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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in 2001)
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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in in 2001)
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** The PV for "Love Machine" by Morning Musume has the members upscaled.
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** The PV music video for "Love "LOVE Machine" by Morning Musume has the members upscaled.upscaled to giants.
* EarthSong:
** Ecomoni, a unit consisting of Rika Ishikawa and Sayumi Michishige, was formed specifically to promote Hello! Project's GreenAesop events, called "Acchii Chikyuu wo Samasun da" ("Let's Cool Down the Hot Earth"), which ran from 2004 to 2007. In 2004, Morning Musume themselves performed a musical at the event, which was full of pro-environmentalism songs, including one titled "HELP! Acchii Chikyuu wo Samasun da". This song would also be recorded by Ecomoni and released on one of the ''Petit Best'' compilation albums.
** Morning Musume have had a few other songs promoting nature preservation over the years, namely "Nature is Good!" and "Chikyuu ga Naiteiru" ("The Earth is Crying").
** Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's song "Minna no Ki" is about the importance of planting trees and taking care of nature. Tomoiki themselves were formed as part of an NPO movement whose goal was to plant trees -- the unit's name translates to "Living Alongside One Another - We Want To Plant Trees".
** Ecomoni, a unit consisting of Rika Ishikawa and Sayumi Michishige, was formed specifically to promote Hello! Project's GreenAesop events, called "Acchii Chikyuu wo Samasun da" ("Let's Cool Down the Hot Earth"), which ran from 2004 to 2007. In 2004, Morning Musume themselves performed a musical at the event, which was full of pro-environmentalism songs, including one titled "HELP! Acchii Chikyuu wo Samasun da". This song would also be recorded by Ecomoni and released on one of the ''Petit Best'' compilation albums.
** Morning Musume have had a few other songs promoting nature preservation over the years, namely "Nature is Good!" and "Chikyuu ga Naiteiru" ("The Earth is Crying").
** Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's song "Minna no Ki" is about the importance of planting trees and taking care of nature. Tomoiki themselves were formed as part of an NPO movement whose goal was to plant trees -- the unit's name translates to "Living Alongside One Another - We Want To Plant Trees".
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** Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight!" (for Japan's women's soccer team) and Kobushi Factory's Yes! We are family (for FC Machida Zelvia).
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** Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight!" (for Japan's women's soccer team) and Kobushi Factory's Yes! "Yes! We are family family" (for FC Machida Zelvia).
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** Wrestling: C-ute's "Arashi wo Okosunda! Exciting Fight!" and "Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~" (for the Japan Wrestling Federation).
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** Wrestling: C-ute's "Arashi wo Okosunda! Okosun da! Exciting Fight!" and "Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~" (for the Japan Wrestling Federation).
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* FunWithForeignLanguages: Several songs enjoy mixing and rhyming Japanese and English with varying degrees of success, such as Morning Musume's "Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle" which has "Do The Hussle / Be A Mussel" as lyrics.
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* FunWithForeignLanguages: Several songs enjoy mixing and rhyming Japanese and English with varying degrees of success, such as Morning Musume's "Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle" which has "Do The Hussle / Be A Mussel" Hustle", as lyrics.evidenced by the title alone --- "Hassou" and "Hustle" on rhyme with an exaggerated Japanese pronunciation of "Hustle".
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* MsFanservice: Once Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto formed [[MeaningfulName GAM]], every costume they wore was designed to show off their legs.
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* MsFanservice: MsFanservice:
** Once Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto formed [[MeaningfulName GAM]], every costume they wore was designed to show off their legs.
** Once Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto formed [[MeaningfulName GAM]], every costume they wore was designed to show off their legs.
* TheMusical: Over the years, Hello! Project groups have performed in many musicals -- a mixture of original (such as Morning Musume's "Morning Town" and "Love Century" musicals) and adaptations (such as "''Manga/TheyAreEleven'''s sequel manga and ''Manga/PharaohNoHaka'''), as well as musicals featuring {{Sanrio}} characters. Since 2015, Hello! Project musicals have been under the brand "Engeki Joshi-bu" (Women's Theatre Club) and post-Covid, the only group that performs musicals is BEYOOOOONDS, as they were specifically designed to be a theatre group.
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** Country Musume member Hiromi Yanagihara died suddenly in a car crash.
** Several members also left unexpectedly without fans being able to say farewell.
** Several members also left unexpectedly without fans being able to say farewell.
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** Country Musume member Hiromi Yanagihara died suddenly in a car crash.
crash a week after the group's debut single was released.
** Several members also left unexpectedly without fans being able to sayfarewell.farewell, either due to graduating following a long hiatus or because of a scandal. Since most members have a proper graduation concert as a way of sending them off, this trope is how fans of particular members can feel if their favourite leaves suddenly. Notable examples include:
*** Morning Musume's Mari Yaguchi (left the group following a dating scandal, and it was up in the air if she'd return to Hello! Project at all -- she did after a long hiatus), Ai Kago (was suspended from H!P after being caught smoking and drinking underage. She was put on hiatus and wasn't outright fired until she was caught smoking ''again'', at which point the agency had no choice but to let her go), Miki Fujimoto (was reported to be dating a comedian and while management initially denied it, Miki herself admitted that she ''was'' in a relationship and essentially quit Morning Musume of her own choice -- like Mari, she was placed on hiatus, but came back quickly as a soloist [[note]]Miki is still married to the man as of 2024, Tomoharu Shouji, and they have children together[[/note]])
*** C-ute's Megumi Murakami was forced to leave the group in 2006 after photos of her on a date surfaced. She retired from the entertainment industry -- although she's currently active as a dancer under the name "Meg". Kanna Arihara, from the same group, was placed on hiatus due to an injury and retired not too long after, but she returned to showbiz as an actress under the name "Kanna".
*** Juice=Juice's Sayuki Takagi quit following a tabloid exposing her relationship with singer-songwriter Yuuri. Apparently, management originally removed her from the group but had her remain in Hello! Project, but Sayuki refused to stay unless she could continue to be part of the group itself.
*** Kobushi Factory lost three members (Rio Fujii, Rena Ogawa, Natsumi Taguchi) within the span of a year of each other in this way. Rio was set to graduate but had her contract terminated unexpectedly before a graduation ever took place, Rena was on hiatus for anxiety and left without any kind of send-off, and Natsumi's contract was terminated unceremoneously, although she later said it was her own choice.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Risa Ogata was placed on hiatus after a secret social media account of hers was found, which allegedly contained posts of her slandering other members of the group. While on hiatus, Risa chose to leave H!P, stating that she felt like she no longer had the right to be there.
*** Country Girls's Uta Shimamura quit after only one single, with the official reason being due to contract issues. Since then, Uta has resurfaced as a member of the idol group Kyurun te Shitemite.
*** ANGERME's Haruka Oota was suspended following her admitting that she was getting too close to a fan and potentially leaking private information that could endanger the other members. After a long hiatus, she decided to leave H!P to focus on her studies and hopefully enter university.
** Several members also left unexpectedly without fans being able to say
*** Morning Musume's Mari Yaguchi (left the group following a dating scandal, and it was up in the air if she'd return to Hello! Project at all -- she did after a long hiatus), Ai Kago (was suspended from H!P after being caught smoking and drinking underage. She was put on hiatus and wasn't outright fired until she was caught smoking ''again'', at which point the agency had no choice but to let her go), Miki Fujimoto (was reported to be dating a comedian and while management initially denied it, Miki herself admitted that she ''was'' in a relationship and essentially quit Morning Musume of her own choice -- like Mari, she was placed on hiatus, but came back quickly as a soloist [[note]]Miki is still married to the man as of 2024, Tomoharu Shouji, and they have children together[[/note]])
*** C-ute's Megumi Murakami was forced to leave the group in 2006 after photos of her on a date surfaced. She retired from the entertainment industry -- although she's currently active as a dancer under the name "Meg". Kanna Arihara, from the same group, was placed on hiatus due to an injury and retired not too long after, but she returned to showbiz as an actress under the name "Kanna".
*** Juice=Juice's Sayuki Takagi quit following a tabloid exposing her relationship with singer-songwriter Yuuri. Apparently, management originally removed her from the group but had her remain in Hello! Project, but Sayuki refused to stay unless she could continue to be part of the group itself.
*** Kobushi Factory lost three members (Rio Fujii, Rena Ogawa, Natsumi Taguchi) within the span of a year of each other in this way. Rio was set to graduate but had her contract terminated unexpectedly before a graduation ever took place, Rena was on hiatus for anxiety and left without any kind of send-off, and Natsumi's contract was terminated unceremoneously, although she later said it was her own choice.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Risa Ogata was placed on hiatus after a secret social media account of hers was found, which allegedly contained posts of her slandering other members of the group. While on hiatus, Risa chose to leave H!P, stating that she felt like she no longer had the right to be there.
*** Country Girls's Uta Shimamura quit after only one single, with the official reason being due to contract issues. Since then, Uta has resurfaced as a member of the idol group Kyurun te Shitemite.
*** ANGERME's Haruka Oota was suspended following her admitting that she was getting too close to a fan and potentially leaking private information that could endanger the other members. After a long hiatus, she decided to leave H!P to focus on her studies and hopefully enter university.
* OneSteveLimit: Subverted, to an extent. While the names are written differently in kanji (at least partially in some instances), several groups have had members with the same name:
** Morning Musume had both Kago and Takahashi Ai in the group together, with Kago writing her name as 亜依 and Takahashi writing hers as 愛.
*** Morning Musume also had both Iikubo and Ogata Haruna, with Iikubo's name written as 春菜 and Ogata's as 春水.
*** The group currently has Kitagawa and Sakurai Rio, with Kitagawa's name being written as 莉央 and Sakurai's as 梨央.
** ANGERME has both Hashisako and Kawana Rin. Hashisako writes her name as 鈴, while Kawana writes hers as 凜.
** Juice=Juice has Uemura and Endou Akari. Uemura's name is written as あかり, and Endou's is written as 彩加里.
** Morning Musume had both Kago and Takahashi Ai in the group together, with Kago writing her name as 亜依 and Takahashi writing hers as 愛.
*** Morning Musume also had both Iikubo and Ogata Haruna, with Iikubo's name written as 春菜 and Ogata's as 春水.
*** The group currently has Kitagawa and Sakurai Rio, with Kitagawa's name being written as 莉央 and Sakurai's as 梨央.
** ANGERME has both Hashisako and Kawana Rin. Hashisako writes her name as 鈴, while Kawana writes hers as 凜.
** Juice=Juice has Uemura and Endou Akari. Uemura's name is written as あかり, and Endou's is written as 彩加里.
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* OverlyLongName: Short-lived subunit ''Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai'' (lit. Morning Musume 10 year Celebration Group).
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* OverlyLongName: Short-lived subunit ''Morning Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai'' (lit. Morning Kinentai, which was formed to promote the group's 10th anniversary. Their 20th anniversary unit was simply "Morning Musume 10 year Celebration Group).20th".
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** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the PV for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a furry stetson.
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** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV music video for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the PV music video for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a furry stetson.
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** BEYOOOOONDS's "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin-senpai~" samples Chopin's "Heroic Polonaise" (Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53), which is played by member Utano Satoyoshi on piano.
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** BEYOOOOONDS's "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin-senpai~" samples Chopin's "Heroic Polonaise" (Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53), which is played by member Utano Satoyoshi Honoka Kobayashi on piano.
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** Morning Musume '15 wear blazer-style uniforms in the "Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Another Ver.)" PV.
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** Morning Musume '15 wear blazer-style uniforms in the "Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Another Ver.)" PV.music video.
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* ShipSinking: Shippers for Matsuura Aya and Fujimoto Miki got sunk when Miki got married.
%%* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of them.
%%* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of them.
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* ShipSinking: Shippers for Matsuura Aya and Fujimoto Miki got sunk when Miki got married.
%%*SillyLoveSongs: A lot of them.them, across the board. S/mileage's early songs were mostly
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
*** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations for 美勇伝 can be found on official products. Eventually, the record label seemed to decide on v-u-den, but sometimes you'd still get the odd case of one of the other spellings.
*** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
*** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
*** Petitmoni and Pucchimoni can both be seen on official products.
*** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi or Melon Kinen Bi, despite "Kinenbi" being one word.
** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.
** There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
*** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations for 美勇伝 can be found on official products. Eventually, the record label seemed to decide on v-u-den, but sometimes you'd still get the odd case of one of the other spellings.
*** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
*** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
*** Petitmoni and Pucchimoni can both be seen on official products.
*** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi or Melon Kinen Bi, despite "Kinenbi" being one word.
** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
**SpellMyNameWithAnS: There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
*** ** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations for 美勇伝 can be found on official products. Eventually, the record label seemed to decide on v-u-den, but sometimes you'd still get the odd case of one of the other spellings.
***products.
** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
*** ** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
*** Petitmoni and Pucchimoni can both be seen on official products.
***** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi or Melon Kinen Bi, despite "Kinenbi" being one word.
** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.Kinen-bi.
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** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
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** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Michishige Sayumi of Morning Musume on an episode of Music Fighter.
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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in 2001)
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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in in 2001)
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* CatchPhrase: Most members have a catchphrase of sorts. Some groups do, to.
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* CatchPhrase: Most members have a catchphrase of sorts. Some groups do, to.too. If not a phrase, they make a particular gesture while introducing themselves, such as W forming the letter by having both Tsuji and Kago doing the peace sign and touching their index fingers together.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations can be found on official products.
** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi.
** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations can be found on official products.
** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There SpellMyNameWithAnS:
**There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
** *** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden, Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations for 美勇伝 can be found on official products.
**products. Eventually, the record label seemed to decide on v-u-den, but sometimes you'd still get the odd case of one of the other spellings.
*** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
** *** Minimoni, Mini-moni and Mini Moni are all official.
** *** Petitmoni and Pucchimoni can both be seen on official products.
*** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes MelonKinen-bi.Kinen-bi or Melon Kinen Bi, despite "Kinenbi" being one word.
** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.
**There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
**
*** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
*** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon
** Some members have uncommon or even extremely rare names, leading to confusion from foreign fans on how to Romanise them. Either the management has put out a note about the spelling, or the member themselves has said what they'd like it to be. Examples include:
*** ANGERME's Layla Ise's name is written in kanji that can be read as "Reira", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the name. However, Layla herself has confirmed that she's named after Music/EricClapton's song, so it's officially Layla. Some early merchanise spells it as "Reira", however.
*** Juice=Juice's Ruru Da'''m'''bara, not Danbara. Dambara is the official legal spelling of her name on her passport.
*** Tsubaki Factory's Mari'''ne''' Fukuda -- as in the English word "marine", not the Japanese name "Ma-ri-ne". Her name is written phonetically as "Marin", but she stated that in English it's spelt as Marine.
*** OCHA NORMA's Ru'''li''' Hiromoto seems to insist that this is the spelling of her name, rather than the more common "Ruri".
*** Hello! Project Kenshuusei member Yulia Matsubara's first name is phonetically "Yuriya" in katakana, but it's Romanised as Yulia since she's half-Belarussian.
*** Former member Hitomi Yoshizawa's nickname よっすいー was Romanised by fans in many different ways. Officially, she seemed to spell it herself as Yossy, but it can also be seen as Yossui, Yossi, and Yossey, amongst others.
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the female idols managed by Up-Front Agency and (formerly) Tsunku. The current major groups in the project are Morning Musume '24 (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the umbrella. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming, etc.
Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming, etc.
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the female idols managed by Up-Front Agency and (formerly) Tsunku. The current major groups in the project are Morning Musume '24 (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the umbrella. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume 1st generation members and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming,etc.
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Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume 1st generation members and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming,
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* Morning Musume '24 (formed 1997): Erina Ikuta (joined 2011), Ayumi Ishida (joined 2011), Sakura Oda (joined 2012), Miki Nonaka (joined 2014), Maria Makino (joined 2014), Akane Haga (joined 2014), Reina Yokoyama (joined 2016), Rio Kitagawa (joined 2019), Homare Okamura (joined 2019), Mei Yamazaki (joined 2019), Rio Sakurai (joined 2022), Haruka Inoue (joined 2023), Ako Yumigeta (joined 2023)
* ANGERME (formed 2009 as S/mileage): Rikako Sasaki (joined in 2014, graduating in 2024), Moe Kamikokuryou (joined 2015), Ayano Kawamura (joined 2017), Layla Ise (joined 2018), Rin Hashisako (joined 2019), Rin Kawana (joined 2020), Shion Tamenaga (joined 2020), Wakana Matsumoto (joined 2020), Yuki Hirayama (joined 2021), Yukiho Shimoitani (joined 2023), Hana Gotou (joined 2023)
* Juice=Juice (formed 2013): Akari Uemura (graduating in 2024), Ruru Dambara (joined 2017), Yume Kudou (joined 2019), Riai Matsunaga (joined 2019), Rei Inoue (joined 2020), Ichika Arisawa (joined 2021), Risa Irie (joined 2021), Kisaki Ebata (joined 2021), Sakura Ishiyama (joined 2022), Akari Endou (joined 2022), Mifu Kawashima (joined 2023)
* Tsubaki Factory (formed 2015): Kisora Niinuma (graduating in 2024), Ami Tanimoto, Mizuho Ono (joined 2016), Saori Onoda (joined 2016), Mao Akiyama (joined 2016), Yuumi Kasai (joined 2021), Shiori Yagi (joined 2021), Marine Fukuda (joined 2021), Runo Yofuu (joined 2021), Mihane Ishii (joined 2024), Yuu Murata (joined 2024), Fuuka Doi (joined 2024)
* BEYOOOOONDS (formed 2018): '''CHICA#TETSU''': Reina Ichioka, Rika Shimakura, Shiori Nishida, Saya Eguchi / '''Ame no Mori Kawa Umi''': Kurumi Takase, Kokoro Maeda, Yuhane Yamazaki, Minami Okamura, Momohime Kiyono / '''[=SeasoingS=]''': Miyo Hirai, Honoka Kobayashi, Utano Satoyshi
* OCHA NORMA (formed 2021): Madoka Saitou, Ruli Hiromoto, Kanami Ishiguri, Kirara Yonemura, Nanami Kubota, Sumire Tashiro, Natsume Nakayama, Miku Nishizaki, Momo Kitahara, Roko Tsutsui
* Hello! Project Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Project Egg, formed 2004): Yulia Matsubara (joined 2017, major debut in 2024), Karin Onoda (joined 2018, major debut in 2024), Honoka Hashida (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Ayana Murakoshi (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hasumi Uemura (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hinoha Yoshida (joined 2021, major debut in 2024), Rena Kamimura (joined 2022, major debut in 2024), Soara Kawano (joined 2023), Toa Makino (joined 2023), Niina Hayashi (joined 2023), Hana Shimakawa (joined 2024), Yurika Asano (joined 2024), Chihiro Miyakoshi (joined 2024), Itsuki Nishimura (joined 2024), Yume Souma (joined 2024), Mano Ootsubo (joined 2024), Hikari Yoshida (joined 2024), Meisa Sugihara (joined 2024), Rua Hattori (joined 2024)
* ANGERME (formed 2009 as S/mileage): Rikako Sasaki (joined in 2014, graduating in 2024), Moe Kamikokuryou (joined 2015), Ayano Kawamura (joined 2017), Layla Ise (joined 2018), Rin Hashisako (joined 2019), Rin Kawana (joined 2020), Shion Tamenaga (joined 2020), Wakana Matsumoto (joined 2020), Yuki Hirayama (joined 2021), Yukiho Shimoitani (joined 2023), Hana Gotou (joined 2023)
* Juice=Juice (formed 2013): Akari Uemura (graduating in 2024), Ruru Dambara (joined 2017), Yume Kudou (joined 2019), Riai Matsunaga (joined 2019), Rei Inoue (joined 2020), Ichika Arisawa (joined 2021), Risa Irie (joined 2021), Kisaki Ebata (joined 2021), Sakura Ishiyama (joined 2022), Akari Endou (joined 2022), Mifu Kawashima (joined 2023)
* Tsubaki Factory (formed 2015): Kisora Niinuma (graduating in 2024), Ami Tanimoto, Mizuho Ono (joined 2016), Saori Onoda (joined 2016), Mao Akiyama (joined 2016), Yuumi Kasai (joined 2021), Shiori Yagi (joined 2021), Marine Fukuda (joined 2021), Runo Yofuu (joined 2021), Mihane Ishii (joined 2024), Yuu Murata (joined 2024), Fuuka Doi (joined 2024)
* BEYOOOOONDS (formed 2018): '''CHICA#TETSU''': Reina Ichioka, Rika Shimakura, Shiori Nishida, Saya Eguchi / '''Ame no Mori Kawa Umi''': Kurumi Takase, Kokoro Maeda, Yuhane Yamazaki, Minami Okamura, Momohime Kiyono / '''[=SeasoingS=]''': Miyo Hirai, Honoka Kobayashi, Utano Satoyshi
* OCHA NORMA (formed 2021): Madoka Saitou, Ruli Hiromoto, Kanami Ishiguri, Kirara Yonemura, Nanami Kubota, Sumire Tashiro, Natsume Nakayama, Miku Nishizaki, Momo Kitahara, Roko Tsutsui
* Hello! Project Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Project Egg, formed 2004): Yulia Matsubara (joined 2017, major debut in 2024), Karin Onoda (joined 2018, major debut in 2024), Honoka Hashida (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Ayana Murakoshi (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hasumi Uemura (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hinoha Yoshida (joined 2021, major debut in 2024), Rena Kamimura (joined 2022, major debut in 2024), Soara Kawano (joined 2023), Toa Makino (joined 2023), Niina Hayashi (joined 2023), Hana Shimakawa (joined 2024), Yurika Asano (joined 2024), Chihiro Miyakoshi (joined 2024), Itsuki Nishimura (joined 2024), Yume Souma (joined 2024), Mano Ootsubo (joined 2024), Hikari Yoshida (joined 2024), Meisa Sugihara (joined 2024), Rua Hattori (joined 2024)
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* Morning '''Morning Musume '24 '24''' (formed 1997): Erina Ikuta (joined 2011), Ayumi Ishida (joined 2011), Sakura Oda (joined 2012), Miki Nonaka (joined 2014), Maria Makino (joined 2014), Akane Haga (joined 2014), Reina Yokoyama (joined 2016), Rio Kitagawa (joined 2019), Homare Okamura (joined 2019), Mei Yamazaki (joined 2019), Rio Sakurai (joined 2022), Haruka Inoue (joined 2023), Ako Yumigeta (joined 2023)
*ANGERME '''ANGERME''' (formed 2009 as S/mileage): Rikako Sasaki (joined in 2014, graduating in 2024), Moe Kamikokuryou (joined 2015), Ayano Kawamura (joined 2017), Layla Ise (joined 2018), Rin Hashisako (joined 2019), Rin Kawana (joined 2020), Shion Tamenaga (joined 2020), Wakana Matsumoto (joined 2020), Yuki Hirayama (joined 2021), Yukiho Shimoitani (joined 2023), Hana Gotou (joined 2023)
*Juice=Juice '''Juice=Juice''' (formed 2013): Akari Uemura (graduating in 2024), Ruru Dambara (joined 2017), Yume Kudou (joined 2019), Riai Matsunaga (joined 2019), Rei Inoue (joined 2020), Ichika Arisawa (joined 2021), Risa Irie (joined 2021), Kisaki Ebata (joined 2021), Sakura Ishiyama (joined 2022), Akari Endou (joined 2022), Mifu Kawashima (joined 2023)
*Tsubaki Factory '''Tsubaki Factory''' (formed 2015): Kisora Niinuma (graduating in 2024), Ami Tanimoto, Mizuho Ono (joined 2016), Saori Onoda (joined 2016), Mao Akiyama (joined 2016), Yuumi Kasai (joined 2021), Shiori Yagi (joined 2021), Marine Fukuda (joined 2021), Runo Yofuu (joined 2021), Mihane Ishii (joined 2024), Yuu Murata (joined 2024), Fuuka Doi (joined 2024)
*BEYOOOOONDS '''BEYOOOOONDS''' (formed 2018): '''CHICA#TETSU''': Reina Ichioka, Rika Shimakura, Shiori Nishida, Saya Eguchi / '''Ame no Mori Kawa Umi''': Kurumi Takase, Kokoro Maeda, Yuhane Yamazaki, Minami Okamura, Momohime Kiyono / '''[=SeasoingS=]''': Miyo Hirai, Honoka Kobayashi, Utano Satoyshi
*OCHA NORMA '''OCHA NORMA''' (formed 2021): Madoka Saitou, Ruli Hiromoto, Kanami Ishiguri, Kirara Yonemura, Nanami Kubota, Sumire Tashiro, Natsume Nakayama, Miku Nishizaki, Momo Kitahara, Roko Tsutsui
*Hello! '''Hello! Project Kenshuusei Kenshuusei''' (formerly Hello! Project Egg, formed 2004): Yulia Matsubara (joined 2017, major debut in 2024), Karin Onoda (joined 2018, major debut in 2024), Honoka Hashida (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Ayana Murakoshi (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hasumi Uemura (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hinoha Yoshida (joined 2021, major debut in 2024), Rena Kamimura (joined 2022, major debut in 2024), Soara Kawano (joined 2023), Toa Makino (joined 2023), Niina Hayashi (joined 2023), Hana Shimakawa (joined 2024), Yurika Asano (joined 2024), Chihiro Miyakoshi (joined 2024), Itsuki Nishimura (joined 2024), Yume Souma (joined 2024), Mano Ootsubo (joined 2024), Hikari Yoshida (joined 2024), Meisa Sugihara (joined 2024), Rua Hattori (joined 2024)
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* Coconuts Musume (1999-2008 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2001, but Ayaka was still considered a member, and they didn't officially disband until she graduated H!P in 2008[[/note]]: Ayaka (graduated 2008), Chelsea (graduated 2000), April (graduated 2000), Danielle (graduated 2001), Mika (graduated 2004), Lehua (joined 1999, graduated 2002)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into Country Girls[[/note]]: Rinne (graduated 2002), Azusa Kobayashi (graduated 1999), Hiromi Yanagihara (died 1999), Asami (joined 2000, graduated 2009), Mai Satoda (joined 2002, graduated H!P 2009), Miuna (joined 2003, graduated 2009)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into Country Girls[[/note]]: Rinne (graduated 2002), Azusa Kobayashi (graduated 1999), Hiromi Yanagihara (died 1999), Asami (joined 2000, graduated 2009), Mai Satoda (joined 2002, graduated H!P 2009), Miuna (joined 2003, graduated 2009)
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* Coconuts Musume (1999-2008 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2001, but Ayaka was still considered a member, and they didn't officially disband until she graduated H!P in 2008[[/note]]: 2008[[/note]]): Ayaka (graduated 2008), Chelsea (graduated 2000), April (graduated 2000), Danielle (graduated 2001), Mika (graduated 2004), Lehua (joined 1999, graduated 2002)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into CountryGirls[[/note]]: Girls[[/note]]): Rinne (graduated 2002), Azusa Kobayashi (graduated 1999), Hiromi Yanagihara (died 1999), Asami (joined 2000, graduated 2009), Mai Satoda (joined 2002, graduated H!P 2009), Miuna (joined 2003, graduated 2009)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into Country
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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in 2001)
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* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in in 2001)
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* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (joined 2015, graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (joined 2015, graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (joined 2015, graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (joined 2015, graduated 2023)
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* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (joined 2015, graduated (graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (joined 2015, graduated (graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (joined 2015, graduated (graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (joined 2015, graduated (graduted 2023)
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See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello!_Project That Other Wiki]] for more information.
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See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello!_Project That Other Wiki]] and [[https://helloproject.fandom.com/wiki/Hello!_Project_Wiki the Hello! Project fan wiki]] for more information.
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!! '''Hello! Project's works provide examples of:''
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!! '''Hello! Project's works provide Project provides examples of:''of:'''
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** Morning Musume's YAH! Aishitai featured the characters as {{Liliputian}}s and used CGIAnimation, like the show ''Liliput Kingdom'', which it was the theme song for. Muten Musume's "Appare! Kaiten Zushi" is minimally animated in [=2D=].
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** Morning Musume's YAH! Aishitai featured the characters as {{Liliputian}}s {{Lilliputians}} and used CGIAnimation, CGI animation, like the show ''Liliput ''Lilliput Kingdom'', which it was the theme song for. Muten Musume's "Appare! Kaiten Zushi" is minimally animated in [=2D=].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: One of Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa's post-Musume projects was a Punk Lolita styled JRock group called Hangry & Angry, which was VERY dark compared to their work in Morning Musume. However, it wasn't actually a part of Hello Project, but they were still under the Up Front Works banner.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: One of Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa's post-Musume projects was a Punk Lolita styled JRock [=JRock=] group called Hangry & Angry, which was VERY dark compared to their work in Morning Musume. However, it wasn't actually a part of Hello Project, but they were still under the Up Front Works banner.
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* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of Morning Musume's "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", since it's a RoleCallSong and the lineup changes drastically every few years.
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* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of Morning Musume's "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", since it's a RoleCallSong member introduction song and the lineup changes drastically every few years.
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* TokenMinority: The Chinese (and half-Chinese) members, the Koreans (Jang Dayon and Shimmin) and Coconuts Musume (all American, save for Ayaka).
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** Ice [[=CreaMusume=]] and Da Xiao Jie both covered a few Morning Musume songs in Chinese.
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** Ice [[=CreaMusume=]] [=CreaMusume=] and Da Xiao Jie both covered a few Morning Musume songs in Chinese.
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* VocalTagTeam: Morning Musume's "WHY" on their album ''3rd -LOVE Paradise-,'' in which the lead vocal changes ''every syllable.''
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* VocalTagTeam: Morning Musume's "WHY" on their album ''3rd -LOVE Paradise-,'' in which the lead vocal member singing changes ''every syllable.''
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[[caption-width-right:250:Hello! Project's od logo.]]
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Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming, etc.
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Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, modelling, livestreaming, etc.
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* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (graduted 2023)
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* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (graduated (joined 2015, graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (graduated (joined 2015, graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (graduated (joined 2015, graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (graduted (joined 2015, graduated 2023)
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, etc.
The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows, etc.
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] idols managed by Up-Front Agency and (formerly) Tsunku. Major The current major groups in the Project project are Morning Musume '24 (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the project.umbrella. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
[[folder:Current artists and members]]
* Morning Musume '24 (formed 1997): Erina Ikuta (joined 2011), Ayumi Ishida (joined 2011), Sakura Oda (joined 2012), Miki Nonaka (joined 2014), Maria Makino (joined 2014), Akane Haga (joined 2014), Reina Yokoyama (joined 2016), Rio Kitagawa (joined 2019), Homare Okamura (joined 2019), Mei Yamazaki (joined 2019), Rio Sakurai (joined 2022), Haruka Inoue (joined 2023), Ako Yumigeta (joined 2023)
* ANGERME (formed 2009 as S/mileage): Rikako Sasaki (joined in 2014, graduating in 2024), Moe Kamikokuryou (joined 2015), Ayano Kawamura (joined 2017), Layla Ise (joined 2018), Rin Hashisako (joined 2019), Rin Kawana (joined 2020), Shion Tamenaga (joined 2020), Wakana Matsumoto (joined 2020), Yuki Hirayama (joined 2021), Yukiho Shimoitani (joined 2023), Hana Gotou (joined 2023)
* Juice=Juice (formed 2013): Akari Uemura (graduating in 2024), Ruru Dambara (joined 2017), Yume Kudou (joined 2019), Riai Matsunaga (joined 2019), Rei Inoue (joined 2020), Ichika Arisawa (joined 2021), Risa Irie (joined 2021), Kisaki Ebata (joined 2021), Sakura Ishiyama (joined 2022), Akari Endou (joined 2022), Mifu Kawashima (joined 2023)
* Tsubaki Factory (formed 2015): Kisora Niinuma (graduating in 2024), Ami Tanimoto, Mizuho Ono (joined 2016), Saori Onoda (joined 2016), Mao Akiyama (joined 2016), Yuumi Kasai (joined 2021), Shiori Yagi (joined 2021), Marine Fukuda (joined 2021), Runo Yofuu (joined 2021), Mihane Ishii (joined 2024), Yuu Murata (joined 2024), Fuuka Doi (joined 2024)
* BEYOOOOONDS (formed 2018): '''CHICA#TETSU''': Reina Ichioka, Rika Shimakura, Shiori Nishida, Saya Eguchi / '''Ame no Mori Kawa Umi''': Kurumi Takase, Kokoro Maeda, Yuhane Yamazaki, Minami Okamura, Momohime Kiyono / '''[=SeasoingS=]''': Miyo Hirai, Honoka Kobayashi, Utano Satoyshi
* OCHA NORMA (formed 2021): Madoka Saitou, Ruli Hiromoto, Kanami Ishiguri, Kirara Yonemura, Nanami Kubota, Sumire Tashiro, Natsume Nakayama, Miku Nishizaki, Momo Kitahara, Roko Tsutsui
* Hello! Project Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Project Egg, formed 2004): Yulia Matsubara (joined 2017, major debut in 2024), Karin Onoda (joined 2018, major debut in 2024), Honoka Hashida (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Ayana Murakoshi (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hasumi Uemura (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hinoha Yoshida (joined 2021, major debut in 2024), Rena Kamimura (joined 2022, major debut in 2024), Soara Kawano (joined 2023), Toa Makino (joined 2023), Niina Hayashi (joined 2023), Hana Shimakawa (joined 2024), Yurika Asano (joined 2024), Chihiro Miyakoshi (joined 2024), Itsuki Nishimura (joined 2024), Yume Souma (joined 2024), Mano Ootsubo (joined 2024), Hikari Yoshida (joined 2024), Meisa Sugihara (joined 2024), Rua Hattori (joined 2024)
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Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows,etc.
modelling, livestreaming, etc.
[[folder:Former artists and members]]
'''NOTE''': Former Hello! Project Kenshuusei, H!P Egg and Hello! Project Kenshuusei Hokkaidou members who didn't debut are not listed.
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* Former Morning Musume members: Yuuko Nakazawa (joined 1997, graduated 2001), Aya Ishiguro (joined 1997, graduated 2000), Kaori Iida (joined 1997, graduated 2005), Natsumi Abe (joined 1997, graduated 2004), Asuka Fukuda (joined 1997, graduated 1999), Kei Yasuda (joined 1998, graduated 2003), Mari Yaguchi (joined 1998, graduated 2005), Sayaka Ichii (joined 1998, graduated 2000), Maki Gotou (joined 1999, graduated 2002), Rika Ishikawa (joined 2000, graduated 2005), Hitomi Yoshizawa (joined 2000, graduated 2007), Nozomi Tsuji (joined 2000, graduated 2004), Ai Kago (joined 2000, graduated 2004), Ai Takahashi (joined 2001, graduated 2011), Asami Konno (joined 2001, graduated 2006), Makoto Ogawa (joined 2001, graduated 2006), Risa Niigaki (joined 2001, graduated 2012), Miki Fujimoto (joined 2003, graduated 2007), Eri Kamei (joined 2003, graduated 2010), Sayumi Michishige (joined 2003, graduated 2014), Reina Tanaka (joined 2003, graduated 2013), Koharu Kusumi (joined 2005, graduated 2009), Aika Mitsui (joined 2006, graduated 2012), Junjun (joined 2007, graduated 2010), Linlin (joined 2007, graduated 2010), Mizuki Fukumura (joined 2011, graduated 2023), Riho Sayashi (joined 2011, graduated 2015), Kanon Suzuki (joined 2011, graduated 2016), Haruna Iikubo (joined 2011, graduated 2018), Masaki Satou (joined 2011, graduated 2021), Haruka Kudou (joined 2011, graduated 2017), Haruna Ogata (joined 2014, graduated 2018), Kaede Kaga (joined 2016, graduated 2022), Chisaki Morito (joined 2017, graduated 2022)
* Michiyo Heike (1997-2002): Soloist
* Taiyou to Ciscomoon, later renamed to T&C Bomber (1999-2000): Miho Shinoda, Atsuko Inaba, Ruru Honda, Miwa Kominato
* Coconuts Musume (1999-2008 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2001, but Ayaka was still considered a member, and they didn't officially disband until she graduated H!P in 2008[[/note]]: Ayaka (graduated 2008), Chelsea (graduated 2000), April (graduated 2000), Danielle (graduated 2001), Mika (graduated 2004), Lehua (joined 1999, graduated 2002)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into Country Girls[[/note]]: Rinne (graduated 2002), Azusa Kobayashi (graduated 1999), Hiromi Yanagihara (died 1999), Asami (joined 2000, graduated 2009), Mai Satoda (joined 2002, graduated H!P 2009), Miuna (joined 2003, graduated 2009)
* Miyoshi Chinatsu (1999-2000): Soloist
* Melon Kinenbi (2000-2010): Hitomi Saitou, Megumi Murata, Masae Ootani, Ayumi Shibata
* Yuki Maeda (2000-2009): Soloist
* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in 2001)
* Aya Matsuura (2000-2009): Soloist
* Miki Fujimoto (2001-2009): Soloist until 2003 when she joined Morning Musume. Left Morning Musume in 2007 and continued to be a soloist under H!P until her graduation in 2009.
* Rika Ishii (2001-2002): Soloist, but she didn't release any solo works during her time in H!P.
* W (2004-2007): Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago
* Berryz Koubou (2004-2015): Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudou, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Maiha Ishimura (graduated 2005), Yurina Kumai, Sugaya Risako
* v-u-den (2004-2007): Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada
* ℃-ute (2005-2017): Erika Umeda (graduated 2009), Maimi Yajima, Megumi Murakami (graduated 2006), Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, Mai Hagiwara, Kanna Arihara (joined 2006, graduated 2009)
* Erina Mano (2006-2013): Soloist
* Buono! (2007-2017): Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Airi Suzuki. Originally formed to perform theme songs for the anime ''Anime/ShugoChara''.
* Ongaku Gatas (2007-2010): Hitomi Yoshizawa, Rika Ishikawa, Mai Satoda, Asami Konno, Miki Korenaga, Arisa Noto, Erina Mano, Minami Sengoku, Yuri Sawada, Mika Mutou. Unit formed with members of Hello! Project's futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
* SI☆NA (2008-2011): Ai Suma, Manami Iwashima, Nana Nakayama (graduated 2009), Asami Abe
* Ice [=CreaMusume=] (2008-2010): Shenshen, Anchii, Peipei, Youko, Reirei, Guu-chan
* Da Xiao Jie (2008-2012): Frances, Aiko
* Former ANGERME (S/mileage) members: Ayaka Wada (joined 2009, graduated 2019), Yuuka Maeda (joined 2009, graduated 2011), Kanon Fukuda (joined 2009, graduated 2015), Saki Ogawa (joined 2009, graduated 2011), Kana Nakanishi (joined 2011, graduated 2019), Akari Takeuchi (joined 2011, graduated 2023), Fuyuka Kosuga (joined and graduated in 2011), Rina Katsuta (joined 2011, graduated 2019), Meimi Tamura (joined 2011, graduated 2016), Murota Mizuki (joined 2014, graduated 2020), Maho Aikawa (joined 2014, graduated 2017), Momona Kasahara (joined 2016, graduated 2021), Musubu Funaki (joined 2017, graduated 2020), Haruka Oota (joined 2018, graduated 2020)
* Former Juice=Juice members: Yuka Miyazaki (graduated 2019), Tomoko Kanazawa (graduated 2021), Sayuki Takagi (graduated 2021), Aina Ootsuka (graduated 2013), Karin Miyamoto (graduated 2020), Nanami Yanagawa (joined 2017, graduated 2019), Manaka Inaba (joined 2018, graduated 2022)
* Country Girls (2014-2019): Momoko Tsugunaga (graduated 2015), Risa Yamaki (graduated 2019), Manaka Inaba (graduated 2016), Chisaki Morito (graduated 2019), Uta Shimamura (graduated 2015), Mai Ozeki (graduated 2019), Nanami Yanagawa (joined 2015, graduated 2019), Musubu Funaki (joined 2015, graduated 2019)
* Kobushi Factory (2015-2020): Ayaka Hirose, Rio Fujii (graduated 2017), Minami Nomura, Rena Ogawa (graduated 2017), Ayano Hamaura, Natsumi Taguchi (graduated 2017), Sakurako Wada, Rei Inoue
* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (graduted 2023)
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[[folder:Current artists and members]]
* Morning Musume '24 (formed 1997): Erina Ikuta (joined 2011), Ayumi Ishida (joined 2011), Sakura Oda (joined 2012), Miki Nonaka (joined 2014), Maria Makino (joined 2014), Akane Haga (joined 2014), Reina Yokoyama (joined 2016), Rio Kitagawa (joined 2019), Homare Okamura (joined 2019), Mei Yamazaki (joined 2019), Rio Sakurai (joined 2022), Haruka Inoue (joined 2023), Ako Yumigeta (joined 2023)
* ANGERME (formed 2009 as S/mileage): Rikako Sasaki (joined in 2014, graduating in 2024), Moe Kamikokuryou (joined 2015), Ayano Kawamura (joined 2017), Layla Ise (joined 2018), Rin Hashisako (joined 2019), Rin Kawana (joined 2020), Shion Tamenaga (joined 2020), Wakana Matsumoto (joined 2020), Yuki Hirayama (joined 2021), Yukiho Shimoitani (joined 2023), Hana Gotou (joined 2023)
* Juice=Juice (formed 2013): Akari Uemura (graduating in 2024), Ruru Dambara (joined 2017), Yume Kudou (joined 2019), Riai Matsunaga (joined 2019), Rei Inoue (joined 2020), Ichika Arisawa (joined 2021), Risa Irie (joined 2021), Kisaki Ebata (joined 2021), Sakura Ishiyama (joined 2022), Akari Endou (joined 2022), Mifu Kawashima (joined 2023)
* Tsubaki Factory (formed 2015): Kisora Niinuma (graduating in 2024), Ami Tanimoto, Mizuho Ono (joined 2016), Saori Onoda (joined 2016), Mao Akiyama (joined 2016), Yuumi Kasai (joined 2021), Shiori Yagi (joined 2021), Marine Fukuda (joined 2021), Runo Yofuu (joined 2021), Mihane Ishii (joined 2024), Yuu Murata (joined 2024), Fuuka Doi (joined 2024)
* BEYOOOOONDS (formed 2018): '''CHICA#TETSU''': Reina Ichioka, Rika Shimakura, Shiori Nishida, Saya Eguchi / '''Ame no Mori Kawa Umi''': Kurumi Takase, Kokoro Maeda, Yuhane Yamazaki, Minami Okamura, Momohime Kiyono / '''[=SeasoingS=]''': Miyo Hirai, Honoka Kobayashi, Utano Satoyshi
* OCHA NORMA (formed 2021): Madoka Saitou, Ruli Hiromoto, Kanami Ishiguri, Kirara Yonemura, Nanami Kubota, Sumire Tashiro, Natsume Nakayama, Miku Nishizaki, Momo Kitahara, Roko Tsutsui
* Hello! Project Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Project Egg, formed 2004): Yulia Matsubara (joined 2017, major debut in 2024), Karin Onoda (joined 2018, major debut in 2024), Honoka Hashida (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Ayana Murakoshi (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hasumi Uemura (joined 2019, major debut in 2024), Hinoha Yoshida (joined 2021, major debut in 2024), Rena Kamimura (joined 2022, major debut in 2024), Soara Kawano (joined 2023), Toa Makino (joined 2023), Niina Hayashi (joined 2023), Hana Shimakawa (joined 2024), Yurika Asano (joined 2024), Chihiro Miyakoshi (joined 2024), Itsuki Nishimura (joined 2024), Yume Souma (joined 2024), Mano Ootsubo (joined 2024), Hikari Yoshida (joined 2024), Meisa Sugihara (joined 2024), Rua Hattori (joined 2024)
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Hello! Project began in 1998 and at the time consisted of Morning Musume and soloist Michiyo Heike. They're still going strong in 2024, with close to 300 members having been part of the umbrella over the years. The current line up's ages range from 10 to 24, with every kind of girl you could think of. A lot of them also do things outside of singing, such as acting, hosting TV shows,
[[folder:Former artists and members]]
'''NOTE''': Former Hello! Project Kenshuusei, H!P Egg and Hello! Project Kenshuusei Hokkaidou members who didn't debut are not listed.
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* Former Morning Musume members: Yuuko Nakazawa (joined 1997, graduated 2001), Aya Ishiguro (joined 1997, graduated 2000), Kaori Iida (joined 1997, graduated 2005), Natsumi Abe (joined 1997, graduated 2004), Asuka Fukuda (joined 1997, graduated 1999), Kei Yasuda (joined 1998, graduated 2003), Mari Yaguchi (joined 1998, graduated 2005), Sayaka Ichii (joined 1998, graduated 2000), Maki Gotou (joined 1999, graduated 2002), Rika Ishikawa (joined 2000, graduated 2005), Hitomi Yoshizawa (joined 2000, graduated 2007), Nozomi Tsuji (joined 2000, graduated 2004), Ai Kago (joined 2000, graduated 2004), Ai Takahashi (joined 2001, graduated 2011), Asami Konno (joined 2001, graduated 2006), Makoto Ogawa (joined 2001, graduated 2006), Risa Niigaki (joined 2001, graduated 2012), Miki Fujimoto (joined 2003, graduated 2007), Eri Kamei (joined 2003, graduated 2010), Sayumi Michishige (joined 2003, graduated 2014), Reina Tanaka (joined 2003, graduated 2013), Koharu Kusumi (joined 2005, graduated 2009), Aika Mitsui (joined 2006, graduated 2012), Junjun (joined 2007, graduated 2010), Linlin (joined 2007, graduated 2010), Mizuki Fukumura (joined 2011, graduated 2023), Riho Sayashi (joined 2011, graduated 2015), Kanon Suzuki (joined 2011, graduated 2016), Haruna Iikubo (joined 2011, graduated 2018), Masaki Satou (joined 2011, graduated 2021), Haruka Kudou (joined 2011, graduated 2017), Haruna Ogata (joined 2014, graduated 2018), Kaede Kaga (joined 2016, graduated 2022), Chisaki Morito (joined 2017, graduated 2022)
* Michiyo Heike (1997-2002): Soloist
* Taiyou to Ciscomoon, later renamed to T&C Bomber (1999-2000): Miho Shinoda, Atsuko Inaba, Ruru Honda, Miwa Kominato
* Coconuts Musume (1999-2008 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2001, but Ayaka was still considered a member, and they didn't officially disband until she graduated H!P in 2008[[/note]]: Ayaka (graduated 2008), Chelsea (graduated 2000), April (graduated 2000), Danielle (graduated 2001), Mika (graduated 2004), Lehua (joined 1999, graduated 2002)
* Country Musume (1999-2014 [[note]]The group didn't release anything after 2007, but Mai Satoda was still considered a member, and they never officially disbanded until they were reworked into Country Girls[[/note]]: Rinne (graduated 2002), Azusa Kobayashi (graduated 1999), Hiromi Yanagihara (died 1999), Asami (joined 2000, graduated 2009), Mai Satoda (joined 2002, graduated H!P 2009), Miuna (joined 2003, graduated 2009)
* Miyoshi Chinatsu (1999-2000): Soloist
* Melon Kinenbi (2000-2010): Hitomi Saitou, Megumi Murata, Masae Ootani, Ayumi Shibata
* Yuki Maeda (2000-2009): Soloist
* Sheki-Dol: (2000-2002): Ami Kitagami (graduated 2001), Ibuki Ooki (graduated 2001), Mami Suenaga (joined and graduated in 2001), Saki Arai (joined and graduated in 2001)
* Aya Matsuura (2000-2009): Soloist
* Miki Fujimoto (2001-2009): Soloist until 2003 when she joined Morning Musume. Left Morning Musume in 2007 and continued to be a soloist under H!P until her graduation in 2009.
* Rika Ishii (2001-2002): Soloist, but she didn't release any solo works during her time in H!P.
* W (2004-2007): Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago
* Berryz Koubou (2004-2015): Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudou, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Maiha Ishimura (graduated 2005), Yurina Kumai, Sugaya Risako
* v-u-den (2004-2007): Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada
* ℃-ute (2005-2017): Erika Umeda (graduated 2009), Maimi Yajima, Megumi Murakami (graduated 2006), Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, Mai Hagiwara, Kanna Arihara (joined 2006, graduated 2009)
* Erina Mano (2006-2013): Soloist
* Buono! (2007-2017): Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Airi Suzuki. Originally formed to perform theme songs for the anime ''Anime/ShugoChara''.
* Ongaku Gatas (2007-2010): Hitomi Yoshizawa, Rika Ishikawa, Mai Satoda, Asami Konno, Miki Korenaga, Arisa Noto, Erina Mano, Minami Sengoku, Yuri Sawada, Mika Mutou. Unit formed with members of Hello! Project's futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
* SI☆NA (2008-2011): Ai Suma, Manami Iwashima, Nana Nakayama (graduated 2009), Asami Abe
* Ice [=CreaMusume=] (2008-2010): Shenshen, Anchii, Peipei, Youko, Reirei, Guu-chan
* Da Xiao Jie (2008-2012): Frances, Aiko
* Former ANGERME (S/mileage) members: Ayaka Wada (joined 2009, graduated 2019), Yuuka Maeda (joined 2009, graduated 2011), Kanon Fukuda (joined 2009, graduated 2015), Saki Ogawa (joined 2009, graduated 2011), Kana Nakanishi (joined 2011, graduated 2019), Akari Takeuchi (joined 2011, graduated 2023), Fuyuka Kosuga (joined and graduated in 2011), Rina Katsuta (joined 2011, graduated 2019), Meimi Tamura (joined 2011, graduated 2016), Murota Mizuki (joined 2014, graduated 2020), Maho Aikawa (joined 2014, graduated 2017), Momona Kasahara (joined 2016, graduated 2021), Musubu Funaki (joined 2017, graduated 2020), Haruka Oota (joined 2018, graduated 2020)
* Former Juice=Juice members: Yuka Miyazaki (graduated 2019), Tomoko Kanazawa (graduated 2021), Sayuki Takagi (graduated 2021), Aina Ootsuka (graduated 2013), Karin Miyamoto (graduated 2020), Nanami Yanagawa (joined 2017, graduated 2019), Manaka Inaba (joined 2018, graduated 2022)
* Country Girls (2014-2019): Momoko Tsugunaga (graduated 2015), Risa Yamaki (graduated 2019), Manaka Inaba (graduated 2016), Chisaki Morito (graduated 2019), Uta Shimamura (graduated 2015), Mai Ozeki (graduated 2019), Nanami Yanagawa (joined 2015, graduated 2019), Musubu Funaki (joined 2015, graduated 2019)
* Kobushi Factory (2015-2020): Ayaka Hirose, Rio Fujii (graduated 2017), Minami Nomura, Rena Ogawa (graduated 2017), Ayano Hamaura, Natsumi Taguchi (graduated 2017), Sakurako Wada, Rei Inoue
* Former Tsubaki Factory members: Risa Ogata (graduated 2020), Riko Yamagishi (graduated 2023), Yumeno Kishimoto (graduated 2023), Kiki Asakura (graduted 2023)
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** BEYOOOOONDS's "Megane no Otoko no Ko" is about a boy who wears glasses, played by member Kanami Ishiguri.
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** BEYOOOOONDS's "Megane no Otoko no Ko" is about a boy who wears glasses, played by member Kanami Ishiguri.Kokoro Maeda.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Hello! Project's logo.]]
Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Hello! Project's od logo.]]
Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under theProject.project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the
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!! '''Hello! Project provides examples of:'''
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Linlin, although she's Chinese.
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Linlin, although she's Chinese.
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!! '''Hello! Project provides Project's works provide examples of:'''
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Linlin, although she's Chinese.of:''
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Linlin, although she's Chinese.
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* AnimalReactionShot: The "Dramatic Chipmunk" clip was taken from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4KS9qzEi8A TV segment]] of Mini Moni and a prairie dog.
* AlbumFiller.
* AllJustADream: The videos for "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!" and "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!"
* AlwaysFemale: They are a female idol group after all.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Morning Musume member Aika Mitsui stated that at first, she felt rather lonely as nobody talked to her.
* AnAesop: Mini Moni were put together to show "small people can do big things".
* AntiLoveSong: Many. "Kanashimi Twilight" is probably the best known example.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Some of Mini Moni's [=PVs=], and Morning Musume's "Yah! Ashitai" (under the pseudonym Lili Moni.)
* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot Idol]]: The PV for "Love Machine" by Morning Musume; hilariously, one of the people who is shown this size is Mari Yaguchi, who is sometimes referred to as "the short one".
* AlbumFiller.
* AllJustADream: The videos for "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!" and "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!"
* AlwaysFemale: They are a female idol group after all.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Morning Musume member Aika Mitsui stated that at first, she felt rather lonely as nobody talked to her.
* AnAesop: Mini Moni were put together to show "small people can do big things".
* AntiLoveSong: Many. "Kanashimi Twilight" is probably the best known example.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Some of Mini Moni's [=PVs=], and Morning Musume's "Yah! Ashitai" (under the pseudonym Lili Moni.)
* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot Idol]]: The PV for "Love Machine" by Morning Musume; hilariously, one of the people who is shown this size is Mari Yaguchi, who is sometimes referred to as "the short one".
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* AnimalReactionShot: The "Dramatic Chipmunk" clip was taken from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4KS9qzEi8A TV segment]] of Mini Moni Minimoni and a prairie dog.
* AlbumFiller.
* AllJustADream: The videos for Morning Musume's "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!" and "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!"
*AlwaysFemale: They are a female idol group after all.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Morning Musume member Aika Mitsui stated that at first, she felt rather lonely as nobody talked to her.
*AnAesop: Mini Moni Minimoni were put together to show "small people can do big things".
* AntiLoveSong:Many. "Kanashimi Twilight" is probably the best known example.
Many songs by multiple artists, which are about how you don't need love to be happy or successful in life.
*AnimatedMusicVideo: Some of Mini Moni's [=PVs=], and AnimatedMusicVideo:
** Morning Musume's"Yah! Ashitai" (under YAH! Aishitai featured the pseudonym Lili Moni.)
characters as {{Liliputian}}s and used CGIAnimation, like the show ''Liliput Kingdom'', which it was the theme song for. Muten Musume's "Appare! Kaiten Zushi" is minimally animated in [=2D=].
** Many of Minimoni's music videos are (at least partially) animated. While some are animated in 2D, others are animated in 3D. The Minihams songs for the Anime/Hamtaro movies are a combination of both.
* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-FootIdol]]: Idol]]:
** The PV for "Love Machine" by MorningMusume; hilariously, one of Musume has the people who is shown this size is Mari Yaguchi, who is sometimes referred to as "the short one".members upscaled.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Morning Musume member Aika Mitsui stated that at first, she felt rather lonely as nobody talked to her.
*
* AntiLoveSong:
*
** Morning Musume's
** Many of Minimoni's music videos are (at least partially) animated. While some are animated in 2D, others are animated in 3D. The Minihams songs for the Anime/Hamtaro movies are a combination of both.
* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot
** The PV for "Love Machine" by Morning
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* AudienceParticipationSong: Morning Musume's "Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are!" amongst others.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: While many songs have strict fan chants, several artists have songs that they usually get the audience to sing along to. Some of the more well-known examples amongst fans are Morning Musume's "Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are!" amongst others.and C-ute's "JUMP". These songs are often performed towards the end of a concert.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Became an EnforcedTrope a few times when Ayaka had her "Chinese cafe" gimmick for her English lessons segment on ''Hello Morning''; she wore a tight Chinese style dress which looked great, but she couldn't dance properly in it when asked by Ai Takahashi or Nozomi Tsuji. Her attempts to do so anyway when bullied into it by the latter are SugarWiki/{{Funny Moments}}.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When the Elder Club graduated Yuko Nakazawa, the very first leader of Morning Musume, passed on Leadership of Hello!Project to Ai Takahashi.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When the Elder Club graduated Yuko Nakazawa, the very first leader of Morning Musume, passed on Leadership of Hello!Project to Ai Takahashi.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Became an EnforcedTrope a few times when Ayaka had her "Chinese cafe" gimmick for her English lessons segment on ''Hello Morning''; she wore a tight Chinese style dress which looked great, but she couldn't dance properly in it when asked by Ai Takahashi or Nozomi Tsuji. Her attempts to do so anyway when bullied into it by the latter are SugarWiki/{{Funny Moments}}.
Tsuji.
*AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: AwesomeMomentOfCrowning:
** When the Elder Clubgraduated graduated, Yuko Nakazawa, the very first leader of Morning Musume, passed on Leadership of Hello!Project Hello! Project to Ai Takahashi.
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** When the Elder Club
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* BadassAdorable: Asami Konno is a black belt in Karate.
** Rika Ishikawa once broke 12 concrete tiles with a single blow from her bare hands! Sure, it turned out they were especially designed to break, but when Ai Takahashi tried to do the same thing on another show she [[EpicFail failed miserably]] until she resorted to stamping on the stack instead.
* BadBoss: When ever a favourite member graduates suddenly or a [[TheScrappy unpopular girl]] is hired a certain section of the [[FanDumb fans]] usually accuses Tsunku since he is the person directly responsible for Hello Project (though he still answers to the [[TheManBehindTheMan company president]]).
** Rika Ishikawa once broke 12 concrete tiles with a single blow from her bare hands! Sure, it turned out they were especially designed to break, but when Ai Takahashi tried to do the same thing on another show she [[EpicFail failed miserably]] until she resorted to stamping on the stack instead.
* BadBoss: When ever a favourite member graduates suddenly or a [[TheScrappy unpopular girl]] is hired a certain section of the [[FanDumb fans]] usually accuses Tsunku since he is the person directly responsible for Hello Project (though he still answers to the [[TheManBehindTheMan company president]]).
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* BeachEpisode: The making of [=DVDs=] for the girls' photobooks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Again, Asami Konno has a black belt in Karate.
** Played closer to the trope description with Mari Yaguchi and Takashi Okamura, with the latter repeatedly pushing the former's BerserkButton and getting a BitchSlap for it.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Hitomi Yoshizawa (she was at one point, at least) and Haruka Kudo.
* BigEater: Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago were pretty notorious examples when they were younger.
--> '''Nozomi:''' It's our role to eat the food, isn't it?
** Three-time wanko soba champion Riho Sayashi.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Again, Asami Konno has a black belt in Karate.
** Played closer to the trope description with Mari Yaguchi and Takashi Okamura, with the latter repeatedly pushing the former's BerserkButton and getting a BitchSlap for it.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Hitomi Yoshizawa (she was at one point, at least) and Haruka Kudo.
* BigEater: Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago were pretty notorious examples when they were younger.
--> '''Nozomi:''' It's our role to eat the food, isn't it?
** Three-time wanko soba champion Riho Sayashi.
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* BookDumb: Several of them; most notably, Nozomi Tsuji came dead last in one of the school test segments.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor, ''poor'' Ai Kago...
* BrutalHonesty: Reina Tanaka has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwHkf65A6eI her moments.]]
** [=JunJun=] was pretty well known as being a straight talker, especially compared to Japanese norms of etiquette.
** Sayumi Michishige's "poison-tongue" character shows shades of this sometimes.
* ButWeUsedACondom: Nozomi Tsuji announced her pregnancy in May 2007. In one of the interviews, she said "we used a condom, but it broke."
* BreakTheCutie: Poor, ''poor'' Ai Kago...
* BrutalHonesty: Reina Tanaka has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwHkf65A6eI her moments.]]
** [=JunJun=] was pretty well known as being a straight talker, especially compared to Japanese norms of etiquette.
** Sayumi Michishige's "poison-tongue" character shows shades of this sometimes.
* ButWeUsedACondom: Nozomi Tsuji announced her pregnancy in May 2007. In one of the interviews, she said "we used a condom, but it broke."
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* CatchPhrase: So, SO many.
** "USO!" (Koharu Kusumi, Risa Niigaki)
** "Usa-chan peace~!"/"Yoshi! Kyou mo kawaii!" (Sayumi Michishige)
** "Bacchiri desu~", "W desu!" (W)
** "SEXY BEEEEEAAAAAM!" (Mari Yaguchi)
** "Mayuge BEEEEAAAAAM!" (Risa Niigaki)
** "HAAAAPPPYYYYY~"/"Gucha~"(Rika Ishikawa)
** "Yurushite nyan!" (Momoko Tsugunaga)
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rploMAHUhkE "Matsuuuuura Aya deeeesu!"]] (Aya Matsuura - it's the delivery more than the actual words that are notable in this case)
** "Ganbatte Ikuta!" (Erina Ikuta)
** Riho Sayashi had "Hyahho~i!" for a while (to the point where it was the name of one of her [=DVDs=]!) until she got tired of it.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Kaori Iida, according to a parody version of "Love Machine" she did alongside Kei Yasuda.
* CharactersAsDevice: Chinese members Junjun and Linlin who only joined to break into the Chinese market.
** "USO!" (Koharu Kusumi, Risa Niigaki)
** "Usa-chan peace~!"/"Yoshi! Kyou mo kawaii!" (Sayumi Michishige)
** "Bacchiri desu~", "W desu!" (W)
** "SEXY BEEEEEAAAAAM!" (Mari Yaguchi)
** "Mayuge BEEEEAAAAAM!" (Risa Niigaki)
** "HAAAAPPPYYYYY~"/"Gucha~"(Rika Ishikawa)
** "Yurushite nyan!" (Momoko Tsugunaga)
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rploMAHUhkE "Matsuuuuura Aya deeeesu!"]] (Aya Matsuura - it's the delivery more than the actual words that are notable in this case)
** "Ganbatte Ikuta!" (Erina Ikuta)
** Riho Sayashi had "Hyahho~i!" for a while (to the point where it was the name of one of her [=DVDs=]!) until she got tired of it.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Kaori Iida, according to a parody version of "Love Machine" she did alongside Kei Yasuda.
* CharactersAsDevice: Chinese members Junjun and Linlin who only joined to break into the Chinese market.
to:
* CatchPhrase: So, SO many.
Most members have a catchphrase of sorts. Some groups do, to.
* CharactersAsDevice:
**"USO!" (Koharu Kusumi, Risa Niigaki)
** "Usa-chan peace~!"/"Yoshi! Kyou mo kawaii!" (Sayumi Michishige)
** "Bacchiri desu~", "W desu!" (W)
** "SEXY BEEEEEAAAAAM!" (Mari Yaguchi)
** "Mayuge BEEEEAAAAAM!" (Risa Niigaki)
** "HAAAAPPPYYYYY~"/"Gucha~"(Rika Ishikawa)
** "Yurushite nyan!" (Momoko Tsugunaga)
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rploMAHUhkE "Matsuuuuura Aya deeeesu!"]] (Aya Matsuura - it's the delivery more than the actual words that are notable in this case)
** "Ganbatte Ikuta!" (Erina Ikuta)
** Riho Sayashi had "Hyahho~i!" for a while (to the point where it was the name of one of her [=DVDs=]!) until she got tired of it.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Kaori Iida, according to a parody version of "Love Machine" she did alongside Kei Yasuda.
* CharactersAsDevice:Chinese members Junjun and Linlin who only joined to break into the Chinese market.
* CharactersAsDevice:
**
** "Usa-chan peace~!"/"Yoshi! Kyou mo kawaii!" (Sayumi Michishige)
** "Bacchiri desu~", "W desu!" (W)
** "SEXY BEEEEEAAAAAM!" (Mari Yaguchi)
** "Mayuge BEEEEAAAAAM!" (Risa Niigaki)
** "HAAAAPPPYYYYY~"/"Gucha~"(Rika Ishikawa)
** "Yurushite nyan!" (Momoko Tsugunaga)
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rploMAHUhkE "Matsuuuuura Aya deeeesu!"]] (Aya Matsuura - it's the delivery more than the actual words that are notable in this case)
** "Ganbatte Ikuta!" (Erina Ikuta)
** Riho Sayashi had "Hyahho~i!" for a while (to the point where it was the name of one of her [=DVDs=]!) until she got tired of it.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Kaori Iida, according to a parody version of "Love Machine" she did alongside Kei Yasuda.
* CharactersAsDevice:
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* CoolBigSis: Most of the old-school Morning Musume members.
* CoverVersion: Morning Musume's ''Chokkan 2'' single was originally an album track with a slightly different name. Producer Tsunku has covered various H!P songs. A lot of cover versions also appear as b-sides and album tracks. Not to mention the FOLK SONGS and Douyou Pops series...
** "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari" has had about 7 covers using the same music and chorus, but entirely rewritten verses in each version.
** Eri Kamei and Risa Niigaki both released solo albums comprised entirely of them covering HP songs.
** On the other end of the spectrum, Koharu Kusumi's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuDK88vWWw Koi kana]]" becomes Laura Vanamo's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjZHGBJgmk Se tunne]]". That's not Japanese, that's Finnish!
** Singles that have been covers include:
*** Natsumi Abe: "The Stress", "Too Far Away ~Onna no Kokoro~".
*** Berryz Koubou: "Dschinghis Khan". Yes, ''that'' "Music/DschinghisKhan" and "cha cha SING" (originally a song by thai singer Bird Thongchai [=McIntyre=]).
*** C-ute: "Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu"; "Kono Machi".
*** Aya Matsuura: "Watarasebashi", the ''Naked Songs'' album.
*** Melon Kinenbi: "Namida no Taiyou".
*** Morning Musume: "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima", "Pepper Keibu", the ''Cover You'' album.
*** W: Actually, most of their discography.
*** Kobushi Factory: "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta" (originally a Sharam Q song which had a slightly different name); "Sakura Night Fever" (originally a song by KAN).
*** S/mileage: Between "Shortcut" and "Samui ne", they have released a cover of an old H!P song as a b-side.
*** Viyuden: "Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU".
*** Tsubaki Factory: They've covered Chisato Moritaka's "17sai" and "Watashi ga Obasan ni Natte mo".
** During Aya Matsuura's 2 Alo-Hello [=DVD=]s she does an "Aloha" acoustic version (with a ukulele accompaniment) of one of her songs, though neither song was ever actually released as a CD.
*** In the drama ''Brementown Musicians'', Mika Todd and Nozomi Tsuji both sing versions of a song called "Kasa ga Nai".
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Coconuts Musume was formed and marketed as the group from Hawaii. Jun Jun and Lin Lin joined Morning Musume for much the same reason, except they were aimed at the mainland Asian market.
* CrosscastRole: Happened a lot during ''Hello Morning Theatre'' skits due to the fact the cast was made entirely of girls, particularly to Yossey.
** Also happened in several [=PVs=].
* TheCutie: They're idols, so all of them are either cute or beautiful, but Michishige Sayumi probably fits the actual description of the trope the best.
** Rika Ishikawa also played this trope too on and off -- mainly on -- especially when she was younger. It may be argued that Ishikawa (as Charmy) and Michishige are actually {{Kawaiiko}} and just think they're TheCutie.
*** Ai Takahashi, particularly in the segments of ''Haro Pro News'' where she dressed up in cute costumes like as a CatGirl, which caused either a CutenessProximity or, in for masculine costumes such as a [[BadassBiker biker]], a HoYay reaction in co-host Yuko Nakazawa that sometime led to her seeming to be DistractedByTheSexy, and jealousy from Supercaster Charmy Ishikawa.
*** Ai Kago, especially as she went on to suffer a BreakTheCutie that took her a few years to come back from.
*** Saki Nakajima
* CoverVersion: Morning Musume's ''Chokkan 2'' single was originally an album track with a slightly different name. Producer Tsunku has covered various H!P songs. A lot of cover versions also appear as b-sides and album tracks. Not to mention the FOLK SONGS and Douyou Pops series...
** "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari" has had about 7 covers using the same music and chorus, but entirely rewritten verses in each version.
** Eri Kamei and Risa Niigaki both released solo albums comprised entirely of them covering HP songs.
** On the other end of the spectrum, Koharu Kusumi's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuDK88vWWw Koi kana]]" becomes Laura Vanamo's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjZHGBJgmk Se tunne]]". That's not Japanese, that's Finnish!
** Singles that have been covers include:
*** Natsumi Abe: "The Stress", "Too Far Away ~Onna no Kokoro~".
*** Berryz Koubou: "Dschinghis Khan". Yes, ''that'' "Music/DschinghisKhan" and "cha cha SING" (originally a song by thai singer Bird Thongchai [=McIntyre=]).
*** C-ute: "Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu"; "Kono Machi".
*** Aya Matsuura: "Watarasebashi", the ''Naked Songs'' album.
*** Melon Kinenbi: "Namida no Taiyou".
*** Morning Musume: "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima", "Pepper Keibu", the ''Cover You'' album.
*** W: Actually, most of their discography.
*** Kobushi Factory: "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta" (originally a Sharam Q song which had a slightly different name); "Sakura Night Fever" (originally a song by KAN).
*** S/mileage: Between "Shortcut" and "Samui ne", they have released a cover of an old H!P song as a b-side.
*** Viyuden: "Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU".
*** Tsubaki Factory: They've covered Chisato Moritaka's "17sai" and "Watashi ga Obasan ni Natte mo".
** During Aya Matsuura's 2 Alo-Hello [=DVD=]s she does an "Aloha" acoustic version (with a ukulele accompaniment) of one of her songs, though neither song was ever actually released as a CD.
*** In the drama ''Brementown Musicians'', Mika Todd and Nozomi Tsuji both sing versions of a song called "Kasa ga Nai".
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Coconuts Musume was formed and marketed as the group from Hawaii. Jun Jun and Lin Lin joined Morning Musume for much the same reason, except they were aimed at the mainland Asian market.
* CrosscastRole: Happened a lot during ''Hello Morning Theatre'' skits due to the fact the cast was made entirely of girls, particularly to Yossey.
** Also happened in several [=PVs=].
* TheCutie: They're idols, so all of them are either cute or beautiful, but Michishige Sayumi probably fits the actual description of the trope the best.
** Rika Ishikawa also played this trope too on and off -- mainly on -- especially when she was younger. It may be argued that Ishikawa (as Charmy) and Michishige are actually {{Kawaiiko}} and just think they're TheCutie.
*** Ai Takahashi, particularly in the segments of ''Haro Pro News'' where she dressed up in cute costumes like as a CatGirl, which caused either a CutenessProximity or, in for masculine costumes such as a [[BadassBiker biker]], a HoYay reaction in co-host Yuko Nakazawa that sometime led to her seeming to be DistractedByTheSexy, and jealousy from Supercaster Charmy Ishikawa.
*** Ai Kago, especially as she went on to suffer a BreakTheCutie that took her a few years to come back from.
*** Saki Nakajima
to:
** "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari" has had about 7 covers using the same music and chorus, but entirely rewritten verses in each version.
** Eri Kamei and Risa Niigaki both released solo albums comprised entirely of them covering HP songs.
** On the other end of the spectrum, Koharu Kusumi's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuDK88vWWw Koi kana]]" becomes Laura Vanamo's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjZHGBJgmk Se tunne]]". That's not Japanese, that's Finnish!
** Singles that have been covers include:
*** Natsumi Abe: "The Stress", "Too Far Away ~Onna no Kokoro~".
*** Berryz Koubou: "Dschinghis Khan". Yes, ''that'' "Music/DschinghisKhan" and "cha cha SING" (originally a song by thai singer Bird Thongchai [=McIntyre=]).
*** C-ute: "Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu"; "Kono Machi".
*** Aya Matsuura: "Watarasebashi", the ''Naked Songs'' album.
*** Melon Kinenbi: "Namida no Taiyou".
*** Morning Musume: "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima", "Pepper Keibu", the ''Cover You'' album.
*** W: Actually, most of their discography.
*** Kobushi Factory: "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta" (originally a Sharam Q song which had a slightly different name); "Sakura Night Fever" (originally a song by KAN).
*** S/mileage: Between "Shortcut" and "Samui ne", they have released a cover of an old H!P song as a b-side.
*** Viyuden: "Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU".
*** Tsubaki Factory: They've covered Chisato Moritaka's "17sai" and "Watashi ga Obasan ni Natte mo".
** During Aya Matsuura's 2 Alo-Hello [=DVD=]s she does an "Aloha" acoustic version (with a ukulele accompaniment) of one of her songs, though neither song was ever actually released as a CD.
*** In the drama ''Brementown Musicians'', Mika Todd and Nozomi Tsuji both sing
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Coconuts Musume was formed
*
** Happened a lot during ''Hello Morning Theatre'' skits due to the fact the cast was made entirely of
**
* TheCutie: They're idols, so all of them are either cute or beautiful, but Michishige Sayumi probably fits the actual description of the trope the best.
** Rika Ishikawa also
*** Ai Takahashi, particularly in the segments of ''Haro Pro News'' where she dressed up in cute costumes like as a CatGirl, which caused either a CutenessProximity or, in for masculine costumes such as a [[BadassBiker biker]], a HoYay reaction in co-host Yuko Nakazawa that sometime led to her seeming to be DistractedByTheSexy, and jealousy from Supercaster Charmy Ishikawa.
*** Ai Kago, especially as she went on to suffer a BreakTheCutie that took her a few years to come back from.
*** Saki Nakajima
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Asami Konno and Sayumi Michishige were only leads for one single, "Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago". This has happened with other members, too.
** "Oh my wish!" is this for Kanon Suzuki and Haruka Kudo. Suzuki's case in this is notable, as it came after the controversy from her not appearing in the [=MVs=] for the previous single (due to an injured foot -- she was replaced by Karin Miyamoto of [=Juice=Juice=], who got more screentime than any other member.)
* DeadpanSnarker: Kaori Iida, though sometimes she doesn't get the deadpan part right. She's also [[TallDarkAndSnarky rather tall]] and well qualified as a PungeonMaster.
** Yuko Nakazawa could also be very snarky.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: According to Miki Fujimoto, among others, her [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend]] Aya Matsuura would quite often be distracted during conversations if she saw herself in a mirror or on a monitor. Aya admitted to it at least once.
-->'''Natsumi Abe:''' You seem like the type of person that likes looking in mirrors.
-->'''Aya:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes, I love it.]]
* EccentricMentor: Producer Tsunku, arguably. He's either that, a TrollingCreator, or just simply crazy.
** "Oh my wish!" is this for Kanon Suzuki and Haruka Kudo. Suzuki's case in this is notable, as it came after the controversy from her not appearing in the [=MVs=] for the previous single (due to an injured foot -- she was replaced by Karin Miyamoto of [=Juice=Juice=], who got more screentime than any other member.)
* DeadpanSnarker: Kaori Iida, though sometimes she doesn't get the deadpan part right. She's also [[TallDarkAndSnarky rather tall]] and well qualified as a PungeonMaster.
** Yuko Nakazawa could also be very snarky.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: According to Miki Fujimoto, among others, her [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend]] Aya Matsuura would quite often be distracted during conversations if she saw herself in a mirror or on a monitor. Aya admitted to it at least once.
-->'''Natsumi Abe:''' You seem like the type of person that likes looking in mirrors.
-->'''Aya:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes, I love it.]]
* EccentricMentor: Producer Tsunku, arguably. He's either that, a TrollingCreator, or just simply crazy.
to:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Asami Konno and Sayumi Michishige were Several members only leads get to be the centre position for one single, "Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago". This has happened with other members, too.
** "Oh my wish!" is this for Kanon Suzuki and Haruka Kudo. Suzuki's case in this is notable, as it came after the controversy from her not appearingparticularly in the [=MVs=] for the previous single (due to an injured foot -- she was replaced by Karin Miyamoto case of [=Juice=Juice=], who got more screentime than any other member.)
* DeadpanSnarker: Kaori Iida, though sometimes she doesn't get the deadpan part right. She's also [[TallDarkAndSnarky rather tall]] and well qualified as a PungeonMaster.
** Yuko Nakazawa could also be very snarky.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: According to Miki Fujimoto, among others, her [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend]] Aya Matsuura would quite often be distracted during conversations if she saw herself in a mirror or on a monitor. Aya admitted to it at least once.
-->'''Natsumi Abe:''' You seem like the type of person that likes looking in mirrors.
-->'''Aya:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes, I love it.]]
* EccentricMentor: Producer Tsunku, arguably. He's either that, a TrollingCreator, or just simply crazy.Morning Musume.
** "Oh my wish!" is this for Kanon Suzuki and Haruka Kudo. Suzuki's case in this is notable, as it came after the controversy from her not appearing
* DeadpanSnarker: Kaori Iida, though sometimes she doesn't get the deadpan part right. She's also [[TallDarkAndSnarky rather tall]] and well qualified as a PungeonMaster.
** Yuko Nakazawa could also be very snarky.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: According to Miki Fujimoto, among others, her [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend]] Aya Matsuura would quite often be distracted during conversations if she saw herself in a mirror or on a monitor. Aya admitted to it at least once.
-->'''Natsumi Abe:''' You seem like the type of person that likes looking in mirrors.
-->'''Aya:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes, I love it.]]
* EccentricMentor: Producer Tsunku, arguably. He's either that, a TrollingCreator, or just simply crazy.
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** 2009, when the Elder Club members graduated from Hello! Project, leaving only the younger artists in Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, Erina Mano, and the trainees. Yuko Nakazawa passed leadership to Ai Takahashi.
* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".
* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".
to:
** 2009, when the Elder Club members graduated from Hello! Project, leaving only the younger artists in Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, Koubou, °C-ute, Erina Mano, and the trainees. Yuko Nakazawa passed leadership to Ai Takahashi.
** In 2014 when Tsunku stepped down as producer. As of 2024, he only works as Morning Musume's sound producer, rather than the overall producer of Hello! Project itself.
* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of Morning Musume's "Joshi KashimashiMonogatari".Monogatari", since it's a RoleCallSong and the lineup changes drastically every few years.
** In 2014 when Tsunku stepped down as producer. As of 2024, he only works as Morning Musume's sound producer, rather than the overall producer of Hello! Project itself.
* EvolvingMusic: The many MANY versions of Morning Musume's "Joshi Kashimashi
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* {{Fanservice}}: Photobooks which consist mainly of bikini shots.
** Also the [[FanserviceWithASmile cafe versions]] of Ayaka's English lessons.
** "Love Machine" probably sets some kind of record for sheer density of fetishes.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
* {{Fetish}}: Mentioned by Kaori Iida when she sees Ayaka Kimura wearing her Chinese dress for the first time.
-->'''Kaori:''' (after Ayaka has explained why she's wearing the dress) "I see, that's Okazumi's (the producer) fetish, right?"
* FootballFightSong: Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight!"
** [[FootballFightSong Baseball Fight Song]]: C-ute's "Koero! Rakuten Eagles", DEF DIVA's "LET'S GO Rakuten Eagles" and GAM's "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles".
* FourGirlEnsemble: 4KIDS, Akagumi 4, Athena & Robbikerottsu, Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika, DEF DIVA, Elegies, Melon Kinenbi, Mini Moni, Puripuri Pink, Sheki Dol, Manga/ShugoChara Egg!, Taiyou & Ciscomoon and Tanpopo 2nd gen, S/mileage before the addition of the submembers.
* ForeignCussWord: On an episode of ''Hello! Morning'', Morning Musume member Ai Takahashi said "oh sh** ", followed by "I want a kitty".
* FunWithAcronyms:
** GAM ('G'reat 'A'ya 'M'iki)
** Gomattou ('Go'to Maki 'Mat'suura Aya and Fuji'moto' Miki (''moto'' can also be read as ''tou''.))
** SI☆NA ('S'uma, 'I'washima, 'N'akayama, 'A'be)
** Nochiura Natsumi ('Go'to Maki (''go'' can be read as ''nochi''), Matsu'ura' Aya, Abe 'Natsumi')
** HI-FIN (Mai '''H'''agiwara, Erina '''I'''kuta, Kanon '''F'''ukuda, Ayumi '''I'''shida, Saki '''N'''akajima)
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Engrish galore! There are others as well.
** Explored thoroughly with Coconuts Musume, as well as its two bilingual members Mika and Ayaka teaching random English phrases to other H!P singers. If the member in question was Ai Kago, Mari Yaguchi or Nozomi Tsuji, then HilarityEnsues.
*** An episode of ''Sanma No Manma'' featuring Morning Musume turned into a discussion of what animals are called in Chinese.
--> '''Sanma''' What do you call cows in China?
--> '''Jun Jun''' Niu.
--> '''Sanma''' And horses?
--> '''Jun Jun and Lin Lin''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments MA!]]
* GameShowAppearance: Satoda Mai and Yaguchi Mari. Frequently.
* GamerChick: Ai Takahashi (who has been seen with a pink - natch - Nintendo DS in at least one episode of ''Hello! Morning''), Sayumi Michishige (whose proficiency at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' is listed among her special skills), and Chisato Okai (who has made blog posts about playing video games).
** Also the [[FanserviceWithASmile cafe versions]] of Ayaka's English lessons.
** "Love Machine" probably sets some kind of record for sheer density of fetishes.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
* {{Fetish}}: Mentioned by Kaori Iida when she sees Ayaka Kimura wearing her Chinese dress for the first time.
-->'''Kaori:''' (after Ayaka has explained why she's wearing the dress) "I see, that's Okazumi's (the producer) fetish, right?"
* FootballFightSong: Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight!"
** [[FootballFightSong Baseball Fight Song]]: C-ute's "Koero! Rakuten Eagles", DEF DIVA's "LET'S GO Rakuten Eagles" and GAM's "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles".
* FourGirlEnsemble: 4KIDS, Akagumi 4, Athena & Robbikerottsu, Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika, DEF DIVA, Elegies, Melon Kinenbi, Mini Moni, Puripuri Pink, Sheki Dol, Manga/ShugoChara Egg!, Taiyou & Ciscomoon and Tanpopo 2nd gen, S/mileage before the addition of the submembers.
* ForeignCussWord: On an episode of ''Hello! Morning'', Morning Musume member Ai Takahashi said "oh sh** ", followed by "I want a kitty".
* FunWithAcronyms:
** GAM ('G'reat 'A'ya 'M'iki)
** Gomattou ('Go'to Maki 'Mat'suura Aya and Fuji'moto' Miki (''moto'' can also be read as ''tou''.))
** SI☆NA ('S'uma, 'I'washima, 'N'akayama, 'A'be)
** Nochiura Natsumi ('Go'to Maki (''go'' can be read as ''nochi''), Matsu'ura' Aya, Abe 'Natsumi')
** HI-FIN (Mai '''H'''agiwara, Erina '''I'''kuta, Kanon '''F'''ukuda, Ayumi '''I'''shida, Saki '''N'''akajima)
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Engrish galore! There are others as well.
** Explored thoroughly with Coconuts Musume, as well as its two bilingual members Mika and Ayaka teaching random English phrases to other H!P singers. If the member in question was Ai Kago, Mari Yaguchi or Nozomi Tsuji, then HilarityEnsues.
*** An episode of ''Sanma No Manma'' featuring Morning Musume turned into a discussion of what animals are called in Chinese.
--> '''Sanma''' What do you call cows in China?
--> '''Jun Jun''' Niu.
--> '''Sanma''' And horses?
--> '''Jun Jun and Lin Lin''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments MA!]]
* GameShowAppearance: Satoda Mai and Yaguchi Mari. Frequently.
* GamerChick: Ai Takahashi (who has been seen with a pink - natch - Nintendo DS in at least one episode of ''Hello! Morning''), Sayumi Michishige (whose proficiency at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' is listed among her special skills), and Chisato Okai (who has made blog posts about playing video games).
to:
* {{Fanservice}}: Photobooks which consist mainly of bikini {{Fanservice}}:
** While their actual costumes are usually pretty tame, many members release photobooks, some more risque than others. Most photobooks feature swimsuit shots.
**Also Similarly, many image [=DVDs=] and photobook making-ofs (that feature behind the [[FanserviceWithASmile cafe versions]] of Ayaka's English lessons.
** "Love Machine" probably sets some kind of record for sheer density of fetishes.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
* {{Fetish}}: Mentioned by Kaori Iida when she sees Ayaka Kimura wearing her Chinese dress forscenes footage) contain the first time.
-->'''Kaori:''' (after Ayaka has explained why she's wearing the dress) "I see, that's Okazumi's (the producer) fetish, right?"
members in swimsuits.
*FootballFightSong: FootballFightSong:
** Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon SoccerFight!"
Fight!" (for Japan's women's soccer team) and Kobushi Factory's Yes! We are family (for FC Machida Zelvia).
**[[FootballFightSong Baseball Fight Song]]: Baseball: C-ute's "Koero! Rakuten Eagles", DEF DIVA's "LET'S GO Rakuten Eagles" and GAM's "Daisuki Rakuten Eagles".
Eagles", all in support of the Rakuten Eagles team.
** Wrestling: C-ute's "Arashi wo Okosunda! Exciting Fight!" and "Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~" (for the Japan Wrestling Federation).
* FourGirlEnsemble:4KIDS, Akagumi 4, Athena & Robbikerottsu, Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika, DEF DIVA, Elegies, Many groups over the years have consisted of only 4 members.
** Minimoni: Mari Yaguchi, Mika, Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago. When Mari graduated, she was replaced with Ai Takahashi.
** MelonKinenbi, Mini Moni, Puripuri Pink, Sheki Dol, Manga/ShugoChara Egg!, Kinenbi: Hitomi Saitou, Megumi Murata, Masae Ootani, Ayumi Shibata. The group did not change its lineup once during the 10 years it was active.
** Taiyou& to Ciscomoon (later T&C Bomber): Miho Shinoda, Atsuko Inaba, Ruru, Miwa Kominato. Despite only lasting a year and Tanpopo 2nd gen, S/mileage breaking up in 2000, after 2010 they occasionally get together for reunion shows -- without Ruru, as she lives in China and has retired from the entertainment industry.
** S/mileage's 1st generation: Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda, Saki Ogawa, Kanon Fukuda. They released 4 indies singles, 7 major label singles and an album before they added new members.
** Tanpopo's second and third lineups: Kaori Iida, Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Rika Ishikawa. When everybody but Rika left theaddition of the submembers.
group, they were replaced by Asami Konno, Risa Niigaki and Ayumi Shibata, making it still four members.
* ForeignCussWord: On an episode of ''Hello! Morning'', Morning Musume member Ai Takahashi said "ohsh** ", shit", followed by "I want a kitty".
*FunWithAcronyms:
** GAM ('G'reat 'A'ya 'M'iki)
** Gomattou ('Go'to Maki 'Mat'suura Aya and Fuji'moto' Miki (''moto'' can also be read as ''tou''.))
** SI☆NA ('S'uma, 'I'washima, 'N'akayama, 'A'be)
** Nochiura Natsumi ('Go'to Maki (''go'' can be read as ''nochi''), Matsu'ura' Aya, Abe 'Natsumi')
** HI-FIN (Mai '''H'''agiwara, Erina '''I'''kuta, Kanon '''F'''ukuda, Ayumi '''I'''shida, Saki '''N'''akajima)
FunWithAcronyms: Many group names are acronyms involving the members' names. The most notable example being GAM, an acronym of "'''G'''reat '''A'''ya & '''M'''iki".
* FunWithForeignLanguages:Engrish galore! There are others as well.
** Explored thoroughly with Coconuts Musume, as well as its two bilingual members MikaSeveral songs enjoy mixing and Ayaka teaching random rhyming Japanese and English phrases to other H!P singers. If the member in question was Ai Kago, Mari Yaguchi or Nozomi Tsuji, then HilarityEnsues.
*** An episodewith varying degrees of ''Sanma No Manma'' featuring success, such as Morning Musume turned into a discussion of what animals are called in Chinese.
--> '''Sanma''' What do you call cows in China?
--> '''Jun Jun''' Niu.
--> '''Sanma''' And horses?
--> '''Jun Jun and Lin Lin''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments MA!]]
Musume's "Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle" which has "Do The Hussle / Be A Mussel" as lyrics.
* GameShowAppearance:Satoda Mai and It's common for members to make appearances on game shows, but Mari Yaguchi Mari. Frequently.
and Mai Satoda were regulars on multiple shows for many years.
*GamerChick: GamerChick:
** Ai Takahashi (who has been seen with a pink- natch - Nintendo DS in at least one episode of ''Hello! Morning''), Sayumi Michishige (whose proficiency at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' is listed among her special skills), and Chisato Okai (who has made blog posts about playing video games).
** While their actual costumes are usually pretty tame, many members release photobooks, some more risque than others. Most photobooks feature swimsuit shots.
**
** "Love Machine" probably sets some kind of record for sheer density of fetishes.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
* {{Fetish}}: Mentioned by Kaori Iida when she sees Ayaka Kimura wearing her Chinese dress for
-->'''Kaori:''' (after Ayaka has explained why she's wearing the dress) "I see, that's Okazumi's (the producer) fetish, right?"
*
** Morning Musume's "Ganbare Nippon Soccer
**
** Wrestling: C-ute's "Arashi wo Okosunda! Exciting Fight!" and "Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~" (for the Japan Wrestling Federation).
* FourGirlEnsemble:
** Minimoni: Mari Yaguchi, Mika, Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago. When Mari graduated, she was replaced with Ai Takahashi.
** Melon
** Taiyou
** S/mileage's 1st generation: Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda, Saki Ogawa, Kanon Fukuda. They released 4 indies singles, 7 major label singles and an album before they added new members.
** Tanpopo's second and third lineups: Kaori Iida, Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Rika Ishikawa. When everybody but Rika left the
* ForeignCussWord: On an episode of ''Hello! Morning'', Morning Musume member Ai Takahashi said "oh
*
** GAM ('G'reat 'A'ya 'M'iki)
** Gomattou ('Go'to Maki 'Mat'suura Aya and Fuji'moto' Miki (''moto'' can also be read as ''tou''.))
** SI☆NA ('S'uma, 'I'washima, 'N'akayama, 'A'be)
** Nochiura Natsumi ('Go'to Maki (''go'' can be read as ''nochi''), Matsu'ura' Aya, Abe 'Natsumi')
** HI-FIN (Mai '''H'''agiwara, Erina '''I'''kuta, Kanon '''F'''ukuda, Ayumi '''I'''shida, Saki '''N'''akajima)
* FunWithForeignLanguages:
** Explored thoroughly with Coconuts Musume, as well as its two bilingual members Mika
*** An episode
--> '''Sanma''' What do you call cows in China?
--> '''Jun Jun''' Niu.
--> '''Sanma''' And horses?
--> '''Jun Jun and Lin Lin''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments MA!]]
* GameShowAppearance:
*
** Ai Takahashi (who has been seen with a pink
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*** When they were having a tournament on VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution most of the girls were scoring in the tens of thousands, except for the famously unathletic Ai Kago who [[CurbStompBattle won her round with a score in the millions]].
*** Haruna Iikubo enjoys Nintendo games.
* GenkiGirl: Quite a few. Makoto Ogawa 's status as one is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the first version of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".
* GenreBusting: Although lyrically there is a tendency towards ballads, SillyLoveSongs or [[AntiLoveSong breakup songs]], the styles of music have been as diverse as big band ("Mr. Moonlight ~ Ai No Big Band" by Morning Musume), rap ("Get Up! Rapper" by Salt 5)[[note]]Well, it was an attempt at rap, but it ended up sounding more like dancehall[[/note]] and pop punk ("Aoi Sports Car no Otoko" by Aoiro 7)
* GirlGroup
* GirlishPigtails: Several members have sported them over the years, particularly when they were younger, but Sayumi Michshige has had them consistently through her run in Morning Musume.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: Morning Musume has ''four''. Berryz Koubou had three, C-ute has one, then there are the Mega Bests and yearly Pucchi Bests...
* GratuitousEnglish: Lin Lin's "HI! BYE!" t-shirt in the video for "3,2,1 Breaking Out" is just the tip of the AsianSpeekeeEngrish-filled iceberg.
* GroinAttack: On an episode of ''Utaban'' featuring Mini Moni, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7DCKarbiI Ai Kago suddenly used one against Mari Yaguchi]] while simultaneously [[AssShove punching her in the backside]].
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There have been several instances where Kei Yasuda and especially Yuko Nakazawa are accused of being like this, usually met with an angry protest from Yuko.
-->'''Yuko''': You've never seen me like that!
* HiddenDepths: (though not well): Kaori Iida is a published poet and has had paintings exhibited.
** Natsumi Abe is interested in politics.
** [[RuleOfThree Asami Konno is a black belt in Karate]].
** [=LinLin=] plays guitar.
* HilariousOuttakes: [=GakiKame=]'s (Risa Niigaki and Eri Kamei) outtakes of their skits on ''Haromoni@''.
* HotterAndSexier: Morning Musume's "Egao YES Nude", and then there is the PV for "[[LesYay Melodies]]" by GAM.
** The lyrics for "Kimagure Princess".
** Berryz Koubou's "Ai no Dangan", "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" and "ROCK Erotic".
** S/mileage's "Mystery Night!"
* HurricaneOfPuns: Where to begin...
* HypocriticalHumour: In the original version of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari}, Ai Takahashi denies still having a Fukui accent... [[BlatantLies in Fukui dialect]].
* IdenticalStranger: [=RuRu=] of T&C Bomber and Ai Kago of Morning Musume look very alike, though usually the former is said to look like an older version of the latter, and more recent pictures of Kago really show that claim to be quite accurate.
* IdolSinger: Well...
* [[ChildrenAreInnocent Idols Are Innocent]]: ...is what the management would LIKE you to think.
** Averted by several songs such as "Kimagure Princess" and "Egao Yes Nude".
* ImprobableHairstyle: Masae Ohtani.
* InnocentInnuendo: The fans twist everything.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sayumi can act like this, but she knows what she's doing.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: 99% of the names of EVERYTHING. ''Barely'' avoided with "Brainstorming", which very nearly saw release under the abbreviated name "Buresuto" (say it out loud.)
*** Haruna Iikubo enjoys Nintendo games.
* GenkiGirl: Quite a few. Makoto Ogawa 's status as one is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the first version of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".
* GenreBusting: Although lyrically there is a tendency towards ballads, SillyLoveSongs or [[AntiLoveSong breakup songs]], the styles of music have been as diverse as big band ("Mr. Moonlight ~ Ai No Big Band" by Morning Musume), rap ("Get Up! Rapper" by Salt 5)[[note]]Well, it was an attempt at rap, but it ended up sounding more like dancehall[[/note]] and pop punk ("Aoi Sports Car no Otoko" by Aoiro 7)
* GirlGroup
* GirlishPigtails: Several members have sported them over the years, particularly when they were younger, but Sayumi Michshige has had them consistently through her run in Morning Musume.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: Morning Musume has ''four''. Berryz Koubou had three, C-ute has one, then there are the Mega Bests and yearly Pucchi Bests...
* GratuitousEnglish: Lin Lin's "HI! BYE!" t-shirt in the video for "3,2,1 Breaking Out" is just the tip of the AsianSpeekeeEngrish-filled iceberg.
* GroinAttack: On an episode of ''Utaban'' featuring Mini Moni, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7DCKarbiI Ai Kago suddenly used one against Mari Yaguchi]] while simultaneously [[AssShove punching her in the backside]].
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There have been several instances where Kei Yasuda and especially Yuko Nakazawa are accused of being like this, usually met with an angry protest from Yuko.
-->'''Yuko''': You've never seen me like that!
* HiddenDepths: (though not well): Kaori Iida is a published poet and has had paintings exhibited.
** Natsumi Abe is interested in politics.
** [[RuleOfThree Asami Konno is a black belt in Karate]].
** [=LinLin=] plays guitar.
* HilariousOuttakes: [=GakiKame=]'s (Risa Niigaki and Eri Kamei) outtakes of their skits on ''Haromoni@''.
* HotterAndSexier: Morning Musume's "Egao YES Nude", and then there is the PV for "[[LesYay Melodies]]" by GAM.
** The lyrics for "Kimagure Princess".
** Berryz Koubou's "Ai no Dangan", "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" and "ROCK Erotic".
** S/mileage's "Mystery Night!"
* HurricaneOfPuns: Where to begin...
* HypocriticalHumour: In the original version of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari}, Ai Takahashi denies still having a Fukui accent... [[BlatantLies in Fukui dialect]].
* IdenticalStranger: [=RuRu=] of T&C Bomber and Ai Kago of Morning Musume look very alike, though usually the former is said to look like an older version of the latter, and more recent pictures of Kago really show that claim to be quite accurate.
* IdolSinger: Well...
* [[ChildrenAreInnocent Idols Are Innocent]]: ...is what the management would LIKE you to think.
** Averted by several songs such as "Kimagure Princess" and "Egao Yes Nude".
* ImprobableHairstyle: Masae Ohtani.
* InnocentInnuendo: The fans twist everything.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sayumi can act like this, but she knows what she's doing.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: 99% of the names of EVERYTHING. ''Barely'' avoided with "Brainstorming", which very nearly saw release under the abbreviated name "Buresuto" (say it out loud.)
to:
*
* GirlishPigtails: Several members have sported them over the years, particularly when
** If they
* GreatestHitsAlbum:
** Up until 2019, Hello! Project released a compilation album a year of some of the
** The "Hello! Project no Zenkyoku kara Atsumechaimashita!" series features songs picked by various famous H!P fans and
* GratuitousEnglish:
* GroinAttack: On an episode of ''Utaban'' featuring
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There have been several instances where Kei Yasuda and especially Yuko Nakazawa are accused of being like this, usually met with an angry protest from Yuko.
-->'''Yuko''': You've never seen me like that!
* HiddenDepths: (though not well): Kaori Iida is a published poet and has had paintings exhibited.
** Natsumi Abe is interested in politics.
** [[RuleOfThree Asami Konno is a black belt in Karate]].
** [=LinLin=] plays guitar.
* HilariousOuttakes: [=GakiKame=]'s (Risa Niigaki and Eri Kamei) outtakes of their skits on ''Haromoni@''.
* HotterAndSexier: Morning Musume's "Egao YES Nude", and then there is the PV for "[[LesYay Melodies]]" by GAM.
** The lyrics for "Kimagure Princess".
** Berryz Koubou's "Ai no Dangan", "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" and "ROCK Erotic".
** S/mileage's "Mystery Night!"
* HurricaneOfPuns:
* HypocriticalHumour: In the original version of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari}, Ai Takahashi denies still having a Fukui accent... [[BlatantLies in Fukui dialect]].
* IdenticalStranger: [=RuRu=] of T&C Bomber and Ai Kago of Morning Musume look very alike, though usually the former is said to look like an older version of the latter, and more recent pictures of Kago really show that claim to be quite accurate.
* IdolSinger: Well...
* [[ChildrenAreInnocent Idols Are Innocent]]: ...is what the management would LIKE you to think.
** Averted by several
* ImprobableHairstyle: Masae Ohtani.
* InnocentInnuendo: The fans twist everything.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sayumi can act like this, but she knows what she's doing.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: 99% of the names of EVERYTHING. ''Barely'' avoided
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* JapanesePopMusic
* {{Jerkass}}: Miki Fujimoto and Yuko Nakazawa.
** Takashi Okamura probably deserves a mention here too. Though obviously not a member, much of the comedy from segments he did alongside H!P members comes from his acting like a {{Jerkass}}, espcially towards Mari Yaguchi but [[BitchSlap she didn't always let him get away with it]].
* KimonoFanservice: In the New Year shows, the girls all wear kimonos.
* {{Jerkass}}: Miki Fujimoto and Yuko Nakazawa.
** Takashi Okamura probably deserves a mention here too. Though obviously not a member, much of the comedy from segments he did alongside H!P members comes from his acting like a {{Jerkass}}, espcially towards Mari Yaguchi but [[BitchSlap she didn't always let him get away with it]].
* KimonoFanservice: In the New Year shows, the girls all wear kimonos.
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* LongRunners: Morning Musume and Hello! Project are 20 years old!
** Notable members include Sayumi Michishige, the longest-serving Morning Musume member at 11 years, and the members of Hello! Project Kids who joined in 2002 and stayed for at least ten years before they graduated. Berryz Kobo was active for 11 years and °C-ute, 12 years.
** Notable members include Sayumi Michishige, the longest-serving Morning Musume member at 11 years, and the members of Hello! Project Kids who joined in 2002 and stayed for at least ten years before they graduated. Berryz Kobo was active for 11 years and °C-ute, 12 years.
to:
* LongRunners: Morning Musume and Hello! Project are 20 years old!
started in 1998 and is still going, albeit with completely different members. Most of whom were born after the umbrella's formation.
**Notable Several members include Sayumi Michishige, the longest-serving have been part of H!P for over 10 years. The longest tenure is Morning Musume member at 11 years, and the members of Musume's Mizuki Fukumura, who joined Hello! Project Kids who joined in 2002 2008 as a trainee and stayed for at least ten years before they graduated. Berryz Kobo was active for 11 years and °C-ute, 12 graduated in 2023, serving almost 15 years.
**
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Country Musume member Hiromi Yanagihara died in a car crash. Several members also left unexpectedly.
* NewSoundAlbum:
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
** Several former members have made albums outside the bubblegum J Pop that Hello! Project is famous for. Ai Kago and Mika Todd both made solo jazz albums, Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa fronted a DarkerAndEdgier pop punk group called Hangry & Angry, and Maki Goto's solo albums, though still pop, are much HotterAndSexier than her work in Hello Project groups.
** S/mileage/ANGERME's songs have evolved over the years from being cutesy and childlike, to genki and upbeat, to more mature and cooler.
*** For their newest single in November 2015, two of the A-sides have a hardcore rock style.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Yuko Nakazawa was well known for embarrassing the other members of Morning Musume by kissing them unexpectedly (especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0mSocYDUKo Natsumi]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnC62l2H7G8 Abe]]), though it's not so much that she doesn't have a sense of personal space, it's more that she [[{{Jerkass}} doesn't care]]. Sayumi Michishige also had a habit of doing this to Ai Takahashi and Riho Sayashi during concerts.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Don't remind [[BerserkButton Yuko Nakazawa that she's getting close to 40]]!
* OneHeadTaller: A few members, notably Hitomi Yoshizawa and Kaori Iida, tend to stand out amongst the short statures of the rest of the group, especially compared to the likes of Mari Yaguchi. Junjun also had more than 16 centimetres (roughly 6 inches) on Reina Tanaka.
** Yurina Kumai of Berryz Koubou towered over the majority of Hello! Project with a height of 176cm. Or is it 178? She's freakishly tall for a teenage Japanese girl, let's just leave it at that.
** Volleyball player and Olympian Motoko Obayashi, who is 182cm, released a single under the name "Deka Moni" (Huge Moni). While not officially under Hello Project, the single was produced by Tsunku and included a cover of Mini Moni's "Jankenpyon".
** Inverted by Mini Moni (Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji and Mika Todd, then Ai Takahashi replaced Yaguchi when she left.) Their gimmick was that they were all no more than 150cm (about 4ft 11 inches) tall when the group first came together.
** Similarly inverted by the 4'11" Ayumi Ishida.
* NewSoundAlbum:
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
** Several former members have made albums outside the bubblegum J Pop that Hello! Project is famous for. Ai Kago and Mika Todd both made solo jazz albums, Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa fronted a DarkerAndEdgier pop punk group called Hangry & Angry, and Maki Goto's solo albums, though still pop, are much HotterAndSexier than her work in Hello Project groups.
** S/mileage/ANGERME's songs have evolved over the years from being cutesy and childlike, to genki and upbeat, to more mature and cooler.
*** For their newest single in November 2015, two of the A-sides have a hardcore rock style.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Yuko Nakazawa was well known for embarrassing the other members of Morning Musume by kissing them unexpectedly (especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0mSocYDUKo Natsumi]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnC62l2H7G8 Abe]]), though it's not so much that she doesn't have a sense of personal space, it's more that she [[{{Jerkass}} doesn't care]]. Sayumi Michishige also had a habit of doing this to Ai Takahashi and Riho Sayashi during concerts.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Don't remind [[BerserkButton Yuko Nakazawa that she's getting close to 40]]!
* OneHeadTaller: A few members, notably Hitomi Yoshizawa and Kaori Iida, tend to stand out amongst the short statures of the rest of the group, especially compared to the likes of Mari Yaguchi. Junjun also had more than 16 centimetres (roughly 6 inches) on Reina Tanaka.
** Yurina Kumai of Berryz Koubou towered over the majority of Hello! Project with a height of 176cm. Or is it 178? She's freakishly tall for a teenage Japanese girl, let's just leave it at that.
** Volleyball player and Olympian Motoko Obayashi, who is 182cm, released a single under the name "Deka Moni" (Huge Moni). While not officially under Hello Project, the single was produced by Tsunku and included a cover of Mini Moni's "Jankenpyon".
** Inverted by Mini Moni (Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji and Mika Todd, then Ai Takahashi replaced Yaguchi when she left.) Their gimmick was that they were all no more than 150cm (about 4ft 11 inches) tall when the group first came together.
** Similarly inverted by the 4'11" Ayumi Ishida.
to:
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: NeverGotToSayGoodbye:
** Country Musume member Hiromi Yanagihara died suddenly in a carcrash. crash.
** Several members also leftunexpectedly.
* NewSoundAlbum:
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
** Several former members have made albums outside the bubblegum J Pop that Hello! Project is famous for. Ai Kago and Mika Todd both made solo jazz albums, Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa fronted a DarkerAndEdgier pop punk group called Hangry & Angry, and Maki Goto's solo albums, though still pop, are much HotterAndSexier than her work in Hello Project groups.
** S/mileage/ANGERME's songs have evolved over the years fromunexpectedly without fans being cutesy and childlike, able to genki and upbeat, to more mature and cooler.
*** For their newest single in November 2015, twosay farewell.
* OneHeadTaller: Berryz Koubou's Yurina Kumai towered over all ofthe A-sides have a hardcore rock style.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Yuko Nakazawa was well known for embarrassingthe other members of Morning Musume by kissing them unexpectedly (especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0mSocYDUKo Natsumi]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnC62l2H7G8 Abe]]), though it's not so much that she doesn't have at 181cm (5' 11"), which is extremely tall for a sense of personal space, it's more that she [[{{Jerkass}} doesn't care]]. Sayumi Michishige also had a habit of doing this to Ai Takahashi and Riho Sayashi during concerts.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Don't remind [[BerserkButton Yuko Nakazawa that she's getting close to 40]]!
* OneHeadTaller: A few members, notably Hitomi Yoshizawa and Kaori Iida, tend to stand out amongst the short statures of the rest of the group, especially compared to the likes of Mari Yaguchi. Junjun also had more than 16 centimetres (roughly 6 inches) on Reina Tanaka.
** Yurina Kumai of Berryz Koubou towered over the majority ofJapanese woman. Former Hello! Project with a height of 176cm. Or is it 178? She's freakishly tall for a teenage Japanese girl, let's just leave it at that.
** Volleyball player and Olympian Motoko Obayashi, who is 182cm, released a single under the name "Deka Moni" (Huge Moni). While not officially under Hello Project, the singleKenshuusei member Ichigo Yamada was produced by Tsunku and included a cover of Mini Moni's "Jankenpyon".
** Inverted by Mini Moni (Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji and Mika Todd, then Ai Takahashi replaced Yaguchi when she left.) Their gimmick was that they were all no more than 150cm (about 4ft 11 inches) tall when the group first came together.
** Similarly inverted by the 4'11" Ayumi Ishida.169cm (6' 5").
** Country Musume member Hiromi Yanagihara died suddenly in a car
** Several members also left
* NewSoundAlbum:
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
** Several former members have made albums outside the bubblegum J Pop that Hello! Project is famous for. Ai Kago and Mika Todd both made solo jazz albums, Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa fronted a DarkerAndEdgier pop punk group called Hangry & Angry, and Maki Goto's solo albums, though still pop, are much HotterAndSexier than her work in Hello Project groups.
** S/mileage/ANGERME's songs have evolved over the years from
*** For their newest single in November 2015, two
* OneHeadTaller: Berryz Koubou's Yurina Kumai towered over all of
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Yuko Nakazawa was well known for embarrassing
* OlderThanTheyLook: Don't remind [[BerserkButton Yuko Nakazawa that she's getting close to 40]]!
* OneHeadTaller: A few members, notably Hitomi Yoshizawa and Kaori Iida, tend to stand out amongst the short statures of the rest of the group, especially compared to the likes of Mari Yaguchi. Junjun also had more than 16 centimetres (roughly 6 inches) on Reina Tanaka.
** Yurina Kumai of Berryz Koubou towered over the majority of
** Volleyball player and Olympian Motoko Obayashi, who is 182cm, released a single under the name "Deka Moni" (Huge Moni). While not officially under Hello Project, the single
** Inverted by Mini Moni (Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji and Mika Todd, then Ai Takahashi replaced Yaguchi when she left.) Their gimmick was that they were all no more than 150cm (about 4ft 11 inches) tall when the group first came together.
** Similarly inverted by the 4'11" Ayumi Ishida.
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** Tenshin Mukai is a comedian who sometimes shows up on variety shows that Mari Yaguchi is on, acting as an [[StalkerWithACrush obsessive]] {{otaku}}.
* OverlyLongName: One of the subgroups is ''Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai'' (lit. Morning Musume 10 year Celebration Group). There's also ''Athena & Robikerottsu'' and ''Taiyou to Ciscomoon'' (later changed to ''T&C BOMBER''.)
* PimpedOutDress: Common in concerts (especially graduation concerts, where the departing girl's dress is more pimped out than any of the others') and music videos.
** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the [=PV=] for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a furry stetson.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Although she's short, Takahashi Ai has shown in several ways that she can be an awesome girl.
** Tamura Meimi can also count as this. While she normally acts cute, whenever she's performing/singing/acting, her voice will noticeably change and she can belt out really strong notes, and often (depending on her role/the feel of the song) gains a badass attitude.
* PlayboyBunny: ''Viyuden'''s ''Aisucream to My Purin''.
* PreciousPuppies: The video for "Hey Mirai" by Morning Musume.
%%* PungeonMaster: Iida Kaori, Maeda Yuuka.
%%** In Kaori's case at least, they're usually pretty bad.
* OverlyLongName: One of the subgroups is ''Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai'' (lit. Morning Musume 10 year Celebration Group). There's also ''Athena & Robikerottsu'' and ''Taiyou to Ciscomoon'' (later changed to ''T&C BOMBER''.)
* PimpedOutDress: Common in concerts (especially graduation concerts, where the departing girl's dress is more pimped out than any of the others') and music videos.
** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the [=PV=] for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a furry stetson.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Although she's short, Takahashi Ai has shown in several ways that she can be an awesome girl.
** Tamura Meimi can also count as this. While she normally acts cute, whenever she's performing/singing/acting, her voice will noticeably change and she can belt out really strong notes, and often (depending on her role/the feel of the song) gains a badass attitude.
* PlayboyBunny: ''Viyuden'''s ''Aisucream to My Purin''.
* PreciousPuppies: The video for "Hey Mirai" by Morning Musume.
%%* PungeonMaster: Iida Kaori, Maeda Yuuka.
%%** In Kaori's case at least, they're usually pretty bad.
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*
** Common in concerts (especially graduation concerts, where the departing girl's dress is more pimped out than any of the others') and music videos.
** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the
*
** Although she's short, Ai Takahashi
** Meimi Tamura
* PlayboyBunny:
* PreciousPuppies: The video for
%%* PungeonMaster: Iida Kaori, Maeda Yuuka.
%%** In Kaori's case at least, they're usually pretty bad.
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%%* RagsToRoyalty: Nearly everyone.
* RevolvingDoorBand: The staple of how the group keeps going, through auditions and graduations.
* RevolvingDoorBand: The staple of how the group keeps going, through auditions and graduations.
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** "Jiriri Kiteru" by Berryz Kobo samples [[Music/FryderykChopin Chopin]]'s "Revolutionary Etude" (Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12).
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** "Jiriri Kiteru" by Berryz Kobo Koubou samples [[Music/FryderykChopin Chopin]]'s "Revolutionary Etude" (Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12).
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* RubberFace: Niigaki Risa.
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: In 1997 Tsunku ran a competition to find a new rock vocalist that was won by Heike Michiyo, he later decided to create an all girl group made up of the five runners up and challenged them to sell 50000 copies of their first single with only five promotional events, they managed it in four and Morning Musume went on to be incredibly successful.
* SailorFuku: Matsuura Aya wears one in the video for LOVE Namida Iro.
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: In 1997 Tsunku ran a competition to find a new rock vocalist that was won by Heike Michiyo, he later decided to create an all girl group made up of the five runners up and challenged them to sell 50000 copies of their first single with only five promotional events, they managed it in four and Morning Musume went on to be incredibly successful.
* SailorFuku: Matsuura Aya wears one in the video for LOVE Namida Iro.
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* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: In
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** Aya Matsuura
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Granted, half of them ARE little girls, but still...
** Subverted by Takahashi Ai- when surprised, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1fgccqW13s she screams in a low voice]].
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior!: Used comically by Yasuda Kei's Granny character in the "Until the Bus Comes" part of Hello Morning Theatre
* SeasonFinale: Hello! Morning. Also, most members and some units get graduation concerts.
** Subverted by Takahashi Ai- when surprised, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1fgccqW13s she screams in a low voice]].
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior!: Used comically by Yasuda Kei's Granny character in the "Until the Bus Comes" part of Hello Morning Theatre
* SeasonFinale: Hello! Morning. Also, most members and some units get graduation concerts.
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** Some of the BEYOOOOONDS members don them
** Subverted by Takahashi Ai- when surprised, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1fgccqW13s she screams
*
* SeasonFinale: Hello! Morning. Also, most members and some units get graduation concerts.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Yasuda Kei used to be a frequent victim of this. After she graduated, Ogawa Makoto took her place.
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* SingerNamedrop: Morning Musume do it near the end of "Love Machine".
* SmokingIsCool: Kago thought it was.
* SmokingIsCool: Kago thought it was.
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* SingerNamedrop: Morning Musume do it near the end of "Love Machine".
* SmokingIsCool: Kago thought it was."LOVE Machine" ("Morning Musume mo / Anta mo Atashi mo").
* SmokingIsCool: Kago thought it was.
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* SpellingSong: Mini Moni's Kazoue Uta is about counting in the bath in Japanese and English.
** The same song had a Date version.
*** Mini Moni also had a song that listed all the Japanese Prefectures and their respective Capitals- in fact Mini Moni's songs were aimed at young children, so many had an educational message of some kind. This was more important during their stage shows.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most of the Coconuts Musume members were from Hawaii, therefore they had English names (April, Danielle, Lehua). There's also Viyuden (or Biyuden, Viyuuden, Biyuuden, v-u-den, etc). Junjun and Linlin are nicknamed as such because the management thought it would be too hard for fans to pronounce. Li Chun became Junjun and Qian Lin became Linlin.
* StageNames: Tsunku's real name is Terada Mitsuo. Li Chun and Qian Lin are Junjun and Linlin respectively, Honda Ruru was [=RuRu=], and Miyoshi Chinatsu's real name is Tani Rumiko. Tsuji Nozomi changed her surname to Sugiura upon marriage, but she has stated that she will continue to use Tsuji. Similarly, Iida Kaori has continued to use her maiden name professionally. Ice [=CreaMusume=]'s names are all nicknames.
** The same song had a Date version.
*** Mini Moni also had a song that listed all the Japanese Prefectures and their respective Capitals- in fact Mini Moni's songs were aimed at young children, so many had an educational message of some kind. This was more important during their stage shows.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most of the Coconuts Musume members were from Hawaii, therefore they had English names (April, Danielle, Lehua). There's also Viyuden (or Biyuden, Viyuuden, Biyuuden, v-u-den, etc). Junjun and Linlin are nicknamed as such because the management thought it would be too hard for fans to pronounce. Li Chun became Junjun and Qian Lin became Linlin.
* StageNames: Tsunku's real name is Terada Mitsuo. Li Chun and Qian Lin are Junjun and Linlin respectively, Honda Ruru was [=RuRu=], and Miyoshi Chinatsu's real name is Tani Rumiko. Tsuji Nozomi changed her surname to Sugiura upon marriage, but she has stated that she will continue to use Tsuji. Similarly, Iida Kaori has continued to use her maiden name professionally. Ice [=CreaMusume=]'s names are all nicknames.
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* SpellingSong: Mini Moni's Kazoue Uta Minimoni's "Minimoni no Kazoe Uta" is about counting in the bath in Japanese and English.
** The same song hadEnglish -- there's a Date version.
*** Mini Moni also had a song that listed allversion that's counting in the Japanese Prefectures bath, and their respective Capitals- in fact Mini Moni's songs were aimed at young children, so many had an educational message of some kind. This was more important during their stage shows.
another that's counting while preparing for a date.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS:Most of the Coconuts Musume members were from Hawaii, therefore they had English names (April, Danielle, Lehua). There's also Viyuden (or Biyuden, Viyuuden, There are sometimes multiple inconsistencies with spellings, mostly group names.
** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden,v-u-den, etc). Junjun Biyuden or something else? All of these Romanisations can be found on official products.
** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
** Minimoni, Mini-moni andLinlin Mini Moni are nicknamed as such because the management thought it would be too hard for fans to pronounce. Li Chun became Junjun and Qian Lin became Linlin.
all official.
** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi.
* StageNames:Tsunku's real name is Terada Mitsuo. Li Chun and Qian Lin are Junjun and Linlin respectively, Honda Ruru was [=RuRu=], and Miyoshi Chinatsu's real name is Tani Rumiko. Tsuji Nozomi changed her surname to Sugiura upon marriage, but she has stated that she will Many members use stage names, or continue to use Tsuji. Similarly, Iida Kaori has continued to use her their maiden name professionally. Ice [=CreaMusume=]'s names are all nicknames.as their stage name after they get married. Most foreign members tend to use a nickname or only their first name, with the exception of Jang Dayeon.
** The same song had
*** Mini Moni also had a song that listed all
* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Is it v-u-den, Viyuden, Biyuuden,
** BEYOOOOONDS is officially spelt with 5 "O"s.
** Minimoni, Mini-moni and
** Melon Kinenbi is sometimes Melon Kinen-bi.
* StageNames:
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* StrictlyFormula: While each group's songs are very diverse in sound and vocals they usually all follow the Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Interlude Of Music/Repetition Of Last Chorus formula
%%* TalkativeLoon: Half of them.
* ThirdPersonPerson and VerbalTic: [[NotAllowedToGrowUp 20-year-old]] Tanaka Reina usually refers to herself in third person (actually a common practice in Japanese culture), and occasionally splices her given name into everyday phrases, with results like "Ganbareina!", "Otsukareina!" and "Shitsureina!".
* TokenMiniMoe: Not so token, most members of the major groups début at around 13 years old, some of the Eggs started at 10.
%%* TalkativeLoon: Half of them.
* ThirdPersonPerson and VerbalTic: [[NotAllowedToGrowUp 20-year-old]] Tanaka Reina usually refers to herself in third person (actually a common practice in Japanese culture), and occasionally splices her given name into everyday phrases, with results like "Ganbareina!", "Otsukareina!" and "Shitsureina!".
* TokenMiniMoe: Not so token, most members of the major groups début at around 13 years old, some of the Eggs started at 10.
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* StrictlyFormula: While each group's songs are very diverse in sound and vocals they usually all follow the Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Interlude Of Music/Repetition Of Last Chorus formula
%%* TalkativeLoon: Half of them.
* ThirdPersonPerson and VerbalTic: [[NotAllowedToGrowUp 20-year-old]] Tanaka Reina usually refers to herself in third person (actually a common practice in Japanese culture), and occasionally splices her given name into everyday phrases, with results like "Ganbareina!", "Otsukareina!" and "Shitsureina!".
* TokenMiniMoe: Not so token, most members of the major groups début at around 13 years old, some of the Eggs started at 10.formula.
%%* TalkativeLoon: Half of them.
* ThirdPersonPerson and VerbalTic: [[NotAllowedToGrowUp 20-year-old]] Tanaka Reina usually refers to herself in third person (actually a common practice in Japanese culture), and occasionally splices her given name into everyday phrases, with results like "Ganbareina!", "Otsukareina!" and "Shitsureina!".
* TokenMiniMoe: Not so token, most members of the major groups début at around 13 years old, some of the Eggs started at 10.
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* {{Tomboy}}: A few. Most notable is Yoshizawa Hitomi, who really played this up- in some Okajo segments she was even referred to as 'top boy' (Rika was top girl, see {{Shipping}}).
** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Any {{shipping}} with Yossi tends to pair her with a very feminine girl like her best friend Rika.
** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Any {{shipping}} with Yossi tends to pair her with a very feminine girl like her best friend Rika.
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* TranslatedCoverVersion: Morning Musume's "Summer Night Town" was covered by Coconuts Musume in English.
** Ice Creamusume redid a few Morning Musume songs in Chinese.
** Kusumi Koharu's Koi Kana was covered in Finnish.
%%* TrillingRs: Shabondama by Morning Musume.
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[{{Jerkass}} Fujimoto Miki]] towards Matsuura Aya: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56mAwwryTnA observe.]] However it really went both ways and they are actually best friends. Similarly Yoshizawa Hitomi and Ogawa Makoto and Yaguchi Mari and Ishikawa Rika teased one another quite harshly at times.
** Except for the first version the lyrics of Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari sometimes have an element of this as each verse from version 2 on is sung by the person it's about with other members of the group chiming in at the end.
%%* VocalEvolution
* VocalTagTeam: "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari," and many more. Special mention should be made of the track "[[http://projecthello.com/momusu/why.html Why]]" on ''3rd -LOVE Paradise-,'' in which the lead vocal changes ''every syllable.''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
** Snakes?: Yoshizawa Hitomi.
** Reptiles?: Yaguchi Mari is not a fan.
** Birds?: Ishikawa Rika is afraid of birds ''and'' feathers.
** Bananas?: Nakazawa Yuko hates them.
** Balloons?: Iida Kaori really doesn't like them, especially [[EarthShatteringKaboom when they pop]].
* WouldHitAGirl: As noted above, Iida Kaori found herself on the receiving end of this trope, especially when Morning Musume appeared on Utaban.
** Okamura Takashi also invoked this against Yaguchi Mari, but unlike Iida she was willing to hit back.
** Ice Creamusume redid a few Morning Musume songs in Chinese.
** Kusumi Koharu's Koi Kana was covered in Finnish.
%%* TrillingRs: Shabondama by Morning Musume.
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[{{Jerkass}} Fujimoto Miki]] towards Matsuura Aya: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56mAwwryTnA observe.]] However it really went both ways and they are actually best friends. Similarly Yoshizawa Hitomi and Ogawa Makoto and Yaguchi Mari and Ishikawa Rika teased one another quite harshly at times.
** Except for the first version the lyrics of Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari sometimes have an element of this as each verse from version 2 on is sung by the person it's about with other members of the group chiming in at the end.
%%* VocalEvolution
* VocalTagTeam: "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari," and many more. Special mention should be made of the track "[[http://projecthello.com/momusu/why.html Why]]" on ''3rd -LOVE Paradise-,'' in which the lead vocal changes ''every syllable.''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
** Snakes?: Yoshizawa Hitomi.
** Reptiles?: Yaguchi Mari is not a fan.
** Birds?: Ishikawa Rika is afraid of birds ''and'' feathers.
** Bananas?: Nakazawa Yuko hates them.
** Balloons?: Iida Kaori really doesn't like them, especially [[EarthShatteringKaboom when they pop]].
* WouldHitAGirl: As noted above, Iida Kaori found herself on the receiving end of this trope, especially when Morning Musume appeared on Utaban.
** Okamura Takashi also invoked this against Yaguchi Mari, but unlike Iida she was willing to hit back.
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* TranslatedCoverVersion: TranslatedCoverVersion:
** Morning Musume's "Summer Night Town" was covered by Coconuts Musume in English.
** IceCreamusume redid [[=CreaMusume=]] and Da Xiao Jie both covered a few Morning Musume songs in Chinese.
** Kusumi Koharu's Koi Kana was covered in Finnish.
%%* TrillingRs: Shabondama by Morning Musume.
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[{{Jerkass}} Fujimoto Miki]] towards Matsuura Aya: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56mAwwryTnA observe.]] However it really went both ways and they are actually best friends. Similarly Yoshizawa Hitomi and Ogawa Makoto and Yaguchi Mari and Ishikawa Rika teased one another quite harshly at times.
** Except for the first version the lyrics of Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari sometimes have an element of this as each verse from version 2 on is sung by the person it's about with otherVocalEvolution: Many members start off sounding pretty rough but grow into confident, stable vocalists as time goes on.
** Asami Konno and Sayumi Michishige were thought of by fans as being particularly bad, even by IdolSinger standards, but by thegroup chiming in at end of their careers, a lot of people found them much more tolerable to listen to.
** Berryz Koubou and C-ute started out as young kids, so over theend.
%%* VocalEvolution
course of their time as idols, their voices not only improved technically, but also changed in sound and pitch as they got older. Risako Sugaya and Airi Suzuki in particular sound quite different to how they did originally.
* VocalTagTeam:"Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari," and many more. Special mention should be made of the track "[[http://projecthello.com/momusu/why.html Why]]" Morning Musume's "WHY" on their album ''3rd -LOVE Paradise-,'' in which the lead vocal changes ''every syllable.''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
** Snakes?: Yoshizawa Hitomi.
** Reptiles?: Yaguchi Mari is not a fan.
** Birds?: Ishikawa Rika is afraid of birds ''and'' feathers.
** Bananas?: Nakazawa Yuko hates them.
** Balloons?: Iida Kaori really doesn't like them, especially [[EarthShatteringKaboom when they pop]].
* WouldHitAGirl: As noted above, Iida Kaori found herself on the receiving end of this trope, especially when Morning Musume appeared on Utaban.
** Okamura Takashi also invoked this against Yaguchi Mari, but unlike Iida she was willing to hit back.''
** Morning Musume's "Summer Night Town" was covered by Coconuts Musume in English.
** Ice
%%* TrillingRs: Shabondama by Morning Musume.
** Except for the first version the lyrics of Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari sometimes have an element of this as each verse from version 2 on is sung by the person it's about with other
** Asami Konno and Sayumi Michishige were thought of by fans as being particularly bad, even by IdolSinger standards, but by the
** Berryz Koubou and C-ute started out as young kids, so over the
%%* VocalEvolution
* VocalTagTeam:
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
** Snakes?: Yoshizawa Hitomi.
** Reptiles?: Yaguchi Mari is not a fan.
** Birds?: Ishikawa Rika is afraid of birds ''and'' feathers.
** Bananas?: Nakazawa Yuko hates them.
** Balloons?: Iida Kaori really doesn't like them, especially [[EarthShatteringKaboom when they pop]].
* WouldHitAGirl: As noted above, Iida Kaori found herself on the receiving end of this trope, especially when Morning Musume appeared on Utaban.
** Okamura Takashi also invoked this against Yaguchi Mari, but unlike Iida she was willing to hit back.
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* PungeonMaster: Iida Kaori, Maeda Yuuka.
** In Kaori's case at least, they're usually [[JustForPun pretty bad]].
** In Kaori's case at least, they're usually [[JustForPun pretty bad]].
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* WidgetSeries: As far as the majority of people outside Japan are concerned.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: The Leaders and especially Sub-Leaders of groups sometimes act as peacekeepers if there's a falling out between members of their group and on game show appearances they may pick who competes if appropriate. However they are just The FaceOfTheBand, if that, in regards to the actual music.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: The Leaders and especially Sub-Leaders of groups sometimes act as peacekeepers if there's a falling out between members of their group and on game show appearances they may pick who competes if appropriate. However they are just The FaceOfTheBand, the face of the band, if that, in regards to the actual music.
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Real Life troping; Cool Old Lady is a narrative trope and deemed NRLEP because of that
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* CoolOldLady: Yuko Nakazawa. Okay, so she's not that old but there is a significant age difference compared to some other former members: for instance, she is about 13 years older than Ai Kago. Even more so 2014-onwards, now that some members of the current lineup were born after Yuko had already graduated. To reiterate, most of the girls in the current lineup are young enough to be Yuko's daughters!
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* KansaiRegionalAccent: Yuko Nakazawa, Aika Mitsui and Ai Kago amongst others.
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* LongTitle:
** The first A-side for Ai's last single: "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa no Honki de Negatterun da yo!" (I'm Really Hoping for Peace on Earth!) Which was then paired with the ''slightly'' shorter, though no less unwieldy, "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!" (I Want to Open a Shop With My Boyfriend!)
** S/mileage's "Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama".
** The first A-side for Ai's last single: "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa no Honki de Negatterun da yo!" (I'm Really Hoping for Peace on Earth!) Which was then paired with the ''slightly'' shorter, though no less unwieldy, "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!" (I Want to Open a Shop With My Boyfriend!)
** S/mileage's "Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama".
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* BareYourMidriff
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
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* MeddlingParents: Apparently some parents didn't want their daughters to become idols.
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory and Beyooooonds. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Kobushi Tsubaki Factory, Tsubaki Factory BEYOOOOONDS, and Beyooooonds.OCHA NORMA. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.
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* MsFanservice: Once Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto formed [[MeaningfulName GAM]], every costume they wore was designed to show off their [[ShesGotLegs legs]].
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* MsFanservice: Once Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto formed [[MeaningfulName GAM]], every costume they wore was designed to show off their [[ShesGotLegs legs]].legs.
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* ShesGotLegs: Matsuura Aya and Fujimoto Miki a.k.a [[MeaningfulName GAM]]. Also Iida Kaori on occasion.
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** Played closer to the trope description with Mari Yaguchi and Takashi Okamura, with the latter repeatedly pushing the former's BerserkButton and getting an ArmourPiercingSlap for it.
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** Played closer to the trope description with Mari Yaguchi and Takashi Okamura, with the latter repeatedly pushing the former's BerserkButton and getting an ArmourPiercingSlap a BitchSlap for it.
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** Takashi Okamura probably deserves a mention here too. Though obviously not a member, much of the comedy from segments he did alongside H!P members comes from his acting like a {{Jerkass}}, espcially towards Mari Yaguchi but [[ArmorPiercingSlap she didn't always let him get away with it]].
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** Takashi Okamura probably deserves a mention here too. Though obviously not a member, much of the comedy from segments he did alongside H!P members comes from his acting like a {{Jerkass}}, espcially towards Mari Yaguchi but [[ArmorPiercingSlap [[BitchSlap she didn't always let him get away with it]].
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* LoopedLyrics
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* VocalEvolution
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** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the [=PV=] for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a [[NiceHat furry stetson]].
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** PrettyInMink: Kaori Iida plays it very straight in the PV for "I WISH" where she wears a fur coat. Some of the costumes in the [=PV=] for "Renai Revolution 21" are also fur lined -- Kei Yasuda's includes a [[NiceHat furry stetson]].stetson.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
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* NewSoundAlbum: NewSoundAlbum:
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
** Morning Musume tends to swing back and forth from bubblegum pop to more mature music depending on how old the members of the group are. (Currently their style is more heavily influenced by electronic dance music.)
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* NiceHat: In addition to Kei Yasuda's hat in "Renai Revolution 21", there was some attractive haberdashery on display in the videos for "Koi no Dance Site" and "Kimagure Princess".
