Introduction to Morning Musume. (Japanese: モーニング Musume., also often referred to as Morning Musume., M Musume., Demon Musume. or MM.), is one of the groups of Morning Family, a well-known Japanese female pop idol group with many members. As a young girl, she officially debuted in January 1998. Since then, the members have continued to change, and there have been 8 members. It is the flagship group of the female idol group Hello! Project. (The situation changed after 2005, and there is no such thing as a flagship group.)
Hello! Project is a brand under the large brokerage company Up-Front Group.
Also known as Good Morning, Demon Girl. , MM, Morning mother. ,M mother. Etc.
Type Japanese pop music
Active year 1997 to present
Record company zetima
Formation background: Morning Musume. She debuted in 1998. She first appeared in the 1997 TV Tokyo variety show "ASAYAN" in a program called "Shooting Ran Q Rock Female Vocalist Selection Competition" There were five unsuccessful participants in the event - Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Asuka Fukuda, Natsumi Abe and Keori Iida (the above five have all "graduated" and left Morning Musume.) ***A female idol singer group formed together. The winner of the trials at that time was Mitsuyo Taira.
Before the group’s official debut, Junjun (つんく), the record producer who founded the group and a member of Sheran Q, requested a test to determine whether the losers would have a chance to start again. It is stipulated that the single album "Seed of Love" (Seed of Love), which is limited to 50,000 copies, must be sold on a trial basis at five designated locations in different cities, including Nagoya Stadium, within five days. If the record goes well After selling out, they immediately held a large-scale debut concert at Nagoya Stadium to build momentum.
[Edit this paragraph] Group characteristics
Morning Musume. Currently (May 2007) there are 9 members, ranging in age from 13 to 22 years old. The group's largest age gap was as high as 15 years old. Its characteristic is that although the group form is maintained, the members of the group will change over time. After the original group members "graduate" and debut separately, new members will be added through auditions. It can be said that it is Tokyo Dance Dolls (1990-1996) Year) (Morning Musume. One of the senior members of Hello! Project (ハロープロジェクト) to which Takako Inaba belongs was a member of Osaka Dance Dolls, a group associated with Tokyo Dance Dolls before joining Sun and Moon). In addition, due to the large number of members, in addition to the songs that the whole group sings together, they are often divided into smaller sub-groups such as: Dandelion, Little Good Morning, and Mini Good Morning. , Sakura Group, Otome Group, etc. It is quite special for these sub-groups to release singles individually or even compete with each other. In Taiwan, there are black girls who imitate Morning Musume. The business method is modeled after the members of the famous Hong Kong group Twins (fourth generation Tsuji Nozomi and Kago Ai).
In every talent show, tens of thousands of contestants compete for the Morning Musume team. Competition for new members can be said to be fierce. There are also many "hidden gems" that have been appreciated by other record companies and entered the music scene. Among them, those who are widely familiar to Japanese music fans include Kuraki Mai (Aono Mai) and Koda Kumi (who participated in the talent show under her real name "Kanda Kumiko" at the time ), Jiayang Aizi, etc. In each draft, four contestants who were originally defeated, Fujimoto Miki, Satoda Mai, Miyoshi Erika and Saito Minami, were later admitted by UFA. Among them, Fujimoto Miki debuted as a solo singer, and was later arranged to join Morning Musume in early 2003. , became one of the members of the sixth phase, and was confirmed as Morning Musume on the music program "Music Warriors" on July 16, 2005. Vice-captains; Mai Satoda and Miami Saito have joined Morning Musume. The affiliated group Country Girls Group. Miyoshi and 2005 and Morning Musume. Ace Ishikawa Rika and Eggs' Yui Okada formed Miyuden.
[Edit this paragraph]Hello! Project
Morning Musume.
It is one of the groups under the giant female idol group Hello! Project, which includes Morning Musume. In addition to the previously mentioned Heike Mishiro and Country Girl Group, it also includes individual singers such as Matsuura Aya and Maeda Yuki, as well as some other groups such as Berryz Kobo, ℃-ute, Coco Girls Group, Melon Memorial Day, Taiyo and Moon (T&C Bomber), Mi Yong Chuan, etc.
From Morning Musume. Under normal circumstances, "graduated" members will also be included in the Hello! Project and become individual singers in the group. Such members include Yuko Nakazawa, Maki Goto who has moved to AVEX, Kei Yasuda, and Natsumi Abe. , Keori Iida, Mari Yaguchi and Hitomi Yoshizawa, while Ogawa Mokoto returned to Hello! Project after studying abroad and continued to become a member of Hello! Project.
In addition, some graduating members will be arranged to form another group. Examples include Tsuji Nozomi and Kago Ai's W, and Ishikawa Rika is arranged with two newcomers-Miyoshi Erika and Oka Tian Wei forms a new group Mei Yong Chuan. W and Mei Yong Chuan are also included in the Hello! Project.
Finally, some members also left Hello! Project when they graduated, examples include Sayaka Ichii and Asami Konno. Early graduating members Aya Ishiguro and Asuka Fukuda had not become members of the Hello! Project since the Hello! Project had not yet been established when they graduated. They switched to fashion design and further studies respectively.
[Edit this paragraph] Origin of the group name
Morning Musume. The group name was named by producer Jun Jun. The original concept was that the group wanted to be "as rich and diverse as a breakfast set, making people feel relaxed and happy", but it was named after Morning Musume. Before the group name was officially decided, the producers once considered calling it "Takoyaki Sisters Group" (たこ焼きシスターズ), "87" (the total age of all members at the time), "Metropolitan Prefecture" (all members were born in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokkaido), and even "buffet" (食の发题).
The period in the group name "モーニング妰." and "Morning Musume." are not typographical errors, but official business names legally registered in Japan and with trademark rights that can be extended to 2012. The origin of the period is that when the group's name was first announced on the "Asakusa Bridge" program, one of the program hosts, Okamura Takashi, saw a period after the group name printed by the subtitle machine and jokingly asked, "Just now." I kept paying attention at first, and I wanted to ask, is the period also part of the group name? (さっきからちょっと気になるんですが、あの『まる』は要りますのん?), another host, funny Hiroyuki Yabe from the duo Ninty-Nine replied: "Yes!" (Kay ります!) But in the end, nothing happened. Later, namologist Katsuhiro Ansai spoke to Morning Musume on the Fuji TV program "Happy Birthday". According to the fortune telling of the team name, the total strokes after the period are 23 strokes (calculated based on the strokes of the Japanese team name "モーニング女."), which is an ideal team name. However, if the period is deleted, the total strokes become 22 plan, it may make Morning Musume. Facing a split crisis, Morning Musume was at that time. The captain Yuko Nakazawa then said: "'.' (period) is very important!" ('.' is a big deal.) The period was officially accepted and included in the group name.
In addition, ". 』This symbol is used by Morning Musume. It is also often used in the names of branch groups and programs related to the Hello! Project, such as the Country Girls Group. (Korenturi Musume., spin-off group), coconut girl group. (ココナッツ女., spin-off group), mini good morning. (Mini., spin-off group), Ecological Good Morning. (エコモニ., a limited-time spin-off group), "Hello Good Morning. "(Hello! Morning, ハロー!モーニング., Morning Musume's exclusive variety show), "Very Good Morning. "(モー.たいへんでした, exclusive variety show), "Good Morning in the Air. 》 (エアモニ., a radio program participated by members), "Good Morning Detective. "(モーニングcriminal., a movie starring the first and second-term members), "Edo Shoujo. Loyal Minister's Collection" (Edo's mother.
Tadomizo, a musical starring members) and more.
[Edit this paragraph] Morning Musume. 10th Anniversary Team
Because Morning Musume was formed in September 1997. When it was founded, it was composed of five people: Yuko Nakazawa (24 years old at the time), Aya Ishiguro (19 years old), Keori Iida (16 years old), Natsumi Abe (16 years old) and Asuka Fukuda (12 years old), so it was founded in 10 After the year, Keori Iida (26 years old, the second generation captain), Natsumi Abe (26 years old), Maki Goto (21 years old), Risa Aragaki (18 years old) and Koharu Kuzumi (14 years old) were selected to form "Good Morning" Girls Group. 10th Anniversary Commemoration Team" and released the single "MY ASIA (MY ASIA We Live in)" on January 24, 2007 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its birth in September 2007.
[Edit this paragraph] Join Chinese members
Morning Musume on March 15, 2007. Two Chinese members*** were added for the first time. They are Li Chun from Hunan Province, China, who participated in Super Girl in 2006 and was promoted to the top 50 in Changsha singing area, and Li Chun from Hangzhou City, who has been performing in Japan as Hello since 2006. ! Qian Lin performs as a member of Project Eggs. At the beginning of joining, fans had different reactions (some Japanese fans were disgusted, some of them reacted violently), but now they have gradually accepted the two Chinese members. Now the two Chinese members have established considerable popularity in various places through their own efforts.