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Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai’s second solo photobook “Passport” which was released back on February 7, 2017 (with only 100,000 copies originally printed) has now exceed cumulative circulation of 500,000 copies. Shiraishi has become the first female in Japan to release a solo photobook to exceed 500,000 Read More …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai’s second solo photobook “Passport” which was released back on February 7, 2017 has now recorded an estimated cumulative sales of 351,000 copies. Shiraishi has become the first female in Japan to release a solo photobook to exceed 350,000 copies in sales. In Read More …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai’s second solo photobook “Passport” was released on February 7, 2017 and the book has now has now surpassed 300,000 copies in circulation. Back on May 17th, an additional 10,000 copies were reprinted, it’s 19th reprinting (which is unprecedented in Japan). A Kodansha Read More …
Nogizaka46 member Shiraishi Mai is featured in the “GOETHE” October issue (released in August 2018). The theme is “Secretary 2.0” and for the past nine years, “GOETHE” has featured an actress/singer/model as “what if this person is your personal secretary?” gravure spotlight and in this Read More …
Ohara Sakurako and Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai are very good friends. TGCとても楽しかったです！ まいちゃん会えました✨ 会えた時、嬉しくて叫んじゃった^^ #白石麻衣ちゃん #TGC A post shared by 大原櫻子 (@sakurako_ohara) on Sep 2, 2017 at 3:31pm PDT And numerous times, Ohara posts two-shots on Instagram with Shiraishi. And most recently, Ohara posted a photo Read More …
In the latest Nogizaka46 music video, “Kokoro no Monologue” (Monologue of the Heart) which will be featured in the group’s upcoming single “Jikochu De Ikou!” (Type-C) edition (to be released on August 8th). The music video features both Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase. Directed by Read More …
Shiraishi Mai is no doubt one of the most visible and also popular members of Nogizaka46.but of three of the four recent performances of the group’s “Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2018”, Shiraishi was a no-show. The reason for the no-show is a conflict of schedule, Read More …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai leads the first half of 2018 for the celebrity with the most companies represented in CM’s. Shiraishi is also the front runner of winning the title of CM Queen for 2018. Hirose Suzu who was on top for the first half of Read More …
Since June, we have seen Shiraishi Mai post photos on a new Instagram account. While comments from fans expected it to be a product, not many were sure what kind of project because many photos began to show Shiraishi as a taiko drummer. It was Read More …
Last Thursday, Shiraishi Mai has opened a new Instagram and since then, shiraishimai_new has received over 176,000 viewers. The only details she has shared is that it’s of a CM character for a certain company and she will be posting photos and offshots for a Read More …
Shiraishi Mai has opened a new Instagram. The only details she has shared is that it’s of a CM character for a certain company and she will be posting photos and offshots for a limited time but she would like people over the age of Read More …
The Nogizaka46 version of the “MUSICAL SAILORMOON”, which is part of the 25th anniversary project of Takeuchi Naoko’s manga “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon” held their GenePro before the musical goes public on June 8th through June 24th at the Tennozu Ginga Theater and in September Read More …
The July issue of “with” was released on May 28th and it features Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai on the front cover. “with” had been trying to get Shiraishi Mai to appear for their magazine, but due to her busy schedule, they weren’t sure if they would Read More …
The visual image of Shiraishi Mai as Queen Serenity for the Nogizaka46 version of the “MUSICAL SAILORMOON” was released. The musical is part of the 25th anniversary project of Takeuchi Naoko’s manga “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon”. It was announced back in April that Nogizaka46 member, Read More …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai’s second solo photobook “Passport” was released on February 7, 2017 and the book has now has now surpassed 300,000 copies in circulation. On May 17th, an additional 10,000 copies were reprinted, it’s 19th reprinting (which is unprecedented in Japan). A Kodansha sales Read More …