2021

2021 is the year when Takagi Sayuki left Juice=Juice and Hello! Project.

Following 2020, it is also the year in which concerts, events, and releases across Hello! Project and UP-FRONT GROUP continued to be affected in some way due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members

• January 1: Morning Musume '20 becomes Morning Musume '21.
• January 24:
  • Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka, and Satoyoshi Utano form the BEYOOOOONDS sub-unit, SeasoningS.
  • Hirai Miyo becomes leader of SeasoningS.
• February 12: Takagi Sayuki leaves Juice=Juice and Hello! Project.
• March 16: Kawano Minori and Nishimura Karin ended their training with Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido.

Singles

• March 3: Gekikara LOVE / Now Now Ningen / Konna Hazu ja Nakatta! - BEYOOOOONDS
• April 28: DOWN TOWN / Ganbarenai yo - Juice=Juice

Albums

• February 10: Hello! Project no Zenkyoku kara Atsumechaimashita! Vol.7
• March 31: 16th ~That's J-POP~ - Morning Musume '21
• May 26: 2nd STEP - Tsubaki Factory

DVDs/Blu-rays

• January 20: ANGERME Clips I (Blu-ray)
• January 27:
  • Eizou The Morning Musume 9 ~Single M Clips~ (Blu-ray)
  • Hello! Project presents... "premier seat" ~Tsubaki Factory Premium~ (Blu-ray)
• February 24: Hello! Project presents... "premier seat" ~ANGERME Premium~ (Blu-ray)
• March 3: Arabeyooooonds Nights (DVD)
• March 31: Hello! Project presents... "premier seat" ~BEYOOOOONDS Premium~ (Blu-ray)
• April 21:
  • Hello! Project presents... "premier seat" ~Juice=Juice Premium~ (Blu-ray)
  • Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2020 12gatsu ~Hikari~ (DVD)
• April 28: ANGERME Concert 2020 ~Kishoutenketsu~ Funaki Musubu Sotsugyou Special (DVD & Blu-ray)
• May 12: Juice=Juice Concert 2020 ~Tsudzuiteiku STORY~ Miyamoto Karin Sotsugyou Special (DVD & Blu-ray)
• May 26: Hello! Project 2020 ~The Ballad~ Special Number (DVD & Blu-ray)

Concerts

• January 2 to February 28: Hello! Project 2021 Winter ~STEP BY STEP~
• March 7 to March 13: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2021 3gatsu ~Yell~
• March 13 to May 30: Hello! Project 2021 Haru "Kachou Fuugetsu"
• March 27 to March 28: Hello! Project Hina Fes 2021

Events

• January 22 to 29: Morning Musume '21 Fukumura Mizuki・Ikuta Erina FC Event Shin Souseiki Fantasy DX ~10 Shunen wo Mukaete~
• February 24: ANGERME Kawana Rin・Tamenaga Shion・Matsumoto Wakana FC Event 2021 ~Sannin Kanjo to Odairi-sama~
• April 22: ANGERME Kawana Rin・Tamenaga Shion・Matsumoto Wakana FC Event 2021 ~Hana Yori Dango~
• April 23: Tsubaki Factory FC Event ~Camellia Fai! vol.12 Camellia Kinenbi~

Birthday Events

• January 8: Morning Musume '21 Ishida Ayumi Birthday Event
• January 19: ANGERME Ise Layla Birthday Event 2021
• February 2: Morning Musume '21 Makino Maria Birthday Event
• February 19: Morning Musume '21 Morito Chisaki Birthday Event
• February 22: Morning Musume '21 Yokoyama Reina Birthday Event
• February 25: BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA#TETSU Ichioka Reina Birthday Event 2021
• March 8: Morning Musume '21 Haga Akane Birthday Event
• March 10: BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Takase Kurumi Birthday Event 2021
• March 15: Morning Musume '21 Oda Sakura Birthday Event ~Sakura no Shirabe 10~
• March 16: Morning Musume '21 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event
• April 1: Tsubaki Factory Kishimoto Yumeno Birthday Event 2021
• May 7: Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2021

Theater

• April 16 - April 25: Nemureru Mori no Biyo

Auditions

• January 22: Hello! Project "Juice=Juice" "Tsubaki Factory" Goudou Shin Member Audition begins.
• March 1: Hello! Project "Juice=Juice" "Tsubaki Factory" Goudou Shin Member Audition application deadline.

Publications

• January 2: Utano Biyori - Satoyoshi Utano
• January 15: To be myself - Nonaka Miki
• February 2: Maria Hatachi - Makino Maria
• March 16: Kurumi Iro - Takase Kurumi
• April 10: Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING
• April 26: Umi no Mieru Machi - Asakura Kiki
• May 8: Hello Tsu PHOTOBOOK②

Anniversaries

• January 28: Morning Musume's major debut 23rd anniversary
• February 3: Juice=Juice's formation 8th anniversary
• February 22: Tsubaki Factory's major debut 4th anniversary
• April 4: ANGERME's formation 12th anniversary
• April 29: Tsubaki Factory's formation 6th anniversary
• May 26: ANGERME's major debut 11th anniversary
• August 7: BEYOOOOONDS's major debut 2nd anniversary
• September 11: Juice=Juice's major debut 8th anniversary
• September 14: Morning Musume's formation 24th anniversary
• October 10: Juice=Juice Day (JuuJuu no Hi)
• October 19: BEYOOOOONDS's formation 3rd anniversary