Mayu Watanabe
Mayu Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺麻友 Watanabe Mayu) is the guest narrator of the 26th Pikachu short of the Pokémon anime.
Biography
Mayu Watanabe was born March 26, 1994 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She was described as a shy child growing up, but at 13 years old she auditioned for an idol group in Akihabara, Tokyo. The group, AKB48, was produced by the well known lyricist and producer Yasushi Akimoto. In December 2006, Watanabe was accepted to be part of the third generation of AKB48 members along with 12 other girls. This group of girls was named as AKB48's "Team B", and Watanabe as named the team's "center". She appeared in nearly all of AKB48's singles while she was a member, and she was often placed near the front for the dance formations. She was voted the Most Popular AKB48 Member in 2014 during the group's yearly "election", where fans vote for their favorite member.
While working as an AKB48 member she had the opportunity to act in various dramas and movies. Her most prominent role was as the main character in Saba Doll, a comedy-drama series. She also did work as a voice actress in the anime series AKB0048 and the movie Nerawareta Gakuen.
Watanabe left AKB48 on December 31st, 2017 to pursue an acting career. She went on to act in drama series such as "Black Scandal" and "Natsuzora ", until retiring from the entertainment industry in June 2020.
Pokémon roles
Non-Pokémon roles
Films
- Three-Day Boys (2009)
- Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued (2011)
- Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On (2012)
- Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain (2013)
Television dramas
- Majisuka Gakuen (2010) - Nezumi
- Sakura Kara no Tegami (2010)
- Majisuka Gakuen 2 (2011) - Nezumi
- Saba Doll (2012)
- Megutantte Mahou Tsukaeru no? (2012) - Mayu-tan
- So long! (2013)
- Fortune Cookies (2013)
- Sailor Zombie (2014)
- Majisuka Gakuen 4 (2015) - Nezumi
- Tatakau! Shoten Girl (2015)
- Majisuka Gakuen 5 (2015) - Nezumi
- AKB Horror Night Adrenaline no Yoru (2015) - Episode 7
- AKB Love Night Love Factory (2016) - Episode 35
- Ooku (2016)
- Chihoushi wo Kau Onna (2016)
- Crow's Blood (2016) - Isozaki Kaoru
- Cabasuka Gakuen (2016) - Utsubo / Nezumi
- Sayonara, Enari-kun (2017) - Kiriyama Saori
- Someday Until This Rain Stops (2017) - Morimura Hikari
- Black Scandal (2018) - Satsuki
- Natsuzora (2019)
Anime
- AKB0048 (2012) - Chieri Sono
- Nerawareta Gakuen (2012 film) - Natsuki
- AKB0048 Next Stage (2013) - Chieri Sono
- Pokémon: Pikachu, What's This Key? (2014) - Narrator
- Mahoutsukai Precure! (2016-2017) - Watanabe Mayu (herself)
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