# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mayu-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:16.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mayu-watanabe"
name: "Mayu Watanabe"
slug: "mayu-watanabe"
description: "Mayu Watanabe  is a Japanese retired singer and actress. Nicknamed Mayuyu (まゆゆ), her entertainment career was associated with the idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has released five solo singles, many of which have peaked in the top ten on the Oricon charts, and one solo album. She left the group on the last day of 2017 and the first day of 2018, and pursued an acting career until she retired from the entertainment industry in June 2020."
tagline: "Japanese singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayu_Watanabe(retouched).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1994-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.70096133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/karaage_mayu"
    handle:    "karaage_mayu"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mayuwatanabe_/"
    handle:    "mayuwatanabe_"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4189269/"
    handle:    "nm4189269"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/404KSG1w1GP0oWwWeT8ZIt"
    handle:    "404KSG1w1GP0oWwWeT8ZIt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.watanabemayu.jp/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "مايو واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "مايو واتانابى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "مایو واتانابی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایو واتانابه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E9%BA%BB%E5%8F%8B"
    title: "渡辺麻友"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%82%98%EB%B2%A0_%EB%A7%88%EC%9C%A0"
    title: "와타나베 마유"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ватанабэ, Маю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "มายุ วาตานาเบะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe_Mayu"
    title: "Watanabe Mayu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E9%82%8A%E9%BA%BB%E5%8F%8B"
    title: "渡邊麻友"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "渡邊麻友"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://guw.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://id.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mayu_Watanabe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1bb206d8-316d-4bce-9731-e56cef40df58"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200151"
    title: "Mayu Watanabe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump