Morning Musume 11ki Member "Suppin Utahime" Audition

Morning Musume 11th Generation ~Suppin Utahime~ Audition (Morning Musume 11th Generation Auditions ~Make-Up Less, Song-Stress~ Auditions) is the audition to choose Eleventh Generation members for Morning Musume. On May 18, 2012, at Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika's Graduation at the Nippon Budokan, it was announced that the Eleventh Generation auditions would take place. Tsunku said he is: "focusing more on the talents that will be present at this year’s auditions instead of the looks of the members."

Official Musume Audition

Audition details

 * Application Requirements
 * Girls aged 10-17 years were allowed to audition.


 * Total Applicants
 * 9,000+ Auditionees


 * Training camp and theme song
 * Dance - Not specified.
 * Voice - Not specified.


 * Broadcast
 * On Hello! SATOYAMA Life and GirlPop TV.

First round

 * The application deadline was June 25, 2012.

Second Round

 * The second round began on July 15, 2012.
 * The videotape and profile of each girl was viewed by Tsunku, who then arbitrarily selected the ones he wanted to go into the third round.
 * The 2nd round was from July 15th to the 30th in 6 places across the country (Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka).

Third Round

 * The 56 candidates gathered in Tokyo for further screening. From there, they were selected, and invited to the training camp.
 * Dance - What’s Up? Ai wa Dou na no yo~ (Morning Musume)
 * Voice - Be Alive (Morning Musume)

Fourth Round

 * They were taken to a training camp from where they received dance and vocal lessons.
 * 6 girls were chosen from the fourth round:


 * Hamaura Ayano, 12
 * Kishimoto Yumeno, 12
 * Ichioka Reina, 14
 * Ono Haruka, 16
 * Oda Sakura, 13
 * Makino Maria, 12

Results

 * The 11th Generation will be revealed at Morning Musume's 15th Anniversary Concert Tour.

Trivia

 * All members from Hello! Pro Kenshuusei participated in this audition.
 * At the beginning of the auditions, Tsunku said: "That's right, last year Morning Musume continuously recruited, and we will mass recruit an 11th generation who exhibit ideals like "I love to sing!"
 * A girl named Taniguchi Yuna tweeted to her friends and family (Her twitter was private) she had made it into the 3rd round and was unsure whether or not to continue on in the audition, her account has since been closed. Its unknown if she has been disqualified. Tsunku tweeted "Who?" when told about the posting.
 * NICE GIRL Project! members Ono Haruka, Ogata Risa, Hirose Ayami, Okada Sayana, Oshikiri Sayaka, and Fujita Ayaka participated in this audition.
 * Oogaki Hinako, a Morning Musume 10th Member ~Genki Jirushi~ Audition finalist, participated in this audition.