Hello Pro Egg Audition 2004

'''Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004''' (ハロプロ エッグ オーディション2004) is the first Hello! Project Kenshuusei audition. It was taken place during spring/summer 2004. The purpose for the audition was to find talented people to become "Hello! Pro Eggs" to receive free lessons that will allow their talent to slowly hatch and then allowed to blossom.

Requirements

 * Application Recruitment Period: April–May 2004 (via Hello! Morning )
 * Qualifications: By April 2004, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry, that they will relocate to Tokyo, and that they must be females between first grade to 18 years old.
 * Application Methods: There were two forms of application methods, but applicants must apply only through one method. The first was through an interview at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on 19 June 2004 and the second was through an applicant submitted digital video cassette tape.
 * Number of applicants: 10,570 people

Winners
The following 32 people passed the audition and all, except Arai, started activities in late 2004:
 * Korenaga Miki (是永美記)
 * Kawashima Miyuki (川島幸)
 * Okada Yui (岡田唯)
 * Noto Arisa (能登有沙)
 * Morozuka Kanami (諸塚香奈実)
 * Aoki Erina (青木英里奈)
 * Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)
 * Ohse Kaede (大瀬楓)
 * Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)
 * Sawada Yuri (澤田由梨)
 * Muto Mika (武藤水華)
 * Hashida Mirei (橋田三令)
 * Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
 * Hashimoto Aina (橋本愛奈)
 * Ooyanagi Maho (大柳まほ)
 * Akiyama Yurika (秋山ゆりか)
 * Okada Robin Shouko (岡田ロビン翔子)
 * Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜)
 * Goto Yuki (後藤夕貴)
 * Sainen Mia (西念未彩)
 * Mori Saki (森咲樹)
 * Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美)
 * Kitahara Sayaka (北原沙弥香)
 * Wada Ayaka (和田彩花)
 * Maeda Yuuka (前田憂佳)
 * Fukuda Kanon (福田花音)
 * Saho Akari (佐保明梨)
 * Okai Asuna (岡井明日菜)
 * Sekine Azusa (関根梓)
 * Ogawa Saki (小川紗季)

Trivia
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 * This was the largest group of people to join Hello! Project at the same time, at 32 people.
 * Mano Erina auditioned in for Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004, but did not pass. She eventually became an egg after passing the Up-Front Egg Audition 2007.