・You are born in Saitama?

Aiai:I was born in Nagano and raised in Saitama.

・What kind of child were you at your early age?

Aiai:I was very naughty in my childhood.
When I was in elementary school I had been troubled.
What my mom said was quite different from what I heard from elementary school teacher.
For example, when I painted a picture of the person, my mother said.
"Why did you paint hair black? When I was in elementary school I painted hair purple."
I had accepted their advices for different purposes in accordance to the goal.

・Since when have you been interested in showbiz?

Aiai:I started to work in the entertainment world since nine months after birth.
When I was in kindergarten I had been away from work because my physical condition was bad.
When I was 3rd or 4th year elementary school student I had started work.

・You belonged to the Stardust?

Aiai:I belonged to the other talent agency.
I left the talent agency and took the Stardust audition. And I passed the "New faces section" and "Section 3".

・And you joined EbiChu.

Aiai:I passed the Stardust audition on April 1, 2010. first lesson on April 3.
I made my debut as EbiChu member on April 10.
Because Mizuki took a rest on that day, I performed as a her substitute.

・When did you start to love the idols?

Aiai:I was always singing Koda Kumi san's and Ayaka san's songs at Karaoke.
I went to Momoclo event before taking the Stardust audition.
Their event was very impressive. From then on, I came to love the idols.

・What was your aim at that time?

Aiai:I have liked singing since I was little. I wanted to work in the showbiz forever.

・What was your first impression of other girls?

Aiai:To us, Mayama was like older sister. To her, I am like older sister now. And I am taller than her. lol
Aya chan was always together with me.
Mirei chan was reliable before. She is a kind, playful person now. lol She love fashion and is fashionable.
Rina is as pretty as always. Because I got her profile from the Stardust official site, I knew all along that she was so beautiful.
Hinata learned hip-hop dance before, and her fashion was hip-hop style.
We were frightened with the prospect of meeting up with her.

・What kind of impression did you have of EbiChu?

Aiai:EbiChu was like the another school or school's club activities to us.

・And EbiChu made major debut on May 2012.

Aiai:I was surprised and couldn't even imagine that.
I was troubled in those days. It was because I didn't feel like myself.
I had thought about quitting being EbiChu member many times.
We didn't have our professionalism in mind. Momoclo chan had had that and I had always adored them. But that is also our good points.
When we made our debut, my singing parts have decreased for a while. I was not able to find the worth of myself, and my voice was treated as "sound effect".
Mayama had the same worries as me. I felt better thanks to her and am enjoying my own now.

・EbiChu was the youngest performer ever to hold concert at SSA.

Aiai:We knew that 3 girls left the EbiChu. So I wanted to show fans the amazing concert.
The fans always said to me "SSA concert was so amazing!". Fans words touched my heart but my physical condition was bad on that day.
I cannot thank them too much.

・Kaho and Riko joined the EbiChu.

Aiai:In a word, it is "Sugoi". I had learned only one song with difficulty. But they had to learn 20 songs.

・They learned that while they cried?

Aiai:Po chan was crying. But Rittan never once cried.
Rittan does not look strong at first sight, right? But she is very strong girl.

・You have some ambitions for the future?

I want to make SSA concerts succeed.
I am happy if I can have many more people know the goodness of EbiChu.

・What kind of child were you at your early age?

Mirei:I am an only child. I had walked for the first time before becoming 1 year old.
I had took special education for the gifted when I was 4 years old at kindergarten.
I loved Morning Musume when I was 2 years old. I was big fan of Ishikawa Rika san and Matsuura Aya san.

・What kind of memories do you have of your friends?

Mirei:I was always playing with my friend. My friend has bitten my arm. So I have a scar on my arm.

・You were always playing?

Mirei:I took many lessons when I was little. 1 year old:Eurhythmics.
I was learning English from when I was 2 years old until I was 12 years old. I won the English speech contest.
And I was learning violin and apparatus gymnastics.

・What was your dream when you were little?

Mirei:My childhood dream was to become a doctor.
I wanted to get into Tokyo University(Faculty of Medicine) no matter what.
(Tokyo University and Kyoto University are the most famous universities in Japan. Tokyo University:Asano Takashi, Kyoto University:Hyadain)

・You were discovered at Harajuku by a talent scout.

Mirei:When I was 6th year elementary school student I was discovered.
I belonged to the cheerleader club and took a lesson in Tokyo.
My friend and I went to Harajuku with just the two of us for the first time.

・You were discovered for the first time?

Mirei:That is 20 times.

・WOW!

Mirei:But I turned down every offers.

・Why did you choose Stardust?

Mirei:The talent scout handed me a business card. It was written there "Shibasaki Kou".
I went to the karaoke with my friend on that day, and I sang "Lover Soul(Shibasaki Kou)".
In addition, her song's MV was playing on the digital signage. Stardust and I had a fateful encounter.

・Since when have you been interested in showbiz?

Mirei:I had appeared in Shimajiro's video when I was 4 years old.
And I have loved idols since I was little.

・What kind of idols have you liked so far?

Mirei:I loved AKB48 when I was a junior high school student.
I had been recording "Majisuka Gakuen" every week. I was big fan of Kojiharu san.
I bought AKB's album "Kami Kyoku Tachi" and got a Mayuyu photo card. I traded my Mayuyu card with my friend's Kojiharu card.

・You wanted to become an idol?

Mirei:I wanted to become an actress. I was taking acting lessons with Nao chan and Rina.(Nao was living in Tokyo before.)