Wow, this is a pretty big deal. Good for her! That's an exciting move, and I think if any of the HP! girls could pull it off, it would be Goto Maki. I do think it will give Kuu a run for her money, though, and that makes me think avex signed Maki as "back-up Kumi" for when all of Japan turns its back on her for something stupid like they did this year. No matter how sexy she makes her artistic image, Maki has 10 years of intensive HP! brainwashing to be cute, to be sweet, and to never talk about amniotic fluid.