- Main article: Hello! Project
The following is a list of auditions held for Hello! Project.
Auditions[]
Audition Title | Date | Requirements | Total Applicants | Result |
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1st Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition | February, 1999 | Application details were included with Heike Michiyo's 5th single "Anata no Yume ni Naritai". | 3,264 Auditionees | Miyoshi Chinatsu |
2nd Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition | May 12, 1999; Second interview in June 1999 |
Application details were included with Morning Musume's 5th single "Manatsu no Kousen" | 4,000 Auditionees | Saito Hitomi Murata Megumi Otani Masae Shibata Ayumi (see Melon Kinenbi) |
3rd Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition | September 9, 1999; Second interview in November 1999 |
Application details were included with Morning Musume's 7th single "LOVE Machine" | N/A | None |
4th Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition | May 17, 2000 Second interview in June 2000 |
Application details were included with Morning Musume's 9th single "Happy Summer Wedding" | 1,500 Auditionees | Matsuura Aya Oki Ibuki Kitagami Ami (see Sheki-Dol) |
Inaba Atsuko Shin Unit Audition | December 2000 to May 2001 | Applicant recruitment via Hello! Morning | N/A | None |
Pacific Dream Pop Singer Competition | Held in Hawaii in November 1998 | Passed the examination by Makoto of Sharam Q | 1,500 Auditionees | Ayaka Mika Todd Chelsea Ching April Barbaran Danielle Delaunay (see Coconuts Musume) |
Hello! Project Kids Audition | N/A | Applicant recruitment via Hello! Morning in 2002 | 27,958 Auditionees | 15 members (see Hello! Project Kids) |
Hello! Project Shin Unit Audition | N/A | Applicant recruitment via Hello! Morning in 2003 | N/A | Miyoshi Erika |
Hello Pro Egg Audition 2004 | N/A | Applicant recruitment via Hello! Morning in 2004 | 10,570 Auditionees | 32 members, including Okada Yui of v-u-den and 4 futsal trainees of Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (see Hello Pro Egg) |
Hello! Project Kansai Audition 2005 | October 24 to November 21, 2005 | Applicant recruitment via Hello! Morning in 2005 | N/A | Iwashima Manami Abe Asami Nakayama Nana Suma Ai (see Hello Pro Kansai) |
Hello! Project Korea Auditions | March to April 2009 | No age limit for the applicants | 2,500 Auditionees | Jang Dayeon |
Hello! Project "Hokkaido Gentei" Member Audition | May 15 to June 14, 2015 | Female, ages 10 - 17 | 400+ Auditionees | Oota Haruka Sato Hikari Ishiguri Kanami Kawano Minori Kitagawa Ryo Kudo Yume Yamazaki Mei (see Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido) |
Hello! Project Shin Member Audition | July 15 to August 14, 2017 | Female, ages 9 - 17 | N/A | None |
Hello! Project "ONLY YOU" Audition | May 11 to June 6, 2018 | Female, ages 10 - 21 | N/A | Hirai Miyo Kobayashi Honoka Satoyoshi Utano (see BEYOOOOONDS) Ise Layla (see ANGERME) |
Hello! Project Shin Member Audition 2021 | July 20 to August 19, 2021 | Female, ages 10 - 17 | N/A | Tashiro Sumire Tsutsui Roko (see OCHA NORMA) Hirayama Yuki (see ANGERME) |
Hello! Project 25 Shuunen Kinen Shin Member Audition | June 26 to August 14, 2023 | Female, ages 9 - 16 | TBA | Ishii Mihane Murata Yuu Doi Fuka (see Tsubaki Factory) |