Departures by year

Withdrawals[]

1999

• Morning Musume
  • Fukuda Asuka (April 18)^[1]

• Country Musume
  • Kobayashi Azusa (August 23)

2000

• Coconuts Musume
  • April Barbaran (January)
  • Chelsea Ching (January)

• Morning Musume
  • Ishiguro Aya (January)
  • Ichii Sayaka (May)^[1]

• Taiyou to Ciscomoon
  • Shinoda Miho (October)
  • Honda Ruru (October)
  • Kominato Miwa (October)

• Miyoshi Chinatsu (October)

2001

• Coconuts Musume
  • Danielle Delaunay (April)

• Sheki-Dol
  • Oki Ibuki

2002

• Sheki-Dol
  • Kitagami Ami (January)
  • Suenaga Mami (January)
  • Arai Saki (January)

• Coconuts Musume
  • Lehua Sandbo

• Country Musume
  • Toda Rinne (October)

• Ishii Rika (December)

2004

• Coconuts Musume
  • Mika Todd (May 2)^[1]

2005

• Hello Pro Egg
  • Ooyanagi Maho (August 30)
  • Kawashima Miyuki (September 14)

2006

• ℃-ute
  • Murakami Megumi (October 31)

• Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
  • Shim Soon Min

2007

• W
  • Kago Ai (March 26)

• Hello Pro Egg
  • Hashida Mirei (July 10)
  • Ogura Manami (August)
  • Yutoku Ayumi (November)

2008

• Coconuts Musume
  • Kimura Ayaka (April 30)

2009

• Hello Pro Egg
  • Aoki Erina
  • Sezaki Azusa (April 5)
  • Noto Arisa (August 10)^[1]

• ℃-ute
  • Arihara Kanna (February 26)

2010

• Ice Creamusume
  • Shenshen
  • Anchii
  • Peipei
  • Youko
  • Reirei
  • Guu-chan

• Sano Kaori (June)

• Hello Pro Egg
  • Tanaka Anri (June)
  • Sainen Mia (June)
  • Komine Momoka (June)
  • Okai Asuna (November)
  • Maeda Irori (November)
  • Hirano Tomomi (November)
  • Kizawa Runa (November)
  • Sengoku Minami (December)
  • Kikkawa You (December)

2011

• Hello Pro Egg
  • Furukawa Konatsu (January)
  • Mori Saki (January)
  • Kitahara Sayaka (March)
  • Sekine Azusa (March)
  • Arai Manami (March)
  • Sato Ayano (March)
  • Saho Akari (April)
  • Nagasawa Wakana (September)

• Hello Pro Kansai
  • SI☆NA (April 17)
    • Suma Ai
    • Iwashima Manami
    • Abe Asami
  • Miwa Satsuki

• S/mileage
  • Ogawa Saki (August 27)
  • Kosuga Fuyuka (September 9)
  • Maeda Yuuka (December 31)

2012

• Frances & Aiko
  • Frances
  • Aiko

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  • Yamaga Kanae (August)
  • Mogi Minami (November)

2013

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  • Okamura Rise (June 12)
  • Otsuka Aina (July 5)
  • Mashiro Kana (October 21)
  • Kaneko Rie (December 21)^[1]

• Jang Da Yeon (July 30)

2014

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  • Kosuga Fuyuka (May)
  • Tanaka Karen (September 1)
  • Oura Hirona (September 1)
  • Tanabe Nanami (November 4)
  • Yoshihashi Kurumi (November 4)

2015

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  • Mikame Kana (February 26)
  • Saito Kana (April 30)

• Country Girls
  • Shimamura Uta (June 12)

2017

• Kobushi Factory
  • Fujii Rio (July 6)
  • Taguchi Natsumi (December 6)

Graduations[]

2002

• Heike Michiyo (November 7)^[2]

2005

• Berryz Koubou
  • Ishimura Maiha (October 2)

2006

• Morning Musume
  • Konno Asami (July 23)

2007

• Country Musume
  • Kimura Asami (January 28)
  • Saito Miuna (January 28)

• Hello Pro Egg
  • THE Possible (October 13)
    • Morozuka Kanami
    • Ose Kaede
    • Hashimoto Aina
    • Akiyama Yurika
    • Okada Robin Shoko
    • Goto Yuki

• Goto Maki (October 28)

2008

• Ongaku Gatas
  • Muto Mika (April)

2009

• Elder Club (March 31)
  • Melon Kinenbi
    • Murata Megumi
    • Saito Hitomi
    • Ohtani Masae
    • Shibata Ayumi
  • Ongaku Gatas
    • Ishikawa Rika
    • Yoshizawa Hitomi
    • Satoda Mai
    • Konno Asami
    • Korenaga Miki
    • Sawada Yuri
  • Nakazawa Yuko
  • Iida Kaori
  • Abe Natsumi
  • Yasuda Kei
  • Yaguchi Mari
  • Inaba Atsuko
  • Tsuji Nozomi
  • Maeda Yuki
  • Matsuura Aya
  • Fujimoto Miki
  • Ogawa Makoto
  • Miyoshi Erika
  • Okada Yui

• SI☆NA
  • Nakayama Nana (July 25)

• ℃-ute
  • Umeda Erika (October 26)

• Morning Musume
  • Kusumi Koharu (December 6)

2010

• Morning Musume
  • Kamei Eri (December 15)
  • Junjun (December 15)
  • Linlin (December 15)

2011

• Morning Musume
  • Takahashi Ai (September 30)

2012

• Morning Musume
  • Niigaki Risa (May 18)

2013

• Mano Erina (February 23)

• Morning Musume
  • Tanaka Reina (May 21)

2014

• Morning Musume
  • Michishige Sayumi (November 26)

2015

• Berryz Koubou (March 3)
  • Shimizu Saki
  • Tokunaga Chinami
  • Sudo Maasa
  • Natsuyaki Miyabi
  • Kumai Yurina
  • Sugaya Risako

• ANGERME
  • Fukuda Kanon (November 29)

2016

• ANGERME
  • Tamura Meimi (May 30)

• Morning Musume
  • Suzuki Kanon (May 31)

2017

• ℃-ute (June 12)
  • Yajima Maimi
  • Nakajima Saki
  • Suzuki Airi
  • Okai Chisato
  • Hagiwara Mai

• Berryz Koubou/Country Girls
  • Tsugunaga Momoko (June 30)

• Kobushi Factory
  • Ogawa Rena (September 6)

• Morning Musume
  • Kudo Haruka (December 11)

• ANGERME
  • Aikawa Maho (December 31)

2018

• Morning Musume
  • Ogata Haruna (June 20)

• Mitsui Aika (November 3)

• Sayashi Riho (December 7)

• Morning Musume
  • Iikubo Haruna (December 16)

Deaths[]

1999

• Country Musume
  • Yanagihara Hiromi (July 16)

See Also: Hiatus