Talk:Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition/@comment-6092594-20130518044602/@comment-2152025-20130518045432

they go by Japanese educational system more than they go by age. H!P wants everyone who auditions to be at least in fifth year elementary school student and at most a third year high school student. Which is why you have to be 10~17 years old BEFORE April 1st (the day the new school year usually starts).

Yamaga Kanae was still 17 on that date, so she can still audition.