Morning Musume Member

Takahashi Ai


Ai Takahashi joined Morning Musume in 2001 as part of the group's fifth generation, along with Makoto Ogawa, Asami Konno, and Risa Niigaki. Her debut appearance with the group was on their single "Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~", and her first appearance on a Morning Musume full-length release was their fourth studio album, the appropriately named 4th Ikimasshoi!. Her first appearance within a Hello! Project shuffle unit release was on the 2002 single "Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam!" under the group name Happy 7.

In 2003, Takahashi replaced Mari Yaguchi in the Morning Musume spinoff group Mini Moni, first appearing in the group's movie Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! and its accompanying soundtrack. Her best-known nickname amongst non-Japanese fans, "Takitty", was derived from the cat suit (complete with tail) which she wears in the movie.

Later in 2003, she was part of the Morning Musume splinter group Morning Musume Sakuragumi, which performed mainly slower numbers on the group's two EPs, "Hare Ame Nochi Suki" and "Sakura Mankai", and the shuffle group 7Air, an R&B-inspired septet.

Takahashi's vocals became more prominent on the second and final Mini Moni album, Mini Moni Songs 2 (2004), as well as on Morning Musume's singles from their Spring 2004 release "Roman ~My Dear Boy~" onward. She also had a duet with Tsunku on the cover version of Tsunku and Ayumi Hamasaki's duet "Love ~since 1999~" on his solo album Take1.

In 2005, Morning Musume's first single release of the year, "The Manpower!!!", featured Takahashi in a prominent co-lead-vocal role, a role she has retained on subsequent singles since. In the summer of that year, she became part of the 2005 shuffle Group Elegies.

In 2006, Takahashi played the lead role, Sapphire, in the musical "Ribbon no Kishi The Musical" which was a collaboration work of Takarazuka Revue (a famous Japanese all-female musical group) and Hello! Project. The musical was based on Tezuka Osamu's manga and also starred v-u-den, Nozomi Tsuji, Aya Matsuura, and Natsumi Abe, as well as Marcia and Kaoru Ebira of the Takarazuka Revue. Soon thereafter, Takahashi released her first and only solo single to date, "Yume Kara Samete".

Following then-leader Hitomi Yoshizawa's graduation from Morning Musume on May 6, 2007, the current sub-leader, Miki Fujimoto ascended to the leader position, with Takahashi becoming the new sub-leader of the group. However, on June 1, 2007, after Fujimoto's resignation, Takahashi took over as the new leader.

Takahashi is also captain of the Hello! Project kickball team, Metro Rabbits H.P..

In 2008 Takahashi became a member of Hello Project's new unit High-King, a group created to promote Morning Musume's upcoming Cinderella the Musical.




Name: Takahashi Ai (高橋愛)
Nickname: Ai-chan, Lovely, Takitty, Tettekete
Birth date: September 14, 1986
Birthplace: Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Blood type: A
Height: 153.3 cm
Hobbies: Watching plays, ballet
Specialty: Flipping her eyelids, bridge
Favorite food: Sauce katsudon, omelette rice
Disliked food: Mont blanc, eggplant, pineapple, musubi, perilla leaves
Favorite color: Black, white, pink
Favorite word: "Tomodachi" (友達 - "Friend")
Favorite season: Autumn
Favorite flowers: Roses
Favorite song: Tsumetai Umi / Start in My Life by Kuraki Mai

Subgroups:
Morning Musume (2001–)
Happy 7 (2002)
7AIR (2003)
Minimoni (2003–2004)
Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003–2004)
H.P. All Stars (2004)
Hello! Project Akagumi (2005)
Elegies (2005)
Wonderful Hearts (2006–) 
High-King (2008)

Other:
POCKY GIRLS (2002)
Metro Rabbits H.P. (2006–)

Photobooks:
[2002.08.13] 5 モーニング娘。5期メンバー (5 Morning Musume. 5ki Members)
[2002.12.09] モーニング娘。―高橋愛 (Morning Musume - Takahashi Ai)
[2003.12.18] アロハロ!高橋愛 (AloHello! Takahashi Ai)
[2004.05.26] わたあめ (Wataame)
[2005.06.26] 愛ごころ (Aigokoro)
[2006.01.26] 19
[2006.10.28] 高橋愛 写真集全集 ai (Takahashi Ai Photograph Collection Complete Works ai)
[2007.03.14] ラブハロ!高橋愛inプーケット (Love Hello! Takahashi Ai in Phuket)
[2007.10.26] 水 (Mizu)
[2008.05.23] もうひとつの愛 (Mou Hitotsu no Ai)

Movies:
[2002] とっかえっ娘。 (Tokkaekko)
[2003] ミニモニ。じゃムービーお菓子な大冒険！ (Minimoni ja Movie Okashi na Daibouken!)
[2003] 子犬ダンの物語 (Koinu Dan no Monogatari)

DVDs:
[2007.04.11] ラブハロ! 高橋愛 DVD (Love Hello! Takahashi Ai DVD)

TV Dramas:
[2002] Angel Hearts
[2004] ミニモニ。でブレーメンの音楽隊 (Minimoni de Bremen no Ongakutai)
[2006] 天下騒乱〜徳川三代の陰謀 (Tenka Souran ~ Tokugawa Sandai no Inmou)
[2006] 道徳女子短大エコ研 (Doutoku Joshi Tandai Ecoken)

Radio:
[2003–] ヤングタウン土曜日 (Young Town Douyoubi)

Musicals:
[2006] リッボンの騎士ザ・ミュージカル (Ribbon no Kishi: The Musical)
[2008] シンデレラ the ミュージカル (Cinderella the Musical)

Morning Musume Member

Tanaka Reina
    

Reina Tanaka, member of the famous Jpop group "Morning Musume" was born the 11th November 1989, in Fukuoka. The kanji characters for her name (田中麗奈) are the same as the ones for the Japanese actress Tanaka Rena. To avoid confusion, Tanaka adopted hiragana symbols (れいな) for her first name when she joined Morning Musume.

She initially auditioned for Morning Musume during the Love Audition 21 auditions for the 5th generation members and was even featured on the MUSIX page. She is the only member to audition twice to get into Morning Musume.
In her first audition for Morning Musume, according to the rules she wasn't old enough to audition. She lied about her age, adding another year to it because she didn't believe she would make it very far. She made it to the boot camp but her true age was revealed and she was expelled from the audition, but then she participated in the 2002 Love Audition and was revealed among 12417 candidates along with Eri Kamei and Sayumi Michishige on the 19th January 2003. (She was the 1803rd candidate) Those three girls formed Morning Musume 6th Generation with the audition of Miki Fujimoto, and Hello! Project soloist. Before her second audition, she believed they wouldn't take her because of her lying mishap.
The audition song was Momusu's "Do it! Now". For the very first time, there was an Internet public pool in which fans could vote for their favorite girl. Reina ranked 8th and Sayumi 6th. Anyway, Tsunku, Momusu's producer, chose Reina, Sayumi and Eri as finalists even if Eri wasn't in the Top10.
The three of them had to practice singing and dancing during four days, so Tsunku could test their abilities. They had to sing on Melon Kinenbi's "Akai Freesia" and dance on their audition song, "Do it! Now. The original idea was to choose on girl out of the three but surprisingly, Tsunku chose them all to join Morning Musume. Reina had always wanted to be an idol and enter the entertainement industry since she is a big fan of Flame.

Reina has always had the reputation of a yankii (a rebel) since her first audition for Morning Musume, when she had blonde hair. The fact that she also wore shirts with skulls and dragons, and had a tendency to wear a lot of purple clothing, also furthered this yankii image with fans and is known as one of the most fashionable members of Morning Musume.

She is known for being the lead vocalist on her debut single. She sang a solo version of "Memory Seishun no Hikari" on the fanclub special Best Shot Vol.4. Since being the center position for "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan", Reina has gotten several solo lines in songs, and she gradually worked her way up to being one of the lead vocalists in such songs like "Mikan" and "Resonant Blue".

In 2007 she has her own solo radio at a radio show called FIVESTARS and In early 2008, she was announced as the voice actor for Kirara, the main character in Sanrio's Onegai My Melody Kirara☆


First Name: Reina (れいな)
Last Name: Tanaka (田中)
Nicknames: Tanakacchi, Reina-chan, 07 (Rei-Na), Reinya

Hometown: Fukuoka (Japan)

Birth day: 11/11/1989
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Blood group: O
Height: 1.51 m
Character: Impulsive, energic and always in a good mood. She is also very quiet when she feels                      nervous.
Habits: "I clap my hands when I laugh..., Often saying "Ukeru". Saying "Yabai!" to anything,               Setting up (Crossing?) my legs while sitting down."
Charm point: Eyes/Glance

Hobbies: Karaoke, volley-ball, e-mail, playing piano, watching concerts, writting letters with                  handmade frames

Specialty: Making friends laugh, making funny faces, can make friends easily
Groups: Morning Musume, Otome Gumi, Aa!
Objective: She wants to do her best and use all her energy to succeed her career
Favorite words: Luck, spirit
Favorite seasons: Autumn and Spring
Favorite flower: Sunflower
Favorite colors: Pink, red, orange, yellow, black and white
Favorite food: Yakiniku and fruits
Hated food: Natto and pepper
Favorite subject: Music and physical education
Least favourite subject: Maths and history
Afraid of: Ghosts
Country she would like to visit: Italy
Favorite movie: Harry Potter
Favorite singers: Maki Gotou, Aya Matsuura, Rika Ishikawa
Favorite Morning Musume' songs:
1 - "Say Yeah! Motto Miracle Night"
2 - "Shabondama"
3 - "I WISH"

Subgroups:
Morning Musume Otome Gumi (2003–2004)
Aa! (2003)
H.P. All Stars (2004)
Elegies (2005)
High-King (2008)

Movie:
Hoshizuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima - Island Dreamin'

J-Artist: Morning Musume

モーニング娘。 (Morning Musume)


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)

Hayami Mocomichi

Hayami Mocomichi


- Profile
Name: 速水もこみち
Name (romaji): Hayami Mokomichi
Real name (romaji): Omote Mokomichi
Profession: Actor and model
Hobbies: Basketball, listening to music, strolling, walking, fishing, and cooking
Birthdate: 1984-Aug-10
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 186cm
Star sign: Leo
Blood type: B
Talent agency: Ken-On
Website: MOCOSTYLE: Hayami Mocomichi Official Site (Japanese)

His father is Japanese and his mother is Filipino. In magazines, on television, etc, his name is also spelled "Mocomichi" when written in romanized letters. Mocomishi is a good actor, he starred at many dorama.

- Dorama
Zettai Kareshi as Night Tenjo (Fuji TV, 2008)
Hataraki Man as Tanaka Kunio (NTV, 2007)
Jotei as Shiratori Takuya (TV Asahi, 2007, ep8)
Doubutsu 119 as Nakadai Mituya (NTV, 2007)
Tokyo Tower as Nakagawa Masaya / Boku (Fuji TV, 2007)
Regatta as Ozawa Makoto (TV Asahi, 2006)
Teru Teru Ashita (TV Asahi, 2006, ep10)
Rondo as Kazama Ryugo (TBS, 2006)
Brother Beat as Sakurai Riku (TBS, 2005)
Densha Otoko as Aoyama Keisuke (Fuji TV, 2005)
Gokusen 2 as Tsuchiya Hikaru (NTV, 2005)
Ame to Yume no Ato ni as Hayakawa Hokuto (TV Asahi, 2005)
Tokyo Wankei (Fuji TV, 2004)
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru as Hideo (TBS, 2003)
Boku no Mahou Tsukai (NTV, 2003)
Taiho Shichauzo as Mokomichi (TV Asahi, 2002)

- Movies
Rough (2006) 
Kamen Rider Faiz (555): Paradise Lost (2003)