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:
 * Okada Yui
 * Morozuka Kanami
 * Ohse Kaede
 * Hashimoto Aina
 * Akiyama Yurika
 * Okada Robin Shouko
 * Goto Yuki
 * Arihara Kanna

Trivia

 * This was the largest group of people to join Hello! Project at the same time, at 32 people.