Maimi Yajima

• Name — Maimi Yajima • Native Name — 矢島 舞美 • Other Names — Maimii, Yassui • Born — 7 February 1992 • Birthplace — Saitama Prefecture, Japan • Relatives — Akari Takeuchi (younger cousin) • Occupation — * Singer • actress

Yajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing "Momoiro Kataomoi" by Aya Matsuura. She debuted the same year in the movie Koinu Dan no Monogatari, taking on one of the main roles as an antagonist. The following year, she joined the first of the kids' groups, ZYX, which released two singles. In 2004, Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the girls throughout the unit. Yajima did not make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining girls eventually ended up forming Cute in 2005. Despite not being the oldest, Yajima still became the group's leader, after Erika Umeda turned down the role. The group did not make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007. Aside from leading Cute, Yajima became the sub-captain of Little Gatas and the Hello! Project Kids futsal team. Yajima also co-hosted Cute's weekly radio program, Cutie Party. She took over the role when Megumi Murakami left the group. In 2008, Yajima was selected to be a member of Hello Project's new unit High-King. Yajima and Fukuda Kanon appeared in the movie Fuyu no Kaidan (Winter Ghost Story), released in Japan on May 23, 2009. Cute disbanded following their final concert at Saitama Super Arena on June 12, 2017. Yajima had announced earlier, via the group's blog, that she planned to pursue an acting career.

Maimi's younger cousin, Akari Takeuchi, is a former member of ANGERME, another girl group within Hello! Project. On November 8, 2022, she announced her marriage with actor Ryosuke Mikata. On March 25, 2024, she announced her first pregnancy. She gave birth to her first baby in July of the same year, and announced her second pregnancy in June 2025, and gave birth to her second baby in November 2025.

• No. — Title — Release date — Chart position — Label • Oricon Weekly DVD Chart • 1 — 17's (Seventeen's) — April 29, 2009 — 35 — Zetima • – — UTB Wani Books Online Store Gentei Tokuten "Yajima Maimi Making DVD" — June 2009 — — — Wani Books (not for sale) • 2 — Yajima Maimi Fix no E — June 23, 2010 — 80 — Zetima • 3 — Yajima Maimi DVD "Umikaze" — March 27, 2011 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • 4 — A Foggy Doll — August 29, 2011 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • 5 — A Rainy Day — September 29, 2011 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • 6 — Imagine Classic — November 11, 2011 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • – — Yajima Maimi Shashinshū "Tabioto" Making DVD — January 31, 2012 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • 7 — Chelsie — December 19, 2012 — 141 — Zetima • Maimiuseum Special DVD — June 5, 2013 — — — Up-Front Works (e-Hello! series) • Blue Wind — April 9, 2014 — 47 — Zetima

• Year — Artist — Title — Release date — Chart position • Oricon Weekly Single Chart • 2008 — Abe Natsumi & Yajima Maimi (Cute) — "16sai no Koi Nante" — 2008 1 16 — 9

• No. — Title — Release date — Publisher — ISBN — Notes • 1 — Maimi — April 25, 2007 — Wani Books — 1st solo photobook • 2 — Sō Sora — January 27, 2008 — 2nd solo photobook • 3 — 17 — April 18, 2009 — 3rd solo photobook • 4 — Yajima Maimi Shashinkan 2008–2010 — June 5, 2010 • 5 — Tabioto — November 27, 2011 • 6 — Hatachi — November 27, 2012 • 7 — Maimiuseum — May 27, 2013

• Koinu Dan no Monogatari • Fuyu no Kaidan: Boku to Watashi to Obāchan no Motogatari (2009) • Ōsama Game (December 17, 2011) • Zomvideo (December 29, 2012) • First Love (2019) • BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja (2019)

• Black Angels (April 27, 2011, Geneon Universal Entertainment) as Reira • ブラック・エンジェルズ2〜黒木覚醒編〜 (July 4, 2012) • ブラック・エンジェルズ3〜黒木死闘編〜 (August 3, 2012)

• Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen (January 11, 2012 – March 28, 2012) • Mannequin Girls (2011)

• "Earth Saver: Save the Future with the Art of Dreams!" (May 3, 2005) • °C-ute Has Come #03 (December 2, 2006) • °C-ute Has Come #04 (December 16, 2006) • 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (December 31, 2007) • Ahoya nen! Sukiya nen! (NHK Osaka, April 21, 2009) • "Beautiful Girls Chat Show" (June 26, 2009) — a talk show featuring Hello! Project members • "Zakkuri Senshi Piramekid" corner • Bijo Gaku • Hello Pro! Time • Hello! Satoyama Life

• Cutie Party (November 4, 2006 – ongoing) • °C-ute Maimi Yajima's I My Me Maimi~ (July 4, 2008 – ongoing, Fridays at 10 pm, FM Port)

• Hello! ga Ippai #01 (November 10, 2006) • Hello! ga Ippai #02 (November 24, 2006) • Hello! Pro Hour #02 (March 17, 2006) • Michishige Sayumi no "Mobekimasutte Nani??" (2011) • Hagiwara Mai Desu ga... Nani ka? (2012)

• Cat's Eye (2012) as Hitomi Kisugi • Hatagumi Vol.3 "Ran" (2010) as Ran • Hatagumi Vol.4 "Ran―2011New version!!" (2011) as Ran • Hatagumi Vol.5 "Taklamakan" (2013) as Kei

The authorities additionally record the heading Yajima Maimi. Her recorded language was Japanese. She married Ryōsuke Mikata.