Mai Satoda
Japanese female singer, talent and businessperson (1984-)
Mai Tanaka (里田 舞, Tanaka Mai; née Satoda (まい), born March 29, 1984) is a Japanese model, talent, and a former idol singer member of the Hello! Project group Country Musume.
Career
She was also a member of Hello! Project's futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. She has released one self-titled solo photobook and also a single, "Oyaji no Kokoro ni Tomotta Сhīsana Hi" (オヤジの心に灯った小さな火) with the comedian duo, Fujioka Fujimaki.
In early 2007, Satoda was added to the unit Pabo (Korean: 바보, fool) along with Suzanne and Yukina Kinoshita, created by the Fuji TV's quiz show Quiz! Hexagon II. The group released the single "Koi no Hexagon", used as the show's closing theme. She was later added to the group Ongaku Gatas.
Personal life
Satoda's husband is Japanese baseball player Masahiro Tanaka, who pitched for the New York Yankees from 2014 to 2020. They had a son in 2016.
Discography and releases
in Hello!
“Mai Satoda” enters the record as japanese female singer, talent and businessperson (1984-). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Satoda, Japanese and female can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 14, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1151442. VIAF identifies the subject as 259463479. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984, 2007, 2014 and 2020.
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