Tsubaki Factory Members

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Main Article: Tsubaki Factory
Members (altogether): 9 Current members: 8 Resigned members: 1

This page consists of the basic information about the current members of the J-pop group Tsubaki Factory.

All members were previously part of Hello Pro Kenshuusei.

List of Members

Current Members

Name	Birthdate	Home Prefecture	Blood Type	Date Joined	Member Color	Notes
Yamagishi Riko (山岸理子)	November 24, 1998 (age 22)	Chiba	B	April 29, 2015	Light Green	Leader (2015-Present)
Niinuma Kisora (新沼希空)	October 20, 1999 (age 21)	Aichi	O		Light Blue	Mirai Shoujo finalist
Tanimoto Ami (谷本安美)	November 16, 1999 (age 21)	Hokkaido	B		Light Purple	(Golden) Audition! finalist
Kishimoto Yumeno (岸本ゆめの)	April 1, 2000 (age 21)	Osaka			Yellow	Suppin Utahime finalist
Asakura Kiki (浅倉樹々)	September 3, 2000 (age 20)	Chiba	AB		Light Pink	(Golden) Audition! finalist
Ono Mizuho (小野瑞歩)	September 29, 2000 (age 20)	Tokyo	O	August 13, 2016	Emerald Green
Onoda Saori (小野田紗栞)	December 17, 2001 (age 19)	Shizuoka			Peach	(Golden) Audition! finalist Former Princess♪Ribbon member (2010-2014)
Akiyama Mao (秋山眞緒)	July 29, 2002 (age 18)	Osaka	B		Light Red

Former Members

Name	Birthdate	Home Prefecture	Date Joined	Date Left	Member Color	Notes
Ogata Risa (小片リサ)	November 5, 1998 (age 22)	Tokyo	April 29, 2015	December 28, 2020	Light Orange	Sub-leader (2015-2020) Former NICE GIRL Project! Kenshuusei member (2011-2014)

Leadership

Leader	Period of time	Sub-Leader	Period of time
Yamagishi Riko	August 8, 2015 – Present	Ogata Risa	August 8, 2015 – December 28, 2020

Members Colors

Each Tsubaki Factory member has their own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member.

Heritage Members Colors

Color	Member	Former Owner
Light Red	Akiyama Mao (2016-Present)
Light Orange	Not in use	Ogata Risa (2015-2020)
Yellow	Kishimoto Yumeno (2015-Present)
Light Green	Yamagishi Riko (2015-Present)
Emerald Green	Ono Mizuho (2016-Present)
Light Blue	Niinuma Kisora (2015-Present)
Light Purple	Tanimoto Ami (2015-Present)
Peach	Onoda Saori (2016-Present)
Light Pink	Asakura Kiki (2015-Present)

Tenures

Member	Tenure	Time in group
Yamagishi Riko	April 29, 2015 - Present	5 Years, 11 Months, 20 Days
Niinuma Kisora
Tanimoto Ami
Kishimoto Yumeno
Asakura Kiki

All names in BOLD are current members.

1. Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno and Asakura Kiki: 5 Years, 11 Months, 20 Days
2. Ogata Risa: 5 Years, 7 Months, 29 Days
3. Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori and Akiyama Mao: 4 Years, 8 Months, 5 Days

Members Single Count

Member	Debut Single	Last Single	Single Count
Yamagishi Riko	Seishun Manmannaka!	Present	10 Singles
Ogata Risa		Dansha-ISM / Ima Nanji?	10 Singles
Niinuma Kisora		Present	10 Singles
Tanimoto Ami
Kishimoto Yumeno
Asakura Kiki
Ono Mizuho	Hatsukoi Sunrise / Just Try! / Uruwashi no Camellia		7 Singles
Onoda Saori
Akiyama Mao

Members Line-Ups

Date	Member(s)	Total Members	Age Average	Singles Released with Line-up
April 29, 2015 (Formation)	Group formation. Founding members include Yamagishi Riko, Ogata Risa, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, and Asakura Kiki.	6	15.60-16.89	Seishun Manmannaka!, Kedakaku Sakihokore!, Hitorijime / Watashi ga Obasan ni Natte mo
August 13, 2016	Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori, and Akiyama Mao join.	9	16.21-20.33	Hatsukoi Sunrise / Just Try! / Uruwashi no Camellia, Shuukatsu Sensation / Waratte / Hana Moyou, Teion Yakedo / Shunrenka / I Need You ~Yozora no Kanransha~, Date no Hi wa Nido Kurai Shower Shite Dekaketai / Junjou cm / Kon'ya Dake Ukaretakatta, Sankaime no Date Shinwa / Fuwari, Koi Dokei, Ishiki Takai Otome no Dilemma / Dakishimerarete Mitai, Dansha-ISM / Ima Nanji?
December 28, 2020	Ogata Risa withdraws.	8	20.13-

Trivia

• Kobushi Factory and Tsubaki Factory are currently the only Hello! Project groups consisting of members only from Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
• All the members are born between 1998 and 2002, making this the second group after Kobushi Factory to have all its members born after Hello! Project's formation.

See Also

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei