a former Japanese pop singer and actress. At age 6, she auditioned for Hello! Project Kids in 2002 and later became part of the girl group Cute under the Hello! Project collective.

Career

2002-2005: Hello! Project Kids, 4Kids

In 2002, Hagiwara auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Te wo Nigitte Arukitai" by Maki Goto. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show Hello! Morning.[3] She was placed in the group with 14 other girls.[4][5][6] She made her first appearance as an angel in the 2002 film Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!;[7][8] she also was one of the featured artists in the movie's ending song as a member of 4Kids.[9] Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "All for One & One for All!", a collaboration single released by all Hello! Project artists under the name "H.P. All Stars."[10]

2005-2015: Cute, Kira Pika, and mainstream success

In 2005, eight girls from Hello! Project Kids were selected to form Berryz Kobo. The idea of Berryz Kobo was to rotate all of the members of Hello! Project Kids to make time for school.[11] The idea was later scrapped, and the remaining girls who were not chosen were rebranded under the name Cute. Cute's formation was announced on June 11, 2005,[12] and they later made their major label debut in 2007 with "Sakura Chirari." Cute achieved nationwide success and accolades, winning Best New Artist at the Japan Record Award.[13]

In addition to Cute's activities, Hagiwara briefly ventured into voice acting and played Hikaru Mizuki in the anime Kirarin Revolution from June to September 2007.[1] As part of the show, she became part of the in-show subgroup Kira Pika with Morning Musume's Koharu Kusumi[14][15] and released their only single, "Hana o Pūn/Futari wa NS" on August 1, 2007.[16] Hagiwara also released her character's version of the song "Koi no Mahou wa Habibi no Bi" for the soundtrack.[17] She portrayed Hikaru live[18] and appeared as a special guest during Kirarin Revolution's final concert at Nakano Sun Plaza on May 4, 2009.[19]

In 2009, Hagiwara became part of Petit Moni V, along with Saki Nakajima and Erina Mano. They released the song "Kimi ga Iru Dake de."[20] In 2013, Hagiwara became part of the subgroup Hi-Fin for the Satoumi Movement.[21][22] Hi-Fin released the song "Kaigan Seisō Danshi" on August 7, 2013 in a compilation album with other artists in the Satoumi Movement.[23]

2016-2017: Disbandment of Cute

In April 2016, Shukan Bushu posted a photo of Hagiwara with an unnamed man on their website.[24] This affected Hagiwara's image, and she considered leaving Cute and Hello! Project because she felt like a traitor to her fans. She reconsidered after speaking with the other members of Cute and addressed the rumors both on her blog and a fanclub event, claiming that the man was a friend.[25]

In August 2016, Cute announced plans to disband in June 2017, citing interest in different career paths as their reason.[26] Hagiwara decided to retire from entertainment following the disbandment to study English abroad.[27]

Discography

For Mai Hagiwara's releases with Cute, see Cute discography.

DVD singles

No. Title Release date Chart position Label
Oricon
Weekly
DVD
Chart
[28]
1 Hagiwara Mai (Cute) "Ike! Genki-kun" Single V (萩原舞（℃-ute）「行け！元気君」シングルV) February 8, 2012 — Up-Front Works

DVDs

No. Title Release date Chart position Label
Oricon
Weekly
DVD
Chart
[29]
1 Hagiwara Mai in Hachijo Jima (萩原舞 in 八丈島) October 21, 2009 64[30] Zetima
2 Mizuiro (水色) June 14, 2011 — Zetima

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! Maimai the Angel Performed ending song as 4Kids[8]
2011 Ōsama Game Miharu Kanazawa Supporting role[31]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002-2007 Hello! Morning Herself Morning Musume's variety show
2002-2004 Hello Kids Herself Minimoni's variety show
2006 Sento no Musume?! Hinako Supporting role[32]
2007-2008 Haromoni@ Herself Morning Musume's variety show
2007 Kirarin Revolution Hikaru Mizuki Voice; episodes 62-77[15]
2008 Berikyū! Herself Berryz Kobo and Cute's variety show
2008 Yorosen! Herself Hello! Project's variety show
2009-2010 Bijo Gaku Herself Hello! Project's variety show[33]
2011-2012 Hello Pro! Time Herself Hello! Project's variety show[34]
2012 Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen Yuko Yotsuya Episode 8[35]
2012-2013 Hello! Satoyama Life Herself Hello! Project's variety show[36]
2014-2017 The Girls Live Herself Up-Front Works's variety show[37]

References

  1. 1 2 "℃-uteメンバープロフィール > 萩原舞" (in Japanese). Up Front Works. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  2. ↑ "萩原 舞 | ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ↑ ハロー!モーニング。 (in Japanese). 2002-06-30. TV Tokyo.
  4. ↑ "ハロープロジェクト・キッズ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2005-11-26.
  5. ↑ "【ハロー！ プロジェクト モベキマス】超豪華！　モーニング娘。・Berryz工房・℃-ute・真野恵里菜・スマイレージら総勢２９名の巨大ユニット「ハロー！ プロジェクト モベキマス」誕生！ « Kawaii girl Japan". Kawaii Girl Japan. 2011-09-02. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  6. ↑ "大切な日". ℃-ute 公式ブログ-大切な日 - GREE. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  7. ↑ "キャスト・スタッフ - ミニモニ。THE（じゃ）ムービー　お菓子な大冒険！ - 作品 - Yahoo!映画" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  8. 1 2 "テレビ東京 CINEMA STREET / 仔犬ダンの物語/ミニモニTHEムービーお菓子な大冒険" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  9. ↑ "ミニモニ。じゃムービーお菓子な大冒険！オリジナルサウンドトラック" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  10. ↑ "ハロー！プロジェクト　オフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2004-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  11. ↑ ハロプロ史上最年少グループ「Ｂｅｒｒｙｚ工房」誕生 (in Japanese). ZAKZAK. 2004-01-15. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  12. ↑ "つんく♂から「℃- ute（キュート）」に関してコメント" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Officlal Site. 2005-06-13. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  13. ↑ "℃-ute、へそ&肩出し衣装で魅力アピール「新メンバーは入れないで" (in Japanese). Model Press. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  14. ↑ "きら☆ぴか" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  15. 1 2 "[モーニング娘。] 久住＋萩原＝「きら☆ぴか」誕生" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  16. ↑ "はなをぷーん/ふたりはNS" (in Japanese). Up Front Works. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  17. ↑ "きらりん☆レボリューション・ソング・セレクション2" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  18. ↑ "小学生女子人気No.1のユニット・きら☆ぴかが夏イベント開催!" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  19. ↑ "きらりん☆レボリューション　ファイナルステージ　レポート!!" (in Japanese). Kirarin Project. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  20. ↑ Tsunku. "つんく♂オフィシャルウェブサイト" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  21. ↑ "HI-FIN｜SATOUMI movement" (in Japanese). Satoyama Movement. Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  22. ↑ "“里海”推進プロジェクトからハロプロ新ユニット誕生" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  23. ↑ "HI-FIN｜SATOUMI movement" (in Japanese). Satoyama Movement. Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  24. ↑ "℃－ｕｔｅ萩原、“手つなぎデート”報道を謝罪「責任を取って脱退も考えた」" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  25. ↑ Mai Hagiwara (2016-06-11). "萩原舞" (in Japanese). Ameba Blogs. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  26. ↑ Up Front Link (2016-08-19). "[EN] Announcement concerning ℃-ute". Facebook. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  27. ↑ Mai Hagiwara (2017-05-27). "今後について 萩原舞" (in Japanese). Ameba Blogs. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  28. ↑ "萩原舞のDVDランキング、萩原舞のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  29. ↑ "萩原舞のDVDランキング、萩原舞のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  30. ↑ "萩原舞 in 八丈島 萩原舞 ORICON NEWS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  31. ↑ "映画「王様ゲーム」" (in Japanese). Ōsama Game Project. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  32. ↑ "ドラマ30『銭湯の娘!?』公式サイト" (in Japanese). Mainichi Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  33. ↑ "美女学　：テレビ東京" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  34. ↑ "ハロプロTIME｜毎週木曜深夜1時放送｜テレビ東京" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  35. ↑ "キャスト・スタッフ｜数学♥女子学園｜日本テレビ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  36. ↑ "ハロー！SATOYAMAライフ：テレビ東京" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  37. ↑ "The Girls Live｜テレビ東京" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
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