Years Active: 1997 - Present
Morning Musume is at the forefront of Hello! Project as the lead group and indeed group with the longest and most colorful history. Formed in 1997 through the talent program ASAYAN, Morning Musume has became Best selling female group in Japan and has sold close to 20,000,000 copies in Japan.
Morning Musume were discovered through auditions to find a female vocalist for producer Tsunku’s group Sharan Q. Although the girls that would eventually form Morning Musume were not the winners of the audition they rose to popularity faster and to a far greater extent than the winner, Heike Michiyo.
The group is particularly well-known for its ever fluctuating line-up, with "graduations" and auditions occurring nearly each year. Each “generation” of members offered something to unique to the group and to this day Morning Musume remains fresh in it’s musical style and sound thanks to the ever changing face of the group.
The group is scheduled to hold a concert at Taipei Nankang Exhibition Hall, Taiwan on May 24, 2008. This will be their first time ever to have a concert outside Japan. Beside Taiwan they hold a concert at Shanghai and Korea too. Later during 2008, Morning Musume are teaming up with all-female theatre troupe Takarazuka to perform a musical rendition of Cinderella. Compared to Ribbon no Kishi, a greater number of Takarazuka actors will participate in the play. There will be 33 performances from August 6, 2008 through August 25, 2008..
Current Members:
5th Generation (2001-08-26)
高橋愛 (Takahashi Ai)
新垣里沙 (Niigaki Risa)
6th Generation (2003-01-19)
亀井絵里 (Kamei Eri)
道重さゆみ (Michishige Sayumi)
田中れいな (Tanaka Reina)
7th Generation (2005-05-01)
久住小春 (Kusumi Koharu)
8th Generation (2006-12-10 / 2007-03-15)
光井愛佳 (Mitsui Aika)
ジュンジュン ((Junjun)
リンリン (Linlin)
Former Members:
1st Generation (1997-09-07)
福田明日香 (Fukuda Asuka) (1999-04-18)
石黒彩 (Ishiguro Aya) (2000-01-07)
中澤裕子 (Nakazawa Yuko) (2001-04-15)
安倍なつみ (Abe Natsumi) (2004-01-25)
飯田圭織 (Iida Kaori) (2005-01-30)
2nd Generation (1998-05-03)
市井紗耶香 (Ichii Sayaka) (2000-05-21)
保田圭 (Yasuda Kei) (2003-05-05)
矢口真里 (Yaguchi Mari) (2005-04-14)
3rd Generation (1999-08-22)
後藤真希 (Goto Maki) (2002-09-23)
4th Generation (2000-04-16)
辻希美 (Tsuji Nozomi) (2004-08-01)
加護亜依 (Kago Ai) (2004-08-01)
石川梨華 (Ishikawa Rika) (2005-05-07)
吉澤ひとみ (Yoshizawa Hitomi) (2007-05-06)
5th Generation (2001-08-26)
紺野あさ美 (Konno Asami) (2006-07-23)
小川麻琴 (Ogawa Makoto) (2006-08-27)
6th Generation (2003-01-19)
藤本美貴 (Fujimoto Miki) (2007-06-01)
Singles
"Ai no Tane"
1. "Morning Coffee"
2. "Summer Night Town"
3. "Daite Hold on Me!"
4. "Memory Seishun no Hikari"
5. "Manatsu no Kōsen"
6. "Furusato"
7. "Love Machine"
8. "Koi no Dance Site"
9. "Happy Summer Wedding"
10. "I Wish"
11. "Renai Revolution 21"
12. "The Peace!" 13. "Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~"
14. "Souda! We're Alive"
15. "Do it! Now"
16. "Koko ni Iruzee!"
17. "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima"
18. "As for One Day"
19. "Shabondama"
20. "Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~"
21. "Ai Araba It's All Right"
22. "Roman ~My Dear Boy~"
23. "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari"
24. "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago" 25. "The Manpower!!!"
26. "Osaka Koi no Uta"
27. "Iroppoi Jirettai"
28. "Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!~"
29. "Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~"
30. "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan"
31. "Aruiteru"
32. "Egao Yes Nude"
33. "Kanashimi Twilight"
34. "Onna ni Sachi Are"
35. "Mikan"
36. "Resonant Blue"
Albums
1. First Time
2. Second Morning
3. 3rd -Love Paradise-
4. 4th Ikimasshoi!
5. No.5
6. Ai no Dai 6 Kan
7. Rainbow 7
8. Sexy 8 Beat
7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! (mini-album)
No comments:
Post a Comment