Hello Pro Kenshuusei

'''Hello! Pro Egg''' (ハロプロエッグ) is a collection of young girls selected through an audition process (or who are added specially by Tsunku) who are recieving free dance and vocal lessons in the hopes that they will one day be able to debut as a full idol within Hello! Project. Not yet being full members within Hello! Project, the girls don't recieve a great deal of work, mainly just perfoming at concerts as backing dancers for the major acts. All members of Hello Pro Egg have debuted in the Shinjin Kouen concert series, a bunch of concerts mainly staring the members of Hello Pro Egg.

History
In June 2004, 32 winners were selected from the 10,570 applicants of the "Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004." During February 2006, a second audition was held and three more winners were selected into this group. Since then individual members have been added by Tsunku, including Kikkawa Yuu and Linlin. In June 2008, Fukumura Mizuki, Kaneko Rie and Takeuchi Akari were introduced at the Shinjin Kouen concert.

Hello! Pro Egg mostly serve as backup dancers at various Hello! Project concerts. Some Eggs have also acted in various dramas, plays and musicals. The only units made up entirely of Hello! Pro Eggs are Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai and Shugo Chara Egg! who regularly participate in cultural festivals alongside Morning Musume.

Several Eggs and former Eggs also participate in Gatas Brilhantes H.P.: Korenaga Miki is a full-time player, while Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Sengoku Minami and Sawada Yuri serve as reserve players. These five, along with former member Mutou Mika, are also original members of Ongaku Gatas, the first Hello! Project unit to feature both Hello! Project members and Eggs. Tanaka Anri is a former trainee and player of Little Gatas.

In January 2008, Korenaga Miki graduated from Hello! Pro Egg to concentrate on Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas. Noto Arisa took her place as leader of Hello! Pro Egg.

Former Eggs Okada Yui, Arihara Kanna and Linlin have debuted in Hello! Project groups, Mano Erina has debuted as a soloist, and THE Possible has debuted in TNX. As of 2007, all of the members of Hello! Pro Egg have officially debuted in concert in the Shinjin Kouen concert series.

Currently, Noto Arisa, Sengoku Minami, and Sawada Yuri are participating in the Gatas Brilhantes H.P. unit Ongaku Gatas; Kikkawa Yuu and Kitahara Sayaka are participating in the Kirarin☆Revolution unit MilkyWay; Maeda Yuuka is participating in the Cinderella the Musical unit High-King; and Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon and Saho Akari are participating in the Shugo Chara! unit Shugo Chara Egg!. Later Shugo Chara Egg! members Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, and Wada Ayaka left Shugo Chara Egg! and Fukumura Mizuki and Maeda Irori joined Saho Akari. An audition was held to replace Wada Ayaka and Tanabe Nanami was chosen so she is the newest member of Hello! Pro Egg. Tsunku annonced that S/mileage members Maeda Yuuka, Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon, and Ogawa Saki were going to graduate from eggs into full time members of hello project in spring 2010.

Members
'Generations' are not a confirmed way of dividing the Eggs, it is only presumed that they are in generations.

Active Groups

 * Shugo Chara Egg!
 * S/mileage (Maeda Yuuka, Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon and Ogawa Saki)

Inactive Groups

 * v-u-den (Miyoshi Erika, Okada Yui and Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume))
 * Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai
 * THE Possible (Active under TNX)
 * Ongaku Gatas
 * MilkyWay (Kikkawa Yuu, Kitahara Sayaka and Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume))

Acts featuring Former Eggs

 * Morning Musume (Linlin)
 * °C-ute (Arihara Kanna)
 * High-King (Maeda Yuuka)
 * Mano Erina (Soloist)

Current members

 * Aoki Erina (青木英里奈)
 * Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)
 * Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)
 * Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
 * Sainen Mia (西念未彩)
 * Mori Saki (森咲樹)
 * 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)
 * Komine Momoka (古峰桃香)
 * Maeda Irori (前田彩里)
 * Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友)
 * Arai Manami (新井愛瞳)
 * Fukumura Mizuki (譜久村聖)
 * Kaneko Rie (金子りえ)
 * Takeuchi Akari (竹内朱莉)
 * Miyamoto Karin (宮本佳林)
 * Satou Ayano (佐藤綾乃)
 * Sezaki Azusa (瀬崎あずさ)
 * Hirano Tomomi (平野智美)
 * Katsuta Rina (勝田里奈)
 * Konno Airi (百合愛理)
 * Takagi Sayuki (高木紗友希)
 * Tanabe Nanami (田邉奈菜美)

1st Generation (Middle of 2004-32 girls)

 * Aoki Erina (青木英里奈)
 * Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)
 * Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)
 * Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
 * Sainen Mia (西念未彩)
 * Mori Saki (森咲樹)
 * 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)
 * Arai Manami (新井愛瞳)

2nd Generation (2006.06.04)

 * Komine Momoka (古峰桃香)

3rd Generation (2006.08.25)

 * Maeda Irori (前田彩里)

4th Generation (2007.04.07)

 * Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友)

5th Generation (2008.11.24)

 * Fukumura Mizuki (譜久村聖)
 * Kaneko Rie (金子りえ)
 * Takeuchi Akari (竹内朱莉)
 * Miyamoto Karin (宮本佳林)

6th Generation (2009.04.04)

 * Sato Ayano (佐藤綾乃)
 * Sezaki Azusa (瀬崎あずさ)

7th Generation (2009.06.07)

 * Hirano Tomomi (平野智美)
 * Katsuta Rina (勝田里奈)
 * Konno Airi (百合愛理)

8th Generation (2009.11.22)

 * Takagi Sayuki (高木紗友希)
 * Tanabe Nanami (田邉奈菜美)

1st Generation

 * Ooyanagi Maho (大柳まほ), graduated July 2005
 * Kawashima Miyuki (川島幸), graduated September 2005
 * Hashida Mirei (橋田三令), graduated June 2007
 * Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美), graduated November 2007
 * Mutou Mika (武藤水華), graduated April 2008
 * Sawada Yuri (澤田由梨), graduated August 2009
 * Noto Arisa (能登有沙), leader June 2004-September 2009, when she graduated, joined UF eggs

2nd Generation

 * Ogura Manami (小倉愛実), graduated August 2007

1st Generation

 * Okada Yui (岡田唯), joined v-u-den August 2004, graduated March 2009
 * Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜), joined °C-ute January 2006, graduated July 2009
 * THE Possible, graduated October 2007
 * Morozuka Kanami (諸塚香奈実)
 * Ohse Kaede (大瀬楓)
 * Hashimoto Aina (橋本愛奈)
 * Akiyama Yurika (秋山ゆりか)
 * Okada Robin Shouko (岡田ロビン翔子)
 * Goto Yuki (後藤夕貴)
 * Korenaga Miki (是永美記), full-time member of Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas, graduated January 2008

2nd Generation

 * Mano Erina (真野恵里菜) became a soloist March 29, 2008

Exchange Student

 * Linlin (リンリン), joined Morning Musume March 2007

Hello! Pro Egg Units

 * Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai (2005–)
 * THE Possible (2006–), graduated Hello! Project October 2007
 * Shugo Chara Egg! (2008–)
 * S/mileage (2009–2010)

Hello! Project Units Featuring Hello! Pro Egg

 * Ongaku Gatas (2007–2009)
 * MilkyWay (2008–2009)
 * High-King (2008; 2009–)
 * Shin Minimoni (2009–)
 * ZYX-α (2009–)
 * Aa! (2009–)