This is the character sheet for Hello! Project. Please also list concepts that were significant to a group under it's name such as Mini Moni's member's all being short or GAM being the embodiment of She's Got Legs.The current lineup (as of May 23, 2012) is
Tsunku is the man who produces the vast majority of Hello! Project's music and personally oversees the auditions process.
Break the Cutie: Asuka claims to have left Morning Musume because the other members bullied her due to her young age. She is the shortest lived member and the only one to completely go back to civilian life.
No longer the case as she has resurfaced as part of a group called PEACE$TONE.
Take That: Her first solo song after being fired "No Hesitation" has a few veiled references to her time as an idol.
Rule of Symbolism: In the video for "No Hesitation" she starts off trying to pack a large suit case and is wearing a dress but at the lyrics "Dangling my halfhearted feelings/with big baggage over my back/I don't need things like that any more" she stops, changes her clothes for a practical t-shirt, shorts and walking boots and opts to carry a backpack.
Self Harm: After being fired from Hello! Project by Up-Front Agency for being photographed smoking having already being suspended for it a year earlier, suffered from severe depression and started cutting herself. She has even admitted to having suicidal thoughts. She has since recovered, in addition to making a comeback as a musician and actress. Unfortunately as of September 2011, Kago Ai has once again attempted to slit her wrists and has been put on suicide watch.
Vitriolic Best Buds: Her friendships with both both Ogawa and Ishikawa she tended to tease them both and would pointedly knock Rika down a peg if she started sounding arrogant, the latter seeming to be her actual best friend in the group.
Ishikawa Rika
Darker and Edgier: Hangry & Angry, a punk duo formed with Yoshizawa Hitomi to sell lolita fashion by h.Naoto.
Brutal Honesty, especially when you consider how much Japanese etiquette means the Japanese have a hard time telling people things they may not want to hear.
Achievements in Ignorance: In the video for "Aa ii na" they walk off straight of a cliff and it takes them a second to notice as the camera pans back to a wide shot, then it takes a few more second before they actually fall.
