2022

2022 is the year when Inaba Manaka and Morito Chisaki departed from their respective groups and Hello! Project.

Following 2020 and 2021, 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 '21 becomes Morning Musume '22.
• February 14: Goto Hana and Maeshima Karin join Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
• March 31: Oota Haruka leaves Hello! Project.
• April 9:
  • Saito Madoka becomes leader of OCHA NORMA.
  • Hiromoto Ruli becomes sub-leader of OCHA NORMA.
• May 30: Inaba Manaka graduates from Juice=Juice and Hello! Project.
• June 20: Morito Chisaki graduates from Morning Musume '22 and Hello! Project.

Singles

BEYOOOOONDS - Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ / Hamkatsu Mokushiroku

• March 2: Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ / Hamkatsu Mokushiroku - BEYOOOOONDS
• May 11: Ai・Mashou / Hade ni Yacchai na! / Aisubeki Beki Human Life - ANGERME
• June 8: Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai / Dai・Jinsei Never Been Better! - Morning Musume '22
• June 29: Adrenaline Dame / Yowasa ja nai yo, Koi wa / Idol Tenshoku Ondo - Tsubaki Factory
• July 13: Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze! - OCHA NORMA

Digital Songs

• January 8: Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta - OCHA NORMA
• March 18: I WISH - Morning Musume '22

Albums

• April 20: terzo - Juice=Juice

DVD/Blu-rays

• February 16: Hello! Project 2021 Aki "Zoku Kachou Fuugetsu" (Blu-ray)
• February 23: Tsubaki Factory Concert 2021 "CAMELLIA ~Nippon Budokan Special~" (DVD & Blu-ray)
• March 16: ANGERME Concert 2021 "Tougenkyou ~Kasahara Momona Sotsugyou Special~" (DVD & Blu-ray)
• March 30: Juice=Juice Concert 2021 ~FAMILIA~ Kanazawa Tomoko Final (DVD & Blu-ray)
• April 13:
  • Morning Musume '21 Concert Teenage Solution ~Sato Masaki Sotsugyou Special~ (DVD & Blu-ray)
  • Single V "Beat no Wakusei" - Morning Musume '21 (Blu-ray)
• June 22: Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ (Blu-ray)
• July 20: Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 5 Shuunen Kinen Live ~Kimi nara de Dare ni ka Mise mu Tsubaki no Hanairo wo mo Ka wo mo Shiru Hito zo Shiru~ (Blu-ray)

Concerts

• January 2 - February 27: Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
• February 20: Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 5 Shuunen Kinen Live ~Kimi nara de Dare ni ka Mise mu Tsubaki no Hanairo wo mo Ka wo mo Shiru Hito zo Shiru~
• March 12 - March 13: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2022 3gatsu BREATH ~Ibuki~
• March 19 - June 4: Hello! Project 2022 Spring CITY CIRCUIT
  • March 19 - May 28: Morning Musume '22 CONCERT TOUR ~Never Been Better!~
  • March 19 - May 29: ANGERME CONCERT TOUR ~The ANGERME~
  • March 20 - May 21: Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR ~terzo~
  • March 20 - June 4: Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE~
  • March 26 - June 4: BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR ~Donto Koi! BE HAPPY!~
• April 2 - April 3: Hello! Project Hina Fes 2022
• April 25: BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR Donto Koi! BE HAPPY! at BUDOOOOOKAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
• May 16: Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE Nippon Budokan Special~
• May 30: Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR ~terzo~ FINAL Inaba Manaka Sotsugyou Special
• June 15: ANGERME CONCERT TOUR -The ANGERME- PERFECTION
• June 20: Morning Musume '22 CONCERT TOUR ~Never Been Better!~ Morito Chisaki Sotsugyou Special
• July 9 - August 28: Hello! Project 2022 Summer CITY CIRCUIT
  • July 10 - August 28: Morning Musume '22 CONCERT TOUR ~Never Been Better! Encore~
  • July 10 - August 27: ANGERME CONCERT TOUR ~The ANGERME ENCORE~
  • July 9 - August 28: Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR ~terzo bis~
  • July 9 - August 28: Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~ENCORE PARADE~
  • July 10 - August 27: BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR ~Mou Iccho Donto Koi! BE HAPPY!~

Events

• January 10 - February 23: OCHA NORMA FC Event 2022 ~OCHA NORMA no Ma~
• January 12: Juice=Juice Uemura Akari×Dambara Ruru FC Event 2022 ~RuruAarii~
• January 21: Tsubaki Factory Niinuma Kisora×Tanimoto Ami×Yagi Shiori FC Event 2022 ～Aichi Wa Ima, Ai o Motome Teru~ in Nagoya
• February 25: Tsubaki Factory Yamagishi RikoxAsakura KikixKasai Yuumi FC Event 2022 ~ Bari Ko Ito yo~ in Fukuoka
• Feburary 28: ANGERME Sasaki Rikako & Kamikokuryo Moe FC Event 2022 ～RIKAMIKO～
• April 2 - April 3: Asobu. Kurasu. Sodateru. SATOYAMA & SATOUMI e Ikou 2022
• April 9 - April 10:
  • ANGERME Kawamura Ayano・Hashisako Rin・Kawana Rin FC Event 2022 ～KawaKawa・RinRin～
  • OCHA NORMA FC Event 2022 ~OCHA NORMA no Ma 2~
• April 24: OCHA NORMA Ishiguri Kanami・Yonemura Kirara・Nishizaki Miku FC Event 2022
• May 20: Tsubaki Factory Kishimoto Yumeno×Akiyama Mao×Fukuda Marine FC Event 2022 ~Chou Chou Chou Nen2~ in Osaka (Rescheduled)
• May 28: OCHA NORMA FC Event 2022 ~OCHA NORMA no Ma 3~
• June 10: OCHA NORMA Hiromoto Ruli・Tashiro Sumire FC Event 2022
• June 23: Morning Musume '22 Fukumura Mizuki & ANGERME Takeuchi Akari FC Event Fukutake 14 Shunen ～H!P EGG We are No.1！～

Birthday Events

• January 7: Morning Musume '22 Ishida Ayumi Birthday Event
• January 19: ANGERME Ise Layla Birthday Event 2022
• February 4: Morning Musume '22 Makino Maria Birthday Event
• February 9: ANGERME Tamenaga Shion Birthday Event 2022
• February 17: Juice=Juice Inaba Manaka Birthday Event in Sapporo (2022)
• February 21: Morning Musume '22 Morito Chisaki Birthday Event
• February 22: Morning Musume '22 Yokoyama Reina Birthday Event
• February 25: BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Ichioka Reina Birthday Event 2022
• March 7: Morning Musume '22 Haga Akane Birthday Event
• March 11: Morning Musume '22 Oda Sakura Birthday Event ~Sakura no Shirabe 11~
• March 22: BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Takase Kurumi Birthday Event 2022
• March 23: Morning Musume '22 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event
• April 6: Tsubaki Factory Kishimoto Yumeno Birthday Event 2022
• May 10: Morning Musume '22 Okamura Homare Birthday Event
• May 11: Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2022
• May 27: ANGERME Sasaki Rikako Birthday Event 2022
• June 7: BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Nishida Shiori Birthday Event 2022
• June 24: BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Maeda Kokoro Birthday Event 2022

Auditions

Hello! Project "Morning Musume '22" "Juice=Juice" Goudou Shin Member Audition

• January 2: Hello! Project "Morning Musume '22" "Juice=Juice" Goudou Shin Member Audition begins.
• February 9: Hello! Project "Morning Musume '22" "Juice=Juice" Goudou Shin Member Audition application deadline.

Publications

• January 2: glance - Fukumura Mizuki
• January 19: Layla - Ise Layla
• January 28: belles feuilles - Hirai Miyo
• February 2: M.21 - Makino Maria
• February 14: Ailand - Inaba Manaka
• February 28: prism - Sato Masaki
• March 31: Hello Pro Maruwakari BOOK 2022 SPRING
• April 20: Hello Tsu PHOTOBOOK③
• April 27: Morning Musume 9・10ki 10th Anniversary BOOK
• May 9: HOMARE SEVENTEEN'S JOURNEY - Okamura Homare
• June 10: cheers - Morito Chisaki
• June 25: Uka -growing wings- - Yamazaki Yuhane
• July 7: Yumenoato - Kishimoto Yumeno

Anniversaries

• January 28: Morning Musume's major debut 24th anniversary
• February 3: Juice=Juice's formation 9th anniversary
• February 22: Tsubaki Factory's major debut 5th anniversary
• April 4: ANGERME's formation 13th anniversary
• April 29: Tsubaki Factory's formation 7th anniversary
• May 26: ANGERME's major debut 12th anniversary
• August 7: BEYOOOOONDS's major debut 3rd anniversary
• September 11: Juice=Juice's major debut 9th anniversary
• September 14: Morning Musume's formation 25th anniversary
• October 10: Juice=Juice Day (JuuJuu no Hi)
• October 19: BEYOOOOONDS's formation 4th anniversary
• December 12: OCHA NORMA's formation 1st anniversary