I never really heard of them until Anime Expo 08 and they were ok for me only

FYI ... kame will make last PB before she's graduated .toj.

Zelkova wrote:FYI ... kame will make last PB before she's graduated .toj.

cool news! but anyway her graduate makes me very sad...

Sad news from MM with kame, junjun and linlin leaving...wonder how the new generation will fare .waaa.

Sighs... with Eririn leaving... There'll be no one in mm for me to admire...
Really hope 9th gen bring better days to morning musume...
They better get at least 4 new members.

I like Morning Musume. For me, all of the best members graduated like Yossi, Rika, Kaori, Kei-Chan, Miki-Chan, etc. which sucks. I liked them the most when Shabondama came out. That was like the best member line up so far. JunJun, LinLin and Eri are graduating. My favorites. Good think Ai or Reina isn't graduating. If they did Morning Musume wouldn't be all that great to me anymore.

I like 6th gen but Kame.............. .waaa.

Pretty curious about the 9th gen member
but Kamei ...

kyaaa morning musumeeeeee
I love them since i read Musume Monogatari manga .
and i addicted with them till now .. .love.

I'd been a long time fan of MoMusu, since 2006. Kamei Eri was the one that did it for me. I first started loving her before I even knew anything about MoMusu. Of course, I also started liking the other members and H!P as a whole now, too. My second favorite is Yossy, Yoshizawa Hitomi, the tomboy of the group, but amazingly beautiful and cute, leadership qualities and quite the hilarious character.
6th Gen, Rokkies are my favorite, mainly because of Eririn, but so do Sayu and Reina. Mikitty is also quite a character and brought many laughs to MoMusu. I also really like Takahashi Ai-chan and Niigaki Risa.

It's sad now that my favorite, Eririn already graduated and though I still like MoMusu, they are not the same for me no more, but I will still support them.
Songwise, they released some greats one, as well as some decent ones, and some others that I don't particularly like. but the last single, Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game, I really like, as well as most songs of the Platinum 9, 10 MY ME and Fantasy Juuichi albums. many great songs, I cannot name them all.

One thing I don't like about H!P is it's managment, UFA. Those guys at the top is just ruining H!P and MoMusu as I know it.
Idolwise and in terms of talents and skill, they do not lose out those other idol groups, yet they are not improving their popularity at all, it because to those UFA idiots who mis-manage and cheap on promotions.
For the sake of Hello! Project and Morning Musume and everyone else associated, I hope big and better changes are in the works or on the way.
I also wish Eririn a happy 22th Birthday today, 12-23-2010. And that she'll recover soon from her illness and return to entertain us once more.

Do I have a rival to my Eririn in SH? .wtf.

oh well... The winners of the 9th Generation auditions for Morning Musume have been announced!
The winners are…
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Ikuta Erina, 14 years old.
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Sayashi Riho, 13 years old.
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Suzuki Kanon, 13 years old.

and also…
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Hello! Pro Egg member, Fukumura Mizuki! (14 years old)

wew.. kids.. I duno if I will like them.. I really like the 1st-6th gen mebers

well everyone started as kids rite?? i'm sure they will be great :D

I'm not really sure what it's going to be like having 4 kids in Morning Musume; they've always been the more mature group, so it's certainly going to be different to usual.

I have to say though, Riho really deserved to win the competition, and I'm glad she won. She's a lot more talented than the rest of the girls that were in the competition.

The 9th Gen has already been picked, I see. I'm a big fan of MoMusu, but I didn't really pay attention to the auditions. Eririn was and still is my favorite idol, MoMusu or in general. I hope she'd come back soon. but with her gone, I'm wondering if I'll be supporting them as aggressively as I did then. Since I'd heard of her graduation, I spent hundreds, close to a thousand dollars USD in her and MoMusu graduation merchandise, including last singles and albums. I'd probably cut back on those expenses, not really due to my lost of interest as a main factor, but how I need to watch my finances, as well as supporting my next group/band interest, SCANDAL (hehe). I'll probably be splitting my purchases between these two groups.
Don't get me wrong, I still love MoMusu, Ai-chan, Gakisan, Sayumin and Reina is still my favorite. I'll be keeping an eye on 9th Gen as well. As always, I hope Morning Musume and Hello! Project success as always.

Takahashi Ai, the current leader of Morning Musume, has announced her graduation from the Hello! Project group just a little while ago. The news was posted on the official Hello! Project site, and it says that she will graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project after the 2011 Fall Tour.

Takahashi said that when Kamei Eri, Lin Lin, and Jun Jun graduated, Tsunku told her that she should think about when she wants to graduate as well. She figured that since it’s been 10 years in Morning Musume (including being a leader for a while), and since she watched over the other members already, it would be a nice time to graduate at the end of the tour.

It’s a bit of an odd timing since Morning Musume just added four new members, which seemed to gain fan momentum, and they are now losing one of the most popular members in within the next 8-9 months or so. Nevertheless, Takahashi urged fans not to worry and be at ease because they are nine strong for now.

Text from Hello! Project Official :

高橋愛　コメント

私、高橋愛は今年の秋に予定している、モーニング娘。コンサートツアーをもって、
モーニング娘。及びハロー！プロジェクトを卒業することとなりました。
というのも、亀井絵里・ジュンジュン・リンリンの卒業が決まった時点で、
つんく♂さんから「高橋も自分の卒業のタイミングをいつにするか決めないとな！」
と言われ、考えていました。

モーニング娘。に入って今年の８月でちょうど丸１０年になるので、
その直後に行われる秋のモーニング娘。ツアーで卒業するのがいいかな！
と思いました。

とは言っても卒業まで、約９ヶ月あるので、それまではまずこの新生モーニング娘。がしっかり形になるようにリーダーとして頑張りたいと思います。

加入したばかりの９期メンバーには愛情を持って、いろいろな事を伝えて行きたいと思っています、皆さん安心してください。

WHAT! After the Graduation of 3 Members, including my favorite Kamei Eri, now Takahashi Ai, another favorite, is GRADUATING?!
Aw..... I'm speechless at the moment... My mind gone blank as I try to put this sentence together. I'll need time to assess my thoughts.

So who's going to be the next leader? Reina-chan?

And also, hope the new members can settle down real soon.

~Ganbatte!!!~ .shout. ~Ganbatte!!!~

^next leader is Gaki-san

mihawk wrote:^next leader is Gaki-san

I half expected it to be Reina.

I'd prefer Aika as leader, but I don't think that'll happen any time soon.

Ah, I knew I'd find a MoMusume thread. I haven't followed them since Abe Natsumi left in 2004, but my brother still listens to them. Some of their songs are okay. I just hate how they went from a singing group to an idol group. They actually were a good singing group before.

Tanaka Reina singing Shoujo S

mihawk wrote:
Tanaka Reina singing Shoujo S

KAWAII!!!!