H!P Egg short history & member review

Hello! Project Eggs are audition winners who get free training to develop their potential as idols. Until spring 2006 they were mostly featured as background dancers in Hello! Project concerts, but since then they have got more chances to perform in different kinds of units, new member concerts, stage plays and so on.

The first audition for H!P EGGs was in 2004 when 32 girls were chosen (1st generation). Another audition was held in 2006 with 3 successful applicants (2nd generation). Kikkawa Yuu, who made it to final 4 in Morning Musume 8th gen audition, later joined H!P Eggs (3rd generation). In June 2008, three new H!P Eggs were introduced at a new member concert (4th generation).

*the generation definitions are not official

Current H!P Eggs:

1st generation

• Noto Arisa
• Aoki Erina
• Tanaka Anri
• Sengoku Minami
• Sawada Yuri
• Furukawa Konatsu
• Sainen Mia
• Mori Saki
• Kitahara Sayaka
• Wada Ayaka
• Maeda Yuuka
• Fukuda Kanon
• Saho Akari
• Okai Asuna
• Sekine Azusa
• Ogawa Saki
• Maeda Irori
• Arai Manami

2nd generation

• Komine Momoka

3rd generation

• Kikkawa Yuu

4th generation

• Takeuchi Akari
• Kaneko Rie
• Fukumura Mizuki

Graduated H!P Eggs:

• Okada Yui (graduated to join Biyuuden)
• Arihara Kanna (graduated to join C-ute)
• Linlin (temporary trainee; joined Morning Musume)
• Korenaga Miki (continues in Gatas Brilhantes H.P. & Ongaku Gatas)
• Mano Erina (graduated to pursue a solo career in H!P)

The Possible: (In October 2007, the members graduated H!P Eggs to become full-time members of TNX and Nice Girl Project)

• Morozuka Kanami
• Oose Kaede
• Hashimoto Aina
• Akiyama Yurika
• Okada Robin Shoko
• Goto Yuki

Retired H!P Eggs:

• Ooyanagi Maho (2005)
• Kawashima Miyuki (2005)
• Hashida Mirei (2007)
• Ogura Manami (2007)
• Yutoku Ayumi (2007)
• Mutou Mika (2008)

Some Hello! Project units with major releases have included H!P Eggs:

• Ongaku Gatas (with Korenaga Miki, Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Sengoku Minami, Sawada Yuri, Mutou Mika)
• Milky Way (with Kikkawa Yuu, Kitahara Sayaka)
• High-king (with Maeda Yuuka)

Ongaku Gatas (音楽ガッタス)

Ongaku Gatas consists of members from Hello! Project’s futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P.

Members:

Yoshizawa Hitomi (captain)

Ishikawa Rika

Satoda Mai (Country Musume)

Konno Asami

Korenaga Miki

Noto Arisa

Sengoku Minami

Sawada Yuri

Mutou Mika

Ex-members:

Mano Erina

Releases:

Music:

• 2007/08/22 – “Nari Hajimeta Koi no BELL” 1st Single
• 2007/12/05 – “Yattarouze!” 2nd Single
• 2008/02/06 – “1st GOODSAL” 1st Album

DVD:

• 2007/09/12 – “Nari Hajimeta Koi no BELL” 1st Single V
• 2007/12/19 – “Yattarouze!” 2nd Single V
• 2008/05/28 – Ongaku Gatas First Consert Tour 2008 Spring ~Mizaru Shukuzaru GOODSAL!~ DVD

On stage:

• 2008 February: Ongaku Gatas 1st Concert Tour 2008 Spring ~Mizaru Shukuzaru GOODSAL!~

Other:

• Radio show: Hyper Night Ongaku Gatas no GUTS 10 Gatas!! (since 2007/10/01)

H!P Eggs on stage

Hello! Project new member concerts:

• 2007/05/13 – Dai 1kai H!P Shinjin Kouen ~Saru no koku~/~Tori no koku~
• 2007/08/26 – Dai 2kai H!P Shinjin Kouen ~Yokohama De Aimashou~
• 2007/11/23 – Dai 3kai H!P Shinjin Kouen November ~Shinagawa De Aimashou~
• 2008/03/29 – 2008 H!P Shinjin Kouen March ~Kirameki no Yokohama~
• 2008/06/22 – 2008 H!P Shinjin Kouen June ~Akazaka HOP!~

New member concert DVDs:

• 2007/09 – (FC) Dai 1kai H!P Shinjin Kouen ~Saru no koku~/~Tori no koku~

Participants in new member concerts:

• Dai 1kai: All H!P Eggs, THE Possible, Arihara Kanna, Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin
• Dai 2kai: All H!P Eggs except Tanaka Anri and Sekine Azusa (conflict with school schedule); THE Possible; Hashida Mirei and Ogura Manami quit H!P Eggs and thus weren’t present
• Dai 3kai: All H!P Eggs except Kikkawa Yuu
• 2008 March: All H!P Eggs except Sekine Azusa, Maeda Irori and Arai Manami; Korenaga Miki graduated H!P Eggs and wasn’t be present. Yutoku Ayumi quit H!P Eggs and wasn’t be present.
• 2008 June: All H!P Eggs; Mano Erina graduated and won’t be present. Mutou Mika quit and won’t be present.

H!P Egg Delivery Stations:

• 2007/09/22 – 01 – Kikkawa Yuu, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Aoki Erina, Ogawa Saki
• 2007/10/20 – 02 – Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Furukawa Konatsu, Fukuda Kanon, Okai Asuna
• 2008/03/08 – 03 – Sawada Yuri, Komine Momoka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari
• 2008/05/25 – 04 – Tanaka Anri, Sengoku Minami, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki

H!P Egg Delivery Stations are about 25 minutes long events where the Eggs perform about 5 songs.

Tomoiki – ki wo uetai (ともいき・木を植えたい)

Tomoiki is a unit of 5 Hello! Project Eggs. It belongs to “Hand in Hand” tree-planting support squad, which is a part of NPO corporation – Plant A Tree Plant Love.

Current members:

• Noto Arisa
• Furukawa Konatsu
• Maeda Yuuka
• Mori Saki (replaced Arihara Kanna)
• Saho Akari (replaced Yutoku Ayumi)

Past members:

• Arihara Kanna (joined C-ute in January 2006)
• Oose Kaede (joined THE Possible in 2006/09/30)
• Yutoku Ayumi (graduated from Hello! Project)

History:

2005/10 – Tomoiki debuted at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2005

2006/01 – Arihara Kanna graduated and and Mori Saki replaced her

2006/03 – The official Tomoiki blog was opened

2006/07 – The HAND IN HAND support song “Minna no ki” sung by Tomoiki was announced

2006/08/22 – Tomoiki went to do tree-planting etc. activities at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken

2006/09 – Tomoiki performed “Minna no ki” at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2006 and were backdancers to Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu. 500 copies of “Minna no ki” were on sale at the event

2006/09/23 – Participated in activities at Atore Meguru in Tokyo

2006/09/30 – Maeda, Mori and Oose participated in primary school activities in Shinagawaku, Oose graduated Tomoiki

2006/12/20 – Pucchibest 7 album was released and included “Minna no ki”

2007/01/10 – It was announced that Yutoku Ayumi would replace Oose Kaede

2007/10 - Appearance at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2007

2007/11/30 – Yutoku Ayumi graduated from Hello!Project

2007/12/11 - Saho Akari replaced Yutoku Ayumi

THE Possible (THEポッシボー)

THE Possible is a TNX unit that consists of six former Hello! Project Eggs: Akiyama Yurika, Goto Yuki, Hashimoto Aina, Morozuka Kanami, Okada Robin Shoko and Oose Kaede. THE Possible’s name was first used when the three original members, Yurika, Aina and Kanami were starring in Tsunku Town’s play “CRY FOR HELP! ~Uchuu Station chikaku no baiten ni te~” in August 2006. The October 2006 issue of ISHIMARU DASH featured not only the three original members, but also Kaede. The article included a hint that more girls might be added to the unit. When “Young DAYS!!” was first released, a limited version with four members, Yurika, Aina, Kanami and Robin, was available. Eventually it turned out that the unit had actually six members. Since then the member roster has remained the same.

THE Possible is officially TNX’s unit and a part of Nice Girl Project, but because the girls used to be H!P Eggs, the unit also has ties to the rest of Hello! Project. They have performed at some Hello! Project concert tours (as backdancers or as their own unit). However, as a TNX group THE Possible hasn’t been able to enjoy the same benefits that new H!P units generally do: for example, the stages that THE Possible has been performing on are in smaller venues than the ones H!P units have access to. They also haven’t been invited to any of the major music shows on TV, whereas for example C-ute’s first major single Sakura Chirari earned them an invite to Music Fighter. Shortly put, THE Possible has been more ‘indie’ than H!P units.

Musicwise THE Possible offers the same kind of catchy upbeat songs that H!P fans are familiar with.

In October 2007, the members officially graduated Hello! Project Eggs to become full-time Nice Girl Project members.

THE Possible’s first major debut single “Kazoku e no tegami” will be released on 2008/04/30.

Releases:

THE Possible music:

• 2006/11/19 – “Young DAYS!!” 1st Single
• 2006/12/10 – “Hatsukoi no kakera” 2nd Single
• 2007/02/18 – “Shushoku = GOHAN no uta” 3rd Single
• 2007/03/14 – “1 Be Possible!” 1st Album
• 2007/06/13 – “Natsu no Tropical Musume” feat. Akiyama, Hashimoto; 4th Single
• 2007/07/11 – “Kingyo Suku Ito Hanabi Taikai” feat. Goto, Okada; 5th Single
• 2007/08/01 – “Kaze no Uwasa” 6th Single
• 2007/11/07 – “Happy 15″ 7th Single
• 2008/02/20 – “Love Message!” 8th Single
• 2008/04/30 – “Kazoku e no tegami” 1st Major Single

Various artists music:

• 2006/07/12 – Tokito Ami and others: “Uchuu kara ~CRY FOR HELP!~”(Akiyama, Hashimoto, Morozuka)
• 2007/05/16 – Tokito Ami feat. Morozuka and Oose: “TAWAWA Natsu Bikini”

THE Possible DVD:

• 2006/12/30 – “Young DAYS!!” 1st Single V
• 2007/01/21 – “Hatsukoi no kakera” 2nd Single V
• 2007/02/25 – “Shushoku = GOHAN no uta” 3rd Single V
• 2007/05/09 – “Single V Clips 1″ 1st V Clip Collection
• 2007/07/11 – “Natsu no Tropical Musume” feat. Akiyama, Hashimoto; 4th Single V
• 2007/07/11 – “Kingyo Suku Ito Hanabi Taikai” feat. Goto, Okada; 5th Single V
• 2007/09/12 – “Kaze no Uwasa” 6th Single V
• 2007/12/05 – “Happy 15″ 7th Single V
• 2008/03/12 – “Love Message!” 8th Single V
• 2008/03/21 – “Hajimete no Mizugi DE Possible! in OKINAWA” Idol DVD

Various artists DVD:

• 2006/12/20 – Tsunku Town Theatre play: CRY FOR HELP! ~Uchuu Station chikaku no baiten ni te~ DVD
• 2007/03/28 – Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Shuuketsu! 10th Anniversary~ DVD
• 2007/06/06 – Tokito Ami feat. Morozuka and Oose: “TAWAWA Natsu Bikini” Single V
• 2007/06/06 – Tsunku Town Theatre play: Te wo ageru! Kenkou goutou da DVD
• 2007/09 – Dai ikkai Hello! Project shinjin kouen ~Saru no koku~/~Tori no koku~ LIVE DVD

THE Possible photobooks:

• 2007/07/12 – Doki Doki Possible
• 2007/07/12 – Kyapi Kyapi Possible

On stage:

• 2006 August – Tsunku Town Theatre play: CRY FOR HELP! ~Uchuu Station chikaku no baiten ni te~ (Akiyama, Hashimoto, Morozuka)
• 2006/08/18 – Tokito Ami Live ‘06 Summer ~Bon aku Hyper GIG~
• 2007 January – Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Shuuketsu! 10th Anniversary~
• 2007 January – Tsunku Town Theatre play: Te wo ageru! Kenkou goutou da
• 2007/05/13 – Dai ikkai Hello! Project shinjin kouen ~Saru no koku~/~Tori no koku~
• 2007 July – Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Daikansha Matsuri ~Haropuro Natsumatsuri~
• 2007/08/26 – Dai nikai Hello! Project shinjin kouen
• 2007 September – Tsunku Theatre play: Joshi gassoube ~Eikou no kakera~

Other:

• 2006 August – THE Possible official blog opening
• 2007/10/15~ Manga: “THE Possible ~Robin to mahou no Apron~

Links:

THE Possible official releases page

THE Possible official blog

Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美)

Left in November 2007 

Profile:

Name: Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美)

Nicknames: Abichan (official), Ayumi, Ayu; by fans: Yutomin, Pretty-chan

Birthday: 10/19/1993

Height: 154cm

Birthplace: Tokyo prefecture

Blood type: B

Close friends: Sainen Mia (especially), Fukuda Kanon, Maeda Yuuka

Eyesight: 0.2

Hobbies: Singing songs, chatting, cooking, drawing pictures, taking purikura pics, dancing

Special skills: Cooking, writing, drawing

Likes:

• Food: Food without potatos, fruits, peaches
• Goods: Disney goods
• Flower: Hibiscus
• Colours: Pink, white, light blue

Dislikes:

• Food: Potato
• Thing: Studying

Siblings: Little brother

Works:

Plays/musicals:

• Edo kara chakushin!? ~Time Slip to Kengai!~ (November 2006)
• Reverse! ~Watashi no karada doko desu ka? (November 2007)

For more, check Tomoiki ki wo uetai

Wada Ayaka (和田彩花)

Profile:

Name: Wada Ayaka (和田彩花)

Nickname: DAWA (official); Ayacho; by fans: Beauty-chan

Birthday: 8/1/1994

Height: 146cm

Birthplace: Gunma prefecture

Blood type: A

Hobbies: Collecting sparkling accessories, collecting belts and hats, looking for clothes

Special skills: Swimming, track-and-field

Likes:

• Thing: American cherry, clothes, belts, hats, decorations
• Colour: The combination of black, pink and purple

Dislikes:

• Thing: Green caterpillars, TV shows with scary beings (but necessarily watches them)

Works:

TV:

• Chao.TV (starting 2007/09/02)

Plays/musicals:

• Reverse! ~Watashi no karada doko desu ka? (November 2007)

Other:

• Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~

Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)

Profile:

Name: Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)

Nickname: Anchan

Birthday: 4/25/1991

Works:

Gatas Brilhantes H.P.

• Started as a Gatas Brilhantes trainee with Kawashima, Korenaga and Mutou (September 2004)
• Osaka and Tokyo’s H!P Sports Festival (November 2004)
• H!P Sports Festival (March 2006)

Other:

• Appeared on Nippon TV’s “Mogu Mogu GOMBO!” several times before joining H!P EGGs

Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)

Profile:

Name: Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)

Nickname: Sengoku

Birthday: 4/30/1991

Height: 149cm

Birthplace: Sendai, Miyagi prefecture

Blood type: O

Siblings: Twin little sisters

Works:

Other:

• H!P Sports Festival in March 2006: Participating in the kickbase scoreboard for “2 ball”

For more, check Ongaku Gatas

Sekine Azusa (関根梓)

Profile:

Name: Sekine Azusa (関根梓)

Nickname: Sekkii

Birthday: 6/14/1996