Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume

Morning Musume

, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki

Risa Niigaki

is a fifth generation member and current leader of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after moving there at age six. As of 2009, she was the longest-serving sub-leader of Morning...

, the leader of Morning Musume. The main producer and songwriter is Tsunku

Tsunku

, better known professionally as , is a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharam Q, and now as the producer, primary composer, lyricist and main...

, the lead singer of Sharam Q.

1997-2000

In 1997, rock group Sharam Q, fronted by Tsunku

Tsunku

, began auditions for a female vocalist. These auditions aired via reality show Asayan

Asayan

Asayan, originally known as , was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Many Hello! Project artists and groups were discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku....

, and resulted in Michiyo Heike

Michiyo Heike

, is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Mie, Osaka. She first become known after her appearance on the show Asayan in the late 1990s, becoming the first member of the future "Hello! Project"...

being crowned winner. Tsunku, however, decided to give five of the runners-up, Yuko Nakazawa

Yuko Nakazawa

is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.- Biography :...

, Natsumi Abe

Natsumi Abe

is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.-Career:On August 13, 2003, she released her first single, "22 Sai no Watashi," which means "Me, 22 years old," just a few days after her 22nd birthday...

, Kaori Iida

Kaori Iida

is a Japanese pop singer and actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. She has also recorded with the Morning Musume side project band Tanpopo and is currently a solo artist...

, Asuka Fukuda

Asuka Fukuda

is a Japanese pop singer, and she was a member of Morning Musume from 1997 until April 18, 1999.In 1997, Fukuda joined Morning Musume along with Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Natsumi Abe, and Kaori Iida. Although she was the youngest member at that time, she was the first to graduate in April 1999...

and Aya Ishiguro

Aya Ishiguro

is a singer, writer, TV personality and fashion designer in Japan, most famous for her participation in pop group Morning Musume. She was born in Hokkaidō, Japan on May 12, 1978.Aya Ishiguro was a runner-up in a 1997 contest to find a new female rock idol...

, a chance to become a group in their own right. The girls were set the task of selling 50,000 copies of "Ai no Tane

Ai no Tane

is the unofficial debut single of Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume, released under a defunct independent sub-label of Zetima Records on November 3, 1997...

", their demo single, in just five days. The girls sold the required number of copies in four days, and subsequently became an official group.

Morning Musume's debut single, "Morning Coffee", was released on January 28, 1998 on the One Up Music label and charted at #6 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

weekly chart. The group's first official appearance was a joint live in August 1998, at Shibuya Public Hall

Shibuya Public Hall

or is a live theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1964. In the 1964 Summer Olympics, the weightlifting events took place there.The theatre was sponsored by Dentsu and Suntory, which paid ¥80 million to have its name associated with the building from 2006 to 2011.-External links:*...

(now Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall), under the name , the fanclub of the two acts called "Hello!". The first official "units" were Tanpopo

Tanpopo

was the first official subgroup of Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume formed in November 1998. They specialized in singing slow and mature songs, which morphed to an old-fashioned and upbeat style—a genre somewhat similar to that of the band from which it originated.-History: The group...

and Petitmoni

Petitmoni

, also known as Pucchi Moni, was the second official subgroup of the Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume.- History :Founded November 1999, the group initially consisted of Morning Musume members Kei Yasuda, Sayaka Ichii, and Maki Goto...

, created in October 1998. The first "Michiyo Heike & Morning Musume Imotōbun Audition" took place, resulting in the "second generation" of Morning Musume to be added, made up of Sayaka Ichii

Sayaka Ichii

joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7...

, Mari Yaguchi

Mari Yaguchi

, known professionally by her birth name of is a Japanese pop artist and former member of Hello! Project. She is a former member of Morning Musume and Tanpopo, one of its first sub groups, and also founded Minimoni...

and Kei Yasuda

Kei Yasuda

is a Japanese singer, musician and actress under the Up Front Agency's Hello! Project. She was a member and co-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Yasuda, along with Mari Yaguchi and Sayaka Ichii, were the second generation of singers to be recruited into Morning Musume...

.

In January 1999, auditions for Country Musume

Country musume

is an all-female Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.- History :Country Musume was formed in 1999 and was billed as "Country Girls from Hokkaidō". The initial group consisted of members and Hokkaidō natives Rinne Toda, Azusa Kobayashi, and Hiromi Yanagihara....

were held on . In April of that year the girls' official fanclub was renamed "Hello! Project". Auditions were once again held on Asayan between April and July, resulting in Taiyō to Ciscomoon and Coconuts Musume

Coconuts Musume

is a group from Hello! Project that was formed and promoted as the "girls from Hawaii". After nine years, the group officially disbanded when Ayaka Kimura graduated from Hello! Project.- Members :* 1998–2008 –...

, with Country Musume's official formation announced. In July, the first live concert as Hello! Project, "Hello! Project '99 at Yokohama Arena

Yokohama Arena

is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama...

", was held.

The first shuffle units were formed in March 2000, releasing the "theme" of Hello! Project as a B-side. The first Hello! Project television show, "Hello! Morning

Hello! Morning

was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring members of Morning Musume, and sometimes other Hello! Project members on TV Tokyo. It is also known by the shorter name of . On April 1, 2007, the show ended after seven years of broadcast and a new show, featuring the same people, , took its place...

", was created in April.

2001-2005

In March 2001, Morning Musume co-founder and leader Yuko Nakazawa announced her graduation from the group. The actual graduation took place in April, and Nakazawa was subsequently named as leader of the entirety of Hello! Project. Nakazawa's was the first graduation in the history of Hello! Project, and garnered considerable media attention as a result, the first time the group had truly caught the attention of the mainstream press.

Between April and June 2002, the first, and to date only, Hello! Project Kids

Hello! Project Kids

is a Japanese music group of fifteen young girls chosen out of 27,958 applicants in 2002. The group was formed as a part of the Hello! Project. The group has so far published a number of records under both group names and the Hello! Project Kids title....

auditions were held. These auditions resulted in the future members of Berryz Kobo and C-ute, also spawning off-shoot auditions such as auditions for Hello! Pro Egg

Hello! Pro Egg

are a group of female singers under the Hello! Project banner. They are girls chosen when Tsunku and other audition administrators see talent in them that can be developed further, in the hope of one day turning them into successful musicians, and possibly integrating them into other Hello!...

and Hello! Project Kansai. On July 31, a major reform of all of the groups within Hello! Project began, which was referred to as (a pun on Hello (ハロー, Harō) and Armageddon (ハルマゲドン, "Harumagedon")) and "the 7/31 incident" by fans.

2006-present

In February 2006, former Morning Musume member and sub-leader of duo W, Ai Kago

Ai Kago

is a Japanese singer, actress, author and former Guinness World Record holder.At age 12, Kago won the 4th National Audition of Morning Musume held by Up-Front Works Agency in 2000, which led to her admission into the extremely popular idol group as a 4th generation member. In the same year, she...

was caught smoking in public while underage and dating a much older man. Kago was suspended from her activities and eventually began an attempt to return to recording.

On March 26, 2007, Kago was again caught smoking. Her contract was instantly terminated and she underwent no graduation ceremony, as had become standard for leaving members, due to having disgraced herself. In June, it was announced that Asami Konno

Asami Konno

, born May 7, 1987, is a Japanese pop singer, best known as former fifth generation member of the all-girl Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined the group in the August 2001, along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Makoto Ogawa, and Risa Niigaki.- Biography :Konno joined...

, who had graduated from Hello! Project a year prior to study at university, would be returning. Konno became the first person to have graduated from Hello! Project to return. In October Tsunku established a new unit, the Nice Girl Project, as well as The Possible

The Possible

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: The Possible by Joey Boy was released by GMM Grammy in December 2006 to accompany the film. Many of the tracks are cover versions of Western pop songs, except with Thai lyrics that are specific to the characters and situations depicted in the film.The album cover...

, a group made up of Hello! Pro Eggs. Soon after, Maki Goto

Maki Goto

is a Japanese singer, lyricist and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million...

, who had been inactive for some time, graduated from Hello! Project as a soloist. She later transferred to Avex.

In 2007, Hello! Project started the Taiwanese "Morning Family New Star Audition"; an audition aimed at recruiting new Taiwanese members to join Hello! Project.

In April 2008, the debut of Hello! Project Kansai group was announced. The group still have yet to actually debut; though they occasionally appear on television shows and radio they have never recorded a song. In September it was announced that, as a result of the Taiwanese auditions, the group would be formed, consisting of six members. Duo Francis & Aiko, both still only children, was also announced from the same audition. On October 19, 2008, Hello! Project announced its entire Elder Club would be graduating on March 31, 2009. 2008 also marked the first time in a decade that Morning Musume had not performed at the annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Kohaku Uta Gassen

, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...

event, after ten consecutive appearances. The only Hello! Project member to appear on that year's show was Mai Satoda

Mai Satoda

is a member of the Hello! Project group Country Musume.- Biography :Satoda was discovered during the Morning Musume 4th Generation Auditions in 2000. She is also a member of Hello! Project's futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P...

, marking the first appearance of a member of Country Musume.

In February 2009, it was announced that Hello! Project would begin a series of auditions in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. On February 1, 2009, at the Yokohama Arena

Yokohama Arena

, Hello! Project held its largest concert ever—the —featuring 21 groups and 72 members. Former Morning Musume member Nozomi Tsuji performed in her first official event in a year and nine months, after marrying actor Taiyō Sugiura in June 2007 and giving birth to her daughter, Noa, that November. During the concert, former Hello! Project leader Yuko Nakazawa

Yuko Nakazawa

passed her leadership position to Morning Musume leader Ai Takahashi

Ai Takahashi

is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...

. This mass-graduation caused another large surge of fan backlash, resulting in even more fanclub cancellations and merchandise boycotts, and is considered the "third coming of Haromageddon". Later in 2009, several of the old, dormant units were revived. Tanpopo

Tanpopo

, Minimoni, Petitmoni

Petitmoni

, ZYX

ZYX

was a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...

, Aa!

Aa!

is a Japanese pop group in Hello! Project, formerly made up of leader and Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka, Miyabi Natsuyaki and Airi Suzuki, two Hello! Project Kids...

and v-u-den

V-u-den

is a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The group was formed in August 2004 and consists of members Rika Ishikawa , Erika Miyoshi, and Yui Okada, with Ishikawa being the leader. The name means: , , and...

all returned with new line-ups, and High-King

High-King

is a Japanese idol group within Hello! Project. The group was created to promote Morning Musume's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, titled . Their sound is said to have an R&B feel....

returned from hiatus with its original members. These groups became a new concert unit, "Champloo". In August, Morning Musume released their 40th single. On September 30, 2011, Ai Takahashi

Ai Takahashi

is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...

graduated and handed her position as leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project over to Risa Niigaki

Risa Niigaki

Morning Musume
Morning Musume
, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...
Berryz Kobo
°C-ute
Erina Mano
Erina Mano
, born April 11, 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project. She joined in 2006 as a member of Hello Pro Egg, as a trainee. In 2007, she became a member of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and its musical group Ongaku Gatas...
S/mileage
S/mileage
is a Japanese girl group which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg members. They graduated from Egg status in 2010 and became full time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist...
- Lilpri
  Lilpri
  Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri , also known as Lilpri, is a Japanese shōjo anime directed by Makoto Moriwaki. The anime was adapted from the Sega arcade game of the same name.-Plot:...
Buono!
Buono!
is a Hello! Project unit consisting of three members: Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Koubou, and Airi Suzuki from ℃-ute. The name translates into 'tasty', more specifically when used to imply food possesses a pleasant palate...

Former artists and groups

To leave Hello! Project is referred to as a . There is also the possibility of a singer graduating from a subgroup and remaining in Hello! Project as a soloist.

A graduation is a member's final performance either with Morning Musume or one of its many subgroups or associated acts, in which case they are either beginning a solo career or new group within Hello! Project— or, rarely, leaving the Hello! Project umbrella entirely. These departures are usually voluntary and amicable.

The magazine Friday has, on three occasions, published photographs of Morning Musume members that has caused them either to quit the group or be fired. These members are Mari Yaguchi

Mari Yaguchi

, Miki Fujimoto

Miki Fujimoto

, professionally known by her birth name , is a Japanese pop singer and television actress. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single "Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi"...

and Ai Kago

Ai Kago

. Because of these "scandals", and their subsequent sudden departures from the group, Mari Yaguchi and Miki Fujimoto are the only members of Morning Musume to have not undergone a "graduation ceremony" from the band before starting or resuming a solo career. Yaguchi was photographed with her then-boyfriend Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

is a Japanese actor, director and voice actor.-Career:Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo Oguri, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life...

in 2005, and although 22 at the time left voluntarily, stating that she could not maintain the "idol" image required to stay in the group. Yaguchi did have a graduation ceremony three years earlier when she departed MiniMoni, the subgroup she co-founded, in 2002, but did not receive another. Fujimoto was photographed with boyfriend Shōji Tomoharu (whom she later married) in 2007. Ai Kago, although having a graduation ceremony from Morning Musume, did not have a ceremony for leaving Hello! Project, since her repeated scandals resulted in her contract being dissolved and later fired from the agency.

Conversely, Melon Kinenbi

Melon Kinenbi

was an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation...

is the only group in the history of Hello! Project to not undergo a graduation or other personnel change in its entire existence.

On March 31, 2009, the entire 'Elder Club' Hello! Project Concert unit graduated from Hello! Project. This included group Melon Kinenbi and soloists such as Natsumi Abe

Natsumi Abe

and Aya Matsuura

Aya Matsuura

is a Japanese pop singer from Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-2000–2009: Hello! Project:Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. It is a common...

Disbanded groups

T&C Bomber
T&C Bomber
, later known as , was a Japanese girl group under Hello! Project that debuted in April 1999. They released multiple singles and two albums before disbanding in late 2000. The group consisted of four members: , born March 13, 1974 in Osaka; , born May 18, 1972 in Tokyo; , born March 18, 1976 in...
- Miho Shinoda
  Miho Shinoda
  , is a former elite-level gymnast from Japan, and a former J-pop singer in 1999 and 2000 with the group Taiyo to Ciscomoon, for which she was the lead singer. The group was part of Hello! Project.-Biography:...
- Ruru Honda
- Miwa Kominato
Sheki Dol
- Ibuki Oki
- Ami Kitagami
- Mami Suenaga
- Saki Arai
W
- Ai Kago
  Ai Kago
  is a Japanese singer, actress, author and former Guinness World Record holder.At age 12, Kago won the 4th National Audition of Morning Musume held by Up-Front Works Agency in 2000, which led to her admission into the extremely popular idol group as a 4th generation member. In the same year, she...
- Nozomi Tsuji
  Nozomi Tsuji
  , known professionally by her birth name of is a Japanese tarento and a former member of the pop idol group Morning Musume, its subgroup Mini Moni, and the duo W. She has participated in the shuffle groups 10-nin Matsuri, Odoru 11, and 11Water, H.P...
Coconuts Musume
Coconuts Musume
is a group from Hello! Project that was formed and promoted as the "girls from Hawaii". After nine years, the group officially disbanded when Ayaka Kimura graduated from Hello! Project.- Members :* 1998–2008 –...
- Chelsea Ching
- April Barbaran
- Danielle Delaunay
- Lehua Sandbo
  Lehua Sandbo
  Lehualani Ehukai Nahina is a former singer of Norwegian, Hawaiian, Filipino, Irish, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry...
- Mika Todd
- Ayaka Kimura
  Ayaka Kimura
  , currently known by her stage name as Ayaka Nagate , is an actress currently signed to Tristone Entertainment...
Country Musume
Country musume
is an all-female Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.- History :Country Musume was formed in 1999 and was billed as "Country Girls from Hokkaidō". The initial group consisted of members and Hokkaidō natives Rinne Toda, Azusa Kobayashi, and Hiromi Yanagihara....
- Hiromi Yanagihara
  Hiromi Yanagihara
  was a founding member of Hello! Project group Country Musume. She joined Country Musume in 1999 along with Rinne Toda and Azusa Kobayashi. On July 16, 1999, Yanagihara was killed in a car accident one week before the group's first release, Futari no Hokkaidou on July 23, 1999...
- Azusa Kobayashi
- Rinne Toda
- Asami Kimura
  Asami Kimura
  is a J-pop singer and former member of Hello! Project. She joined the group Country Musume in 2000 and became the group leader in 2002. She also played on the Gatas Brilhantes H.P. futsal team. She graduated from Hello! Project on January 28, 2007...
- Miuna Saito
  Miuna Saito
  is a Japanese pop singer was former member of Country Musume from mid 2003 until she graduated from the group on January 28, 2007 and played for Gatas Brilhantes H.P.-Country Musume:She was introduced to Country Musume in mid 2003 instead of Rika Ishikawa...
- Mai Satoda
  Mai Satoda
  is a member of the Hello! Project group Country Musume.- Biography :Satoda was discovered during the Morning Musume 4th Generation Auditions in 2000. She is also a member of Hello! Project's futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P...
Ice Creamusume
Ice Creamusume
Ice Creamusume is an all-girl pop group from Taiwan. They are a part of the Japanese idol group Hello! Project which is the collective of artists under contract to Up-Front Group....
- Wu Si Xuan
  Wu Si Xuan
  Wu Si Xuan , better known in Japan as is the leader of the latest Hello! Project group Ice Creamusume. She was announced as a winner of the Taiwan Hello! Project New Star Auditions on September 20, 2008 along with the other members of Ice Creamusume....
- Zhong An Qi
  Zhong An Qi
  Zhong An Qi , better known in Japan as is the sub-leader of the latest Hello! Project group Ice Creamusume. She was announced as a winner of the Taiwan Hello! Project New Star Auditions on September 20, 2008 along with the other members of Ice Creamusume....
- Ceng De Ping
  Ceng De Ping
  Ceng De Ping , better known in Japan as is a member of the latest Hello! Project group Ice Creamusume. She was announced as a winner of the Taiwan Hello! Project New Star Auditions on September 20, 2008 along with the other members of Ice Creamusume....
- Zhao Guo Rong
  Zhao Guo Rong
  Zhao Guo Rong , better known in Japan as is a member of the latest Hello! Project group Ice Creamusume. She was announced as a winner of the Taiwan Hello! Project New Star auditions on September 20, 2008 along with the other members of Ice Creamusume....
- Qiu Cui Ling
  Qiu Cui Ling
  Qiu Cui Ling , better known in Japan as is a member of the latest Hello! Project group Ice Creamusume. She was announced as a winner of the Taiwan Hello! Project New Star Auditions on September 20, 2008 along with the other members of Ice Creamusume....
- Gu Yun
  Gu Yun
  Gu Yun was a Chinese master landscape artist. His courtesy name was Ruopo . His pen name was Yunhu ....
SI☆NA (Hello! Pro Kansai)
- Nana Nakayama
- Ai Suma
- Manami Iwanama
- Asami Abe

Shuffle units

2000: The Color Groups
- Kiiro 5
- Aoiro 7
- Akagumi 4

2001: Party Groups
- 3-nin Matsuri
- 7-nin Matsuri
- 10-nin Matsuri

2002: Happiness Groups
- Happy 7
  Happy 7
  Happy 7 may refer to:* Happy Seven, anime series* Happy 7, Hello! Project shuffle units...
- Sexy 8
- Odoru 11

2003: Elemental Groups
- Salt5
- 7Air
- 11Water

2004: One School Groups
- H.P. All Stars

2005: Elegance Groups
- Elegies
- Sexy Otonajan
- Puripuri Pink

Chanpuru Groups
- High-King
  High-King
  is a Japanese idol group within Hello! Project. The group was created to promote Morning Musume's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, titled . Their sound is said to have an R&B feel....
- zoku·v-u-den
  V-u-den
  is a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The group was formed in August 2004 and consists of members Rika Ishikawa , Erika Miyoshi, and Yui Okada, with Ishikawa being the leader. The name means: , , and...
- Aa!
  Aa!
  is a Japanese pop group in Hello! Project, formerly made up of leader and Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka, Miyabi Natsuyaki and Airi Suzuki, two Hello! Project Kids...
- ZYX-α
  ZYX
  was a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...
- Shin Minimoni
- PetitmoniV
  Petitmoni
  , also known as Pucchi Moni, was the second official subgroup of the Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume.- History :Founded November 1999, the group initially consisted of Morning Musume members Kei Yasuda, Sayaka Ichii, and Maki Goto...
- Tanpopo#
  Tanpopo
  was the first official subgroup of Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume formed in November 1998. They specialized in singing slow and mature songs, which morphed to an old-fashioned and upbeat style—a genre somewhat similar to that of the band from which it originated.-History: The group...

Hello! Project Mobekimasu

Former artists

Graduated from Morning Musume
Morning Musume
, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

and Hello! Project
- Asuka Fukuda
  Asuka Fukuda
  is a Japanese pop singer, and she was a member of Morning Musume from 1997 until April 18, 1999.In 1997, Fukuda joined Morning Musume along with Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Natsumi Abe, and Kaori Iida. Although she was the youngest member at that time, she was the first to graduate in April 1999...
- Aya Ishiguro
  Aya Ishiguro
  is a singer, writer, TV personality and fashion designer in Japan, most famous for her participation in pop group Morning Musume. She was born in Hokkaidō, Japan on May 12, 1978.Aya Ishiguro was a runner-up in a 1997 contest to find a new female rock idol...
- Sayaka Ichii
  Sayaka Ichii
  joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7...
- Koharu Kusumi
  Koharu Kusumi
  , is a former J-pop singer and voice actress, and currently a model. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her...
- Eri Kamei
  Eri Kamei
  was a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December 15, 2010 in Yokohama Arena along with Junjun and Linlin....
- Junjun
- Linlin
- Ai Takahashi
  Ai Takahashi
  is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...

Graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project
- Maiha Ishimura
  Maiha Ishimura
  is a former member of Hello! Project Kids and Berryz Kobo. In 2002, Maiha successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition. On October 2, 2005, Ishimura graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project at the Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, to finish her education full-time...

Graduated from C-ute and Hello! Project
- Erika Umeda
  Erika Umeda
  was a member of the J-pop group C-ute, under Hello! Project. She was also a member of ZYX along with Momoko Tsugunaga, Mari Yaguchi, Maimi Yajima, Megumi Murakami, and Saki Shimizu.-Musical career:...

Left C-ute and Hello! Project
- Megumi Murakami
  Megumi Murakami
  , born June 6, 1992 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan is a former Japanese pop singer. She is best known as a former member of Hello! Project unit C-ute. Her "official" nickname is "Meguru".- Career :...
- Kanna Arihara
  Kanna Arihara
  is a Japanese pop singer and former member of C-ute.Arihara joined Hello! Project in 2004 as part of the Hello! Pro Egg. Then she joined Tomoiki Ki o Uetai from 2005 until 2006, where she moved onto the current group, C-ute....

Graduated from Hello Pro Egg and Hello! Project as a group
- The Possible
  - Yurika Akiyama
  - Aina Hashimoto
  - Kanami Morozuka
  - Okada Robin Shōko
  - Kaede Ohse
  - Yuki Goto

Graduated from Hello! Project as a group
- Melon Kinenbi
  Melon Kinenbi
  was an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation...
  - Hitomi Saito
    Hitomi Saito
    , born October 31, 1981 in Niigata, Japan, is a former singer. She was the leader of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-pop group formerly within Hello! Project, until its disbandment in 2010...
  - Megumi Murata
    Megumi Murata
    , born March 3, 1981 in Sendai is a former member and sub-leader of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-pop group formerly within Hello! Project, currently working as a tarento and solo artist.-Biography:...
  - Masae Ohtani
  - Ayumi Shibata
    Ayumi Shibata
    is a member of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-pop group which is part of the Hello! Project. She joined the group Tanpopo in 2002 until the group went into an indefinite hiatus after releasing one single...

Graduated from Hello! Project as a solo artist
- Chinatsu Miyoshi
- Michiyo Heike
  Michiyo Heike
  , is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Mie, Osaka. She first become known after her appearance on the show Asayan in the late 1990s, becoming the first member of the future "Hello! Project"...
- Rika Ishii
- Simmin (Hello! Project Foreign Student)
- Maki Goto
  Maki Goto
  is a Japanese singer, lyricist and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million...
- Yuko Nakazawa
  Yuko Nakazawa
  is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.- Biography :...
- Kaori Iida
  Kaori Iida
  is a Japanese pop singer and actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. She has also recorded with the Morning Musume side project band Tanpopo and is currently a solo artist...
- Natsumi Abe
  Natsumi Abe
  is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.-Career:On August 13, 2003, she released her first single, "22 Sai no Watashi," which means "Me, 22 years old," just a few days after her 22nd birthday...
- Kei Yasuda
  Kei Yasuda
  is a Japanese singer, musician and actress under the Up Front Agency's Hello! Project. She was a member and co-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Yasuda, along with Mari Yaguchi and Sayaka Ichii, were the second generation of singers to be recruited into Morning Musume...
- Mari Yaguchi
  Mari Yaguchi
  , known professionally by her birth name of is a Japanese pop artist and former member of Hello! Project. She is a former member of Morning Musume and Tanpopo, one of its first sub groups, and also founded Minimoni...
- Nozomi Tsuji
  Nozomi Tsuji
  , known professionally by her birth name of is a Japanese tarento and a former member of the pop idol group Morning Musume, its subgroup Mini Moni, and the duo W. She has participated in the shuffle groups 10-nin Matsuri, Odoru 11, and 11Water, H.P...
- Rika Ishikawa
  Rika Ishikawa
  , is a Japanese pop singer and TV/radio hostess, associated with the Hello! Project banner and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the trio v-u-den until June 2008...
- Hitomi Yoshizawa
  Hitomi Yoshizawa
  is a former leader of the pop group Morning Musume and current member of the duo Hangry & Angry as Hangry. She is the current leader of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P...
- Asami Konno
  Asami Konno
  , born May 7, 1987, is a Japanese pop singer, best known as former fifth generation member of the all-girl Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined the group in the August 2001, along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Makoto Ogawa, and Risa Niigaki.- Biography :Konno joined...
- Makoto Ogawa
  Makoto Ogawa
  is a Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume. She joined the group in August 2001 along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Asami Konno.Ogawa is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume....
- Miki Fujimoto
  Miki Fujimoto
  , professionally known by her birth name , is a Japanese pop singer and television actress. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single "Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi"...
- Atsuko Inaba
  Atsuko Inaba
  is a J-pop singer formerly within Hello! Project. She began her career as a Japanese idol with female group Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1996, then joined new Hello! Project group Taiyo to Ciscomoon in 1999, until its end in late 2000...
- Aya Matsuura
  Aya Matsuura
  is a Japanese pop singer from Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-2000–2009: Hello! Project:Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. It is a common...
- Yuki Maeda
  Yuki Maeda
  is a Japanese enka singer within Hello! Project. She started her career under the renowned enka record label Teichiku in 2000 with her debut single "Naki Usagi", but did not have any charting singles in Japan until she signed with Up-Front Works and their label Zetima in 2003...
- Erika Miyoshi
  Erika Miyoshi
  is a Japanese pop singer and member of the Hello! Project-associated trio v-u-den.- History :In July 2003, Erika successfully passed the Tsunku♂ Produce Hello! Project Shin Unit Audition...
- Yui Okada
  Yui Okada
  is a former member of J-pop group v-u-den that was associated with Hello! Project. She remained within the group until its disbandment in 2008, after which point she was contracted with Up-Front Agency...
- Miki Korenaga (Ongaku Gatas)

Graduated from Hello! Project Egg, Ongaku Gatas
Ongaku Gatas
is a Japanese girl group consisted of select members from Hello! Project's futsal club Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Hello Pro Egg.-History:The group was formed in 2007. The group's name combines the Japanese word ongaku with the Portuguese word gatas, taken from the name of the Hello! Project futsal...

and Hello! Project
- Mika Mutō
- Yuri Sawada

Graduated from Hello! Project Egg and Hello! Project
- Maho Ohyanagi
- Miyuki Kawashima
- Ayumi Yutoku
- Arisa Noto

Training Process Complete from Hello! Project Egg
- Minami Sengoku
- Yuu Kikkawa
- Saki Mori
- Konatsu Furukawa
- Sayaka Kitahara
- Azusa Sekine
- Manami Arai
- Ayano Satō
- Akari Saho
  Akari Saho
  is a member of Up Up Girls and a former member of Hello! Pro Egg, an idol trainee program under the Hello! Project umbrella. She was also an original member of Shugo Chara Egg!, and played the role of Amulet Spade in the live action segment of the highly acclaimed television series Shugo Chara!...

Resigned from Hello! Project Egg
- Mirei Hashida
- Manami Ogura
- Erina Aoki
- Azusa Sezaki
- Momoka Komine
- Mia Sainen
- Anri Tanaka
- Irori Maeda
  Irori Maeda
  is a Japanese pop singer and member of the Japanese idol group AKBN0. She is a former Hello Pro Egg member. She joined Hello! Project in 2006 as a member of Hello! Pro Egg. In 2011, she left Hello Project for AKBN0.- 2006 :...
- Asuna Okai
- Tomomi Hirano
- Runa Kizawa

Graduated from S/mileage
S/mileage
is a Japanese girl group which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg members. They graduated from Egg status in 2010 and became full time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist...

and Hello! Project
- Saki Ogawa
  Saki Ogawa
  is a former Japanese pop singer, best known as one of the 4 founding members of the Japanese pop group S/mileage.-Biography:Ogawa joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls...

One-shot and special units

Gomattou
Gomattou
was a one-shot Hello! Project group, similar to the Hello! Project shuffle units, that released one single called "Shall We Love?".The formation of Gomattō was announced in October 2002. The idea behind the trio was an R&B style dance-based group featuring Hello! Project soloists Maki Goto, Aya...
Romans
Romans (group)
was a short-lived female Japanese pop unit formed in 2003, consisting of five singers also active in other pop bands from Hello! Project. The group only released one single, "Sexy Night: Wasurerarenai Kare", on August 20, 2003, ranking N°10 on Oricon charts, and disbanded the same...
Morning Musume Sakuragumi
Morning Musume Sakuragumi
, meaning "Sakura Group", was one of the subgroups derived from the Japanese pop group Morning Musume in 2003. Its equivalent was Morning Musume Otomegumi. Like its counterpart, the sole purpose of Sakuragumi was to accommodate towns with smaller concert venues. The group was meant to embody the...
Morning Musume Otomegumi
Morning Musume Otomegumi
was one of the subgroups that the Japanese pop group Morning Musume was divided into in 2003. Its counterpart was Morning Musume Sakuragumi. The group's name is made up of and , meaning "Young Girls' Group". Like Sakuragumi, purpose of Morning Musume Otomegumi was to perform in small towns with...
Nochiura Natsumi
Nochiura Natsumi
was a one-off Hello! Project unit formed in 2004. The members were Maki Goto, Aya Matsuura and Natsumi Abe.The group was composed of soloists, similar to Gomattou, and released their only single, , on October 6, 2004. It reached 4th place on TBS's Top 100 weekly countdown show Count Down TV...
Def.Diva
DEF.DIVA
Def.Diva was a "special group" formed in 2005 from the Hello! Project idol umbrella, and consisted of Aya Matsuura, Maki Goto, Natsumi Abe and Rika Ishikawa. The band's name is an abbreviation of the phrase "Definite Diva"....
Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai
Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai
was a group made up of five past and present members of the Japanese all-girl pop group Morning Musume created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary.- Members :*Kaori Iida – first generation *Natsumi Abe – first generation...
Athena & Robikerottsu
Kira☆Pika
MilkyWay
MilkyWay
is a Hello! Project trio consisting of Morning Musume member and soloist Koharu Kusumi and Hello Pro Egg members Sayaka Kitahara and Yuu Kikkawa. The unit was made mainly for the anime Kirarin Revolution as all girls lend voices to characters in the series...
Shugo Chara Egg!
Guardians 4
Guardians 4
is a Hello! Project unit consisting of leader Aika Mitsui from Morning Musume, Yurina Kumai and Risako Sugaya from Berryz Kobo, and Saki Nakajima from C-ute. It was formed for the sake of performing music for the Shugo Chara! anime...

TV

on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

on TBS

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

Radio

MBS Young Town Saturday on MBS Radio
Mainichi Broadcasting System
is a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network , National Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...

(the Kansai area)
HelloPro Yanen! on ABC Radio
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...

Concerts

Name	Start date	End date	Performances	Release format (date)
1st Concert "Hello!"	July 12, 1998	July 27, 1998	3 in 3 cities	VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
Hello! Project Happy New Year '99	January 2, 1999	January 3, 1999	2 in 1 cities	VHS
Hello! Project Summer Concert '99	August 14, 1999	August 26, 1999	4 in 3 cities	VHS
Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000	January 2, 2000	January 30, 2000	16 in 3 cities	VHS
Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party	July 15, 2000	September 10, 2000	In 12 cities	VHS
Hello! Project 2001 Sugoizo! Nijū-seiki	January 2, 2001	February 25, 2001	19 in 3 cities	VHS
Hello! Project 2001 Together! Summer Party!	July 14, 2001	July 29, 2001	13 in 3 cities	VHS, DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
Hello! Project 2002 ~Kotoshi mo Sugoizo~	January 2, 2002	February 17, 2002	28 in 7 cities	VHS, DVD (March 20, 2002)
Hello! Project 2002 ~One Happy Summer Day~	July 13, 2002	July 28, 2002	12 in 3 cities	VHS, DVD (October 17, 2002)
Hello! Project 2003 Winter ~Tanoshinjattemasu!~	January 2, 2003	February 2, 2003	25 in 4 cities	VHS, DVD (March 19, 2003)
Hello! Project 2003 Summer ~Yosha! Bikkuri Summer!!~	July 19, 2003	July 27, 2003	12 in 3 cities	VHS, DVD (October 8, 2003)
Hello! Project 2004 Winter ~C'mon! Dance World~	January 3, 2004	January 25, 2004	23 in 4 cities	DVD (March 17, 2004)
Hello! Project 2004 Summer ~Natsu no Dōn!~	July 17, 2004	August 1, 2004	12 in 3 cities	DVD (October 6, 2004)
Hello! Project 2005 Winter All Stars Dairanbu ~A Happy New Power! Kaori Iida Kaori Iida is a Japanese pop singer and actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. She has also recorded with the Morning Musume side project band Tanpopo and is currently a solo artist... Graduation Special~ Hello! Project 2005 Winter ~A Happy New Power! Akagumi~ Hello! Project 2005 Winter ~A Happy New Power! Shirogumi~	January 29, 2005 January 3, 2005 January 4, 2005	January 30, 2005 January 23, 2005 January 23, 2005	2 in Yokohama 9 in 3 cities 9 in 3 cities	DVD (March 16, 2005)
Hello! Project 2005 Natsu no Kayō Show ~'05 Selection Collection!~	July 10, 2005	July 24, 2005	8 in 3 cities	DVD (October 5, 2005)
Hello! Project 2006 Winter ~Zeninshū Go!~ Hello! Project Winter 2006 ~Elder Club~ Hello! Project Winter 2006 ~Wonderful Hearts~	January 28, 2006 January 2, 2006 January 2, 2006	January 29, 2006 January 22, 2006 January 21, 2006	2 in Yokohama 14 in 3 cities 14 in 3 cities	DVD (cancelled original release: March 29, 2006. Released later as a fan club item on December 20, 2008)
Hello! Project 2006 Summer ~Wonderful Hearts Land~	July 9, 2006	July 23, 2006	7 in 3 cities	DVD (October 4, 2006)
Hello! Project 2007 Winter Shūketsu! 10th Anniversary Hello! Project Winter 2007 ~Elder Club The Celebration~ Hello! Project Winter 2007 ~Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro~	January 27, 2007 January 5, 2007 January 2, 2007	January 28, 2007 January 20, 2007 January 21, 2007	3 in Yokohama 11 in 3 cities 11 in 3 cities	DVD (4-disc DVD set including footage from the three concerts and backstage, Winter Shūketsu! 10th Anniversary: March 28, 2007)
Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello☆Pro Natsu Matsuri!~	July 15, 2007	July 29, 2007	11 in 3 cities	DVD (October 16, 2007)
Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kettei! Hello☆Pro Awards '08~ Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kashimashi Elder Club~ Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Wonderful Hearts Nenjū Mukyū~	January 26, 2008 January 5, 2008 January 2, 2008	January 27, 2008 January 19, 2008 January 20, 2008	3 in Yokohama 9 in 3 cities 11 in 3 cities	DVD (Kettei! Hello☆Pro Awards '08, Kashimashi Elder Club, Wonderful Hearts Nenjū Mukyū: March 26, 2008)
Hello! Project 2008 Summer Wonderful Hearts Kōen ~Hishochi de Date Itashima Show~	July 19, 2008	August 3, 2008	11 in 3 cities	DVD (October 22, 2008)
Hello! Project 2009 Winter Kettei! Hello☆Pro Awards '09 ~Elder Club Graduation Special~ Hello! Project 2009 Winter Elder Club Kōen ~Thank You For Your Love!~ Hello! Project 2009 Winter Wonderful Hearts Kōen ~Kakumei Gannen~	January 31, 2009 January 10, 2009 January 2, 2009	February 2, 2009 January 25, 2009 January 18, 2009	3 in Yokohama 9 in 3 cities 11 in 3 cities	DVD (Thank You For Your Love!, Kakumei Gannen: March 25, 2009, Kettei! Hello☆Pro Awards '09 ~Elder Club Graduation Special: April 15, 2009)
Hello! Project 2009 Summer Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Champloo~	July 19, 2009	August 3, 2009	12 in 3 cities	DVD (November 14, 2009)
Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachō Fūgetsu ~Shuffle Date~ Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachō Fūgetsu ~Mobekimasu!~	January 5, 2010 January 2, 2010	January 24, 2010 January 23, 2010	8 in 3 cities 14 in 3 cities	DVD (Shuffle Date: March 31, 2010, Mobekimasu: April 8, 2010), Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... (Shuffle Date and Mobekimasu: August 4, 2010)
Hello! Project 2010 Summer ~Fankora!~	July 18, 2010	August 8, 2010	13 in 4 cities	DVD (October 27, 2010), Blu-ray Disc (December 15, 2010)
Hello! Project 2011 Winter ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~	January 2, 2011	January 23, 2011	20 in 3 cities	DVD (A Gana Live, B Kkuri Live: April 27, 2011), Blu-ray Disc (a Full Edition: May 18, 2011)
Hello! Project 2011 Summer ~Nippon no Mirai wa~	July 16, 2011	August 14, 2011	18 in 3 cities

Musicals

Ribbon no Kishi: The Musical (August 1, 2006 – August 27, 2006)
Cinderella: The Musical (2008)
Fashionable: The Musical (2010)

Sports festivals

Hello! Project Daiundōkai (March 31, 2001 at Saitama Super Arena
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...

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Hello! Project Daiundōkai (November 3, 2002 at Osaka Dome
Osaka Dome
Osaka Dome is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Beginning in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merger between the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka...

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Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 16, 2003 at Osaka Dome)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 22, 2003 at Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...

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Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (November 14, 2004 at Toyota Stadium
Toyota Stadium
is a 45,000 seat retractable roof stadium in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 2001 and is often used as home to the J. League club Nagoya Grampus...

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Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (December 5, 2004 at Saitama Super Arena)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2006 ~Hello!Diva Athlete~ (March 19, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena)

External links

Hello! Project official website Hello! Project official Taiwanese website Hello! Project news feeds at Hello!Online

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1997-2000

2001-2005

2006-present

Hello! Project

Former artists and groups

Disbanded groups

Shuffle units

Former artists

One-shot and special units

TV

Radio

Concerts

Musicals

Sports festivals

See also

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