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Mai Oshima
Person · female · Japan · Noda · born 1987 · recording since 2010
Japanese singer
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Also known as 大島麻衣 · 大島麻衣
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: メンドクサイ愛情
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography310 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371170774
Biography
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.
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. 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.
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.
On February 21, 2009, she announced that she would be leaving AKB48, and, on April 26, she gave her final performance at NHK Hall.
Oshima made her solo debut in 2010 with the single "Mendokusai Aijō". It reached number seven and charted for 5 weeks. In 2012, she debut as an actress in the NHK drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari.
Singles
"Mendokusai Aijō" (メンドクサイ愛情; "Troublesome Love") (May 5, 2010) – Oricon Peak: 7, sales: 16,447
"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
"Second Lady
Second LadySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Second Lady3:332Miracle Love3:173Second Lady (Instrumental)3:334Miracle Love (Instrumental)3:16" (July 27, 2011) – Oricon peak: 44, sales: 2,804
Films
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007), Sarara
Torihada: Gekijōban 2 (2014)
Photobooks
B.L.T. vivid 2 (Tokyo News Service, March 21, 2008) ISBN 9784863360006
Benkyō Sasete Itadakimashita (Wani Books, September 10, 2008) ISBN 9784847041235
Fairy Tale (Wani Books, January 25, 2010) ISBN 9784847042454
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups)
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | メンドクサイ愛情Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks1メンドクサイ愛情 2どーにもこーにも 3メンドクサイ愛情(Instrumental) 4どーにもこーにも(Instrumental) | 5 May 2010 | ||
| 2010 | 愛ってナンダホーSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 15:021愛ってナンダホー4:10 2ごめんねダーリン♥3:22 3愛ってナンダホー (Instrumental)4:10 4ごめんねダーリン♥ (Instrumental)3:20 | 11 August 2010 | ||
| 2011 | Second LadySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 13:391Second Lady3:33 2Miracle Love3:17 3Second Lady (Instrumental)3:33 4Miracle Love (Instrumental)3:16 | 27 July 2011 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mai Oshima head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| A(band) | 30 October 2005 | 26 April 2009 | original |
| 乃木坂AKB(band) | 31 January 2009 | 26 April 2009 |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a74a4d83-7b3f-4b89-ba61-1fbdae6fa753discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a74a4d83-7b3f-4b89-ba61-1fbdae6fa753core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074100genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074100seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Oshimabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Oshima
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q1074100 · MusicBrainz: a74a4d83-7b3f-4b89-ba61-1fbdae6fa753
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