Shiraishi Mai (Maiyan) / 1st Gen

do you think the 3rd gen that looks like maiyan has the potential to succeed?

 

You mean Umezawa? She does resemble Maiyan but i prefer that if she does in the future i want her to succeed as her own person not as "2nd maiyan". Umezawa has her own attractiveness after all

 

She's back with this title.

I don't think it's good if she keeps being compared to Maiyan. Somehow she needs to find her own charm and dissociate from the image of Maiyan. Just like in the past Ikuchan keeps being compared to Acchan, but with her piano and musical she managed to breakthrough that image.

 

I agree with @grobbull and @baymon. Comparing isn't fair for both members.
Also, aside from similar facial features, I don't think they resemble each other. I love them both for totally different reasons.

 

Maiyan updated her blog, i wonder what the 3 were working on, she said she still can't divulge the info yet IkoIkuMai
この間、三人でお仕事をしました。
情報解禁になったら、またお知らせするね！

 

Some fans found out that they're gonna work on "Entertainer Rating Check"
http://nogizaka-46bunno1.blog.jp/archives/73367975.html

 

not familiar with the show, anyone familiar with the show? it looks like a once a year special on new year's?
it's in wikipedia http://bit.ly/2ncbDJ6

 

Yeah, it's an annual show. Last year, Nogi was appeared for the first time.
http://natalie.mu/music/news/213474

 

last years show had shiraishi, matsumura, manatsu and kazumi. i may have to go back and rewatch that.

 

saw a short segment in Mezamashi TV about Maiyan's photo book still selling well
In Kodansha's(publisher) history it's the best selling solo photo book to date (108 yrs of the publisher's history)

And here's a written article from NS
乃木坂４６の白石麻衣（２５）のセカンド写真集「パスポート」（講談社）が、１万部の重版が決まり、累計発行部数が２５万部を突破したことが２８日、分かった。今年２月の発売から約９カ月が経過したが、いまだに月５０００部以上のペースで売れ続けており、異例のロングヒットだ。

　講談社創業１０８年の歴史の中でも、ソロ写真集として史上最高の部数を記録した。

https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201711280000670.html

 

Still managed to sell 1460 this week and landed at #9. Seems the release of other members' PB also helps Maiyan's PB.

 

The thing is... even Passport contain few half naked pics it's doesnt disturbing for most women. It's stylish, classy, and beautiful. Way better than her first PB.

No against to Misa and Waka, theirs are good. But not really for girls. For us theirs are look *sorry* sluty I guest. Seijun no Otona also fall to this. But it was clever enough to release Mai Style mounth later. It made girls appreciate Maiyan more. Then Passport came to be perfection.

 

Found this one Maiyan, Ringo, Kaz

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Maiyan at "10th Oricon Yearly Book Ranking 2017"


171202 UmazuKingdom (Nogizaka46 Shiraishi Mai - Kojima Haruna)
http://48videodouga.net/video/6034

 

seems like she really has confidence in her english skills that when i told her i was coming from overseas, she suddenly turned into full english mode even though i was speaking japanese xD

 

You went to her HS? So how was her English?
Edit: nvm, saw you reply on Nogi Eigo thread. Glad to hear that she is enthusiastic about english

 

http://nogizakanouta.blogspot.co.id/2013/08/mai-story-interview-with-shiraishi-mai.html

This interview was from ages ago, but she did mentioned that her English mark was usually the best. I got to read it just recently. Finding out Maiyan past was pretty interesting.
And as what cryspower mentioned in the NogiEigo thread, Japanese people who is willing to tend to grab the chance speaking English very much.
I find it kind of rude at first where we non-Japanese tried our best to talk to them in Japanese, but instead got a reply in English... however thinking back about it they're just basically the same as us

 

yeah, i somehow manage to scrap every luck i had and went to see her, it was like an average japanese english where they pronounce most things on katakana, but like i said i don't know if she could 'actually' comprehend english conversation especially if the person speaking english is not japanese
and not only her, i found out that many japanese is actually really enthusiastic about their english (restaurant staffs, hotel staff, shopkeeper, etc.). they all start using english if I told them that I'm from overseas

maybe it's kinda rude, but for me who get used to usual english pronunciation and using it on a daily basis, hearing 'japanese way' of speaking english is waaayy harder for me to understand than if they just actually speak in japanese (once i have to ask for direction to the handshake staffs and they replied me with "go sutoreet" which means "go straight" xD), but still, I always appreciate their courage whenever they do try to speak english

ah, not to mention, her "sankyuu, bye bye" at the last second is veryy kawaaiii xD

 

How much on average does it cost To attend a HS Event ?

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on average, I spend approx. 2500 USD everytime I attend an event