[TEAM B] MAYUYU ~ The Watanabe Mayu Thread

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Mayuyu is on the cover of Ray magazine (Oct issue)...better quality cover scan:



EDIT - Watanabe Mayu and Kato Rena - new 15 seconds version of the Genki Sushi CM



Mayuyu, Sasshi, Takamina - Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight 130821 promoting Koisuru Fortune Cookie
thanks to @Empat_8

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Here are the pics of Mayuyu from Tokyo Dome 130822



Credit oricon and AKB48Mobile


EDIT - Mayuyu with Tanaka Natsumi (HKT48)



Source: https://plus.google.com/114958145471772079443/posts/HQQnc1mDis2


EDIT -  AKBree found footage of Mayuyu and other members performing their sub-unit songs at Nagoya Dome



EDIT -  Ray magazine (Oct issue) scans:

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Mayuyu was called "goddess of victory" because the schools where she wore uniforms in her 2nd PB won some baseball/soccer championships...

Source http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0055776 

Thanks melyangelique for the summary!




Pics from Tokyo Dome 2013/8/22

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Mayuyu blogged: http://blog2.akb48teamogi.jp/watanabemayu/?p=65

東京ドームコンサート1日目
Tokyo Dome concert first day

おはようございます！
Good morning!

まゆゆです。
Mayuyu’s here.


昨日の東京ドームコンサート1日目、無事に終了しました！
Yesterday’s Tokyo Dome concert first day ended successfully!

観に来て下さった皆さん、ありがとうございました！！
Everyone who came and watched, thank you very much!!


オープニングから、すごい盛り上がりで！
The excitement was very amazing from the opening!

皆さんの歓声やコールが、沢山聞こえて来てとっても嬉しかったです♪
しかも、コールの一体感がとにかくすごくて、、！！
I was so happy that I could hear a lot of everyone’s calls and cheers♪
Not to mention that they were very unified!!

感動しました。
I was moved.


昨日の髪型は、
My hairstyle yesterday,

ツインテールでした⌒(^o^)⌒
Was twintail⌒(^o^)⌒

後ろの黒幕と髪が同化してて、分かりづらいですね（笑）
My hair’s color was similar to the black curtain behind, so it may be hard to see (laugh)


そして、秋元才加ちゃんの卒業セレモニーも行われました。
And also, Akimoto Sayaka-chan’s graduation ceremony was held.

才加ちゃんは、後輩みんなから慕われていて、すごく真面目で、何に対しても全力で、すべての事に感謝の気持ちを忘れない、そんな才加ちゃんの日頃の姿勢に心から尊敬していました。
Sayaka-chan is adored by every kouhai. She’s very serious and she always does everything with all her might. She doesn’t forget to feel thankful for everything, and I’ve been admiring such normal attitude of Sayaka-chan from the bottom of my heart.

また1人、AKBを引っ張って来て下さった先輩が卒業されるのはとても寂しいですが、残された私達もさらに大きく成長していけるように、日々努力していきます！
It’s sad that one more person from the senpais who have been leading AKB graduates, but us who still remain in the group need to work harder everyday to grow up even more!

AKB48 真夏の5大ドームツアー
ラスト5箇所目、
The 5th and the last destination of AKB48 Summer’s 5 Big Domes Tour,

東京ドーム4days！
4 days at Tokyo Dome!


まだまだ始まったばかりです！
Have just begun!

2日目も、気を引き締めて頑張ります！
I’ll continue to do my best on the second day, too!


昨日よりも、さらに良いコンサートになりますように。
I wish it would become a better concert than yesterday.

観に来て下さる皆さん、宜しくお願いします♪
Everyone who will come and watch, please support us♪

まゆゆより
From Mayuyu

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^Thank you for translating! 

Watanabe Mayu makes front cover debut on female magazine Ray

This is the first time she has been on the cover of the so-called ‘red-font magazines’, used in Japan to describe fashion magazines targeted at women.

Source: Mainichi Kirei
 

http://www.48scoops.com/watanabe-mayu-makes-front-cover-debut-on-female-magazine-ray/
Scans (no idea what mag) - credit per watermark



Collectable photos


Artwork for [Concert] AKB48 Fair - AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai, Budokan - 2013.04.25-28

http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=34921.msg1216537#msg1216537

DVD/BluRay box artwork



Source and preorder link http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00DTTSUG0

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Clearer photos


Tokyo Dome Day 2  "AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour" 


Genki Sushi restaurant pics

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Nakagawa Haruka, Hirajima Natsumi and Watanabe Mayu - 2013.08.23

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MAYU X SASSHI AKB SHINBUN ARTICLE Part 1

http://mayujellybeans.tumblr.com/post/58917125916/mayu-x-sasshi-akb-shinbun-article-part-1-hkt48

Click above for Part 1, here's Part 2, as translated by clubhappy:

From when did you two become good friends?

Watanabe: A while after we joined team B, maybe.

Sashihara: Even after I was separated from team B (because of the transfer), we are still meeting each other while having senbatsu’s works and the others. I’m also close to Yukirin, so like mutual friends, the three of us became close friends.

Have you ever gone to eat outside with each other?

Sashihara: Maybe no.

Watanabe:  U~n, no, I think.

Sashihara: First, I don’t usually go outside. I don’t really go out to eat with members.

Watanabe: Me too~. I only talk to Sasshi basically through mails, or at where we meet.

So you talk about talks like the “So long!” one earlier at where you meet…

Sashihara: Yeah! “Chan chaka chan chan… Sakurai sa~n!”, like that (laugh).

Watanabe: Kyahahaha!

You’re also together in the unit song “Avocado jane~shi…”

Sashihara: At first, when we received the lyrics, I said to Mayu “Have you heard the song? It’s bad, right? It sounds weird, right?”. I wondered if that song was okay.

Watanabe: It’s a slightly unusual song, but I thought it would be okay.

Sashihara: Because there are parts like “Strawberry, banana, apple, all smell sweet” or “Melon, cherry, orange, you feel like hanging out with them” in the lyrics, right? But the time when we were recording the song was exciting~.

Watanabe: With our voices combined, the dance inserted, and also the outfits being properly done, it became a very good song.

It ranked 20 at the Request Award.

Watanabe: It’s popular! POPULAR! Yeah, we sang it at the last day (1st~25th), right?

Sashihara: We both have our own unit songs, but to think the song of us two would rank 20. It’s amazing.

Watanabe: Within the fans who came to the handshake events, there are some said that “’Avocado’ should rank this year!”.

Sashihara: And “I’ll definitely vote for ‘Avocado’!”

Watanabe: And “’Avocado” will be 1st”. But as expected it didn’t rank 1st. (laugh)

Sashihara: We will also perform it this year. But I wish we had more chances to perform it.

Watanabe: We really want to sing it, right? How about once a month? (laugh)

Sashihara: Once a month? Ah, how about performing it on the theater, as a surprise?

After that song got 20th place, it got a “Celebration venue” thread on a bulletin board of a certain net.

Sashihara: Eh~ I see.

Watanabe: It’s a popular song! IT’S A POPULAR SONG! Everyone loves it, don’t they?

Do you have your unique atmosphere?

Watanabe: We have, right~?

Sashihara: We have, “right~”, you said? (laugh) WE HAVE, RIGHT~. Hahaha!

Let’s return to the topic. Are there any young members that you have interest in?

Sashihara: For me it’s (Tashima) Meru and (Tominaga) Mio. Mayu, too.

Watanabe: I love them! I love HKT48.

Sashihara: Please write clearly that part she just said. There are lots of little girls in HKT48 (laugh).

Watanabe: Lots of little girls. I love all of them. I often talk to them, and HKT48’s girls are very amiable. I can’t go and talk to them because I’d be nervous, so I’m happy that they go and talk to me. I just… dote on them so much.

Sashihara: Those girls are so innocence, as a senpai I’m worried for them, I’m just out of words to describe.

Watanabe: They’re just too cute. So pure.

Are there any girls that you love the most?

Watanabe: Who… Everyone is cute, but maybe it’s Miotasu (Tomonaga) that I love the most.

Sashihara: You’ve done a unit song with Mio, right? Mio learned a lot from Mayu at Yahoo! Auction Dome.

Watanabe: We sang “Idol nante yobanaide”. She would cry if she could not do it, so I said to her “Don’t cry~, I’ll teach you” (doing patting-head gesture) . S, so cuteeeee!

Sashihara: Mio is a crybaby. She just cries suddenly, without saying anything.

And then, by chance, Tashima and Tominaga happened to pass by, holding each other’s hand.

These two are talking about you now.

Tashima, Tomonaga: EEEEHHHH!  Really? Let’s go over there! (laugh)

Watanabe: Angels! ANGELS!

And the girl in AKB48 that Sashihara-san has interest in is…?

Sashihara: There are lots of cute girls. Erm, that girl in 15th generation who ties her hair in ponytail… Ah, it’s (Mukaichi) Mion-chan. That girl is lovely. When I looked at her practicing “Love shugyou”, she was so cute~. I love young and cute girls. I would watch them.

Watanabe: I also love Mion-chan! *Peropero* (licking).

Both of them: (LOL)

There’s a rumor that AKB48’s Nishino Miki-san looks kinda similar to Watanabe-san.

Watanabe: Yeah!

And then once again, Nishino happened to pass by.

Watanabe: Oh, timely! Ah…she goes away (laugh). Does she really resemble me?

Sashihara: Usually I don’t really think that, but when she stands on stage, sometimes I think “Hm?”.

Watanabe: There aren’t really any girls that resemble me up until now. So though she’s not my little sister, I’m happy. It’s a strange feeling. I received a present from her on my birthday. She’s a very kind girl. I received a teddy bear.

Sashihara: You two do get a long, don’t you?

Watanabe: Best friend! Best friend! (A/N: she was using the word “Mabudachi”)

Do you have any parts of yourselves that you want a lot of kouhai to inherit?

Sashihara: I don’t, I guess. Instead, I think Mayu has some parts that she wants to be inherited, right?

Watanabe: Rather than from me, I want them to inherit Takamina-san’s steady and sharp characters. I think kenkyuuseis now are all amazing for doing their best, so I want them not to forget that. That’s what I feel.

Your image of young members now

Sashihara: They’re lively and I think that’s great. They seem to understand if I talk to them properly. They can even learn from me.

It seems that Sashihara-san, who is also HKT48’s theatre manager, gave some opinions about kenkyuusei’s live at Budoukan on June.

Sashihara: Mostly about HKT48, though. But even if I didn’t become a theatre manager, I think I would still do that.

Sashihara-san loves idols, so do you have any interest in the producing industry?

Sashihara: Not at all, I don’t wanna! I really don’t like that industry, since I don’t want to take responsibility for other people’s future.

Well then, lastly… Next year, what if there was a general election? Sashihara-san, you said that you were aiming for a successive victory, right?

Sashihara: That was only a lip service, so… (laugh). Sashihara always say things that make people become livelier every day. Lip service for my entire life. But of course, I want to do my best.

Watanabe: I’ll take the 1st place. I WILL. I’ll fill up the gap (between Sasshi and me). Using many ways, like this and that (laugh). I want to do as many things as I can. I want to learn Sasshi’s talk skill. I need to grow up with my own power. I want to be able to express myself when talking on radio or TV.

Does Sashihara-san accept her challenge?

Sashihara: No, it won’t be like “Come at me!”, like that (laugh). I don’t want to be misunderstood at that part.

It’d be good if Watanabe-san uses her appearance on “Bakuretsu Otousan” as an opportunity to change.

Watanabe: Yes! Oto-san! My life has changed after being kicked at my head, like that (laugh).

Sashihara: Eh, is it really okay like that…?


THE KICK ON 27-JIKAN TV

Bakuretsu Otousan VTR: On the famous corner of Fuji TV’s variety show “Mechax2 iketeru!”, it’s a play where Kato Kouji who plays the otousan (father) and unfolds his insane comments. In the setting that looks like a shouwa’s living room, the father will get livid with the guests’ behaviors and give them a giant swing, which is a wrestling technique (hold both of their legs and swing them, then throw them). On the 3rd of August, Watanabe received that technique on the same corner on 27-jikan TV. And when she was kneeling down on the ground, she got kicked at her head. That has been a fuss on the Internet, but on the concert on 7th August, Watanabe confessed to the fans “I’m okay”.

http://chichan54.tumblr.com/post/59099709907/mayujellybeans-sasshi-x-mayu-akb-shinbun-part-2
http://mayujellybeans.tumblr.com/post/59099496586/sasshi-x-mayu-akb-shinbun-part-2-many-thanks-to

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KFC performance on Music Dragon 2013.08.24

Talk



High res pic...triple click for full size




EDIT - s_egg pics

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Mayuyu blogged http://blog2.akb48teamogi.jp/watanabemayu/?p=66

東京ドームコンサート2日目
Tokyo Dome Concert second day

おはようございます、まゆゆです！
Good morning, Mayuyu’s here!

昨日の東京ドームコンサート2日目も、無事に終了しました！
Tokyo Dome Concert 2nd day yesterday also ended successfully!

お越し下さった皆さん、ありがとうございました。
Everyone who had come, thank you.

2日目の目玉は、なんといっても
Highlight of this 2nd day was, definitely

「パジャマドライブ」！！
"Pajama Drive"!!

とってもとっっても嬉しい事に、
And to my utmost delight,

はるごん、なっちゃん、まゆゆというオリジナルメンバーで歌わせていただきました！！
Us original members, Harugon, Nacchan, Mayuyu sang it!!

ひっ久しぶりぃ～～～～(/ _ ; )
It’s been a long time~~~~(/ _ ; )

このメンバーで歌えると決まった時は、もう本当に本当に嬉しくて、昨日がずっと楽しみでした♪
When it was decided that we could sing that song with these members, I was very very happy, and I enjoyed yesterday very much♪

やっぱり、パジャマドライブはこのメンバーじゃないと！！
As I thought, it needs to be these members when you talk about Pajama Drive!!

あんなに大きくて素晴らしいステージに、はるごんとなっちゃんと3人で立てた事が嬉しくて出番が終わった後に早替え場でこっそり泣いてしまったのはここだけの話です（笑）
I was so happy that I could stand on such a big and wonderful stage with Harugon and Nacchan as the trio. Just between you and me, after our performance, I cried secretly at the clothes-changing place. (laugh)

とにかく、本当に幸せ過ぎるくらい幸せな時間でした！
Anyway, that was a happy time that I was too happy!

ジャカルタではるごんを応援して下さっているファンの皆様、選抜総選挙でなっちゃんに投票して下さった皆様、この様な機会を与えて下さり、本当に本当にありがとうございました！！
The fans who have been supporting Harugon at Jakarta, everyone who had voted for Nacchan in general election, thank you very  very much for giving me this opportunity!!

私、幸せです！
I’m delighted!

そして、AKB48グループの新公演が制作される事が決定しました！
And then, it’s decided that AKB48 Group’s new stage performance will be produced!

私達チームAは、来年の3/14が初日です！
Us team A’s first day will be on March 14 next year!

横山チームAは、どんなセットリストを作っていただけるのかとってもたのしみです^o^
I wonder what kind of set list will be written for Yokoyama Team A, so I’m looking forward to it^o^

それでは、
Well then,

本日3日目も気合を入れて頑張ります！
I’ll do my best with all my might on the 3rd day today!

うおおおおおおおお
Uooooooooo

まゆゆより
From Mayuyu

I've been so happy with this Pajama Drive perf with those 3 original members since yesterday

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Mayuyu center for Flying Get - 2013/08/23 Tokyo Dome Day 2...triple click for full size


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Gif by n77yang:  Music Dragon 2013/08/24

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Mayuyu center for Flying Get - 2013/08/24 Tokyo Dome Day 3



Watanabe Mayu 4th single "Rappa Renshuuchuu" performance at Tokyo Dome Day 3



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Credit akb48gifs

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gif credit n77yang

Mayuyu at Tokyo Dome Day 3.  Love her huge bunny ears!


Mayuyu at the start of Tokyo Dome Day 3, listening to Takamina.

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Tokyo Dome Day 3 - modelpress pic of Mayuyu bunny ears thanks to Jul3



More pics from modelpress and oricon:










Just in case, SomethingWild posted the following at the [TV] WONDA x AKB48 Short Stories "Fortune Cookie" thread:

I finally got around watching this. It's a lot funnier than I expected, especially the Mayu part 





 

Imgur links

http://imgur.com/ThkjN3L
http://imgur.com/Klb7tq0

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Love this gif found by Maju:



Mayuyu promo image from the 'Natsuichi' campaign:



More pics from TD day 3:






Mariko-sama tweeted this pic:

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Tomochin, Mayu & Yuki performing Faint:

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^awesome!

More pics from 2013/08/25 Tokyo Dome Day 4:

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Cap from 24 Hour Television - Tokyo Dome Day 4 2013/08/25:





Better Quality Caps from 24 Hour Television - Tokyo Dome Day 4 2013/08/25:

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Here's some more of that deadly unit. Think of all the time MaYuki spent with each other while practising this song

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Tomochin, Mayuyu and Iriyama Anna - Tokyo Dome day 4

MaYuki cropped cap - Tokyo Dome day 4

Tomochin, Mayuki - Tokyo Dome day 4

Mayuyu and Kojiharu