泣いちゃうかも - Music

Morning Musume モーニング娘。 Currently Known As Morning Musume '23 モーニング娘。'23 Is A Japanese All Female J-Pop Group And The Core Group Under The More Expansive Hello! Project H!P For Short . Formed In 1997 When The Producer Of The Band Tsunku Challenged The 5 Runner-Ups Of A TV Competition Where They Competed To Become The Lead Singer Of Sharan Q To Sell 50 000 Copies Of Their Demo Single "Ai No Tane" In 5 Days. They Were Successful And The Reward Was To Be Fully Produced As Their Own Act By Producer Tsunku. In A Year Their Popularity Had Surpassed The Winner Of The Original Competition Michiyo Heike In Three They Had Surpassed The Popularity Of Sharan Q Who Had Broken Up To Become Full Time Producers. The Reach Of MM And H!P Extends To Music TV Radio Film Modeling Commercials Their Own PS2 And GBA Games As Well As Their Own Indoor Futsal And Kickball Teams Though Their Popularity Has Been Waning In Recent Years. They Also Quickly Became And Still Remain One Of Japan's Top All Girl Groups With A Number Of Hit Records And Albums. They Have Sold Over 17 746 446 Copies In Japan Alone. Dated Figure The Members Of Morning Musume Change Often. Every Year Or Two Auditions Are Held To Add New Members. Morning Musume's Current Line-Up Has 14 Members None Of Which Are The Original Five Or The Three Generations That Followed. Fukumura Mizuki 譜久村聖 Is The Current Leader Of Morning Musume. Morning Musume Generations Bolded Names Are Part Of The Current Line-Up First Generation 1997 Yuko Nakazawa 中澤裕子 Aya Ishiguro 石黒彩 Kaori Iida 飯田圭織 Natsumi Abe 安倍なつみ Asuka Fukuda 福田明日香 Second Generation 1998 Kei Yasuda 保田圭 Mari Yaguchi 矢口真里 Sayaka Ichii 市井紗耶香 Third Generation 1999 Maki Goto 後藤真希 Fourth Generation 2000 Rika Ishikawa 石川梨華 Hitomi Yoshizawa 吉澤ひとみ Nozomi Tsuji 辻希美 Ai Kago 加護亜依 Fifth Generation 2001 Ai Takahashi 高橋愛 Asami Konno 紺野あさ美 Makoto Ogawa 小川麻琴 Risa Niigaki 新垣里沙 Sixth Generation 2003 Miki Fujimoto 藤本美貴 Eri Kamei 亀井絵里 Sayumi Michishige 道重さゆみ Reina Tanaka 田中れいな Seventh Generation 2005 Koharu Kusumi 久住小春 Eighth Generation 2006-2007 Aika Mitsui 光井愛佳 JunJun ジュンジュン LinLin リンリン Ninth Generation 2011 Mizuki Fukumura 譜久村聖 Erina Ikuta 生田衣梨奈 Current Leader Riho Sayashi 鞘師里保 Kanon Suzuki 鈴木香音 Tenth Generation 2011 Haruna Iikubo 飯窪春菜 Ayumi Ishida 石田亜佑美 Masaki Sato 佐藤優樹 Haruka Kudo 工藤遥 Eleventh Generation 2012 Sakura Oda 小田さくら Twelfth Generation 2014 Haruna Ogata 尾形春水 Miki Nonaka 野中美希 Maria Makino 牧野真莉愛 Akane Haga 羽賀朱音 Thirteenth Generation 2016 Kaede Kaga 加賀楓 Reina Yokoyama 横山玲奈 Fourteenth Generation 2017 Chisaki Morito 森戸知沙希 Former Concurrent Country Girls Member Fifteenth Generation 2019 Rio Kitagawa 北川莉央 Homare Okamura 岡村ほまれ Mei Yamazaki 山﨑愛生 Sixteenth Generation 2022 Rio Sakurai 櫻井梨央 Seventeenth Generation 2023 Haruka Inoue 井上春華 Ako Yumigeta 弓桁朱琴 As The Members Grow And Become Better Singers Or Feel That Morning Musume No Longer Suits Their Careers They "graduate" To Become Solo Artists. Some H!P Members Graduate To Leave The Idol World And Are Not Part Of H!P Anymore. As Of March 31st 2009 Members Of Hello! Project's Elder Club Concert Unit Also Called The Older Sister Group Including Former Morning Musume Members "OG" Aya Matsuura Melon Kinenbi Mai Satoda Country Musume Atsuko Inaba And Yuki Maeda Are Not A Part Of Hello! Project Anymore But Remain Under UFA Management. Morning Musume And Other H!P Acts Berryz工房 -Ute 真野恵里菜 スマイレージ 吉川友 Hello! Project Egg And All Sub-Units Associated With Them Continue Releasing Under The Hello! Project. read less