Hello! Project Wiki/News


 * July 1, 2019 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Audition 2019 begins
 * On June 30, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido finally announced on their radio show Hello! to meet you! that the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Audition 2019 to recruit new trainees living in Hokkaido prefecture would be held from July 1. The deadline for applications is on August 9.


 * While the main Hello Pro Kenshuusei program adds new members each year, no new members have been added to the Hokkaido branch since it was formed as a result of the Hello! Project "Hokkaido Gentei" Member Audition in July 2016. Only three of the seven founding trainees remain after one ended her training in 2017 and Oota Haruka (ANGERME), Kudo Yume (Juice=Juice) and Yamazaki Mei (Morning Musume '19) made their debuts in 2018 and 2019. However, only two of the remaining three trainees are currently active in the program with Kawano Minori on a break from activities since January 2019.


 * The audition is searching for girls of a wide range of personalities and skills, who love singing, dancing, and Hello! Project. Members will be given lessons in Sapporo and work opportunities around Hokkaido while they aim to make their debut in Hello! Project.


 * Source: Hello! Project, Audition Site


 * June 26, 2019 - Katsuta Rina to graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project
 * On June 26, it was announced that 2nd generation member Katsuta Rina has decided to graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project on September 25 at Pacifico Yokohama.


 * Katsuta stated that she already made her decision to graduate a year ago, but the announcement was held off until after Wada Ayaka's graduation on June 18. She has decided that she wants to pursue work in fashion, which she has studied for at Bunka Gakuen University's Junior College Department of Fashion from April 2017 to March 2019.


 * She first joined Hello! Project in 2009 as a Hello Pro Egg member, and debuted as a member of S/mileage (now known as ANGERME) in 2011.


 * Source: Hello! Project


 * June 25, 2019 - Asakura Kiki continues to take break from activities
 * On June 25, it was announced that Tsubaki Factory's member Asakura Kiki would remain on hiatus to receive treatment for her lumbar disc herniation and will be absent for the entirety of Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER and Tsubaki Factory Fanclub tour "Camellian Journey" in Nagano, as well as Tsubaki Factory’s appearances at TV Asahi's Roppongi Hills Natsu Matsuri SUMMER STATION in July and TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019 in August.


 * Her participation in future activities will be decided depending on the course of the symptoms and the doctor's diagnosis.


 * Source: Hello! Project