Hagiwara Mai

Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞, Hagiwara Mai?, born February 7, 1996 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer, currently a member of °C-ute and Hello! Project Kids.She has an older sister, who also took the audition of Hello! Project with Mai, but did not pass. She wore sunglass for a while due to her eye surgery.

Hagiwara joined Hello! Project after passing the 2002 Hello! Project Kids audition. She is the youngest out of the fifteen Hello! Project Kids and is also the youngest member in °C-ute. As a member of Hello! Project, she has been participated in the groups 4Kids and H.P. All Stars.

Hagiwara later took part of the one-shot unit Kira☆Pika with Morning Musume's Koharu Kusumi. Their only single "Hana o Pūn / Futari wa NS" was released on August 1, 2007.[1]

Hagiwara currently holds the record for the youngest participant on NHK's Kouhaku Uta Gassen. She appeared on the 2007 edition at the age of 11, dethroning Morning Musume's Ai Kago (who previously held the record for her 2000 appearance at the age of 12). However, it is said that she is no longer the youngest since Ohashi Nozomi is going to participate at the age of 9.