Morning Musume Happy 8ki Audition

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Morning Musume Happy 8th Generation Audition (モーニング娘. Happy８期オーディション ) is the audition to choose the eighth generation member of Morning Musume.

The only winner was 13-year-old Mitsui Aika.

Audition details

 * Application Requirements
 * Girls aged 10-17 years were allowed to audition.
 * Participants must have graduated elementary school, but may not be older than 21 years of age before April 1, 2007.
 * Participants may not be part of or signed to public entertainment groups such as theatrical agencies.


 * Total Applicants
 * 6883 Auditionees


 * Training camp and theme song
 * Dance - Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan (Morning Musume)
 * Voice - Aruiteru (Morning Musume)


 * Broadcast
 * On Hello! Morning

First round
Participants are not required to send in their application forms, instead they can bring them to several examination events throughout Japan (see list below). There they will be interviewed and have to sing a simple song without instrumentals.

The results of the first round are announced at the examination location on that day.


 * 2006-09-02 Kagoshima, Kagoshima - 7 girls chosen, including:
 * (146) Kashiwagi Yuki (柏木由紀), 15
 * (66) Iwamoto Haruka (岩元遥佳), 14
 * (121) Higa Maria (比嘉万里愛), 12
 * (126) Sekine Chika (関根智華), 13
 * 2006-09-03 Sapporo, Hokkaido - 16 girls chosen, including:
 * (501) Nishimura Kaede (西村楓), 13
 * (554) Watanabe Hikaru (渡邊ひかる), 12
 * (609) Satou Mayu (佐藤麻由), 11
 * (642) Nedefuji Rie (子出藤理恵), 17
 * (646) Nishimura Emika (西村笑花), 15
 * 2006-09-10 Kanazawa, Ishikawa - 5 girls chosen, including:
 * (590) Yamato Yui (山戸唯), 14
 * (593) Takahashi Yuka (高橋有袈), 13
 * 2006-09-17 Hiroshima, Hiroshima - 4 girls chosen
 * 2006-09-17 Sendai, Miyagi - 8 girls chosen, including:
 * (703) Endou Kana (遠藤香南), 12
 * (826) Horaguchi Misa (洞口美沙)
 * 2006-09-18 Fukuoka, Fukuoka - 10 girls chosen, including:
 * (75) Saitou Hikari (斎藤光), 11
 * (341) Okumura Minami (奥村陽), 16
 * (175) Agarie Hikari (東江日香理), 17
 * (176) Hanada Natsumi (花田奈都美), 15
 * 2006-10-01 Osaka, Osaka - 18 girls chosen, including:
 * (356) Okuno Mayuka (奧野真由香), 12
 * (389) Kunimi Ai (国見愛), 12
 * (397) Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳), 13
 * (420) Takei Reina (武井玲奈), 12
 * (428) Morikawa Yumi (森川侑美), 18
 * (453) Mizuno Tamaki (水野環), 12
 * 2006-10-07 Nagoya, Aichi - 19 girls chosen, including:
 * (495) Hori Erika (堀えりか), 13
 * (902) Meitoma Mayumi (命苫真由美), 17
 * (1022) Kitou Momona (鬼頭桃菜), 13
 * (1133) Nakamura Wakana (中村若奈), 14
 * (1211) Yamanaka Madoka (山中まどか), 14
 * (1301) Horikawa Akina (堀川玲奈), 14
 * 2006-10-22 Tokyo, Tokyo - 43 girls chosen, including:
 * (1412) Horie Mina (堀江聖夏), 13
 * (3806) Koizumi Miyuki (小泉美優紀), 15
 * (4487) Masuda Ayami (増田絢美), 13
 * (1617) Kameyama Ayami (亀山綾美), 17
 * (?) Takitsu Kumiko (瀧津久美子), 18
 * (4476) Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友), 14
 * (3863) Sato Sumire (佐藤すみれ), 12


 * There were 6883 applicants in total.

Second round
For the second round, the videotape and profile of each girl is viewed by Tsunku, who then arbitrarily selects the ones he wants to go into the third round.


 * 128 girls were chosen from the first round.

Third round
In this round the girls had to:
 * 1) Sing SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~, Osaka Koi no Uta, or Furusato
 * 2) Give a performance to the rhythm of LOVE Machine.


 * TVQ Kyusha Studio, Fukuoka - 2006-09-24 - 7 Girls from Naha, Kagoshima and Fukuoka
 * Uezato Saki (上里彩希), 11 - Furusato
 * Kashiwagi Yuki (柏木由紀), 15 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Iwamoto Haruka (岩元遥佳), 14 - Furusato
 * Saitou Hikari (斎藤光), 11 - Furusato
 * Hanada Natsumi (花田奈都美), 15 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Okumura Minami (奥村陽), 16 - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Agarie Hikari (東江日香理), 17 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~


 * Osaka - 2006-10-15 - 10 Girls from Kanazawa, Osaka and Nagoya
 * Mizuno Tamaki (水野環), 12 - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Morikawa Yumi (森川侑美), 18 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Kunimi Ai (国見愛), 12 - Furusato
 * Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳), 13 - Furusato
 * Okuno Mayuka (奧野真由香), 12 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Takahashi Yuka (高橋有袈), 13 - Furusato
 * Yamato Yui (山戸唯), 14 - Furusato
 * Hori Erika (堀えりか), 13 - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Nakamura Wakana (中村若奈), 14 - Furusato
 * Yamanaka Madoka (山中まどか), 14 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~


 * Tokyo - 2006-11-05 - 9 girls from Sapporo, Sendai and Tokyo
 * Kameyama Ayami (亀山綾美), 17 - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Koizumi Miyuki (小泉美優紀), 15 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友), 14 - Furusato
 * Sato Sumire (佐藤すみれ), 12 - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Masuda Ayami (増田絢美), 13 - Furusato
 * Watanabe Hikaru (渡邊ひかる), 12 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Nishimura Emika (西村笑花), 15 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Satou Mayu (佐藤麻由), 11 - SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~

Fourth round

 * 6 girls were chosen from the fourth round:


 * Okumura Minami (奥村陽), 16
 * Hanada Natsumi (花田奈都美), 15
 * Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友), 14
 * Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳), 13
 * Sato Sumire (佐藤すみれ), 13
 * Masuda Ayami (増田絢美), 13

They were taken to a mini training camp from 2006-11-18 to 2006-11-19 where they received dance and vocal lessons, and separately recorded Aruiteru in front of Tsunku.

On 2006-12-09, each girl performed a song in front of an audience of 18-25 year old women.

Shortly before the event, Masuda Ayami withdrew from the audition.


 * Songs Performed:
 * Okumura Minami - Do it! Now
 * Satou Sumire - Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~
 * Kikkawa Yuu - Memory Seishun no Hikari
 * Mitsui Aika - Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Hanada Natsumi - Ai Araba IT&apos;S ALL RIGHT

Results
One winner revealed on the 2006-12-10 episode of Hello! Morning: Mitsui Aika.

Trivia

 * Kashiwagi Yuki and Sato Sumire later became members of AKB48. They auditioned after the Morning Musume audition.
 * Horie Mina joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei, but left shortly afterwards.
 * Furukawa Airi later became a member of SKE48.
 * Kitou Momona later became a member of SKE48.
 * Watanabe Hikaru later became a member of SUPER☆GiRLS.
 * Nishimura Emika later became a member of Jammy.
 * Masuda Ayami later became a member of Avex, made her solo debut in November 2012 as "Ayami" for an anime.
 * Agarie Hikari later became a gravure idol under the hiragana name "あがりえひかり".
 * Iwamoto Haruka later became a soloist; performing lives in 2012.
 * Endou Kana later became a member of Flap Girls School, and Girl's Next R6.
 * Mizuno Tamaki later became a talent with MS entertainment under the name Mizuno Kanna.
 * Kikkawa Yuu later became a member of Hello Pro Egg. She was also in MilkyWay with Kusumi Koharu, and is currently a soloist under.