History Trivia / HelloProject

* CreatorBacklash: In 2013, Koharu Kusumi confessed in a radio show that she left Morning Musume to distance herself from her IdolSinger image, viewing her tenure in the GirlGroup as only a foothold into the entertainment industry. She also mentioned that she preferred her post-Morning Musume career because she didn't need to practice for concerts and felt more comfortable with having more female fans.

* OldShame: Hello! Project delisted some of their old acts on their release history. While it was probably for maintenance and accuracy purposes (i.e. some artists are still active but no longer working with Up-Front Agency, like Maki Goto), there's also plenty that they would be more than happy to keep buried. One of the groups they delisted was W despite that Nozomi Tsuji is still with their main agency, probably because it infamously ended over Ai Kago's scandal.
** Airi Suzuki ''hated'' the music video for "Tokkaiko Junjo" because of the styling and that her appearance in the CD cover jacket and the music video were different. Basically, the CD cover jacket was shot first and Suzuki had just arrived after Buono!'s "Honto no Jibun" press conference. However, she was forced to change her hairstyle (which she didn't want to) and have a different outfit when shooting the music video.

** Thanks to the newly-announced YouTube Red service, fans in the USA were blocked from watching ''any'' Hello! Project videos for a while -- which is sadly ironic when you consider that their adding English subtitles to their videos was an attempt to spread their music internationally in the first place! It got to the point where Up-Front had to just do what [=YouTube=] asked of it in order to have the videos restored. Apparently they really didn't want their efforts to go to waste.

** Airi Suzuki ''hated'' "Tokkaiko Junjo" because of the styling and hated that her appearance in the CD cover jacket and the music video were different. Basically, the CD cover jacket was shot first and Suzuki had just arrived after Buono!'s "Honto no Jibun" press conference. However, she was forced to change her hairstyle (which she didn't like) and have a different outfit when shooting the music video.

** Sayashi Riho had admired Morning Musume ever since Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ (2003), and joining the group had been her goal ever since.

* FranchiseKiller: The colossal failure of Hello! Project Taiwan caused Hello! Project to withdraw from their initial plans to set up overseas groups in China and South Korea. How bad was it? Well, Hello! Project Taiwan's flagship group, Ice Creamusume, flopped ''so horribly'' that their career lasted for only three months (plus a concert appearance in July) after their debut mini-album sold terribly in all three countries it was released in.

* OldShame: Hello! Project delisted some of their old acts on their release history. While it was probably for maintenance and accuracy purposes (i.e. some artists are still active but no longer working with Up-Front Agency, like Maki Goto), there's also plenty that they would be more than happy to keep buried. One of the groups they delisted was W despite that Nozomi Tsuji is still with their main agency, probably because it infamously ended over Ai Kago's scandal. Another is Ice Creamusume, whose debut mini-album flopped ''so horribly'' that their career lasted only three months (plus a concert appearance in July).

* Several members of Music/AKB48 have auditioned to be in Morning Musume, but didn't make the cut. Yuki Kashiwagi and Ayaka Umeda were some of the auditionees. [[Music/SKE48 Momona Kito]] also auditioned for Morning Musume in 2006 (and made her first televised appearance there!).

* Several members of Music/AKB48 have auditioned to be in Morning Musume, but didn't make the cut. Yuki Kashiwagi and Ayaka Umeda were some of the auditionees.

** Thanks to the newly-announced YouTube Red service, fans in the USA have been blocked from watching ''any'' Hello! Project videos -- which is sadly ironic when you consider that their adding English subtitles to their videos was an attempt to spread their music internationally in the first place!

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl!]]: {{Toku}} fans might know Erina Mano better as [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Kamen Rider Nadeshiko]] nowadays.

* CreatorBacklash: In 2013, Koharu Kusumi confessed in a radio show that she saw Morning Musume as a foothold into the entertainment industry. She also mentioned that she preferred her post-Morning Musume career because she didn't need to practice for concerts and felt more comfortable with having more female fans (as male fans tend to flirt with her).

** Only the most recent albums by Morning Musume are available on iTunes outside of Japan, some (mainly defunct) groups are entirely absent. Sometime in April 2012, the UK iTunes store started selling all of Morning Musume's albums the 10 year anniversary groups EPs and some Ongaku Gatas EPs.

** As of 2015, all Hello! Project songs seem to have been pulled from iTunes in the UK. Tanaka Reina's post-Morning Musume group, [=LoVendoЯ=], is still there though.

** As of 2015, all Hello! Project songs seem to have been pulled from iTunes in the UK. Tanaka Reina's post-Morning Musume group, LoVendoЯ, is still there though.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl!]: {{Toku}} fans might know Erina Mano better as [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Kamen Rider Nadeshiko]] nowadays.

* NoExportForYou: Morning Musume's Love Machine.

** Only the most recent albums by Morning Musume are available on iTunes outside of Japan, some (mainly defunct) groups are entirely absent.

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Niigaki Risa was a fan of Morning Musume before she joined the group. She has frequently been described by fans as being the member who seems to "get into" live performances the most.