Country Girls/Members

Country GirlsMembers
Main Article: Country Girls
Members (altogether): 14 Current members: 4 Graduated members: 7 Resigned members: 3 Generations: 6 (Unofficial)

This page consists of all current and former members of the Hello! Project group Country Girls (formerly known as Country Musume).

Following the decision in June 2017 for Country Girls to become semi-active, two current members (Morito Chisaki, Funaki Musubu) became concurrent members of other Hello! Project groups for their main activities. As of October 2018, a third current member (Yamaki Risa) also joined a group outside of Hello! Project as a concurrent member.

Members

Current Members

	Name	Birthdate	Home Prefecture	Blood Type	Date Joined	Member Color	Notes
Yamaki Risa	Yamaki Risa (山木梨沙)	October 14, 1997 (age 26)	Tokyo	B	November 5, 2014	Lime	Former member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-2014) Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition finalist Concurrent member of College Cosmos (2018-present)
	Morito Chisaki (森戸知沙希)	February 19, 2000 (age 24)	Tochigi	A		Orange	Former member of CoCoRo Gakuen member Morning Musume '14 <Golden> Audition participant Concurrent member of Morning Musume (2017-present)
Ozeki Mai	Ozeki Mai (小関舞)	February 10, 2002 (age 22)	Tokyo	O		Medium Blue	Morning Musume '14 <Golden> Audition finalist
	Funaki Musubu (船木結)	May 10, 2002 (age 21)	Osaka	O	November 5, 2015	Yellow	Former member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-2015) Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition finalist Concurrent member of ANGERME (2017-present)
Satoda Mai	Satoda Mai (里田まい)	March 29, 1984 (age 40)	Hokkaido	A	January 2, 2002	N/A	Supervisor Hello! Project graduate

Former Members

	Name	Birthday	Home prefecture	Blood type	Date Joined	Date Left/Graduated	Member Color	Notes
Kobayashi Azusa	Kobayashi Azusa (小林梓)	January 30, 1977 (age 47)	Tokyo	AB	April 27, 1999	August 23, 1999	N/A	Leader (1999.04.27–08.23)
Yanagihara Hiromi	Yanagihara Hiromi (柳原尋美)	October 17, 1979	Chiba	A		July 16, 1999	N/A	Died July 16, 1999 (age 19)
Toda Rinne	Rinne (りんね)	February 6, 1981 (age 43)	Hokkaido	B		October 13, 2002	N/A	Leader (2000.05.01–2002.10.13)
Kimura Asami	Asami (あさみ)	July 17, 1984 (age 39)	Hokkaido	O	May 1, 2000	January 28, 2007	N/A	Leader (2002.10.14–2007.01.28)
Saito Miuna	Miuna (みうな)	February 12, 1987 (age 37)	Shizuoka	O	April 27, 2003		N/A
Tsugunaga Momoko	Tsugunaga Momoko (嗣永桃子)	March 6, 1992 (age 32)	Chiba	O	November 5, 2014	June 30, 2017	Pink	Playing Manager (2014-2017) Hello! Project Kids member (2002-2017) Former Berryz Koubou member (2004-2015)
	Inaba Manaka (稲場愛香)	December 27, 1997 (age 26)	Hokkaido	B		August 4, 2016	Italian Red	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-2014) Former PEACEFUL sub-leader, Current member of Juice=Juice (2018-Present), Leader of Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido (2017-Present)
Shimamura Uta	Shimamura Uta (島村嬉唄)	June 24, 2000 (age 23)	Kanagawa	O		June 12, 2015	Daisy	(Golden) Audition! finalist
Yanagawa Nanami	Yanagawa Nanami (梁川奈々美)	January 6, 2002 (age 22)	Kanagawa	A	November 5, 2015	March 11, 2019	Purple	Former member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2015) Concurrent member of Juice=Juice (2017-2019)

Leadership

#	Leader	Period of time
1st	Kobayashi Azusa	Formation – August 23, 1999
2nd	Rinne	May 1, 2000 - October 13, 2002
3rd	Asami	October 14, 2002 - January 28, 2007

Other important positions include:

• Satoda Mai as supervisor (2014–present)
• Tsugunaga Momoko as playing manager (2014–2017)

Members Colors

Each Country Girls member has their own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member.

Heritage Members Colors

Member	Color	Former Owner
Italian Red	Not in use	Inaba Manaka (2015-2016)
Orange	Morito Chisaki (2015-Present)
Daisy / Yellow	Funaki Musubu (2015-Present)	Shimamura Uta (2015)
Lime	Yamaki Risa (2015-Present)
Medium Blue	Ozeki Mai (2015-Present)
Purple	Not in use	Yanagawa Nanami (2015-2019)
Pink	Not in use	Tsugunaga Momoko (2015-2017)

Notable Tenures

• As Country Girls
• As Country Musume
• All Member Tenures

All names in BOLD are current members.

Member	Tenure	Time in group
Yamaki Risa	November 5, 2014 - Present	9 Years, 5 Months, 14 Days
Morito Chisaki
Ozeki Mai
Funaki Musubu	November 5, 2015 - Present	8 Years, 5 Months, 14 Days
Yanagawa Nanami	November 5, 2015 - March 11, 2019	3 Years, 4 Months, 6 Days
Tsugunaga Momoko	November 5, 2014 - June 30, 2017	2 Years, 7 Months, 25 Days

Member	Tenure	Time in group
Satoda Mai	January 2, 2002 - March 31, 2009	7 years, 2 months, 30 days
Asami	May 1, 2000 - January 28, 2007	5 Years, 8 Months, 27 Days

All names in BOLD are current members.

1. Satoda Mai: 7 years, 2 months, 30 Days
2. Asami: 5 Years, 8 Months, 27 Days
3. Yamaki Risa, Morito Chisaki and Ozeki Mai: 9 Years, 5 Months, 14 Days
4. Funaki Musubu: 8 Years, 5 Months, 14 Days
5. Miuna: 3 Years, 9 Months, 1 Day
6. Rinne: 3 Years, 5 Months, 16 Days
7. Yanagawa Nanami: 3 Years, 4 Months, 6 Days
8. Tsugunaga Momoko: 2 Years, 7 Months, 25 Days
9. Inaba Manaka: 1 Year, 9 Months, 0 Day
10. Shimamura Uta: 7 Months, 7 Days
11. Azusa: 3 Months, 26 Days
12. Hiromi: 2 Months, 19 Days

Members Single Count

Generation	Member	Debut Single	Last Single	Single Count
1st Generation (1999)	Kobayashi Azusa	Futari no Hokkaido	Futari no Hokkaido	1 Single
	Yanagihara Hiromi
	Rinne		Iroppoi Onna ~SEXY BABY~	7 Singles
2nd Generation (2000)	Asami	Koi ga Suteki na Kisetsu	Shining Itoshiki Anata	8 Singles
3rd Generation (2002)	Satoda Mai	Iroppoi Onna ~SEXY BABY~		5 Singles
4th Generation (2003)	Miuna	Uwaki na Honey Pie		3 Singles
5th Generation (2014)	Tsugunaga Momoko	Itooshikutte Gomen ne / Koi Dorobou	Good Boy Bad Girl / Peanut Butter Jelly Love	5 Singles
	Yamaki Risa		None	6 Singles
	Inaba Manaka		Boogie Woogie LOVE / Koi wa Magnet / Ranrarun ~Anata ni Muchuu~	3 Singles
	Morito Chisaki		None	6 Singles
	Shimamura Uta		Itooshikutte Gomen ne / Koi Dorobou	1 Single
	Ozeki Mai		None	6 Singles
6th Generation (2015)	Yanagawa Nanami	Boogie Woogie LOVE / Koi wa Magnet / Ranrarun ~Anata ni Muchuu~	Kaite wa Keshite no "I Love You"	4 Singles
	Funaki Musubu		None	4 Singles

Members Line-Ups

Date	Member(s)	Total Members	Age Average	Singles Released with Line-up
April 27, 1999 (Formation)	Group formation. Founding members include Kobayashi Azusa, Yanagihara Hiromi, and Rinne.	3	19.67	None
July 16, 1999	Yanagihara Hiromi passes away.	2	20.00	Futari no Hokkaido
August 23, 1999	Kobayashi Azusa leaves.	1	18.00	Yukigeshiki, Hokkaido Shalala
May 1, 2000	Asami joins as the 2nd generation.	2	17.00	Koi ga Suteki na Kisetsu
April 18, 2001	Ishikawa Rika is lent to Country Musume. Country Musume becomes Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume).	3	17.33	Hajimete no Happy Birthday!, Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan
January 2, 2002	Satoda Mai joins as the 3rd generation.	4	17.50	Iroppoi Onna ~SEXY BABY~
October 13, 2002	Rinne leaves Country Musume.	3	17.66	BYE BYE Saigo no Yoru
April 27, 2003	Miuna joins as the 4th generation.	4	17.75	None
July 24, 2003	Konno Asami and Fujimoto Miki are lent to Country Musume, replacing Ishikawa Rika. Country Musume becomes Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto (Morning Musume).	5	17.60	Uwaki na Honey Pie, Senpai ~LOVE AGAIN~, Shining Itoshiki Anata
Fall 2004	Konno Asami and Fujimoto Miki conclude activities within Country Musume.	3	19.00	None
January 28, 2007	Asami and Miuna leave.	1	22.00	None
November 5, 2014	Tsugunaga Momoko, Yamaki Risa, Inaba Manaka, Morito Chisaki, Shimamura Uta and Ozeki Mai join. Country Musume becomes Country Girls.	6	17.86	Itooshikutte Gomen ne / Koi Dorobou
June 12, 2015	Shimamura Uta leaves.	5	19.33	Wakatteiru no ni Gomen ne / Tamerai Summer Time
November 5, 2015	Yanagawa Nanami and Funaki Musubu join.	7	17.88	Boogie Woogie LOVE / Koi wa Magnet / Ranrarun ~Anata ni Muchuu~
August 4, 2016	Inaba Manaka graduates.	6	16.67	Dou Datte Ii no / Namida no Request, Good Boy Bad Girl / Peanut Butter Jelly Love
June 30, 2017	Tsugunaga Momoko graduates.	5	15.52	Kaite wa Keshite no "I Love You"
March 11, 2019	Yanagawa Nanami graduates.	4	18.25	TBA

See Also

• Country Musume Shin Member Audition
• Morning Musume