Morning Musume Members

This page consists of all current and former members of the J-pop group Morning Musume.

The group is known for their ever-fluctuating line-up, with "graduations" and auditions held nearly every year. As of June 2019, there have been a total of 44 members altogether (1997-present), 28 graduated members, 2 members which have resigned, and 15 generations. There are currently 14 members in Morning Musume '19 which consists of the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th generations.

Leadership

 * Leaders


 * Sub-Leaders


 * The sub-leader position was established on April 16, 2001, when Iida Kaori became the second leader.
 * The sub-leader position was vacant from October 1, 2011 to May 21, 2013, until Tanaka Reina graduated and assigned Fukumura Mizuki and Iikubo Haruna as the new sub-leaders.

Members Colors
Each Morning Musume member has her own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member. Over time, as each member leaves the group, current or new members have the opportunity to change their current color to a different one which is available. No member has the exact same color, but some might have colors that look fairly similar to another member's.

Heritage Members Colors
Official member colors were introduced in the spring of 2005.

Tenures
Notable tenures= Members of Morning Musume rarely stay in the group for more than seven years, and to date only nine members have done this.

All names in BOLD are current members.
 * -|All Member Tenures=
 * 1) Michishige Sayumi: 11 Years, 10 Months, 7 Days
 * 2) Niigaki Risa: 10 Years, 8 Months, 23 Days
 * 3) Tanaka Reina: 10 Years, 4 Months, 2 Days
 * 4) Takahashi Ai: 10 Years, 1 Month, 4 Days
 * 5) Fukumura Mizuki and Ikuta Erina: 
 * 6) Ishida Ayumi and Sato Masaki: 
 * 7) Kamei Eri: 7 Years, 10 Months, 27 Days
 * 8) Iida Kaori: 7 Years, 4 Months, 24 Days
 * 9) Iikubo Haruna: 7 Years, 2 Months, 17 Days
 * 10) Oda Sakura: 
 * 11) Yoshizawa Hitomi: 7 Years, 20 Days
 * 12) Yaguchi Mari: 6 Years, 11 Months, 12 Days
 * 13) Abe Natsumi: 6 Years, 4 Months, 18 Days
 * 14) Kudo Haruka: 6 Years, 2 Months, 12 Days
 * 15) Mitsui Aika: 5 Years, 5 Months, 8 Days
 * 16) Suzuki Kanon: 5 Years, 4 Months, 29 Days
 * 17) Ishikawa Rika: 5 Years, 21 Days
 * 18) Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria and Haga Akane: 
 * 19) Yasuda Kei: 5 Years, 2 Days
 * 20) Ogawa Makoto: 5 Years, 1 Day
 * 21) Sayashi Riho: 4 Years, 11 Months, 29 Days
 * 22) Konno Asami: 4 Years, 10 Months, 27 Days
 * 23) Kusumi Koharu: 4 Years, 7 Months, 5 Days
 * 24) Fujimoto Miki: 4 Years, 4 Months, 13 Days
 * 25) Tsuji Nozomi and Kago Ai: 4 Years, 3 Months, 16 Days
 * 26) Junjun and Linlin: 3 Years, 9 Months
 * 27) Ogata Haruna: 3 Years, 8 Months, 21 Days
 * 28) Nakazawa Yuko: 3 Years, 7 Months, 8 Days
 * 29) Goto Maki: 3 Years, 1 Month, 1 Day
 * 30) Kaga Kaede and Yokoyama Reina: 
 * 31) Ishiguro Aya: 2 Years, 4 Months
 * 32) Morito Chisaki: 
 * 33) Ichii Sayaka: 2 Years, 18 Days
 * 34) Fukuda Asuka: 1 Year, 7 Months, 11 Days
 * 35) Kitagawa Rio, Okamura Homare and Yamazaki Mei: 

Mentors
Beginning with 3rd generation, when a new member joins Morning Musume, a senior member is sometimes assigned to be their mentor. The mentor system was dropped after the 7th generation, but was officially brought back for the 12th generation.

Official Mentors=
 * 3rd Generation
 * Ichii Sayaka → Goto Maki
 * 4th Generation
 * Yasuda Kei → Ishikawa Rika (vocals)
 * Yaguchi Mari → Yoshizawa Hitomi (expressive power)
 * Iida Kaori → Tsuji Nozomi (rhythm)
 * Goto Maki → Kago Ai (greetings and manners)
 * 7th Generation
 * Michishige Sayumi → Kusumi Koharu
 * 12th Generation
 * Iikubo Haruna → mentor to all 12th generation members
 * 13th Generation
 * Kudo Haruka → mentor to all 13th generation members
 * 15th Generation
 * Kaga Kaede, Yokoyama Reina → mentor to all 15th generation members


 * -|Unofficial Mentors=
 * 5th Generation
 * Yoshizawa Hitomi → Takahashi Ai
 * Abe Natsumi → Konno Asami
 * Ishikawa Rika → Ogawa Makoto
 * Yaguchi Mari → Niigaki Risa
 * 6th Generation
 * Yasuda Kei → mentor to all 6th generation members
 * 8th Generation
 * Kusumi Koharu → Mitsui Aika
 * Kamei Eri, Tanaka Reina → Junjun
 * 9th Generation
 * Mitsui Aika → mentor to all 9th generation members
 * 10th Generation
 * Mitsui Aika → mentor to all 10th generation members
 * 12th Generation
 * Ikuta Erina → watchdog to all 12th generation members
 * Sato Masaki → rhythm coach to all 12th generation members
 * Ishida Ayumi, Kudo Haruka → performance coaches to all 12th generation members
 * Oda Sakura → posing coach to all 12th generation members

Trivia

 * Records


 * Notes on Generations


 * Other Trivia

External Link

 * Wikipedia: English

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