On September 23, ?-ute’s Yajima Maimi (20) and other cast members appeared at a press conference for their stage play “CAT’S EYE” (runs until September 30) at the Sunshine Theater in Higashi Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The stage play is based on the popular manga of the same name, and Anri (51), who sang the theme song “CAT’S EYE”, for the anime version broadcast in 1983, appeared as a special guest at the press conference. Anri appeared moved as s

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As reported previously, Berryz Kobo and C-ute members have come together to form a new unit, Cat's Eye Seven for the promotion of their stageplay, "Cat's Eye". Cat's Eye is based on a manga/anime series, and Sudo Maasa, Yajima Maimi and Hagiwara Maimi are taking on the lead roles in the play. They have released the full PV and making-of clip for a remake of the original theme song, "Cat's Eye" and you can check it out below! PV Mak

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Popular manga series "Cat’s Eye" by Hojo Tsukasa will be adapted into a stage play.   Sudo Maasa (20) from Berryz Kobo along with Yajima Maimi (20) and Hagiwara Mai (16) from °C-ute will be taking the lead roles as a sister trio of mysterious thieves. When asked if they feel pressured from having to play characters in a famous manga series, Yajima responded, "I didn’t know of the original series. I have only heard the theme song and its ch

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Two new music units Peaberry and DIY? will be created from the  "SATOYAMA movement", a project started up by Up-Front Group. The two units will debut at the Hello! Project 15th  anniversary summer live concert tour that’s starting on July 21st. "SATOYAMA movement" is a project introducing new lifestyle tips that aim to maintain the balance between man and nature. As part of the movement, program "Hello! SATOYAMA Life" has been airing on TV

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[caption id="attachment_213545" align="aligncenter" width="252" caption="Yajima Maimi (right) with Niigaki Risa (left)"][/caption] Yajima Maimi, the leader of 5-membered Hello! Project girl group ?-ute, has blogged about the upcoming graduation of Niigaki Risa from Morning Musume and Hello! Project. In the entry titled "Niigaki-san", she wrote: "[On] the first day of the concert there was a shocking announcement. After Morning Musume'

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It's been revealed that Morning Musume's Michishige Sayumi and Tanaka Reina will take lead roles for upcoming late night drama "Suugaku Joshi Gakuen" which will start airing on January 11th (NTV). This drama will be a school drama about Math battles, and it will center Michishige and Tanaka who are the classmates and rivals, with a only male student of the school (will be played by Sakurada Dori) who transferred to the school by mistake, a

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On the 9th, idol groups Berryz Koubou and C-ute attended a pre-screening event for their new horror movie “Ousama Game” (King Game). This is the first time that all the members of both groups have appeared in a movie, which brought about a friendly bragging competition between the two groups. C-ute’s leader Yajima Maimi boasted about her group, “We have great unity and teamwork”. The comment only caused Berryz Koubou’s captain Shimizu Sak

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On September 8th, it was revealed that C-ute members Yajima Maimi and Nakajima Saki will be featured in their upcoming movie titled, “Zomvideo”, and is set to release sometime in 2012. This film will be about zombies roaming around the office and the story’s protagonist, Aiko (Yajima), will stand up against zombies to escape. Although Nakajima’s role is yet to be unveiled, the movie’s official website announced that C-ute’s single “Sekaiich

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Former Morning Musume member Konno Asami (now a rookie announcer for TV Tokyo) appeared as the MC for a DVD release event for "Zakkuri Senshi Piramekid", a work from kids variety show "Pirameki-no". The event was held at TOWER RECORDS in Shibuya on August 19th, and included a talk show and handshake meeting. In the beginning, Konno seemed a little nervous, but she put on a smile when fans cheered her on, saying, "Invincible MC KonKon". Ko

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C-ute's leader Yajima Maimi has uploaded a preview of her upcoming solo DVD, "a rainy day", onto C-ute's official YouTube channel! In the DVD, Yajima appears cute and graceful, showing her many expressions on 'a rainy day'. "a rainy day" is Yajima's second DVD from her three month back-to-back release project. It is currently available for pre-order on e-LineUP until August 29th. Check out the preview below! Tip: Tommy Van Dam

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