Author Topic: The Satoda Mai Thread (里田まい) (Read 56039 times)

Tuffty · « **Reply #80 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:29:04 PM »

Here's an entry from Ayaka's blog, showing she and Mai are still the best of friends. Makes your heart go all warm and fuzzy inside.

daigong · « **Reply #81 on:** January 12, 2012, 08:47:39 AM »

The other BFFs pairng, Yossy drops by to watch Mai go on amusement park rides. Too bad she didn't do that drop thing

2012/01/09 超一流のオキテ解禁！見分け人

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www.twitter.com/?d=VDH1JZ0V

Slack · « **Reply #82 on:** January 26, 2012, 01:48:46 PM »

WHOOOOOAAAA
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120126-00000099-spnannex-base

Article says she's getting married to Tanaka Masahiro, pitcher for the Rakuten Eagles!
Japanese wikipedia says he's making something like $4m+ a year. Whoa.

Tuffty · « **Reply #83 on:** January 26, 2012, 03:02:51 PM »

Congrats Mai!!

So Mai's marrying a baseball player, Ayaka married a golfer, it can only mean that Yossi marries a footballer of some description

Rina the Robot · « **Reply #84 on:** January 27, 2012, 07:15:51 AM »

Congrats, Mai! I wonder who the next one to get married will be, maybe Rika

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #85 on:** January 27, 2012, 09:48:17 AM »

Congrats :3 U go girl!

daigong · « **Reply #86 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:57:10 AM »

BALLER!!! CONGRATS! Time to retire Mai

better get that rock for Rika then, Rina

kuro808 · « **Reply #87 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:02:21 AM »

Congrads to Mai!!!!!

Mattthecat · « **Reply #88 on:** March 21, 2012, 12:50:26 AM »

They've done it!

Mai Satoda (27) and Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (23) have announced their marriage today (after their engagement in January).

http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/2008774/full/

This explains her reduced schedule recently (handing over her long running radio show Maitoitaimu to Reina Tanaka at the end of this month as well)

muppet · « **Reply #89 on:** March 29, 2012, 01:15:35 AM »

Mai san, お誕生日おめでとうございます！！！

Mai turns 28 years old today 3月29日-wishing her a very happy day, and a big congratulations to Mai and Eagles pitcher Tanaka Masahiro, who just registered their marriage this month!!!

Mai, in center spot, with her 'Pabo' buddies Suzanne and Yukina Kinoshita:

JFC · « **Reply #90 on:** March 29, 2012, 01:18:11 AM »

YAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAI-CHAN!

muppet · « **Reply #91 on:** March 29, 2012, 01:26:08 AM »

Lovely Mai in a memorable live performance with Country Musume team mates Miuna Saito and Asami Kimura- You go girls!!

muppet · « **Reply #92 on:** September 07, 2012, 07:21:48 PM »

Mai in a series of CM's for Seicomart, which is a Hokkaido chain of convenience stores:

kuro808 · « **Reply #93 on:** March 28, 2013, 05:39:20 PM »

Happy Birthday!

JFC · « **Reply #94 on:** March 29, 2013, 01:27:59 AM »

YAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAI-CHAN!

muppet · « **Reply #95 on:** March 29, 2013, 01:52:36 AM »

Mai san, お誕生日おめでとうございます！！！

Lovely and talented Mai Satoda celebrates turning 29 years old today, 3月29日-
Hope she has a great day with her husband, pro baseball player Masahiro Tanaka,
and may the coming year bring her much joy and happiness!!!

It was great to see Mai back with the home team!

JFC · « **Reply #96 on:** September 30, 2013, 07:08:05 AM »

From the guys at Wota In Translation:

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Talent Satoda Mai (29) updated her blog on the 8th with a post in which she asserted that she is still a member of Country Musume.

Country Musume was originally formed in 1999 as a three-member female idol group. Satoda became a member in 2002. They have five ex-members.

She wrote: “Did you know? I’m still a member of Country Musume.” and expressed her surprise: “The other day I was surprised to see a magazine where it said “Country Musume OG Satoda Mai.”” She continued: “I’m an OG? But I was so sure I never graduated from the group. I’m pretty certain I’m still a member of Country Musume.“

Her profile on the website of Up-Front Group, the agency she is a member of, lists her as “Satoda Mai (Country Musume)”.

Source: Sponichi Annex
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2013/09/08/kiji/K20130908006579920.html

ORIGINAL ARTICLE LINK - http://wotaintranslation.com/2013/09/30/country-musume-still-lives/
THE BLOG ENTRY IN QUESTION - http://ameblo.jp/satodamai/entry-11609511901.html

And on a related note...if her husband does end up becoming the latest Japanese player to head overseas to join an MLB team (as many western baseball/sport journalists who follow the Japanese leagues speculate), will she make the move with him? If she did, it would likely mean that she'd have to quit her current professional commitments/jobs in Japan to do so. If she doesn't, then they're going to have to work extra hard/deal with having a long-distance marriage for the duration of a 6-month MLB season.

JFC · « **Reply #97 on:** October 31, 2013, 01:02:09 AM »

From H!O's Twitter:

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Satoda Mai's husband, Rakuten Eagles pitcher Tanaka Masahiro, is being pursued by multiple teams to play in the USA

https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/395580620312555520

And one of the first teams to publicly admit that they're trying to get his rights...the Dodgers.

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The Dodgers and the pursuit of Japanese pitching star Masahiro Tanaka
By Steve Dilbeck | October 29, 2013

This is the place where I would like to share my incredible personal connections to reveal the Dodgers’ double-secret plans to snare Japanese star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka.

Alas, there is none to offer. But, come on, does this not look like the most obvious move since Brad Pitt sidled up to Angelina Jolie? If the Dodgers’ new ownership taught us one thing in the last year, it’s that they are not afraid to spend in the international market.

The fact that they gambled on Hyun-Jin Ryu ($36 million) and Yasiel Puig ($42 million) last year and won, only figures to encourage their international efforts. They’ve already spent on Cuban infielder Alexander Guerrero ($28 million) this off-season.

And now comes the next latest, greatest thing in Tanaka.

The right-hander has had himself a season to remember for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Japanese Pacific League. All he did was go 24-0 with a 1.27 earned-run average during the regular season. He is currently 2-0 in the playoffs after throwing a complete-game, 12-strikeout 2-1 victory Sunday in the Japanese Fall Classic.

The Dodgers have been unusually open in their interest in signing Tanaka. At that infamous season wrap-up press conference, General Manager Ned Colletti was asked about the team’s interest.

“We've scouted him a lot, we're very much aware of him,” said Colletti. “We saw him as recently as two days ago.”

The Dodgers currently have three locks for their 2014 rotation – Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Ryu. Chad Billingsley and Josh Beckett are coming off surgery and their status is unknown, and thus unreliable. Ricky Nolasco was a nice midseason pickup, but he struggled at the end and is a free agent who might want more years than the Dodgers are interested in signing him to. Chris Capuano and Edinson Volquez are free agents with uncertain L.A. futures.

Tanaka is projected as a front-of-the-rotation starter. If he’s something less than Texas Rangers star Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, most still see him in residing in the same neighborhood.

Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese citizen to play in the majors when he pitched for the Giants in 1964 and '65, is now a national broadcaster in Japan and his high on Tanaka.

“He has such great control and is so good at hitting the corners, that he is only overpowering hitters when he gets into a pinch and really needs a strikeout,” Murakami told Sports on Earth. “Darvish has a tendency to struggle with his control in the early innings of games, but Tanaka does not. He is very consistent.”

These superstar Japanese pitchers have had mixed results coming over to the majors. Hideo Nomo and Darvish made smooth transitions; Hideki Irabu and Daisuke Matsuzaka disappointed.

The Dodgers have shown they’re not shy about taking their best educated gambles on international prospects, which doesn’t mean they necessarily have the inside track.

The Rangers paid $52 million for their winning post on Darvish and then signed him for $60 million. Tanaka doesn’t figure to come any cheaper.

Plus, the posting system is close to being revamped. Reportedly instead of one winning post, there will be three finalists for the player to choose from, the intent to get more money to the player. The change would be immediate.

The Dodgers’ biggest competition for the winning bid figures to be that original free-spending club, the Yankees.

The New York rotation is in dire straits and signing Tanaka figures to be a higher priority for the Yankees. The Mets and Red Sox are also interested – and maybe the Angels – but Tanaka is said to favor signing with the Dodgers or Yankees.

That could prove an interesting financial battle.

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-masahiro-tanaka-20131029,0,7486061.story#axzz2jFR7iSst

mode107 · « **Reply #98 on:** January 14, 2014, 11:58:09 PM »

More of the baseball talk, but this time the focus seems to be on Mai!
http://nypost.com/2014/01/14/meet-the-pretty-pop-star-who-could-steer-tanaka-to-l-a/

muppet · « **Reply #99 on:** January 15, 2014, 01:50:55 AM »

I think Hollywood will be looking for Tanaka san as well as Mai san,
after seeing that performance with Momokuro！