Morning Musume 9ki Audition

Morning Musume 9th Generation Audition is the audition to choose 9th generation members for Morning Musume. The members were revealed at the Hello! Project Winter Concert on January 2, 2011. The 9th generation joined Morning Musume in 2011 with a total of four members: three through the nationwide auditions and one Hello! Pro Kenshuusei member Fukumura Mizuki being added as a surprise by Tsunku.

Audition details

 * Application Requirements
 * Female, Minimum age 10 and under 17 years of age.


 * Total Applicants
 * 9,000+ Auditionees


 * Training camp and theme song
 * Dance - Get up Rapper (SALT5)
 * Dance - CRAZY ABOUT YOU (Minimoni)
 * Voice - Aitai Lonely Christmas (°C-ute)


 * Training Camp Choreographer 
 * YokoMizuki Fukumura audition


 * Broadcast
 * On Bijou Gaku starting December 16, 2010, ending 23 December 2010. Audition winners were announced January 2, 2011.

Fourth round

 * 5 girls were chosen from the Fourth round:
 * Ikuta Erina, 13
 * Suzuki Kanon, 12
 * Sayashi Riho, 12
 * Mogi Minami, 11
 * Otsuka Aika, 12

They were taken to a training camp where they received dance and vocal lessons, recorded Aitai Lonely Christmas and danced in a group to GET UP! Rapper and CRAZY ABOUT YOU in front of Tsunku.

Results

 * Fukumura Mizuki
 * Ikuta Erina
 * Sayashi Riho
 * Suzuki Kanon

Trivia

 * Fukumura Mizuki was added from Hello! Pro Kenshuusei as a surprise, after being told she failed the audition.
 * Ogawa Rena, Otsuka Aina and Mogi Minami later joined Hello! Pro Kenshuusei, however, Mogi Minami withdrew in September 2012.
 * Morning Musume 10th Generation member Kudo Haruka participated in this audition.