Hello! Project/Leaderships

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The following is a list of all current and former leaders and sub-leaders of Hello! Project and its groups.

Leaderships[]

Hello! Project Leaders[]

#	Name	Period of time	Length of time
1st	Nakazawa Yuko	April 15, 2001 - March 31, 2009	7 Years, 11 Months, 16 Days
2nd	Takahashi Ai	April 1, 2009 - September 30, 2011	2 Years, 5 Months, 29 Days
3rd	Niigaki Risa	October 1, 2011 - May 18, 2012	0 Years, 7 Months, 17 Days
4th	Michishige Sayumi	May 19, 2012 - November 26, 2014	2 Years, 6 Months, 7 Days
5th	Yajima Maimi	November 27, 2014 - December 31, 2016	2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Days
6th	Wada Ayaka	January 1, 2017 - June 18, 2019	2 Years, 5 Months, 17 Days
7th	Fukumura Mizuki	June 19, 2019 - November 29, 2023	4 Years, 5 Months, 10 Days

Hello! Project Sub-leaders[]

The sub-leader position was established on May 6, 2003 when Yasuda Kei graduated from Morning Musume.^[1] After the Elder Club graduation, no sub-leader was announced to take her place until Fukumura Mizuki became Hello! Project sub-leader on January 1, 2017.

#	Name	Period of time	Length of time
1st	Yasuda Kei	May 5, 2003 - March 31, 2009	5 Years, 10 Months, 26 Days
2nd	Fukumura Mizuki	January 1, 2017 - June 18, 2019	2 Years, 5 Months, 17 Days

Current Main Group Leaders[]

Group	Leader	Appointment	Sub-leader	Appointment
Morning Musume	Ikuta Erina	November 30, 2023	Ishida Ayumi	December 31, 2018
Morning Musume	Ikuta Erina	November 30, 2023	Oda Sakura	November 30, 2023
ANGERME	Kamikokuryo Moe	June 22, 2023	Kawamura Ayano	June 19, 2019
Juice=Juice	Uemura Akari	November 25, 2021 - June 14, 2024	Dambara Ruru	December 31, 2021 - June 14, 2024
Tsubaki Factory	Niinuma Kisora	November 7, 2023 - June 10, 2024	Tanimoto Ami	June 10, 2023 - June 10, 2024
			N/A	N/A
Ame no Mori Kawa Umi	Takase Kurumi	October 19, 2018	N/A	N/A
SeasoningS	Hirai Miyo	January 24, 2021	N/A	N/A
OCHA NORMA	Saito Madoka	April 9, 2022	Hiromoto Ruli	April 9, 2022

Group Leadership[]

Names in BOLD are current leaders.

Group	Leader	Period of time	Length of time
Morning Musume	Nakazawa Yuko	September 7, 1997 – April 15, 2001	3 Years, 7 Months, 8 Days
Country Musume	Azusa	April 27, 1999 – August 23, 1999	0 Years, 3 Months, 27 Days
Coconuts Musume	Chelsea	June 26, 1999 – January 30, 2000	0 Years, 7 Months, 4 Days
Melon Kinenbi	Murata Megumi	August 10, 1999 – October 23, 2002	3 Years, 2 Months, 13 Days
Coconuts Musume	Ayaka	January 30, 2000 – April 30, 2008	8 Years, 3 Months, 0 Days^[N1]
Country Musume	Rinne	May 30, 2000 – October 13, 2002	2 Years, 4 Months, 13 Days
Morning Musume	Iida Kaori	April 16, 2001 – January 30, 2005	3 Years, 9 Months, 14 Days
Melon Kinenbi	Saito Hitomi	October 23, 2002 – May 3, 2010	7 Years, 6 Months, 10 Days^[N1]
Country Musume	Asami	October 14, 2002 – January 27, 2007	4 Years, 3 Months, 13 Days
Berryz Koubou	Shimizu Saki	January 14, 2004 – March 3, 2015	11 Years, 1 Month, 17 Days
v-u-den	Ishikawa Rika	August 10, 2004 – June 29, 2008	3 Years, 10 Months, 19 Days
Morning Musume	Yaguchi Mari	January 31, 2005 – April 14, 2005	0 Years, 2 Months, 14 Days
Morning Musume	Yoshizawa Hitomi	April 15, 2005 – May 6, 2007	2 Years, 0 Months, 21 Days
℃-ute	Yajima Maimi	June 11, 2005 – June 12, 2017	12 Years, 0 Months, 1 Day
Morning Musume	Fujimoto Miki	May 7, 2007 – June 1, 2007	0 Years, 0 Months, 25 Days
Morning Musume	Takahashi Ai	June 2, 2007 – September 30, 2011	4 Years, 3 Months, 28 Days
Ice Creamusume	Shenshen	September 21, 2008 – November 1, 2010	2 Years, 1 Month, 11 Days
ANGERME	Wada Ayaka	April 4, 2009 – June 18, 2019	10 Years, 2 Months, 14 Days
Morning Musume	Niigaki Risa	October 1, 2011 – May 18, 2012	0 Years, 7 Months, 17 Days
Morning Musume	Michishige Sayumi	May 19, 2012 – November 26, 2014	2 Years, 6 Months, 7 Days
Juice=Juice	Miyazaki Yuka	June 13, 2013 – June 17, 2019	6 Years, 0 Months, 4 Days
Morning Musume	Fukumura Mizuki	November 27, 2014 – November 29, 2023	9 Years, 0 Months, 2 Days
Kobushi Factory	Hirose Ayaka	March 8, 2015 – March 30, 2020	5 Years, 0 Months, 22 Days
Tsubaki Factory	Yamagishi Riko	August 8, 2015 – November 6, 2023	8 Years, 2 Months, 29 Days
CHICA#TETSU	Ichioka Reina	June 26, 2017 – March 1, 2024	6 Years, 8 Months, 4 Days
Ame no Mori Kawa Umi	Takase Kurumi	October 19, 2018 – present	5 Years, 5 Months, 24 Days
Juice=Juice	Kanazawa Tomoko	June 18, 2019 – November 24, 2021	2 Years, 5 Months, 6 Days
ANGERME	Takeuchi Akari	June 19, 2019 – June 21, 2023	4 Years, 0 Months, 2 Days
SeasoningS	Hirai Miyo	January 24, 2021 - present	3 Years, 2 Months, 19 Days
Juice=Juice	Uemura Akari	November 25, 2021 – June 14, 2024	2 Years, 4 Months, 18 Days
OCHA NORMA	Saito Madoka	April 9, 2022 - present	2 Years, 0 Months, 3 Days
ANGERME	Kamikokuryo Moe	June 22, 2023 - present	0 Years, 9 Months, 21 Days
Tsubaki Factory	Niinuma Kisora	November 7, 2023 - June 10, 2024	0 Years, 5 Months, 5 Days
Morning Musume	Ikuta Erina	November 30, 2023 - present	0 Years, 4 Months, 13 Days

^ ^ For leadership periods that begin or end with a inexact date (month and year are only provided), the length is calculated by the first day of that month.

References[]

↑ "保田圭が涙、涙、涙のモー娘。“卒業”" (in Japanese). SANSPO.COM (archived). 2003-05-07.

[keisubleadhp-1] "保田圭が涙、涙、涙のモー娘。“卒業”" (in Japanese). SANSPO.COM (archived). 2003-05-07.

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