Morning Musume Members

This page consists of all current and former members of the J-pop group Morning Musume.

The group is known for their ever-fluctuating line-up, with "graduations" and auditions held nearly every year. As of June 2017, there have been a total of 41 members altogether (1997 - present), 27 graduated members, 2 members which have resigned and 14 generations. There are currently 12 members in Morning Musume '18 which consists of the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th generations.

Leadership

 * Leaders


 * Sub-Leaders


 * The sub-leader position was established on April 16, 2001, when Iida Kaori became the second leader.
 * The sub-leader position was vacant from October 1, 2011 to May 21, 2013, until Tanaka Reina graduated and assigned Fukumura Mizuki and Iikubo Haruna as the new sub-leaders.

Members Colors
Each Morning Musume member has her own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member. Over time, as each member leaves the group, current or new members have the opportunity to change their current color to a different one which is available. No member has the exact same color, but some might have colors that look fairly similar to another member's.

Heritage Members Colors
Official member colors were introduced in spring of 2005.

Tenures
Notable tenures= Members of Morning Musume rarely stay in the group for more than seven years, and to date only nine members have done this.

All names in BOLD are current members.
 * -|All Member Tenures=
 * 1) Michishige Sayumi: 11 Years, 10 Months, 7 Days
 * 2) Niigaki Risa: 10 Years, 8 Months, 23 Days
 * 3) Tanaka Reina: 10 Years, 4 Months, 2 Days
 * 4) Takahashi Ai: 10 Years, 1 Month, 5 Days
 * 5) Kamei Eri: 7 Years, 10 Months, 27 Days
 * 6) Fukumura Mizuki and Ikuta Erina: 
 * 7) Iida Kaori: 7 Years, 4 Months, 24 Days
 * 8) Yoshizawa Hitomi: 7 Years, 21 Days
 * 9) Yaguchi Mari: 6 Years, 11 Months, 12 Days
 * 10) Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi and Sato Masaki: 
 * 11) Abe Natsumi: 6 Years, 4 Months, 18 Days
 * 12) Kudo Haruka: 6 Years, 2 Months, 12 Days
 * 13) Oda Sakura: 
 * 14) Mitsui Aika: 5 Years, 5 Months, 8 Days
 * 15) Suzuki Kanon: 5 Years, 4 Months, 29 Days
 * 16) Ishikawa Rika: 5 Years, 21 Days
 * 17) Yasuda Kei: 5 Years, 2 Days
 * 18) Ogawa Makoto: 5 Years, 1 Day
 * 19) Sayashi Riho: 4 Years, 11 Months, 29 Days
 * 20) Konno Asami: 4 Years, 10 Months, 27 Days
 * 21) Kusumi Koharu: 4 Years, 7 Months, 5 Days
 * 22) Fujimoto Miki: 4 Years, 4 Months, 13 Days
 * 23) Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai: 4 Years, 3 Months, 16 Days
 * 24) JunJun and LinLin: 3 Years, 9 Months
 * 25) Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria and Haga Akane: 
 * 26) Ogata Haruna: 3 Years, 8 Months, 21 Days
 * 27) Nakazawa Yuko: 3 Years, 7 Months, 8 Days
 * 28) Goto Maki: 3 Years, 1 Month, 1 Day
 * 29) Ishiguro Aya: 2 Years, 4 Months
 * 30) Ichii Sayaka: 2 Years, 18 Days
 * 31) Fukuda Asuka: 1 Year, 7 Months, 11 Days
 * 32) Kaga Kaede and Yokoyama Reina: 
 * 33) Morito Chisaki: 

Mentors
Beginning with third generation, when a new member joins Morning Musume, a senior member is sometimes assigned to be their mentor. The mentor system was dropped after the seventh generation, but was officially brought back for the twelfth generation.

Official mentors=
 * Third Generation
 * Ichii Sayaka → Goto Maki
 * Fourth Generation
 * Yasuda Kei → Ishikawa Rika (Team Vocals)
 * Yaguchi Mari → Yoshizawa Hitomi (Team Expressive Power)
 * Iida Kaori → Tsuji Nozomi (Team Rhythm)
 * Goto Maki → Kago Ai (Team Greeting and Manners)
 * Seventh Generation
 * Michishige Sayumi → Kusumi Koharu
 * Twelfth Generation
 * Iikubo Haruna → Mentor to all twelfth generation members
 * Thirteenth Generation
 * Kudo Haruka → Mentor to all thirteenth generation members

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 * -|Unofficial mentors=
 * Fifth Generation
 * Yoshizawa Hitomi → Takahashi Ai
 * Abe Natsumi → Konno Asami
 * Ishikawa Rika → Ogawa Makoto
 * Yaguchi Mari → Niigaki Risa
 * Sixth Generation
 * Yasuda Kei → Mentor to all sixth generation members
 * Eighth Generation
 * Kusumi Koharu → Mitsui Aika
 * Kamei Eri & Tanaka Reina → Junjun
 * Ninth Generation
 * Mitsui Aika → Mentor to all ninth generation members
 * Tenth Generation
 * Mitsui Aika → Mentor to all tenth generation members
 * Twelfth Generation
 * Sato Masaki (Rhythm coach), Ishida Ayumi & Kudo Haruka (Performance Coaches) , Oda Sakura (Posing coach) → Mentor to all twelfth generation members

External Link

 * Wikipedia: English