is a former member of Hello! Project Kids

Hello! Project Kids

is a Japanese music group of fifteen young girls chosen out of 27,958 applicants in 2002. The group was formed as a part of the Hello! Project. The group has so far published a number of records under both group names and the Hello! Project Kids title....

 and Berryz Kobo. In 2002, Maiha successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition. On October 2, 2005, Ishimura graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 at the Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan

Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan

, also known as Wel City Tokyo, was a concert hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo.Opened in April 1961, the hall closed on March 31, 2010. Kitaro was one of the artists that performed here....

, to finish her education full-time. She is, to date, the youngest Hello! Project member to graduate.

The latest picture of Ishimura was found on the cover of her school's uniform catalogue.