Hello! Project - the members
Hello! Project (ハロー！プロジェクト), often shortened to H!P, is the name for a collection of female groups and artists all produced by Tsunku, aof Sharam Q. Morning Musume is the main group of Hello! Project, with a number of Morning Musume ex-members forming the majority of the solo artists in H!P. Besides the core groups and solo artists that form H!P's line-up, various special units are formed by mixing these groups and solo artists. Shuffle units, usually formed by shuffling all the H!P members into three temporary units, were formed once a year but since 2006 the idea has been dropped.
The group of Hello! Project is managed by the Up-Front Agency. Almost all Hello! Project artists' recordings are published by Up-Front Works on either the zetima, PICCOLO TOWN or hachama record labels. But Iida Kaori's Mediterranean styled works are released under the Chichukai label and Maeda Yuki's under the Rice Music label. Country Musume's older work was released on the Potato Label, Coconuts Musume's older works were originally released on the Sony record label, Sheki-Dol's first singles were released on SPREE RECORDS and Heike Michiyo's older works on Warner Music Japan, but they eventually all moved to zetima. As far as J-pop with multiple members is concerned, the girls from Morning Musume no doubt can be regarded as Japan's national treasure. During the Hello! Project 2006 Summer – Wonderful Hearts Land top attractions affiliated to the aforementioned pop family including W's Tsuji Nozomi, the seductive trio Byuden as well as Berryz Kobo, and 7-member group Cu-te unfolded their vocal magic once more. The electrifying atmosphere that started on 9 July in Nagoya, spread to the venue in Osaka, and last but not least to the National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, is omni-present on this release that promises to please all avid fans.
The One Shot Deals only released one or two singles and were never mentioned again, so it can be assumed they're finished. As for the Uncertain category, it depends of the group. Coconuts Musume and Country Musume consist of only one member each (Ayaka and Satoda Mai, respectively) and need more members to continue functioning as a group. Minimoni and Petitmoni are "on hiatus" which means they are on a permanent hold until Tsunku decides to revive them. The status of GAM is unknown, due to Fujimoto Miki's scandal in May 2007.
Current Shows
Title Host Dates
Afternoon Paradise -Trip In the Country- Kimura Ayaka with Tokutake Hirofumi 2005-10-03 to present day
Ai say Hello Mitsui Aika 2007-05-04 to present day
All Night Nippon various guest appearances 1998-09-10 to present day
Berryz Koubou Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki! Berryz Koubou 2004-03-30 to present day
Hello! Music Latte Kimura Ayaka 2005-04-?? to present day
Cutie Party °C-ute 2006-10-07 to present day
FIVE STARS Matsuura Aya (Tuesdays) and Tanaka Reina (Wednesdays) 2007-10-02 to present day
FUN Field Mouretsu Mou-dash Murata Megumi with rotating guests 2005-04-01 to present day
GAKI*KAME Niigaki Risa and Kamei Eri 2007-04-07 to present day
HelloPro Yanen! with rotating hosts 2004-02-06 to present day
Konya mo Usa-chan Peace Michishige Sayumi 2006-10-05 to present day
Majiasa! Nakazawa Yuko with Matsukaze Masaya 2005-10-02 to present day
Guts10☆Gatas Ongaku Gatas 2007-10-01 to present day
pop up inc. various guest appearances 2003-04-?? to present day
Recomen various semi-regular guest appearances 2003 to present day
Shindoru Parlor various hosts 2000 to present day
Tokyo → Niigata Music Convoy Melon Kinenbi 2005-10-03 to present day
Yaruki Manman! various semi-regular guest appearances 2003 to present day
Young Town Douyoubi various guest appearances 1997-11-02 to present day
Also the start of the concert we get to see Lin Lin take the centre of the stage in between Yossie and Mikitty, although without knowing what we already know it looks all perfectly innocent, but perhaps this was a subtle hint of what was coming?
The highlights of the whole DVD for me was Nono performances, after all that has gone on recently it's good to see her performing, I must admit it's been awhile since I saw her performing in a concert and it's good to see that she's as good as ever. Also the last song on the DVD, Aruiteru, is something special, everyone joins in and it sounds great, the amount of voices singing the chorus really gives it a punch. This DVD is a good warm up for the following two DVDs and if you're a big fan of either Berryz of C-ute then you're really going to love it.
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