Hello Pro Egg

From J-Ongaku

Hello! Pro Egg (ハロプロエッグ) is a Hello! Project group of aspiring trainees who aim to debut.

Contents 1 Information 2 Members 2.1 Current members 2.1.1 1st Generation (Middle of 2004-32 girls) 2.1.2 2nd Generation (2006.06.04) 2.1.3 3rd Generation (2007.04.05) 2.1.4 4th Generation (2008.06.22) 2.1.5 5th Generation (2008.11.24) 2.1.6 6th Generation (2009.04.04) 2.1.7 7th Generation (2009.06.07) 2.1.8 8th Generation (2009.11.22) 2.1.9 9th Generation (2010.03.27) 2.2 Former members 2.2.1 1st Generation 2.2.2 2nd Generation 2.2.3 6th Generation 2.3 Debuted members 2.3.1 1st Generation 2.3.2 2nd Generation 2.3.3 Exchange Student 3 Groups 3.1 Acts featuring Hello! Pro Eggs 3.2 Graduated Groups 4 Concerts 4.1 Mini-Concerts 4.2 FC Events 5 Discography 5.1 Singles 6 DVD's 7 Auditions 7.1 Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004 7.2 Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition 7.3 Up-Front Egg Audition 8 External Links

Information

In June 2004, 32 winners were selected from the 10,570 applicants of the Hello! Pro Egg Audition. During February 2006, a second audition was held and three more winners were selected into this group. Since then individual members have been added by Tsunku, including Maeda Irori, Kikkawa Yuu, and Linlin.

Hello! Pro Egg mostly serve as backup dancers at various Hello! Project concerts. Some Eggs have also acted in various dramas, plays, and musicals. There is currently one unit made up entirely of Eggs: Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai and Shugo Chara Egg! who regularly participate in cultural festivals alongside Morning Musume.

Several Eggs also participate in Gatas Brilhantes H.P.: Korenaga Miki and Mutou Mika are full-time players, while Mano Erina, Noto Arisa, Sawada Yuri, and Sengoku Minami serve as reserve players. These six are also members of Ongaku Gatas, the first Hello! Project unit to feature both H!P members and Eggs. Tanaka Anri is a trainee and former player of Little Gatas.

In January 2008, Korenaga Miki graduated from Hello! Pro Egg to concentrate on Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas. Noto Arisa took her place as leader of Hello! Pro Egg.

Former Eggs Okada Yui, Arihara Kanna, and Linlin have debuted in Hello! Project groups while THE Possible has debuted in TNX. As of 2007, all of the members of Hello! Pro Egg have officially debuted in concert in the Shinjin Kouen concert series.

On April 4th, Tsunku created S/mileage, from the former members of Shugo Chara Egg! adding Ogawa Saki to replace Saho Akari.

Tsunku annonced that S/mileage members Maeda Yuuka, Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon, and Ogawa Saki were going to graduate from eggs into full time members of Hello! Project in spring 2010.

Members

Current members

1st Generation (Middle of 2004-32 girls)

• Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)
• Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)
• Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
• Sainen Mia (西念未彩)
• Mori Saki (森咲樹)
• Kitahara Sayaka (北原沙弥香)
• Saho Akari (佐保明梨)
• Okai Asuna (岡井明日菜)
• Sekine Azusa (関根梓)
• Maeda Irori (前田彩里)
• Arai Manami (新井愛瞳)

2nd Generation (2006.06.04)

• Komine Momoka (古峰桃香)

3rd Generation (2007.04.05)

• Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友)

4th Generation (2008.06.22)

• Fukumura Mizuki (譜久村聖)
• Kaneko Rie (金子りえ)
• Takeuchi Akari (竹内朱莉)

5th Generation (2008.11.24)

• Miyamoto Karin (宮本佳林)

6th Generation (2009.04.04)

• Sato Ayano (佐藤綾乃)

7th Generation (2009.06.07)

• Hirano Tomomi (平野智美)
• Katsuta Rina (勝田里奈)

8th Generation (2009.11.22)

• Takagi Sayuki (高木紗友希)
• Tanabe Nanami (田邉奈菜美)

9th Generation (2010.03.27)

• Kizawa Runa (木沢留那)
• Nagasawa Wakana (長澤和奏)
• Kudou Haruka (工藤遥)

Former members

1st Generation

• Ooyanagi Maho (大柳まほ), graduated July 2005
• Kawashima Miyuki (川島幸), graduated September 2005
• Hashida Mirei (橋田三令), graduated June 2007
• Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美), graduated November 2007
• Mutou Mika (武藤水華), graduated April 2008
• Aoki Erina (青木英里奈), resigned (after June) 2008
• Sawada Yuri (澤田由梨), graduated August 2009
• Noto Arisa (能登有沙), leader June 2004~September 2009, when she graduated, joined UF eggs

2nd Generation

• Ogura Manami (小倉愛実), graduated August 2007

6th Generation

• Sezaki Azusa (瀬崎あずさ), resigned (around april) 2009

Debuted members

1st Generation

• Okada Yui (岡田唯), joined v-u-den August 2004, graduated March 2009
• Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜), joined °C-ute January 2006, graduated July 2009
• THE Possible, graduated from H!P on October 2007
  • Morozuka Kanami (諸塚香奈実)
  • Ohse Kaede (大瀬楓)
  • Hashimoto Aina (橋本愛奈)
  • Akiyama Yurika (秋山ゆりか)
  • Okada Robin Shouko (岡田ロビン翔子)
  • Goto Yuki (後藤夕貴)
• Korenaga Miki (是永美記), became full-time member of Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas on January 2008, graduated March 2009
• S/mileage, graduated from H!P egg on March 27, 2010
  • Wada Ayaka (和田彩花)
  • Maeda Yuuka (前田憂佳)
  • Fukuda Kanon (福田花音)
  • Ogawa Saki (小川紗季)

2nd Generation

• Mano Erina (真野恵里菜) became a soloist March 29, 2008

Exchange Student

• Linlin (リンリン), joined Morning Musume March 2007

Groups

• Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai (Inactive)
• Shugo Chara Egg!
• S/mileage - (Maeda Yuuka, Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon and Ogawa Saki)

Acts featuring Hello! Pro Eggs

• Morning Musume - (Linlin)
• °C-ute - (Arihara Kanna)
• High-King - (Maeda Yuuka)
• Mano Erina (Soloist)
• Shin Minimoni - (Fukuda Kanon, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin)
• ZYX-alpha - (Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki)
• Aa! - (Saho Akari)

Graduated Groups

• THE Possible (Active under TNX)
• Ongaku Gatas
• MilkyWay - (Kikkawa Yuu, Kitahara Sayaka and Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume))
• v-u-den - (Miyoshi Erika, Okada Yui and Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume))

Concerts

• [2007.05.13] Dai 1 Kai Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen ~Saru no Koku~ / ~Tori no Koku~ (with THE Possible, Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin, Arihara Kanna)
• [2007.08.26] 2007 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 8gatsu ~Yokohama de Aimashou~ (with THE Possible)
• [2007.11.23] 2007 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Shinagawa de Aimashou~
• [2008.03.29] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 3gatsu ~Kirameki no Yokohama~
• [2008.06.22] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Akasaka HOP!~
• [2008.09.23] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Shibakouen STEP!~
• [2008.11.24] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Yokohama JUMP!~
• [2009.04.04-05] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 4gatsu ~Yokohama HOP!~
• [2009.06.07] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Nakano STEP!~
• [2009.09.23] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Yokohama JUMP!~
• [2009.11.23] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Yokohama FIRE!~

Mini-Concerts

• [2007.09.22] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 01 (Aoki Erina, Kikkawa Yuu, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Ogawa Saki)
• [2007.10.20] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 02 (Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Furukawa Konatsu, Fukuda Kanon, Okai Asuna)
• [2008.03.08] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 03 (Sawada Yuri, Komine Momoka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari)
• [2008.05.25] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 04 (Tanaka Anri, Sengoku Minami, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki)
• [2008.08.30] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 05 (Noto Arisa, Sawada Yuri, Kikkawa Yuu, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka)
• [2010.02.28] 2010 Haropro Egg Norimen Live Ni-gatsu (Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Saho Akari and Takeuchi Akari with S/mileage)

FC Events

• [2008.08.10–2008.08.14] Hello! Pro Egg Fan Club Gentei Event
• [2009.02.21–2009.03.01] Hello! Pro Egg Fan Club Gentei Event Dai 2 Dan

Discography

Singles

• [2006.??.??] 空がある (Sora ga Aru) (Hashida Mirei, Okada Robin Shouko, Kitahara Sayaka, Fukuda Kanon)

DVD's

• [2007.05.13] 第1回ハロー！プロジェクト新人公演 History of Hello!Pro EGG (Dai 1 Kai Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen History of Hello! Pro EGG) (Fan Club Only)
• [2007.11.23] ハロプロエッグ DVD PAMPHLET (Hello! Pro Egg DVD PAMPHLET) (Fan Club Only)
• [2009.04.04 - 2009.04.05] Hello! Pro Egg DVD Magazine Vol. 1 (Only available at 2009 H!P Shinjin Kouen April ~Yokohama HOP!~ concert)
• [2008.11.24] Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Shibakouen STEP~ DVD

Auditions

Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004

• Name: Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004 (ハロプロ エッグ オーディション2004)
• Purpose: To find talented people to become "Hello! Pro Eggs" to receive free lessons that will allow their talent to slowly hatch and then allowed to blossom.
• Application Recruitment Period: April–May 2004 (via Hello! Morning)
• Qualifications: By April 2004, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry, that they will relocate to Tokyo, and that they must be females between first grade to 18 years old.
• Application Methods: There were two forms of application methods, but applicants must apply only through one method. The first was through an interview at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on 19 June 2004 and the second was through an applicant submitted digital video cassette tape.
• Number of applicants: 10,570 people
• Selected: 32 people
• Notable Passers: Okada Yui, Arihara Kanna, Morozuka Kanami, Ohse Kaede, Hashimoto Aina, Akiyama Yurika, Okada Robin Shouko, Goto Yuki

Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition

• Name: Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition (アップフロントグループ『エッグ』オーディション)
• Purpose: To find talented people to become "Up-Front Group Eggs" to perform in various fields such as acting and variety.
• Application Period: Until 25 February 2006
• Qualifications: By February 2006, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry and that they will relocate to Tokyo.
• Notable Passer: Mano Erina
• The three second-generation Hello! Pro Egg members are from this audition.

Up-Front Egg Audition

• Name: Up-Front Egg Audition (アップフロントエッグオーディション)
• Application Period: Opened August 2007
• Qualifications: By August 2007, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry, that they will relocate to Tokyo, and that they must be females between first grade to 25 years old.
• Application Methods: There were numerous forms of application methods, including applying by computer, cell phone, mail, or by appointment with a receptionist, but applicants must apply only through one method.
• The fifth-generation Hello! Pro Egg member, Miyamoto Karin, is from this audition.

External Links

• Hello! Pro Egg Official FC Website
• Japanese Wikipedia: ハロプロエッグ