Mai Oshima

Japanese idol
singer
actress

Musical careerGenresPopYears active2005–presentLabels

Defstar
Avex Trax

Websitehttp://avexnet.or.jp/maimai/

Musical artist

Mai Oshima (大島麻衣, Ōshima Mai, born September 11, 1987 in Noda, Chiba, Japan) is a singer and a former member of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48.^[1]

Biography

In December 2005, Oshima became one of the 24 inaugural members of AKB48's Team A. Over the course of her career, she participated in most of AKB48's A-side singles. On April 26, 2007, it was announced that her contract would be transferred to Horipro. Upon joining the new talent agency, she was put on the roster of Xanadu loves NHC, a futsal team consisting of idols from Horipro; her jersey number was 18.^[2] Oshima made her first appearance on Kouhaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show where the most successful artists compete, with AKB48 on December 31, 2007.^[3]

On March 24, 2008, she participated in the opening party of Channel Café, a channel broadcasting simulator event, at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. From April 2008, Oshima appeared regularly on the Movie Plus navigating show, Plus Style.^[4]

On February 21, 2009, she announced that she would be leaving AKB48,^[5] and, on April 26, she gave her final performance at NHK Hall.

Oshima made her solo debut in 2010 with the single "Mendokusai Aijō".^[6] It reached number seven and charted for 5 weeks.^[7] In 2012, she debut as an actress in the NHK drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari.^[8]

Discography

Singles

"Mendokusai Aijō" (メンドクサイ愛情, "Troublesome Love") (May 5, 2010) – Oricon Peak: 7, sales: 16,447^[9]
"Ai tte Nandahō" (愛ってナンダホー, "What The Hell Is Love?") (August 11, 2010) – Oricon Peak: 25, sales: 6,501^[9]
"Second Lady" (July 27, 2011) – Oricon peak: 44, sales: 2,804^[9]

Filmography

Films

Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007), Sarara^[10]
Torihada: Gekijōban 2 (2014)^[11]

Dubbing

The Three Musketeers (2011)^[12]

TV dramas

Year	English title	Japanese title	Role
2006	Densha Otoko Deluxe	電車男デラックス	Herself
2012	Honjitsu wa Taian Nari	本日は大安なり	Asuka Mita^[13]

Bibliography

Photobooks

B.L.T. vivid 2 (Tokyo News Service, March 21, 2008) ISBN 9784863360006^[14]
Benkyō Sasete Itadakimashita (Wani Books, September 10, 2008) ISBN 9784847041235^[15]
Fairy Tale (Wani Books, January 25, 2010) ISBN 9784847042454^[16]

References

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^ 第58回NHK紅白歌合戦出場歌手について Archived December 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ 大島麻衣、映画専門チャンネルのナビ番組にレギュラー出演 (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. March 24, 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
^ まいまい「AKB」卒業!今後は… Archived September 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine February 22, 2009 スポニチ閲覧
^ 元AKB48・大島麻衣、ソロデビュー決定に「小学校の時からの夢がやっとかなった！」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. March 4, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ メンドクサイ愛情大島麻衣 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ 大島麻衣、夢へまい進「全部極めたい」プロ意識高く. The Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "大島麻衣の売上ランキング".
^ 映画アニメ映画クレヨンしんちゃん嵐を呼ぶ歌うケツだけ爆弾！. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ 映画トリハダ -劇場版２-. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ 第24回東京国際映画祭が開幕!大島麻衣や夏菜らがグリーンカーペットに登場 (in Japanese). Excite Japan Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ よる☆ドラ「本日は大安なり」 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ B.L.T.vivid (東京ニュース通信社) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ 勉強させていただきました! : 大島麻衣写真集 (ワニブックス): 2008 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ Fairy tale : 大島麻衣写真集 (ワニブックス): 2010 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved June 9, 2015.