Mayu Watanabe
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Mayu Watanabe at AKB48 1830m handshake event, on October 14, 2012
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 渡辺 麻友 |
| Also known as | Mayuyu (まゆゆ) |
| Born |
March 26, 1994 Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
| Origin | Urawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | Sony Music (solo) |
| Associated acts | AKB48, Watarirouka Hashiritai |
| Website | www |
Mayu Watanabe (渡辺 麻友 Watanabe Mayu?, born March 26, 1994 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese singer, actress, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, Team B. She has released five solo singles.
In the general elections of AKB48, Mayu has consistently ranked among the group's top members. She placed fourth in 2009, fifth in 2010 and 2011, second in 2012, third in 2013. She was the highest vote getter in 2014, placed third in 2015, and second in 2016.
Watanabe auditioned for AKB48's 3rd generation and was placed in the newly formed Team B. Her first appearance on an AKB48 single title track was on "Bingo!". She performanced all of singles except the lineups were determined by rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she has appeared on all the A-sides for the group's singles since then.
In 2009, she placed fourth overall in the group's first general election to determine the line-up for the group's 13th single. She placed fifth overall the next year for the group's 17th single.
She appeared on the cover of the December 2010 issue of UP to boy magazine together with Airi Suzuki from Cute. That was the first gravure collaboration between Hello! Project and AKB48. On May 13, 2011 she released her photo book, Mayuyu. She commented that the book "is filled with a lot of expressions that I haven’t shown until now, it’s a book I’m really pleased with!” Regarding her cover picture, she said, “Despite being embarrassed, I did my best on the front cover, so I want a lot of people to look at it!” In an episode of the group's variety show AKBingo!, Mayuyu and Haruka Shimazaki's nickname "Paruru" were coined by former teammate Rumi Yonezawa. For AKB48's general election in 2011, she placed fifth overall.
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