ASAYAN

ASAYAN, also known as Asakusabashi Young Yohinten (浅草橋ヤング洋品店) was a talent search show which aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Many Hello! Project groups and members were discovered through ASAYAN auditions produced by Tsunku, with probably the most memorable being Morning Musume.

MC

 * Ninety Nine (ナインティナイン)
 * Takashi Okamura (岡村隆史)
 * Hiroyuki Yabe (矢部浩之)
 * Hiromi Nagasaku (永作博美, from 1995 to September 1998)
 * Emiri Nakayama (中山エミリ/中山亜微梨, from January 1999 to 2002)

Narration

 * Jiei Kabira (川平慈英, from 1995 to April 1998)
 * Takashi Matsuo (松尾貴史, from 1999 to April 2001)
 * Hisashi Yamada (やまだひさし, from April 2001 to 2002)