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[[File:Abe Mao - Oppajime! promo.jpg|thumb|500px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Oppajime!]]'' (2015)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Be My Love promo.jpg|thumb|550px|Abe Mao promoting "[[Be My Love (Abe Mao)|Be My Love]]" (2020)]]
  
 
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'''Abe Mao''' (阿部真央) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer signed to [[Pony Canyon]]. She released four acoustic songs on iTunes before making her debut in January 2009 with the album, ''[[Free (Abe Mao album)|Free]]''.
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'''Abe Mao''' (阿部真央) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer-songwriter signed to [[Pony Canyon]]. She released four acoustic songs on iTunes before making her debut in January 2009 with the album ''[[Free (Abe Mao album)|Free]]'', which managed to become #1 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100 chart.
  
 
==Profile==
 
==Profile==
* '''Birth Name:''' Abe Mao (阿部真央)
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* '''Name:''' Abe Mao (阿部真央)
* '''Date of Birth:''' {{bda|1990|06|24|mf}}
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* '''Birthdate:''' {{bda|1990|06|24|mf}}
* '''Place of Birth:''' [[Oita]], [[Japan]]
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* '''Birthplace:''' [[Wikipedia:Oita Prefecture|Oita, Japan]]
 
* '''[[Blood Type]]:''' A
 
* '''[[Blood Type]]:''' A
 
* '''Family:''' Ex Husband [[Iizuka Akira]], Son
 
* '''Family:''' Ex Husband [[Iizuka Akira]], Son
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==Information==
 
==Information==
[[File:Abe mao.jpg|thumb|200px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Free (Abe Mao album)|Free]]'' (2009)]]
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[[File:Abe mao.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Free (Abe Mao album)|Free]]'' (2009)]]
[[File:MOTTOHIKARIABEMAOPROMO.jpg|thumb|200px|Abe Mao promoting "[[Motto. / Hikari]]" (2011)]]
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[[File:MOTTOHIKARIABEMAOPROMO.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting "[[Motto. / Hikari]]" (2011)]]
[[File:Abe Mao - Anata wo Suki na Watashi promo.jpg|thumb|200px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Anata wo Suki na Watashi]]'' (2013)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Anata wo Suki na Watashi promo.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Anata wo Suki na Watashi]]'' (2013)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Oppajime! promo.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Oppajime!]]'' (2015)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Babe promo.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting ''[[Babe (Abe Mao)|Babe.]]'' (2016)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Mada Boku wa Ikiteru promo.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting "[[Mada Boku wa Ikiteru]]" (2018)]]
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[[File:Abe Mao - Kimi no Uta promo.jpg|thumb|250px|Abe Mao promoting "[[Kimi no Uta / Kotae]]" (2019)]]
  
 
Abe Mao began playing piano when she was in third grade, and by junior high, she decided she wanted to be a singer.<ref name="officialwebsite">"[http://abemao.com/ Abe Mao Official Website]". Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> When she was high school, she dropped piano and started playing guitar. During the summer of her second year of high school in June 2006, the manager of a music store recommended that Abe should participate in [[Oita]]'s ''YAMAHA TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006''. She won, with her song "[[Haha no Uta]]".<ref name="ponycanyon">"[http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_ART_2010&CMD=DSP&DSP_ATSCOD=30673200 Abe Mao Biography on Pony Canyon]". Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> The following November, she participated in the same competition at the national level and was awarded an encouragement prize.<ref name="yamahateen">"[http://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/history/e-history/tmf/teens2006.html TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 National Competition]". ''YAMAHA''. Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> She graduated from high school in Spring 2008 and proceeded to move to [[Tokyo]].
 
Abe Mao began playing piano when she was in third grade, and by junior high, she decided she wanted to be a singer.<ref name="officialwebsite">"[http://abemao.com/ Abe Mao Official Website]". Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> When she was high school, she dropped piano and started playing guitar. During the summer of her second year of high school in June 2006, the manager of a music store recommended that Abe should participate in [[Oita]]'s ''YAMAHA TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006''. She won, with her song "[[Haha no Uta]]".<ref name="ponycanyon">"[http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_ART_2010&CMD=DSP&DSP_ATSCOD=30673200 Abe Mao Biography on Pony Canyon]". Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> The following November, she participated in the same competition at the national level and was awarded an encouragement prize.<ref name="yamahateen">"[http://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/history/e-history/tmf/teens2006.html TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 National Competition]". ''YAMAHA''. Retrieved September 1, 2009.</ref> She graduated from high school in Spring 2008 and proceeded to move to [[Tokyo]].
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* [2013.08.28] [[Anata wo Suki na Watashi]] (貴方を好きな私; ''The Me You Like'')
 
* [2013.08.28] [[Anata wo Suki na Watashi]] (貴方を好きな私; ''The Me You Like'')
 
* [2015.02.18] [[Oppajime!]] (おっぱじめ!)
 
* [2015.02.18] [[Oppajime!]] (おっぱじめ!)
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* [2017.02.15] [[Babe (Abe Mao)|Babe.]]
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* [2018.03.07] [[You (Abe Mao)|YOU]]
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* [2020.01.22] [[Mada Ikemasu]] (まだいけます; ''I Can Keep Going'')
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* [2023.02.15] [[Not Unusual]]
  
 
===Best Albums===
 
===Best Albums===
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* [2015.09.16] [[Abe Mao Rental Best ~Koi no Uta-hen~]] (阿部真央 レンタルベスト 〜恋の唄 編〜) <small>('''Rental''')</small>
 
* [2015.09.16] [[Abe Mao Rental Best ~Koi no Uta-hen~]] (阿部真央 レンタルベスト 〜恋の唄 編〜) <small>('''Rental''')</small>
 
* [2015.09.16] [[Abe Mao Rental Best ~Ouen Uta-hen~]] (阿部真央 レンタルベスト 〜応援歌 編〜) <small>('''Rental''')</small>
 
* [2015.09.16] [[Abe Mao Rental Best ~Ouen Uta-hen~]] (阿部真央 レンタルベスト 〜応援歌 編〜) <small>('''Rental''')</small>
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* [2019.01.23] [[Abe Mao Best]] (阿部真央ベスト)
  
 
===Live Albums===
 
===Live Albums===
 
* [2015.03.11] [[5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 @ Nippon Budokan]] (5th Anniversary 阿部真央らいぶ2014@日本武道館)
 
* [2015.03.11] [[5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 @ Nippon Budokan]] (5th Anniversary 阿部真央らいぶ2014@日本武道館)
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* [2019.04.17] [[Abe Mao Live No.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~ at Nippon Budokan|Abe Mao Live No.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~ @ Nippon Budokan]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~@日本武道館)
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===Other Albums===
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* [2021.01.20] [[My Inner Child Museum|MY INNER CHILD MUSEUM]] <small>(Cover Album)</small>
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* [2022.08.26] [[Who Am I (Abe Mao)|Who Am I]] <small>(Digital EP)</small>
  
 
===Singles===
 
===Singles===
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* [2010.06.09] [[Lonely (Abe Mao)|Lonely]] (ロンリー)
 
* [2010.06.09] [[Lonely (Abe Mao)|Lonely]] (ロンリー)
 
* [2010.11.03] [[19-sai no Uta]] (19歳の唄; ''Song of a 19-Year-Old'')
 
* [2010.11.03] [[19-sai no Uta]] (19歳の唄; ''Song of a 19-Year-Old'')
* [2011.05.18] [[Motto. / Hikari]] (モットー。 / 光; ''Motto. / Light'')
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* [2011.05.18] [[Motto. / Hikari]] (モットー。 / 光; ''More / Light'')
* [2011.11.16] [[Soba ni Ite (Abe Mao)|Soba ni Ite]] (側にいて; ''Come to Me'')
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* [2011.11.16] [[Soba ni Ite (Abe Mao)|Soba ni Ite]] (側にいて; ''Next to Me'')
 
* [2012.05.16] [[Sekai wa Mada Kimi wo Shiranai]] (世界はまだ君を知らない; ''The World Doesn't Know You Yet'')
 
* [2012.05.16] [[Sekai wa Mada Kimi wo Shiranai]] (世界はまだ君を知らない; ''The World Doesn't Know You Yet'')
 
* [2013.03.06] [[Saigo no Watashi (Abe Mao)|Saigo no Watashi]] (最後の私; ''The Last Me'')
 
* [2013.03.06] [[Saigo no Watashi (Abe Mao)|Saigo no Watashi]] (最後の私; ''The Last Me'')
 
* [2013.06.26] [[Anata ga Suki na Watashi / Boyfriend|Anata ga Suki na Watashi / boyfriend]] (貴方が好きな私; ''The Me who Likes You'')
 
* [2013.06.26] [[Anata ga Suki na Watashi / Boyfriend|Anata ga Suki na Watashi / boyfriend]] (貴方が好きな私; ''The Me who Likes You'')
 
* [2014.05.21] [[Believe in Yourself (Abe Mao)|Believe in yourself]]
 
* [2014.05.21] [[Believe in Yourself (Abe Mao)|Believe in yourself]]
* [2014.10.22] [[Sorezore Aruki Dasou]] (それぞれ歩き出そう)
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* [2014.10.22] [[Sorezore Aruki Dasou]] (それぞれ歩き出そう; ''Let's Walk on Our Own'')
 
* [2015.11.18] [[You Changed My Life|You changed my life]]
 
* [2015.11.18] [[You Changed My Life|You changed my life]]
 
* [2016.05.25] [[Don't Let Me Down (Abe Mao)|Don't let me down]]
 
* [2016.05.25] [[Don't Let Me Down (Abe Mao)|Don't let me down]]
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* [2016.08.24] [[Onnatachi]] (女たち; ''Women'')
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* [2018.10.24] [[Kawaritai Uta]] (変わりたい唄)
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* [2019.05.08] [[Kimi no Uta / Kotae]] (君の唄(キミノウタ)/答)
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* [2019.08.21] [[Doushimasu ka, Anata Nara]] (どうしますか、あなたなら)
  
 
===Digital Singles===  
 
===Digital Singles===  
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* [2012.05.16] [[Sekai wa Mada Kimi wo Shiranai]] (世界はまだ君を知らない; ''The World Doesn't Know You Yet'')
 
* [2012.05.16] [[Sekai wa Mada Kimi wo Shiranai]] (世界はまだ君を知らない; ''The World Doesn't Know You Yet'')
 
* [2012.06.06] [[Tatakai wa Owaranai (song)|Tatakai wa Owaranai]] (戦いは終わらない; ''The Fight Is Not Over'')
 
* [2012.06.06] [[Tatakai wa Owaranai (song)|Tatakai wa Owaranai]] (戦いは終わらない; ''The Fight Is Not Over'')
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* [2017.12.08] [[Kissing (Abe Mao)|K.I.S.S.I.N.G]]
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* [2018.03.21] [[Listen to the Music (Abe Mao)|Listen to the Music]] (リッスントゥザミュージック)
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* [2018.07.16] [[Mada Boku wa Ikiteru]] (まだ僕は生きてる)
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* [2019.04.08] [[Kotae (Abe Mao)|Kotae (TV Size)]] (答)
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* [2019.12.13] [[Konya wa Nemuru Made]] (今夜は眠るまで)
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* [2019.12.27] [[Omae ga Motomeru Watashi Nanka Zenbu Kowashite Yaru]] (お前が求める私なんか全部壊してやる)
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* [2020.04.08] [[Ready Go (Abe Mao)|READY GO]]
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* [2020.08.12] [[Be My Love (Abe Mao)|Be My Love]]
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* [2020.12.09] [[Romance no Kamisama (Abe Mao)|Romance no Kamisama]] (ロマンスの神様)
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* [2020.12.23] [[Itsu no Hi mo|Itsu no Hi mo ~MY INNER CHILD Ver.~]] (いつの日も)
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* [2021.01.13] [[Alive (Abe Mao)|Alive]]
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* [2021.02.03] [[Futari de Ireba]] (ふたりで居れば)
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* [2021.12.15] [[I Never Knew]]
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* [2022.01.21] [[Sailing (Abe Mao)|Sailing]]
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* [2023.01.11] [[Never Fear]]
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* [2023.08.23] [[I've Got the Power]]
  
 
===Video Releases===
 
===Video Releases===
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* [2014.03.19] [[Abe Mao Live No.5 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum|Abe Mao Live No.5 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.5@東京国際フォーラム)
 
* [2014.03.19] [[Abe Mao Live No.5 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum|Abe Mao Live No.5 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.5@東京国際フォーラム)
 
* [2015.03.11] [[5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 at Nippon Budokan|5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 @ Nippon Budokan]] (5th Anniversary 阿部真央らいぶ2014@日本武道館)
 
* [2015.03.11] [[5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 at Nippon Budokan|5th Anniversary Mao Abe Live 2014 @ Nippon Budokan]] (5th Anniversary 阿部真央らいぶ2014@日本武道館)
* [2016.06.01] [[Mao Abe Live No.6 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum|Mao Abe Live No.6 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.6@東京国際フォーラム)
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* [2016.06.01] [[Abe Mao Live No.6 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum|Abe Mao Live No.6 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.6@東京国際フォーラム)
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* [2017.09.20] [[Abe Mao Live No.7 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum|Abe Mao Live No.7 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.7@東京国際フォーラム)
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* [2019.04.17] [[Abe Mao Live No.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~ at Nippon Budokan|Abe Mao Live No.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~ @ Nippon Budokan]] (阿部真央らいぶNo.8 ~10th Anniversary Special~@日本武道館)
  
 
===Compilations / Other===
 
===Compilations / Other===
 
* [2011.09.08] [[KREVA]] - [[Go (KREVA)|GO]] (#8 ''Bitansan Syndrome feat. '''Abe Mao''''')
 
* [2011.09.08] [[KREVA]] - [[Go (KREVA)|GO]] (#8 ''Bitansan Syndrome feat. '''Abe Mao''''')
 
* [2014.09.03] [[Aimer]] - [[Dareka, Umi wo. EP]] (#3 ''for Lonely with '''Abe Mao''''')
 
* [2014.09.03] [[Aimer]] - [[Dareka, Umi wo. EP]] (#3 ''for Lonely with '''Abe Mao''''')
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* [2017.02.22] [[Ulfuls Tribute ~Best of Girl Friends~]] (#8 ''Eenen'')
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* [2018.03.21] [[Elephant Kashimashi Cover Album 3 ~A Tribute To The Elephant Kashimashi~]] (#6 ''Listen to the Music'')
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* [2020.10.28] [[Inspire (Kato Miliyah album)|INSPIRE]] (#9 '''''Abe Mao''' "Last Love"'')
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 14 September 2023

Abe Mao promoting "Be My Love" (2020)

Abe Mao (阿部真央) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter signed to Pony Canyon. She released four acoustic songs on iTunes before making her debut in January 2009 with the album Free, which managed to become #1 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100 chart.

Profile

Information

Abe Mao promoting Free (2009)
Abe Mao promoting "Motto. / Hikari" (2011)
Abe Mao promoting Anata wo Suki na Watashi (2013)
Abe Mao promoting Oppajime! (2015)
Abe Mao promoting Babe. (2016)
Abe Mao promoting "Mada Boku wa Ikiteru" (2018)
Abe Mao promoting "Kimi no Uta / Kotae" (2019)

Abe Mao began playing piano when she was in third grade, and by junior high, she decided she wanted to be a singer.[1] When she was high school, she dropped piano and started playing guitar. During the summer of her second year of high school in June 2006, the manager of a music store recommended that Abe should participate in Oita's YAMAHA TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006. She won, with her song "Haha no Uta".[2] The following November, she participated in the same competition at the national level and was awarded an encouragement prize.[3] She graduated from high school in Spring 2008 and proceeded to move to Tokyo.

In October, Abe's song "want you DARLING" was used as the theme song for the drama Tetsudo Musume ~Girls be ambitious!~. She also released an acoustic version of her song "MY BABY" on iTunes, which was featured as the single of the week.[4] Soon, Abe gained feature coverage on MySpace and au one music.[5] Her popularity slowly rose, achieving high ranks on BARKS, Google, and mixi. In one day, her MySpace received 20,000 listens.[2]

In January 2009, Abe released her debut album, Free. The album ranked #17 on the weekly Oricon chart. Later, she embarked on her first live tour, Abe Mao Live No.0, in March, starting in her home of Oita and stretching across seven prefectures in Japan.[2] Since then, she has released two singles, "Tsutaetai Koto / I wanna see you" and "Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu", of which two of the three A-sides were previously released as acoustic versions on iTunes before her debut.[6] An unreleased song called "15 no Kotoba" has been chosen as the theme song for the 2010 movie version of the novel Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora.[7]

Discography

Studio Albums

Best Albums

Live Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Video Releases

Compilations / Other

Publications

Band Scores

Band ScoreTatakai wa Owaranai.jpg

References

  1. "Abe Mao Official Website". Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Abe Mao Biography on Pony Canyon". Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  3. "TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 National Competition". YAMAHA. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  4. "Abe Mao Rainen 1gatsu ni Major Debut Tettei". livedoor. November 12, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  5. "Choujitsuryoku Ha Shinjin! Star e no Kiseki Start!!". au one music. October 8, 2008. Retreieved September 1, 2009.
  6. "Abe Mao on MySpace". MySpace. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  7. "Abe Mao, Eiga Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora no Judaiga wo Tantou". BARKS. August 24, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2009.

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