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Yoshizawa Hitomi
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Takashi Ai |
Fujimoto Miki |
Tanaka Reina |
Kamei Eri |
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Michishige Sayumi |
Niigaki Risa |
Kusumi Koharu |
Mitsui Aika |
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| Morning Musume ([jOB), sometimes referred to as Momusu ([XB) or Momusume (often in tabloids, news, [B), is the lead group of the Hello! Project. Beginning back in 1997 on a talent show called ASAYAN, it quickly became, and still remains one of Japan's top all girl groups with a number of hit records and albums. |
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| In 1997, Sharan Q held a series of auditions on ASAYAN to find a female vocalist. The number of people who auditioned were eventually whittled down to 11, and Heike Michiyo was chosen as the winner. The five runners up were challenged by Tsunku to form a group and release a single, with the incentive that if they could sell 50,000 records in five days they would receive a record deal. Given the name Morning Musume, they recorded Ai no Tane and successfully completed his challenge.
After releasing their first official single, Morning Coffee, another audition was held and three more members were added to the group. This began a series of additions and 'graduations' which have seen members come and go, some remaining in Hello! Project as solo artists or in other units, and some retiring from the music business. In past years, members also took part in sub-groups, such as Sakura Gumi and Otome Gumi; Tanpopo, Petitmoni, and Minimoni, which released their own singles and albums.
In April 2000, the group began hosting a television variety show called Hello! Morning which further increased its popularity. They also star in a number of their own musicals, which are usually done also every year in the summertime. A massive amount of Morning Musume merchandise has been released such as calendars, photobooks, posters, etc. They have even starred in their own Playstation 2 game called Space Venus.
The group has gone through many changes in recent years with the graduation of the long-time leader and last remaining original member Iida Kaori in January 2005, the sudden resignation of then-leader Yaguchi Mari on April 14, 2005, and the addition of Kusumi Koharu and graduation of Ishikawa Rika in May 2005.
2006 was no different, with the graduations of Konno Asami on July 23, 2006 and Ogawa Makoto on August 27, 2006, as well as the addition of Mitsui Aika on December 10, 2006.
On March 15th, 2007, Tsunku announced that Li Chun and Qian Lin, two "exchange students" from China, will join as members of the 8th generation. Leader Yoshizawa Hitomi graduated from Morning Musume on May 6th, 2007, and Fujimoto Miki became the new leader with Takahashi Ai the sub-leader. |
Discography |
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Singles
| # |
Title |
Release date |
First week sales |
Total sales |
| 0 |
̎ (Ai no Tane) |
1997-11-03 |
<50,000 |
50,000 |
| 1 |
[jOR[q[ (Morning Coffee)
c/w ̎ (Ai no Tane) |
1998-01-28 |
95,060 |
200,790 |
| 2 |
T}[iCg^E (Summer Night Town)
c/w A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98 |
1998-05-27 |
86,670 |
417,330 |
| 3 |
HOLD ON MEI (Daite HOLD ON ME!)
c/w Ⴆ (Tatoeba) |
1998-09-09 |
183,500 |
497,120 |
| 4 |
Memory ť (Memory Seishun no Hikari)
c/w Happy Night and Never Forget |
1999-02-10 |
195,720 |
410,850 |
| 5 |
^Ă̌ (Manatsu no Kousen)
c/w ̎n (Koi no Shihatsu Ressha) |
1999-05-12 |
122,610 |
235,010 |
| 6 |
ӂ邳 (Furusato)
c/w YȂ (Wasurerannai) |
1999-07-14 |
102,750 |
170,670 |
| 7 |
LOVE}V[ (LOVE Machine)
c/w 21I (21seiki) |
1999-09-09 |
241,540 |
1,646,630 |
| 8 |
̃_XTCg (Koi no Dance Site)
c/w ̓P[ (Koi wa Rock n' Roll) |
2000-01-26 |
600,860 |
1,229,970 |
| 9 |
nbs[T}[EFfBO (Happy Summer Wedding)
c/w ʊw (Tsuugaku Ressha) |
2000-05-17 |
471,270 |
990,950 |
| 10 |
I WISH
c/w My Boy (Akogare My Boy) |
2000-09-06 |
407,350 |
654,640 |
| 11 |
{[V21 (Renai Revolution 21)
c/w CXs[VI (Inspiration!) |
2000-12-13 |
515,490 |
986,040 |
| 12 |
Us~XI (The Peace!)
c/w łFɈ (Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru) |
2001-07-25 |
310,810 |
682,320 |
| 13 |
Mr. Moonlight `̃rbOoh` (Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~)
c/w |bvR[uI (Popcorn Love!) |
2001-10-31 |
308,940 |
513,340 |
| 14 |
IWe're ALIVE (Souda! We're ALIVE)
c/w [jOR[q[ (2002 Version) (Morning Coffee 2002 version) |
2002-02-20 |
272,950 |
443,630 |
| 15 |
Do it! Now
c/w ƃCJ PURE BOY (Chotto Ikashita PURE BOY) |
2002-07-24 |
180,490 |
310,600 |
| 16 |
ɂ邺I (Koko ni Iruzee!)
c/w LOVER (Jun LOVER) |
2002-10-30 |
139,070 |
228,542 |
| 17 |
[jOB̂ЂЂ傤 (Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima)
c/w Δ (Housekibako) |
2003-02-19 |
72,594 |
151,342 |
| 18 |
AS FOR ONE DAY
c/w Never Forget (Rock Ver.) |
2003-04-23 |
84,251 |
129,893 |
| 19 |
V{ (Shabondama)
c/w ܂ɂ͂Ȃ (Namida ni wa Shitakunai) |
2003-07-30 |
98,028 |
151,104 |
| 20 |
Go Girl`̃BNg[` (Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~)
c/w hmf (KoiING) |
2003-11-06 |
73,884 |
145,340 |
| 21 |
IT'S ALL RIGHT (Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT)
c/w o鏗 (Dekiru Onna) |
2004-01-21 |
78,142 |
108,368 |
| 22 |
Q`MY DEAR BOY` (Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~)
c/w t@CG[VI (Fine Emotion!) |
2004-05-12 |
67,144 |
87,255 |
| 23 |
q܂ (Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari)
c/w {TbJ[ t@CgI (Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight!) |
2004-07-22 |
58,435 |
91,789 |
| 24 |
܂~܂Ȃی (Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago)
c/w QVłBf[gȂ̂Ɂc (Nebou desu. Date na no ni...) |
2004-11-03 |
50,967 |
65,873 |
| 25 |
THE }p[!!! (The Manpower!!!)
c/w &sB`X!HEROėB (Love & Peace! HERO ga Yattekita.) |
2005-01-19 |
51,421 |
67,860 |
| 26 |
̉ (Osaka Koi no Uta)
c/w NATURE IS GOOD! |
2005-04-27 |
46,945 |
59,287 |
| 27 |
Fۂ (Iroppoi Jirettai)
c/w Ƒzɕ܂ (Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete) |
2005-07-27 |
68,009 |
82,200 |
| 28 |
2 `͑傫I` (Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~)
c/w ͔z Do The Hustle! (Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle!) |
2005-11-09 |
43,535 |
54,428 |
| 29 |
SEXY BOY `敗ɊYā` (SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~)
c/w `X@`X@uM (Chance Chance Boogie) |
2006-03-15 |
36,531 |
48,667 |
| 30 |
AmbitiousISIł (Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan)
c/w 킽ĂB (Watashi ga Tsuiteru.) |
2006-06-21 |
37,065 |
47,159 |
| 31 |
Ă (Aruiteru)
c/w xI[jOJ[ (Odore! Morning Curry) |
2006-11-08 |
40,967 |
55,694 |
| 32 |
ΊYESk[h (Egao YES Nude)
c/w Tî (Sayonara no Kawari ni) |
2007-02-14 |
40,884 |
53,047 |
| 33 |
߂݃gCCg (Kanashimi Twilight)
c/w Hand made CITY |
2007-04-25 |
53,551 |
58,294* |
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Albums
| # |
Title |
Release date |
First week sales |
Total sales |
| 1 |
t@[Xg^C (First Time) |
1998-07-08 |
163,250 |
310,290 |
| 2 |
ZJh[jO (Second Morning) |
1999-07-28 |
251,850 |
428,990 |
| 3 |
3rd-LOVEp_CX (3rd-Love Paradise) |
2000-03-29 |
578,250 |
863,300 |
| 4 |
4th ܂傢I (4th Ikimasshoi!) |
2002-03-27 |
326,430 |
515,440 |
| 5 |
No.5 |
2003-03-26 |
122,136 |
175,292 |
| 6 |
̑6 (Ai no Dai 6 Kan) |
2004-12-08 |
51,736 |
73,333 |
| 7 |
C{[7 (Rainbow 7) |
2006-02-15 |
35,672 |
44,714 |
| 7.5 |
7.5~~[jOB~jI(7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume. Mini!) |
2006-12-13 |
23,903 |
29,645 |
| 8 |
SEXY 8 BEAT |
2007-03-21 |
24,638 |
31,819* |
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Soundtrack/Other Albums
| Title |
Release date |
First week sales |
Total sales |
| [jOYB HOLD ON ME! (Morning Cop OST) |
1998-09-30 |
26,350 |
41,330 |
| s`i[ (Pinch Runner OST) |
2000-07-05 |
16,550 |
22,270 |
| [jOB̃~[WJLOVEZ`[ -݂͂Ȃn܂Ȃ- (Morning Musume no Musical 'LOVE Century') |
2001-08-01 |
60,880 |
70,690 |
| nCAŕ[jOBVORNV (Hawaiian de kiku Morning Musume. Single Collection) |
2002-07-10 |
11,590 |
11,590 |
| [jOB̃~[WJ[jO^E (Morning Musume no Musical 'Morning Town') |
2002-07-17 |
16,210 |
16,210 |
| e_̕@IWiTEhgbN (Koinu Dan no Monogatari OST) |
2003-02-14 |
3,929 |
3,929 |
| [jOB̃~[WJ]˂Bb (Morning Musume no Musical 'Edokko Chushingura') |
2003-07-02 |
4,559 |
5,875 |
| u{̋Rm@UE~[WJv\OEZNV (Ribbon no Kishi The Musical Song Selection) |
2006-07-26 |
6,038 |
7,465 |
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Best-of/Compilation Albums
Morning Musume Concert DVDs
- [1999.04.18] Morning Musume Memory Seishun no Hikari (Fukuda Asuka graduation)
- [2000.08.30] Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~ (Ichii Sayaka graduation)
- [2001.06.27] Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru (Nakazawa Yuko graduation)
- [2001.08.29] GREEN LIVE
- [2002.07.31] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru "Love Is Alive!" at Saitami Super Arena
- [2002.11.20] Morning Musume LOVE IS ALIVE! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena (Goto Maki graduation)
- [2003.06.25] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 Haru "Non Stop!" (Yasuda Kei graduation)
- [2003.12.26] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de NON STOP!"
- [2004.07.14] Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2004 Haru The BEST of Japan
- [2004.12.08] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 "The Best of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04"
- [2005.07.05] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru - Dai 6 kan Hit Mankai (Ishikawa Rika graduation)
- [2005.12.14] Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyoushitsu ~Koharuchan Irasshai!~"
- [2006.07.19] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Spring ~Rainbow Seven~
- [2006.12.27] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki ~Odore! Morning Curry~
- [2007.07.04] Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Spring ~Sexy 8 Beat~ (Yoshizawa Hitomi graduation)
PV Collection DVDs
- [2000.06.14] Eizou The Morning Musume Best 10
- [2002.12.04] Eizou The Morning Musume 2 ~Single M Clips~
- [2005.03.24] Eizou The Morning Musume 3 ~Single M Clips~
- [2007.05.02] Eizou The Morning Musume 4 ~Single M Clips~ (Oricon Music DVDs Weekly Rank #1)
Other DVDs
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