Mai Hagiwara

Mai Hagiwara
File:Mai Hagiwara at Japan Expo 2014.jpg Mai Hagiwara at Japan Expo 2014
Native name	萩原 舞
Born	(1996-02-07) February 7, 1996 Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Maimai
Ethnicity	Japanese
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2002–present
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	Cute Hello! Project Kids H.P. All Stars Kira Pika Petit Moni V
Website	www.helloproject.com/c-ute/profile/mai_hagiwara/

Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞, Hagiwara Mai, born February 7, 1996 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a member of the bands Cute and also Hello! Project Kids.

Career

Hagiwara joined Hello! Project after passing the 2002 Hello! Project Kids audition at the age of 6. She is the youngest out of the fifteen Hello! Project Kids and is also the youngest member in Cute. As a member of Hello! Project, she has participated in the groups 4Kids and H.P. All Stars.

Hagiwara later took part of the one-shot unit Kira Pika with Morning Musume's Koharu Kusumi. Their only single, "Hana o Pūn/Futari wa NS", was released on August 1, 2007.

Hagiwara formerly held the record for the youngest participant on NHK's Kouhaku Uta Gassen. She appeared on the 2007 edition at the age of 11, dethroning Morning Musume's Ai Kago (who previously held the record for her 2000 appearance at the age of 12). However, in the 2008 edition, Nozomi Ohashi sang the theme song to Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea at the age of 9, breaking Mai's record.

Hagiwara formerly held the record for being the youngest person to ever join Hello! Project, as she joined shortly before her 7th birthday. She held this distinction for nearly seven years until Aiko, of Frances & Aiko, joined shortly after her 6th birthday.

Hello! Project groups and units

• Hello! Project Kids
• H.P. All Stars (2004)
• Cute (2005–present)
• Kira Pika (2007)
• Petit Moni V (2009–?)
• Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)

Satoumi Movement

• HI-FIN (2013-?)

Discography

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

Singles with Kira Pika

Main article: Kira Pika

No.	Title	Release date	Oricon Weekly Single Chart
1	"Hana o Pūn / Futari wa NS"	August 1, 2007	9

Solo DVD singles

• "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)

Solo DVDs

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

Filmography

Movies

• Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! (December 14, 2002)
• Sentō no Musume!? (銭湯の娘!?) (2006)
• Ōsama Game (December 17, 2011) as Miharu Kanazawa

TV series

• Liliput Ōkoku (リリパット王国) (2002–2003)
• Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen (2012)

Anime

• Kirarin Revolution (2007) as Hikaru Mizuki

TV shows

• Hello! Morning (2002-2007)
• °C-ute Has Come (Episode 8, February 17, 2007)
• Haromoni@ (2007-2008)
• Berikyū! (ベリキュー!)
• Yorosen! (2008-2009)
• Bijo Gaku (美女学) (2010-2011)
• Hello Pro! Time (2011-2012)
• Hello! Satoyama Life (2012-2013)

Theater plays

• 34 Chōme no Kiseki: Here's Love (34丁目の奇跡 -HERE'S LOVE-) (2004)
• Stronger (ストロンガー) (2012)
• Cat's Eye (キャッツ・アイ) (2012)
• Sakura no Hanataba (さくらの 花束) (2013)

Internet

• Mai Desu ga...Nani ka? (萩原舞ですが、、、なにか？？) (2011–2012)
• Hello! Project Station (ハロ！ステ) (2013–?)

External links

• Cute official blog (Japanese)
• Official Hello! Project profile (Japanese)