17th Generation Hello Pro Kenshuusei

The 17th Generation Hello Pro Kenshuusei members were announced on November 20, 2012 and were officially introduced on December 9, 2012 at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~. The 17th generation includes: Kanazawa Tomoko, Ichioka Reina, Kaga Kaede, Kishimoto Yumeno, Makino Maria and Wada Sakurako.

As of November 2013, Kanazawa has fully debuted into Juice=Juice.

As of September 2014, Makino has debuted into Morning Musume.

On January 2, 2015, Wada Sakurako was added to Kobushi Factory.

On April 29, 2015, Kishimoto Yumeno was added to Tsubaki Factory

Trivia

• Ichioka Reina, Kishimoto Yumeno and Makino Maria participated in Morning Musume's 11th generation audition, and were finalists.
• All 6 members did a dance performance of What’s Up? Ai wa Dou na no yo~ at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~