Hello! Project (ハロー!プロジェクト, Harō! Purojekuto^?) 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 supergroup Morning Musume. The main producer and songwriter is Tsunku, the lead singer of Sharan Q.

Contents 1 History 2 Current line-up 2.1 Hello! Project 2.2 Hello! Pro Kansai 2.3 Hello! Pro Taiwan 2.4 Hello! Pro Korea 3 Former artists and groups 3.1 Disbanded groups 3.2 Shuffle units 3.3 Concert units 3.4 Former artists 3.5 One-shot and special units 4 Acts and performances 4.1 TV 4.2 Radio 4.3 Concerts 4.4 Musicals 4.5 Sports festivals 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

In 2007, Hello! Project started the Taiwan H.P. New Star Audition; an audition aimed at recruiting new Taiwanese members to join Hello! Project.^[1][2] As a result of the audition, the group Ice Creamusume (アイスクリー娘。^?) was formed consisting of six members from the audition.^[3] On October 19, 2008, Hello! Project announced that it would be graduating all its Elder Club members on March 31, 2009.^[4]

On February 1, 2009, at the Yokohama Arena, Hello! Project held its largest concert ever—the "Hello Pro Award '09 ~Elder Club Sotsugyō Kinen Special~"—featuring 21 groups and 72 members. Former Morning Musume member, Nozomi Tsuji, performed in her first official event since a year and nine months after marrying actor Taiyo Sugiura in June 2007 and giving birth to her daughter, Noa, that November. During the concert, former Hello! Project leader, Yuko Nakazawa, passed her leadership position to Morning Musume member and leader Ai Takahashi.^[5]

In February 2009, it was announced that Hello! Project would begin a series of auditions in South Korea.^[6][7]

[edit] Current line-up

[edit] Hello! Project Morning Musume Berryz Kobo °C-ute Erina Mano S/mileage[8] Hello! Project Eggs (ハロプロエッグ?) Tomoiki: Ki o Uetai (ともいき・木を植えたい?) Shugo Chara! Buono! Shugo Chara egg! (しゅごキャラエッグ！?) Guardians 4 (ガーディアンズ４?) Revived groups High-King Aa! Shin Minimoni Petitmoni V ZYX-α Zoku" v-u-den Tanpopo #

[edit] Hello! Pro Kansai SI☆NA [edit] Hello! Pro Taiwan Ice Creamusume Big Missy (大小姐?) [edit] Hello! Pro Korea Jang Da Yeon

[edit] Former artists and groups

To graduate from Hello! Project means to leave the project. There is also the possibility of leaving a subgroup and remaining in Hello! Project as a soloist. (See Sotsugyō)

[edit] Disbanded groups T&C Bomber Miho Shinoda Ruru Honda Miwa Kominato Sheki Dol Ibuki Oki Ami Kitagami Mami Suenaga Saki Arai W Ai Kago Nozomi Tsuji GAM Coconuts Musume Chelsea Ching April Barbaran Danielle Delaunay Lehua Sandbo Mika Todd Ayaka Kimura Country Musume Hiromi Yanagihara Azusa Kobayashi Rinne Toda Asami Kimura Miuna Saito Mai Satoda Ecomoni [edit] Shuffle units 2000: The Color Groups Akagumi 4 Kiiro 5 Aoiro 7 2001: Party Groups 3-nin Matsuri 7-nin Matsuri 10-nin Matsuri 2002: Happiness Groups Happy 7 Sexy 8 Odoru 11 2003: Elemental Groups SALT5 7AIR 11WATER 2005: Elegance Groups Elegies Sexy Otonajan Puripuri Pink [edit] Concert units Elder Club

[edit] Former artists Graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project Asuka Fukuda Aya Ishiguro Sayaka Ichii Koharu Kusumi Graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project Maiha Ishimura Graduated from °C-ute and Hello! Project Erika Umeda Left °C-ute and Hello! Project Megumi Murakami Kanna Arihara Graduated from Hello Pro Egg and Hello! Project as a group THE Possible Yurika Akiyama Aina Hashimoto Kanami Morozuka Okada Robin Shouko Kaede Oose Yuki Goto Graduated from Hello! Project as a group Melon Kinenbi Hitomi Saito Megumi Murata Masae Ohtani Ayumi Shibata Graduated from Hello! Project as a solo artist Chinatsu Miyoshi Michiyo Heike Rika Ishii Simmin (Hello! Project Foreign Student) Maki Goto Yuko Nakazawa Kaori Iida Natsumi Abe Atsuko Inaba Aya Matsuura Kei Yasuda Mari Yaguchi Nozomi Tsuji Rika Ishikawa Hitomi Yoshizawa Asami Konno Makoto Ogawa Miki Fujimoto Yuki Maeda Erika Miyoshi Yui Okada Miki Korenaga (Ongaku Gatas) Kusumi Koharu Graduated from SI☆NA and Hello! Project Nana Nakayama Graduated from Hello! Project Egg, Ongaku Gatas and Hello! Project Mika Mutou Yuri Sawada Graduated from Hello! Project Egg and Hello! Project Maho Ooyanagi Miyuki Kawashima Mirei Hashida Manami Ogura Ayumi Yutoku Arisa Noto [edit] One-shot and special units Gomattou ROMANS Morning Musume Sakuragumi Morning Musume Otomegumi Nochiura Natsumi DEF.DIVA Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai Athena & Robikerottsu Kira Pika MilkyWay

[edit] Acts and performances

[edit] TV

• Hello! Morning (ハロー!モーニング。^?) on TV Tokyo
• Utaban (うたばん^?) on TBS
• Haromoni@ (ハロモニ＠^?) on TV Tokyo
• Yorosen! (よろセン!^?) on TV Tokyo

[edit] Radio

• MBS Young Town Saturday on MBS Radio (the Kansai area)
• HelloPro Yanen! on ABC Radio

[edit] Concerts

Name	Start date	End date	Performances
First Concert Hello	July 12, 1998	July 27, 1998	3 in 3 cities
Hello! Project Happy New Year '99	January 2, 1999	January 3, 1999	2 in 1 cities
Hello! Project '99	August 24, 1999	August 26, 1999	4 in 3 cities
Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000	January 2, 2000	January 30, 2000	16 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party	July 15, 2000	September 10, 2000	In 12 cities
Hello! Project 2001 Sugoizo! 21st century	January 2, 2001	February 25, 2001	19 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2001 - Together! Summer Party	July 14, 2001	July 29, 2001	13 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2002 ~Kotoshi mo sugoizo~	January 2, 2002	February 17, 2002	28 in 7 cities
Hello! Project 2002 -One Happy Summer Day-	July 13, 2002	July 28, 2002	12 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2003 Winter ~Tanoshinjattemasu!~	January 2, 2003	February 2, 2003	25 in 4 cities
Hello! Project 2003 Summer ~Yosha! Bikkuri Summer!!~	July 19, 2003	July 27, 2003	12 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2004 Winter ~C'mon! Dance World~	January 3, 2004	January 25, 2004	23 in 4 cities
Hello! Project 2004 Summer ~Natsu no Dōn!~	July 17, 2004	August 1, 2004	12 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2005 Winter All Stars Dairanbu ~A Happy New Power! Kaori Iida 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
Hello! Project 2005 Natsu no Kayou Show -'05 Selection Collection!-	July 10, 2005	July 24, 2005	8 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2006 Winter ~Zeninshuu Go!~ Hello! Project Winter 2006 ~Elder Club~ Hello! Project Winter 2006 ~Wonderful Hearts~	January 28, 2006	January 29, 2006	2 in Yokohama 14 in 3 cities 14 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2006 Summer ~Wonderful Hearts Land~	July 9, 2006	July 23, 2006	7 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Shūketsu! 10th Anniversary~ Hello! Project Winter 2007 ~Elder Club The Celebration~ Hello! Project Winter 2007 ~Wonderful Hearts Otome Gocoro~	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
Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Haro☆Pro Natsu Matsuri!~	July 15, 2007	July 29, 2007	11 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kettei! Haro☆Pro Award '08~ Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kashimashi Elder Club~ Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Wonderful Hearts Nenjū Mu Kyū~	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
Hello! Project 2008 Summer Wonderful Hearts Kōen ~Hishochi de Date Itashima Show~	July 19, 2008	August 3, 2008	11 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2009 Winter ~Kettei! Haro☆Pro Award '09 Elder club Graduation Special~ Hello! Project 2009 Winter Elder Club Kōen ~Thank you for your LOVE!~ Hello! Project 2009 Winter Wonderful Hearts Kōen ~革命元年~	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
Hello! Project 2009 Summer 革命元年 ~Hello! chanpuru~	July 19, 2009	August 3, 2009	12 in 3 cities
Hello! Project 2010 Winter 歌超風月 ~Shuffle Date~ Hello! Project 2010 Winter 歌超風月 ~Mobekimasu!~	January 5, 2010 January 2, 2010	January 24, 2010 January 23, 2010	8 in 3 cities 14 in 3 cities

[edit] Musicals

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

[edit] Sports festivals

• Hello! Project Daiundōkai (March 31, 2001 at Saitama Super Arena)
• Hello! Project Daiundōkai (November 3, 2002 at Osaka Dome)
• Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 16, 2003 at Osaka Dome)
• Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 22, 2003 at Tokyo Dome)
• Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (November 14, 2004 at Toyota Stadium)
• 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)

[edit] See also

• Hello! Project's futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
• Hello! Project shuffle units

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Hello! Project official website
• (Chinese) Hello! Project official Taiwanese website
• (English) Hello! Project news feeds at Hello!Online
• (English) ThePPN: Hello! Project
• (English) Hello! Project news and information
• (English) Hello! Project Wiki

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