Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition

Morning Musume 12th Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition (モーニング娘. 12期メンバー「未来少女」オーディション) is the audition to choose twelfth generation members for Morning Musume. The auditions were announced on March 16, 2013, the first day of the Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~.

Audition Details

 * Application Requirements: Female, Minimum of age 10 and under 17 years of age.
 * Application Deadline: April 30, 2013.
 * Total Applicants: TBA
 * Training Camp Choreographer: TBA
 * Broadcast: On Hello! SATOYAMA Life

Trivia

 * Tsunku said: "To be able to take on the future of Morning Musume, I want to discover a spontaneous girl with an original image as if she’s from the future who will surely establish the era of tomorrow." He also said: "If there are no valuable person in the audition, the number of Hello! Project members is not important for us. We are not small profits and quick returns group. We are professional. So nobody will pass the audition."
 * Michishige Sayumi said: "As it is right now, when I say I'm the cutest it's not even a joke as I am that cute, so I want a girl who's unbelievably cute so I end up being a joke when I say I'm the cutest."
 * Tanaka Reina said: "I want a yankee. As I'm graduating, the bothersome one will be gone. Someone who has a lot of confidence and makes their surroundings feel stronger."
 * Kudo Haruka begged to Tsunku: "Eh, is not it too early? I don’t want someone too boyish to join. Leave that to me!"
 * Oda Sakura said: "Before the show, I had a feeling that there would be an announcement like this."
 * All members from Hello! Pro Kenshuusei, except Juice=Juice's members, can participate in this audition and will automatically pass to the third round.
 * Tsunku told a journalist: "I will like to keep Morning Musume under 20 members. I hope the new members to surpass the current members. If we are weak in personality, we will go by number of members. So AKB48's impact might be weaker."
 * Tsunku had previously commented on the TV show Mono mane Grand Prix that he wanted a girl named Fukumoto Manaka to join Morning Musume, it is possible that he planned on adding her through this audition. When asked about the audition, Fukumoto said she wants to be a solo singer, rather than an Idol.