Morning Musume

Morning Musume モ ー ニ ン グ 娘.
Platinum 9 tour in spring 2009
General information
origin	Japan
Genre (s)	J-pop
founding	1997
Website	Homepage
Current occupation
9th gen.	Mizuki Fukumura (since 2011)
9th gen.	Erina Ikuta (since 2011)
10th gen.	Ayumi Ishida (since 2011)
10th gen.	Masaki Sato (since 2011)
11th Gen.	Sakura Oda (since 2012)
12th gen.	Miki Nonaka (since 2014)
12th gen.	Maria Makino (since 2014)
12th gen.	Akane Haga (since 2014)
13th gen.	Kaede Kaga (since 2016)
13th gen.	Reina Yokoyama (since 2016)
14th gen.	Chisaki Morito (since 2017)
15th gen.	Rio Kitagawa (since 2019)
15th gen.	Homare Okamura (since 2019)
15th gen.	Mei Yamazaki (since 2019)
former members
1st gen.	Asuka Fukuda (1997-1999)
1st gen.	Aya Ishiguro (1997-2000)
2nd gen.	Sayaka Ichii (1998-2000)
1st gen.	Yuko Nakazawa (1997-2001)
3rd gen.	Maki Goto (1999-2002)
2nd gen.	Kei Yasuda (1998-2003)
1st gen.	Natsumi Abe (1997-2004)
4th gen.	Nozomi Tsuji (2000-2004)
4th gen.	Ai Kago (2000-2004)
1st gen.	Kaori Iida (1997-2005)
2nd gen.	Mari Yaguchi (1998-2005)
4th gen.	Rika Ishikawa (2000-2005)
5th gen.	Asami Konno (2001-2006)
5th gen.	Makoto Ogawa (2001-2006)
4th gen.	Hitomi Yoshizawa (2000-2007)
6th gen.	Miki Fujimoto (2003-2007)
7th gen.	Koharu Kusumi (2005-2009)
6th gen.	Eri Kamei (2003-2010)
8th gen.	Junjun (2007-2010)
8th gen.	Linlin (2007-2010)
5th gen.	Ai Takahashi (2001-2011)
5th gen.	Risa Niigaki (2001-2012)
8th gen.	Aika Mitsui (2006–2012)
6th gen.	Reina Tanaka (2003-2013)
6th gen.	Sayumi Michishige (2003-2014)
9th gen.	Riho Sayashi (2011-2015)
9th gen.	Canon Suzuki (2011-2016)
10th gen.	Haruna Iikubo (2011-2019)
10th gen.	Haruka Kudo (2011-2017)
12th gen.	Haruna Ogata (2014-2018)

Morning Musume ( Japanese モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 mōningu musume , about morning girl ), currently under the name Morning Musume '20 (pronounced two-zero ), is a J-Pop girl group founded in 1997 with a constantly changing line-up. The group is one of the most successful in Japan.

Morning Musume is part of Hello! Project , an association of female occupied pop groups and solo artists of all Tsunku , the ex-singer of Sharan Q , are produced. Most of the new girls were not older than 15 years and were selected at the beginning in the casting show "Asayan", later in their own show Hello! Morning . Since several members were usually added at the same time, the respective newcomers were divided into generations, which originally consisted mostly of three or four members.

Under the umbrella of Hello! Project , members of the group also formed sub-groups (e.g. Pucchi Moni , Tanpopo , Mini-Moni ) or are part of independent groups (e.g. Country Musume, Biyūden). Some of the dropped out members stayed as solo artists in Hello! Project (e.g. Miki Fujimoto ), but at the beginning of 2009 all ex-members from Hello! Project resigned.

history

Timeline of changing members, as well as singles and albums

In 1997 the Japanese producer Tsunku was looking for a rock singer. Michiyo Heike won the casting for the Japanese show “Asayan” . However, their first singles were not as successful as hoped, and so Tsunku produced the single "Ai no Tane" with five other finalists in the casting. When the song sold 50,000 times within a week, Tsunku founded the group Morning Musume in January 1998, the original line-up consisting of Yuko Nakazawa ( 中 澤 裕子 ), Kaori Iida ( 飯 田 圭 織 ), Aya Ishiguro ( 石 黒 彩 ), Natsumi Abe ( 安 倍 な つ み ) and Asuka Fukuda ( 福田 明日香 ). At the end of January 1998, the group released their first single, "Morning Coffee", which made it to number 6 on the Japanese pop charts.

Shortly after the release of the first single, the group was expanded to include the second generation, which consisted of Kei Yasuda ( 保 田 圭 ), Mari Yaguchi ( 矢 口 真 里 ) and Sayaka Ichii ( 市井 紗 耶 香 ). In May Morning Musume's second single “Summer Night Town” reached number 4 and the first album “First Time”, which was released in July, also reached number 4 on the album charts. In September Morning Musume hit with their third single “Daite! Hold on me ”first hit the singles charts. The first Morning Musume subgroup emerged when Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida and Mari Yaguchi appeared as "Tanpopo" ( dandelion ). This was the basis for the Hello! Project emerged. At the same time, Yuko Nakazawa began a solo career on the side.

Asuka Fukuda, the youngest member at the age of 13, left Morning Musume in January. The third generation casting winner, Maki Gotō ( 後 藤真 希 , also 13 years old), joined shortly afterwards. The seventh single, "Love Machine" sold over a million copies and was # 1 for three weeks. It is Morning Musume's most successful hit to date. In the same year, the second subgroup Pucchi Moni , consisting of Kei Yasuda, Sayaka Ichii and Maki Goto, was created.

Aya Ishiguro, the second singer of the original five-piece lineup, left the project in January. In April, after further castings, the new members of the fourth generation Rika Ishikawa ( 石川 梨 華 ), Hitomi Yoshizawa ( 吉澤 ひ と み ), Nozomi Tsuji ( 辻 希 美 ) and Ai Kago ( 加 護 亜 依 ) joined them. In the summer of that year, Sayaka Ichii left the group after almost two years.

Mini-Moni, one of the most popular Morning Musume subgroups, was founded especially for children . In May Yuko Nakazawa left the group, so that only Natsumi Abe and Kaori Iida were left of the original cast. After renewed auditions, Ai Takahashi (高橋 愛), Asami Konno (紺 野 あ さ 美), Makoto Ogawa (小川 麻 琴) and Risa Niigaki (新 垣 里 沙) joined in August as the fifth generation .

In April, Kei Yasuda left the group after Maki Goto took this step in 2002. In January 2004, the sixth generation were the newcomers Eri Kamei (亀 里 絵 里), Michishige Sayumi (道 重 さ ゆ み) and Reina Tanaka (田中 れ な), as well as the solo singer Miki Fujimoto (藤 本 美 貴),> who was already in the castings for the 4th Generation took part and is therefore ahead of the members of the 5th generation in the internal ranking list. Due to the loss and the new addition, Miki Fujimoto took over the main vocals together with Ai Takahashi. In January 2004, the penultimate original member, Natsumi Abe, left the group, and in August 2004 Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji started their own business as group "W". Kaori Iida retired in January 2005 as the last member of the original cast after seven years. In mid-2005, Mari Yaguchi had to leave after Friday magazine exposed her relationship with an actor. Then Rika Ishikawa should have taken over the leadership, but since she left the group, Hitomi Yoshizawa took over the leadership.

In May 2005, the seventh generation Koharu Kusumi (久住 小春) was added. Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa, from the 5th generation, left the group in summer 2006. Asami Konno left the music business completely in order to study at a university, but later came to Hello! Project back.

In late 2006, Aika Mitsui (光 井 愛 佳) became a member of Morning Musume. At Hitomi Yoshizawa's farewell concert in March 2007, two Chinese women were introduced, Qian Lin (Linlin, リ ン リ ン) and Li Chun (Junjun, ジ ュ ン ジ ュ ン). Tsunku called them a kind of exchange student. Hitomi Yoshizawa, who left the group on May 6, 2007, continued to work as an entertainer in the Hello! Project. In their place, Miki Fujimoto took over the lead, while Ai Takahashi filled the gap in the co-lead. On June 1, 2007, Fujimoto left the group after a few days earlier the "Friday" magazine, which had already caused the end of Mari Yaguchi at Morning Musume, revealed her relationship with the comedian Tomoharu Shōji. Ai Takahashi became the new leader and Risa Niigaki became the subleader. In 2008 Morning Musume made its first appearance outside of Japan in Taiwan, and their single "Resonant Blue" was the best-selling single from Hello! Projects 2008. In August, Morning Musume performed with Cinderella - The Musical in Takarazuka. 2008 was the first year that the cast of the group remained unchanged. On March 31, 2009, all members of the Hello Project Elder Club (including Nozomi Tsuji, who was on maternity leave at the time) exited the Hello! Project to either devote yourself to other tasks or to withdraw from the music business entirely. They were welcomed by the fans and current members of Hello! On February 1st with a big concert in the Yokohama Arena. Projects adopted. Yuko Nakazawa officially handed over her leadership position of the Hello! Project to Ai Takahashi, who is now the oldest member of the same. In August, Morning Musume released their 40th single Nanchatte Renai, the 7th single with the same line-up. With around 70,000 CDs sold, it was the most successful single in almost 4 years. Morning Musume's 41st single "Kimagure Princess" was released in October. After the start of their “Morning Musume's 2009 Fall Tour: Nine Smile” tour, it was announced that Kusumi Koharu's Morning Musume and the Hello! Project is left. Their farewell concert took place on December 6, 2009 in Tokyo. On February 10, 2010 her 42nd single "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" was released, and on March 17, 2010 her 10th album "10 My Me" was released. Her 43rd single "Seishun Collection" was released on June 9th. On August 8, it was surprisingly announced that Eri Kamei , Junjun and Linlin would leave the group after the concert tour in autumn. Junjun and Linlin are expected to return to China, while Eri Kamei is expected to drop out due to a skin condition. At the same time it was announced that there will be a new casting, which means that the group will get new members again. In November the single "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" was released.

The casting for the 9th generation started on September 21, 2010, five girls made it to the final round. The winners were announced at the "H! P 2011 Winter Concert" on January 2nd, 2011. After the ninth generation was introduced, it was announced at the Hello! Project concert on January 9th that Ai Takahashi would be leaving Morning Musume at the end of the autumn tour.

The tenth generation, consisting of Masaki Satō, Haruka Kudō, Ayumi Ishida and Haruna Iikubo, was introduced on September 29, the first day of the autumn tour and Ai Takahashi's final tour, bringing the membership to 12. The following day, September 30th, the last concert with Ai Takahashi took place. Until then she had been in the group for over 10 years, which was the longest membership time of a member. She passed this task on to Risa Niigaki, who was now the last member of the fifth generation and at the same time the oldest. The first song with the tenth generation, "Pyocopyoco Ultra," was released on January 25, 2012. The single reached number 3 in the charts , but was Morning Musume's worst-selling single with 34,050 CDs sold. In February, Risa Niigaki announced that she was leaving Morning Musume. Their last concert took place on May 18, 2012 and was part of Morning Musume's spring tour 2012. Sayumi Michishige then took over the direction . The last single with Risa Niigaki "Renai Hunter" was released on April 11, 2012. On the first day the single could be sold a good 17,000 times and reached number 3 in the daily charts. This position was held for the next two days. On April 4, 2012 it was surprisingly announced that Aika Mitsui and Risa Niigaki were leaving Morning Musume. She injured her ankle in the spring of 2011 and has not been able to actively participate in concerts since then. Similar to Eri Kamei in 2010, she gets out so that her ankle could recover from the injury. On May 18, 2012 Risa Niigaki and Aika Mitsui gave their last concert, Sayumi Michishige became the new leader of the group. At the same time, the auditions for the eleventh generation were announced and started. 2012 was an anniversary year for the group, they celebrated their 15th birthday and their 50th single, "One Two Three / The Matenrou Show", was released on July 4th. With around 110,000 units sold in total, including 100,000 in the first week of sales, it was the most successful single since “Go Girl 'Koi no Victory'” from 2003 and “Koko ni Iruzee!” From 2002. On October 10th the next single followed, "Wakuteka Take A Chance".

From the castings of the 11th generation, Sakura Oda emerged, who had previously participated in the castings of S / mileage . On November 18, 2012 it was announced that Tanaka Reina will leave the group and the Hello! Project after the spring tour 2013 and continue her career with her own band. On January 23, 2013, Morning Musume released their 52nd single (Oda's debut) with "Help me !!" It stayed at number 1 on the Oricon charts for a week (the last time this was the case with "Shouganai Yume Oibito") and sold over 100,000 times in the first two weeks. On May 21, 2013, at Reina Tanaka's graduation concert, it was announced that Morning Musume will have two subleaders for the first time in the group's history: Mizuki Fukumura from the 9th generation and Haruna Iikubo from the 10th generation. The 54th single "Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke / Ai no Gundan" was released on August 28, 2013 and reached first place in the charts. This was the third number one hit in a row. This was last seen with single No. 14, “Souda! We're Alive ”, which eleven years earlier also reached number 1 in the charts as the third title in a row. In addition, with around 156,000 units sold, the single was the most successful single since “Koko ni Iruzee!”, Which was also released in 2002.

On December 6, 2013, Tsunku announced in a blog post that the group would join “Morning Musume. '14 ”, spoken of will call Morning Musume One Four . The number at the end of the name should be adjusted annually so that it can be seen in which year a single was released. However, he also stated that he might reject this idea if it does not resonate with the fans.

The year 2014, now under the name Morning Musume. '14 , started with the announcement of a collaboration with the mobile communications brand au of the company KDDI . The group will meet with the comedy group "Morisanchū" in some commercials play. There they appear under the name "Mori Musume." Another advertising deal was announced at the end of May. It's an advertising campaign with the vegetable juice company Kagome.

A song from the 55th single, Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai , was the official anthem of the Japanese Olympic team for the Winter Olympics in Sochi . After the first casting for the 12th generation, "Mirai Shoujo" 2013, no winner emerged, a new round was announced on the first day of the 2014 spring tour. The casting is called "Golden Audition". We are looking for girls between the ages of 10 and 17 who enjoy singing. It is planned that the winners of the casting will not officially join the group until 2015.

After the fourth No. 1 hit in a row with the 55th single, which was a novelty in the history of the group, this was achieved with the 56th single, “Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe / Password is 0 ”, again and has thus achieved the fifth No. 1 position in a row.

During the spring tour 2014 it was announced that Sayumi Michishige would leave the group after eleven years after the autumn tour in the same year. A second trip to America has also been announced for their last tour. The group will perform in New York at the Best Buy Theater on October 5th. On September 30th, the members of the new, 12th generation were introduced at the Nippon Budōkan . These are Akane Haga and Maria Makino from Hello! Pro Kenshūsei , Haruna Ogata and Miki Nonaka.

Sayumi Michishige was bid farewell with a final concert on November 26th. During the concert, Mizuki Fukumura was named the new leader; her position as subleader went to Erina Ikuta and Haruna Iikubo.

In February 2015 it was announced that Morning Musume would contribute the theme song of the Pretty Cure film "All Stars: Spring Carneval". The song "Ima Koko Kara" is part of the 58th single. The group can also be seen in the credits of the film. Members Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida and Sakura Oda will also have minor speaking roles.

Member list

Current formation

(As of December 12, 2016)

Surname	Date of birth	Age	Date of entry	generation	Member color (approximate)	Others
Mizuki Fukumura 譜 久 村 聖	October 30, 1996	23	January 2, 2011	9	Hot pink	leader
Erina Ikuta 生 田 衣 梨 奈	July 7, 1997	23			Yellow-green	Subleaders
Ayumi Ishida 石田 亜 佑 美	January 7, 1997	23	September 29, 2011	10	Royal blue	Subleaders
Masaki Sato 佐藤 優樹	May 7, 1999	21st			Emerald green
Sakura Oda 小田 さ く ら	March 12, 1999	21st	September 14, 2012	11	lavender
Miki Nonaka 野 中美 希	October 7, 1999	20th	September 30, 2014	12	violet
Maria Makino 牧野 真 莉 愛	February 2, 2001	19th			pink
Akane Haga 羽 賀 朱 音	March 7, 2002	18th			orange
Kaede Kaga 加 賀 楓	November 30, 1999	20th	December 12, 2016	13	Italian red
Reina Yokoyama 横山 玲奈	February 22, 2001	19th			Golden yellow
Chisaki Morito 森 戸 知 沙希	February 19, 2000	20th	June 26, 2017	14th	White
Rio Kitagawa 北 川莉 央	March 16, 2004	16	June 22, 2019	15th	Sea blue
Homare Okamura 岡村 ほ ま れ	May 9, 2005	15th			daisy
Mei Yamazaki 山 﨑 愛 生	June 28, 2005	15th			green

former members

(Status: January 3, 2016)

Surname	Date of birth	Age	Date of entry	Date of leaving	generation
Yuko Nakazawa	June 19, 1973	47	September 7, 1997	April 15, 2001	1
Aya Ishiguro	May 12, 1978	42		January 7, 2000
Kaori Iida	August 8, 1981	39		January 30, 2005
Natsumi Abe	August 10, 1981	39		January 25, 2004
Asuka Fukuda	17th December 1984	35		April 18, 1999
Kei Yasuda	December 6, 1980	39	May 3, 1998	May 5, 2003	2
Mari Yaguchi	January 20, 1983	37		April 14, 2005
Sayaka Ichii	December 31, 1983	36		May 21, 2000
Maki Goto	September 23, 1985	34	August 22, 1999	September 23, 2002	3
Rika Ishikawa	January 19, 1985	35	April 16, 2000	May 7, 2005	4th
Hitomi Yoshizawa	April 12, 1985	35		May 6, 2007
Nozomi Tsuji	June 17, 1987	33		August 1, 2004
Ai Kago	February 7, 1988	32
Ai Takahashi	September 14, 1986	33	August 26, 2001	September 30, 2011	5
Asami Konno	May 7, 1987	33		July 23, 2006
Makoto Ogawa	October 29, 1987	32		August 27, 2006
Risa Niigaki	October 20, 1988	31		May 18, 2012
Miki Fujimoto	February 26, 1985	35	January 19, 2003	June 1, 2007	6th
Eri Kamei	December 23, 1988	31		December 15, 2010
Sayumi Michishige	July 13, 1989	31		November 26, 2014
Reina Tanaka	November 11, 1989	30th		21st May 2013
Koharu Kusumi	July 15, 1992	28	January 9, 2005	December 6, 2009	7th
Aika Mitsui	January 12, 1993	27	December 10, 2006	May 18, 2012	8th
Junjun (Li Chun)	January 11, 1988	32	March 15, 2007	December 15, 2010
Linlin (Qian Lin)	March 11, 1991	29
Riho Sayashi	May 28, 1998	22nd	January 2, 2011	December 31, 2015	9
Canon Suzuki	August 5, 1998	22nd		May 31, 2016
Haruna Iikubo	November 7, 1994	25th	September 29, 2011	December 16, 2018	10
Haruka Kudo	October 27, 1999	20th		December 11, 2017
Haruna Ogata	February 15, 1999	21st	September 30, 2014	20th June 2018	12

management

There is always one leader and one co-leader (subleader) per generation, which are occupied by the members who have been in Hello! Project are. If the most experienced are there for the same length of time, preference is given to the older person.

leader

#	Surname	Period of time
1.	Yuko Nakazawa	Formation - April 15, 2001
2.	Kaori Iida	April 16, 2001 - January 30, 2005
3.	Mari Yaguchi	January 31, 2005 - April 14, 2005
4th	Hitomi Yoshizawa	April 14, 2005 - May 6, 2007
5.	Miki Fujimoto *	May 7, 2007 - June 1, 2007
6th	Ai Takahashi	June 1, 2007 - September 30, 2011
7th	Risa Niigaki	October 1, 2011 - May 18, 2012
8th.	Sayumi Michishige	May 19, 2012 - November 26, 2014
9.	Mizuki Fukumura	November 27, 2014 (current)

^* Miki Fujimoto was preferred to all members of the 5th generation, as she had already participated in the castings for the 4th generation and was then offered a contract as a solo singer.

Sub-Leader

#	Surname	Period of time
- * .	-	Formation - April 15, 2001
1.	Kei Yasuda	April 16, 2001 - May 5, 2003
2.	Mari Yaguchi	May 5, 2003 - January 30, 2005
3.	Hitomi Yoshizawa	January 31, 2005 - April 14, 2005
4th	Miki Fujimoto	April 14, 2005 - May 6, 2007
5.	Ai Takahashi	May 7, 2007 - June 1, 2007
6th	Risa Niigaki	June 1, 2007 - September 30, 2011
-	- **	October 1, 2011 - May 21, 2013
7th	Mizuki Fukumura & Haruna Iikubo ***	May 21, 2013 - November 26, 2014
8th.	Haruna Iikubo & Erina Ikuta ****	November 27, 2014 - December 16, 2018
9.	Erina Ikuta & Ayumi Ishida *****	since December 16, 2019 (current)

^* The person of the sub-leader has only existed since Kaori Iida took over the leadership.
^** After Risa Niigaki took over the position of leader, the position of sub-leader was not refilled until May 21, 2013.
^*** Mizuki Fukumura and Haruna Iikubo have been named joint sub-leaders.
^**** After Mizuki Fukumura got the leader position, Erina Ikuta moved up as a subleader.
^***** Ayumi Ishida also moved up for Haruna Iikubo.

Discography

Albums

No.	title	transcription	date	Sales total	Charts	Awards
1	フ ァ ー ス ト タ イ ム	First time	July 8, 1998	310.290	# 4
2	セ カ ン ド モ ー ニ ン グ	Second morning	July 28, 1999	428,990	# 3
3	3rd-LOVE パ ラ ダ イ ス	3rd-LOVE Paradise	March 29, 2000	863,300	# 2	million
4th	4th い き ま っ し ょ い!	4th Ikimasshoi!	March 27, 2002	515,440	#1	platinum
5	No.5	-	March 26, 2003	174,593	#1	platinum
6th	愛 の 第 6 感	Ai no Dai 6 ch	December 8, 2004	73,333	# 7
7th	レ イ ン ボ ー 7	Rainbow 7	February 15, 2006	44,714	# 7
7.5	7.5 冬冬 モ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 ミ ニ!	7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!	December 13, 2006	29,645	# 14
8th	SEXY 8 BEAT	-	March 21, 2007	31,819	# 7
-	COVER YOU	-	November 26, 2008	12,037	# 27
9	プ ラ チ ナ 9 DISC	Platinum 9 DISC	March 18, 2009	19,143	# 13
10	10 MY ME	-	March 17, 2010	16,133	# 9
11	Fantasy! 拾 壱	Fantasy! Juuichi	December 1, 2010	13,062	# 16
12	12, ス マ ー ト	12, smart	October 12, 2011	13,889	#8th
13	13 カ ラ フ ル キ ャ ラ ク タ ー	13 Colorful Character	September 12, 2012	17,832	# 6
14th	14 章 ~ The message ~	14shou ~ The message ~	October 29, 2014	30,783	# 7
15th	15 Thank you, too	-	06 December 2017	37,348	# 4

Compilations

No.	title	Romaji / English	date	total Sales	Charts
-	ベ ス ト！ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .1	Best! Morning Musume 1	January 31, 2001	2,259,510	#1
-	ベ ス ト！ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .2	Best! Morning Musume 2	March 31, 2004	180,897	# 4
-	モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .EARLY SINGLE BOX	Morning Musume Early Single Box	December 15, 2004	-	-
-	モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .ALL SINGLES COMPLETE ~ 10th ANNIVERSARY ~	Morning Musume All Singles Complete ~ 10th Anniversary ~	October 24, 2007	47,130	# 6
-	モ ー ニ ン グ 娘. 全 シ ン グ ル カ ッ プ リ ン グ コ レ ク シ ョ ン	Morning Musume Zen Single Coupling Collection	October 7, 2009	11,464	# 17
-	Morning Musume Best of Singles Japan Expo Limited Edition	-	July 1, 2010	-	-
-	The Best! ~ Updated モ ー ニ ン グ 娘. ~	The Best! ~ Updated Morning Musume. ~	September 25, 2013	21,848	# 6
-	モ ー ニ ン グ 娘. 全 シ ン グ ル カ ッ プ リ ン グ コ レ ク シ ョ ン vol. 2	Morning Musume Zen Single Coupling Collection vol. 2	March 12, 2014	10,580	# 15
-	One ・ Two ・ Three to Zero	-	5th October 2014	-	-
-	ベ ス ト！ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 。20th Anniversary	Best! Morning Musume 20th Anniversary	20th March 2019	43,932	#1

Singles

No.	title	transcription	date	Sales 1st week	Sales total	Charts	Remarks	Awards
-	愛 の 種	Ai no tane	November 3, 1997	50,000	(sold within 4 days)	-	debut
1	モ ー ニ ン グ コ ー ヒ ー	Morning coffee	January 28, 1998	95,060	200,790	# 6	Major debut
2	サ マ ー ナ イ ト タ ウ ン	Summer Night Town	May 27, 1998	86,670	417.330	# 4	2nd generation debut
3	抱 い て HOLD ON ME!	Daite HOLD ON ME!	September 9, 1998	183,500	497.120	#1
4th	Memory 青春 の 光	Memory Seishun no Hikari	February 10, 1999	93,440	410,850	# 2	Last single with Asuka Fukuda
5	真 夏 の 光線	Manatsu no Kousen	May 12, 1999	122,610	235.010	# 3
6th	ふ る さ と	Furusato	July 14, 1999	102,750	170,670	# 5
7th	LOVE マ シ ー ン	LOVE machine	September 9, 1999	241,540	1,646,630	#1	Maki Gotō's debut (3rd generation) and last single with Aya Ishiguro	million
8th	恋 の ダ ン ス サ イ ト	Koi no Dance Site	January 26, 2000	600,860	1,229,970	# 2		million
9	ハ ッ ピ ー サ マ ー ウ ェ デ ィ ン グ	Happy Summer Wedding	May 17, 2000	471.270	990.950	#1	Last single with Sayaka Ichii and the 4th generation debut	million
10	I WISH	-	September 6, 2000	407.350	654.640	#1
11	恋愛 レ ボ リ ュ ー シ ョ ン 21	Renai Revolution 21	December 13, 2000	515,490	986.040	# 2	Last single with Yuko Nakazawa
12	ザ ☆ ピ ~ ス!	The Peace!	July 25, 2001	310.810	682.320	#1		platinum
13	Mr. Moonlight ~ 愛 の ビ ッ グ バ ン ド ~	Mr. Moonlight ~ Ai no Big Band ~	October 31, 2001	308.940	513.340	#1	5th generation debut
14th	そ う だ! We're ALIVE	Souda! We're ALIVE!	February 20, 2002	272,950	443.630	#1
15th	Do it! Now	-	July 24, 2002	180,490	310,600	# 3	Last single with Maki Gotō	gold
16	こ こ に い る ぜ ぇ!	Koko ni Iruzee!	October 30, 2002	139.070	228,542	#1		gold
17th	モ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 の ひ ょ っ こ り ひ ょ う た ん 島	Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima	February 19, 2003	72,594	151,342	# 4		gold
18th	AS FOR ONE DAY	-	April 23, 2003	84,251	129,893	#1	Last single with Kei Yasuda	gold
19th	シ ャ ボ ン 玉	Shabondama	July 30, 2003	98,028	151.104	# 2	6th generation debut	gold
20th	Go Girl ~ 恋 の ヴ ィ ク ト リ ー ~	Go Girl ~ Koi no Victory ~	November 6, 2003	73,884	145.340	# 4		gold
21st	愛 あ ら ば IT'S ALL RIGHT	Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT	January 21, 2004	78.142	108,368	# 2	Last single with Natsumi Abe	gold
22nd	浪漫 ~ MY DEAR BOY ~	Novel ~ MY DEAR BOY ~	May 12, 2004	67,144	97.255	# 4		gold
23	女子 か し ま し 物語	Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari	July 22, 2004	58,435	91,789	# 3	Last single with Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji	gold
24	涙 が 止 ま ら な い 放 課後	Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago	November 3, 2004	50,967	65,873	# 4
25th	THE マ ン パ ワ ー !!!	THE manpower !!!	January 19, 2005	51,421	67,860	# 4	Last single with Kaori Iida
26th	大阪 恋 の 歌	Osaka Koi no Uta	April 27, 2005	46,945	59,287	# 2	Last single with Rika Ishikawa and Mari Yaguchi
27	色 っ ぽ い じ れ っ た い	Iroppoi Jirettai	July 27, 2005	68.009	82,200	# 4	Debut of Koharu Kusumi (7th generation)
28	直 感 2 ~ 逃 し た 魚 は 大 き い ぞ! ~	Chokkan 2 ~ Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo! ~	November 9, 2005	43,535	54,428	# 2
29	SEXY BOY ~ そ よ 風 に 寄 り 添 っ て ~	SEXY BOY ~ Soyokaze ni Yorisotte ~	March 15, 2006	36,531	48,667	# 4
30th	Ambitious! 野心 的 で い い じ ゃ ん	Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan	June 21, 2006	37,065	47,159	# 4	Last single from Makoto Ogawa and Asami Konno
31	歩 い て る	Aruiteru	November 8, 2006	40,967	55,694	#1
32	笑顔 YES ヌ ー ド	Egao YES Nude	February 14, 2007	40,884	53,047	# 4	Debut of Aika Mitsui (8th generation)
33	悲 し み ト ワ イ ラ イ ト	Kanashimi Twilight	April 25, 2007	53,551	61,322	# 2	Last single with Hitomi Yoshizawa and Miki Fujimoto
34	女 に 幸 あ れ	Onna ni Sachi Are	July 25, 2007	43,364	50,812	# 2	Debut of LinLin and JunJun (both 8th generation)
35	み か ん	Mikan	November 21, 2007	28,082	38,667	# 6
36	リ ゾ ナ ン ト ブ ル ー	Resonant Blue	April 16, 2008	49,386	57,964	# 3
37	ペ ッ パ ー 警 部	Pepper Keibu	September 24, 2008	38,596	46,067	# 3
38	泣 い ち ゃ う か も	Naichau Kamo	February 18, 2009	44.121	50,313	# 3
39	し ょ う が な い 夢 追 い 人	Shouganai Yume Oibito	May 13, 2009	47,528	53,950	#1
40	な ん ち ゃ っ て 恋愛	Nanchatte Renai	August 12, 2009	54,973	70,299	# 2
41	気 ま ぐ れ プ リ ン セ ス	Kimagure Princess	October 28, 2009	36,274	45.241	# 4	Last single with Koharu Kusumi
42	女 が 目 立 っ て な ぜ イ ケ ナ イ	Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai	February 10, 2010	36,169	44,035	# 5
43	青春 コ レ ク シ ョ ン	Seishun Collection	June 9, 2010	34,122	40,865	# 3
-	あ っ ぱ れ 回 転 ず し!	Appare Kaiten Zushi!	October 27, 2010	7,336	9,235	# 13	Under the name "Muten Musume"
44	女 と 男 の ラ ラ バ イ ゲ ー ム	Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game	17th November 2010	42,405	48,357	# 6	Last single with Eri Kamei, JunJun and LinLin
45	ま じ で す か ス カ!	Maji desu ka ska!	April 6, 2011	33,698	41,029	# 5	9th generation debut
46	Only you	-	June 15, 2011	32,869	40,778	# 4
47	こ の 地球 の 平和 を 本 気 で 願 っ て る ん だ よ! / 彼 と 一 緒 に お 店 が し た い	Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo! / Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai	September 14, 2011	49,576	55,643	# 2	Last single with Ai Takahashi
48	ピ ョ コ ピ ョ コ ウ ル ト ラ	Pyocopyoco Ultra	January 25, 2012	31.094	34,050	# 3	10th generation debut
49	恋愛 ハ ン タ ー	Renai Hunter	April 11, 2012	41,036	49,232	# 3	Last single with Risa Niigaki and Aika Mitsui
50	One ・ Two ・ Three / The 摩天 楼 シ ョ ー	One ・ Two ・ Three / The Matenrou Show	4th July 2012	100,598	110,475	# 3		gold
51	ワ ク テ カ Take a chance	Wakuteka Take a chance	October 10, 2012	81,682	88,977	# 3		gold
52	Help me !!	-	January 23, 2013	93.286	103.936	#1	Sakura Oda (11th generation) debut	gold
53	ブ レ イ ン ス ト ー ミ ン グ ／ 君 さ え 居 れ ば 何 も 要 ら な い	Brainstorming / Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai	17th April 2013	94.037	106,680	#1	Last single with Reina Tanaka	gold
54	わ が ま ま 気 の ま ま 愛 の ジ ョ ー ク / 愛 の 軍 団	Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke / Ai no Gundan	August 28, 2013	144.061	158.915	#1		gold
55	笑顔 の 君 は 太陽 さ / 君 の 代 わ り は 居 や し な い / What is LOVE?	Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE?	January 29, 2014	149,361	160,768	#1		gold
56	時空 を 超 え 宇宙 を 超 え / Password is 0	Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe / Password is 0	April 16, 2014	119,409	132.225	#1		gold
57	TIKI BUN / シ ャ バ ダ バ ド ゥ 〜 / 見 返 り 美人	TIKI BUN / Shabadaba Doo ~ / Mikaeri Bijin	15th October 2014	135.109	142.077	# 2	Last single with Sayumi Michishige	gold
58	青春 小僧 が 泣 い て い る ／ 夕 暮 れ は 雨 上 が り り ／ イ マ コ コ カ ラ	Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru / Yuugure wa Ameagari / Ima Koko Kara	April 15, 2015	101.275	108,813	# 2	12th generation debut	gold
59	Oh my wish! / ス カ ッ と My Heart / 今 す ぐ 飛 び 込 む 勇 気	Oh my wish! / Sukatto My Heart / Imasugu Tobikomu Yuuki	19th August 2015	141.038	149,309	# 2		gold
60	冷 た い 風 と 片 思 い / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only	Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only	December 29, 2015	143.030	153,242	#1	Last single with Riho Sayashi	gold
61	泡沫 サ タ デ ー ナ イ ト! / The Vision / Tokyo と い う 片 隅	Utakata Saturday Night! / The Vision / Tokyo to Iu Katasumi	May 11, 2016	113.961	121,477	# 2	Last single with Kanon Suzuki	gold
62	セ ク シ ー キ ャ ッ ト の 演説 ／ ム キ ダ シ で 向 き 合 っ て ／ そ う じ ゃ な い	Sexy Cat no Enzetsu / Mukidashi de Mukiatte / Sou ja nai	23rd November 2016	97,818	102.244	#1		gold
63	BRAND NEW MORNING / ジ ェ ラ シ ー ジ ェ ラ シ ー	BRAND NEW MORNING / Jealousy Jealousy	March 08, 2017	79.206	86,182	# 2	13th generation debut	gold
64	邪魔 し な い で Here We Go！ ／ 弩 級 の ゴ ー サ イ ン ／ 若 若 い ん だ し!	Jama Shinai de Here We Go! / Dokyuu no Go Sign / Wakain da shi!	04 October 2017	111.049	119,651	# 2	Last single with Haruka Kudo and debut of the 14th generation	gold
65	Are you happy? / A gonna	-	June 13, 2018	114.105	130.371	#1	Last single with Haruna Ogata	gold
66	フ ラ リ 銀座 ／ 自由 な 国 だ か ら	Furari Ginza / Jiyuu na Kuni Dakara	October 24, 2018	110,973	121,676	# 2	Last single with Haruna Iikubo	gold
67	人生 Blues / 青春 Night	Jinsei Blues / Seishun Night	June 12, 2019	109,824	124,536	# 3
68	KOKORO ＆ KARADA / LOVE ペ デ ィ ア / 人間 関係 No way way	KOKORO & KARADA / LOVEpedia / Ningen Kankei No way way	February 22, 2020	126,884	135,593	# 2	15th generation debut

Web links

Commons : Morning Musume  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage, jp

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The end of an era: Elder Club graduates . Hello-Online.org
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Morning Musume Sales . J-Ongaku.org
3. ^ Tanpopo History . Museumstuff.com
4. ↑ Up-Front Fan Club: "„ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 の 7 期 メ ン バ ー 「久住 小春」 に 関 し て " ( Memento from August 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Hello-Online.org: "Kusumi Koharu graduates from Hello! Project"
6. ^ Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Single) Fourty second single release from Morning Musume. Hello-Online.org, Release Date: 2010-02-10
7. ↑ Morning Musume - 10 My Me (Album) 10th album Hello-Online.org, Release Date: 2010-03-17
8. ↑ Neowing.com: "(CD) 青春 コ レ ク シ ョ ン (通常 盤)"
9. ^ Morning Musume Blog: Big announcement from the Morning Musume . ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ UNTITLED –Morning Musume CDJapan.co.jp
11. ↑ helloproject.com: "光 井 愛 佳 に 関 す る 大事 な お 知 ら せ" ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ mainichi.jp: "道 重 さ ゆ み: モ ー 娘 .8 代 目 リ ー ダ ー に 就任" ( Memento from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ oricon.co.jp: "モ ー 娘。 唯一 の 11 期 メ ン バ ー が 決定! ハ ロ プ ロ エ ッ グ 出身 の 13 歳 ・ 小田 さ く ら"
14. ↑ 田中 れ い な に 関 す る 大 切 な お 知 ら せ ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ^ Announcement concerning Reina Tanaka
16. ↑ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 に 関 し て の お 知 ら せ. In: Tsunkublog. Retrieved December 7, 2013 (jp). 
17. ↑ au の 学 割 キ ャ ン ペ ー ン 2014 新 キ ャ ラ ク タ ー に 最強 の ア イ ド ル ユ ユ ニ ッ ト 「モ リ 娘。」 を 起用. In: KDDI. Retrieved January 22, 2014 (jp). 
18. ↑ 〜 カ ゴ メ 「野菜 一日 こ れ 一 本」 新 TVCM〜 古田 新 太 さ ん と モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .'14 が 初 共 演! In: Kagome. Retrieved May 29, 2014 (jp). 
19. ↑ Morning Musume to sing the official support song for Japanese national team at the 'Sochi 2014 Olympics'. In: tokyohive.com. Retrieved January 22, 2014 . 
20. ↑ 「モ ー ニ ン グ 娘 .'14 <黄金 (ゴ ー ル デ ン)> オ ー デ ィ シ ョ ン！」 開 催 決定! (No longer available online.) In: Hello! Project. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014 ; accessed on March 18, 2014 (jp). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ モ ー 娘。 道 重 さ ゆ み が 卒業 を 発 表 「次 の 世代 に バ ト ン タ ッ チ」. In: Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved April 30, 2014 (jp). 
22. ↑ "We got fired up!" Morning Musume. '14 to hold a concert in Broadway, New York. In: tokyogirlsupdate.com. Retrieved September 7, 2014 . 
23. ^ "Morning Musume '15 to Perform PreCure All Stars: Spring Carnival Theme Song. In: animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015 (English). 
24. ^ [EN] Concerning Kanon Suzuki from Morning Musume. '16. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved December 12, 2016 . 
25. ^ Suzuki Canon . In: Hello! Project Wiki . ( Online [accessed December 12, 2016]).
26. ↑ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 の シ ン グ ル 売 り 上 げ ラ ン キ ン グ
27. ↑ ^{a b c d} ゴ ー ル ド デ ィ ス ク 認定
28. ↑ モ ー ニ ン グ 娘。 の シ ン グ ル 売 り 上 げ ラ ン キ ン グ