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)

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.