Post by yakiitty on Mar 30, 2007 21:36:22 GMT 10
Morning Musume (モーニング娘。, Mōningu Musume) is a popular all-girl J-pop group from Japan that often changes its members. It is also known as "Momusu". Their act revolves around singing and dancing to generally upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of the Hello! Project, masterminded by Tsunku, who writes nearly all of their song lyrics and composes nearly all of the melodies for the songs.
'Musume' means daughter or girl, hence the name 'Morning Girls'. They are meant to be the "daughters of Japan". The group is particularly well-known for its shuffled line-up, with "graduations" occurring nearly each year ("retiring" a girl from the group), and holding auditions to add new members. Along with the shuffled line-up are several splinter groups, and Morning Musume often works closely with other Hello! Project acts, including but not limited to Aya Matsuura, Berryz Koubou, Melon Kinenbi, and Country Musume.
2007 update:
On the March 11 edition of the weekly TV show Hello! Morning, producer Tsunku revealed that he would make an important announcement on the following episode. Several days later, on the fifteenth, it was revealed that two new eighth generation members would be joining the group, Li Chun and Qian Lin, both of Chinese ancestry, as "exchange students".Tsunku has stated that he believes the two new members will be an important key for their planned expansion to Asia. They will make their stage debut on May 6, at Saitama Super Arena, during current leader Yoshizawa's graduation.
On March 21, the group's eighth studio album, SEXY 8 BEAT was released. It was the first album for Aika Mitsui and the last album for Hitomi Yoshizawa. It also contained group songs like the previous two albums, and featured the singles "Aruiteru", "Egao YES Nude", "SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~" and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan".
Current Members
Graduating Leader
Upcoming leader
Upcoming sub-leader
Credits: wikipedia.org & love revolution fanlisting
'Musume' means daughter or girl, hence the name 'Morning Girls'. They are meant to be the "daughters of Japan". The group is particularly well-known for its shuffled line-up, with "graduations" occurring nearly each year ("retiring" a girl from the group), and holding auditions to add new members. Along with the shuffled line-up are several splinter groups, and Morning Musume often works closely with other Hello! Project acts, including but not limited to Aya Matsuura, Berryz Koubou, Melon Kinenbi, and Country Musume.
2007 update:
On the March 11 edition of the weekly TV show Hello! Morning, producer Tsunku revealed that he would make an important announcement on the following episode. Several days later, on the fifteenth, it was revealed that two new eighth generation members would be joining the group, Li Chun and Qian Lin, both of Chinese ancestry, as "exchange students".Tsunku has stated that he believes the two new members will be an important key for their planned expansion to Asia. They will make their stage debut on May 6, at Saitama Super Arena, during current leader Yoshizawa's graduation.
On March 21, the group's eighth studio album, SEXY 8 BEAT was released. It was the first album for Aika Mitsui and the last album for Hitomi Yoshizawa. It also contained group songs like the previous two albums, and featured the singles "Aruiteru", "Egao YES Nude", "SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~" and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan".
Current Members
Graduating Leader
Upcoming leader
Upcoming sub-leader
Credits: wikipedia.org & love revolution fanlisting