Youngest Hello! Project Member

List of Youngest Hello! Project members[]

Current Youngest

Soma Yume

1. Fukuda Asuka (Foundation - April 18, 1999)
2. Mika (April 19, 1999 - August 22, 1999)
3. Goto Maki (August 23, 1999 - April 15, 2000)
4. Kago Ai (April 16, 2000 - August 25, 2001)
5. Niigaki Risa (August 26, 2001 - June 29, 2002)
6. Hagiwara Mai (June 30, 2002 - April 3, 2009)
7. Ogawa Saki (April 4, 2009 - January 1, 2011)
8. Suzuki Kanon (January 2, 2011 - August 13, 2011)
9. Tamura Meimi (August 14, 2011 - September 28, 2011)
10. Kudo Haruka (September 29, 2011 - September 29, 2014)
11. Haga Akane (September 30, 2014 - November 4, 2015)
12. Funaki Musubu (November 5, 2015 - July 15, 2016)
13. Kasahara Momona (July 16, 2016 - May 4, 2017)
14. Kiyono Momohime (May 5, 2017 - June 13, 2019)
15. Matsunaga Riai (June 14, 2019 - July 2, 2019)
16. Hashisako Rin (July 3, 2019 - November 1, 2020)
17. Matsumoto Wakana (November 2, 2020 - July 6, 2021)
18. Yofu Runo (July 7, 2021 - June 28, 2022)
19. Endo Akari (June 29, 2022 - May 22, 2023)
20. Yumigeta Ako (May 23, 2023 - February 6, 2024)
21. Doi Fuka (February 7, 2024 - June 15, 2024)
22. Soma Yume (June 16, 2024 - Present)

List of Youngest Hello! Project Members including trainees and overseas members[]

Overall Youngest

Hattori Rua

1. Fukuda Asuka (Foundation - April 18, 1999)
2. Mika (April 18, 1999 - August 22, 1999)
3. Goto Maki (August 23, 1999 - April 15, 2000)
4. Kago Ai (April 16, 2000 - August 25, 2001)
5. Niigaki Risa (August 26, 2001 - June 29, 2002)
6. Hagiwara Mai (June 30, 2002 - June 19, 2004)
7. Arai Manami (June 20, 2004 - June 21, 2008)
8. Takeuchi Akari (June 22, 2008 - November 23, 2008)
9. Miyamoto Karin (November 24, 2008 - February 28, 2009)
10. Aiko (March 1, 2009 - May 1, 2012)
11. Taguchi Natsumi (May 2, 2012 - November 19, 2012)
12. Wada Sakurako (November 20, 2012 - February 28, 2013)
13. Sasaki Rikako (March 1, 2013 - September 21, 2013)
14. Funaki Musubu (September 22, 2013 - March 31, 2015)
15. Okamoto Honoka (April 1, 2015 - November 6, 2015)
16. Kasahara Momona (November 7, 2015 - July 16, 2016)
17. Kiyono Momohime (July 17, 2016 - July 29, 2016)
18. Yamazaki Mei (July 30, 2016 - August 16, 2016)
19. Hashisako Rin (August 17, 2016 - December 3, 2017)
20. Matsubara Yulia (December 4, 2017 - December 2, 2019; April 20, 2020 - February 13, 2022)
21. Shibuya Hina (December 3, 2019 - April 19, 2020)
22. Maeshima Karin (February 14, 2022 - May 23, 2022)
23. Goto Hana (May 24, 2022 - August 7, 2022)
24. Kamimura Rena (August 8, 2022 - March 27, 2023)
25. Hayashi Niina (March 28, 2023 - February 6, 2024)
26. Hattori Rua (February 7, 2024 - Present)