Morning Musume Profile

Morning Musume Profile: Morning Musume Facts

Morning Musume ’25 (モーニング娘。 ’25), also known as Morning Musume (モーニング娘。), is a 12-member Japanese girl group under UP-FRONT PROMOTION. They are the lead group of Hello! Project. They group currently consists of: Ikuta Erina, Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Kitagawa Rio, Okamura Homare, Yamazaki Mei, Sakurai Rio, Inoue Haruka, and Yumigeta Ako. They released a demo single on November 3, 1997 and debuted on January 28, 1998 as  5 member group with their first official single, Morning Coffee.

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Morning Musume Official Colors: Red

Morning Musume Official Sites:
Twitter: @morningmusumemg
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Morning Musume Members Profile:
Ikuta Erina

Birth Name: Ikuta Erina (生田衣梨奈)
Nickname: Eripon
Position: Leader, Vocalist
Birthday: July 7, 1997
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Height: 159 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
Representative Color: Yellow-Green
Years Active: 2011 – present
Generation: 9th
Blog: Morning Musume 9ki
Instagram: erina_ikuta.official

Ikuta Erina Facts:
– She was previously a child model.
– Hobbies: dancing and playing golf.
– Specialty: can sleep anywhere.
– If she wasn’t an idol, she would like to be a hairdresser.
– She goes to karaoke to release stress.
– Her favorite Morning Musume song is “Shouganai Yume Oibito”.
– She listens to some K-pop artists like BLACKPINK, CLC, and TWICE.
– Once mentioned being a fan of Koda Kumi, Hamasaki Ayumi, and Hikaru GENJI.
– Her cousin is gravure idol and stage play actress Takigawa Aya.
– She wants to try being an action actress because she loves watching sword fights.
– She is set to graduate on July 8, 2025.

Oda Sakura

Birth Name: Oda Sakura (小田さくら)
Nickname: Sakura, OdaSaku, Sakurakkyo
Position: Sub-Leader, Vocalist
Birthday: March 12, 1999
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 153.1 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Representative Color: Lavender
Years Active: 2012 – present
Generation: 11th
Blog: Morning Musume 10ki

Oda Sakura Facts:
–  Hobbies: sewing and cooking.
– Specialty: hula dancing.
– She said her dream as an idol is to become unique within Hello! Project.
– Has been hula dancing since 5th grade.
– Sakura used to be a vegetarian up until nursery school.
– She has been a fan of Morning Musume since kindergarten.
– Her favorite costumes are the black non-cat outfits worn in “Sexy Cat no Enzetsu” and her own costumes for “Help me!!” and “One and Only”.
– She has also stated that she enjoys listening to Pentatonix, an American acapella group.
– Sakura has mentioned before that she sometimes takes up to 2 hours bathing in the bathtub.
– Her favorite Morning Musume songs are “Namidacchi”, “Mikan”, and “KoiING”.

Nonaka Miki

Birth Name: Nonaka Miki (野中美希)
Nickname: Chel, Nonaka-chan, Mikitty, Nona-chan, Nonaemon, Mikicha
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: October 7, 1999
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Height: 157 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Shizuoka, Japan
Representative Color: Purple
Years Active: 2014 – present
Generation: 12th
Blog: Morning Musume 12ki
Instagram: miki_nonaka.official

Nonaka Miki Facts:
– Hobbies: collecting cute stuff.
– Specialty: English and playing piano.
– She is the first member of Morning Musume to come from the Shizuoka Prefecture.
– Learned piano for seven years before joining Morning Musume; in 2017 she learned to play the harp for a stage play, and began learning guitar.
– Nonaka Miki lived in Alabama for 5 years.
– She’s very proud of her English pronunciation.
– If she did not become an idol, she believes she would have gone back to America to study abroad.
– She’s really good at cooking fruiche.
– Said the thing she wants to do most as part of Morning Musume is have concerts abroad.
– She thinks that in a previous life she was a cat.
– Her favorite Morning Musume song is “Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa”.

Makino Maria

Birth Name: Makino Maria (牧野真莉愛)
Nickname: Maria, Marian LOVErin, Makki, Maria-sama
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: February 2, 2001
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Nishio, Aichi, Japan
Representative Color: Pink
Years Active: 2014 – present
Generation: 12th
Blog: Morning Musume 12ki
Instagram: maria_makino.official

Makino Maria Facts:
– Hobbies: watching baseball games.
– Specialty: ballet, playing piano, and calligraphy.
– Her favorite baseball team is the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
– She believes she is the Hello! Project member who loves baseball the most.
– Her favorite flower is rose and favorite season is winter.
– Before debut the songs she wanted to dance the most with Morning Musume were “Ai no Gundan” and “Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe”.
– Said the thing she wants to do most as part of Morning Musume is appear at the season opening ceremony of a baseball game.
– If she did not become an idol, she would like to be a wagashi artisan because she loves to eat wagashi.
– She wrote in a magazine that her dream was to become like Michishige Sayumi.
– Her favorite Morning Musume songs are “Renai Revolution 21” and “The☆Pea~ce!”.

Yokoyama Reina

Birth Name: Yokoyama Reina (横山玲奈)
Nickname: Reina, Yokoyan, Yossan, Yokoyoko, Yoko-chan
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: February 22, 2001
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 152.5 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Saitama, Japan
Representative Color: Golden Yellow
Years Active: 2016 – present
Generation: 13th
Blog: Morning Musume 13ki
Instagram: reina_yokoyama.official

Yokoyama Reina Facts:
– Hobbies: dancing and singing.
– Specialty: playing multiple instruments.
– She believes she is the Hello! Project member with the most knowledge and experience with various musical instruments such as the guitar, saxophone, and piano.
– If she did not become an idol, she would want to become a school teacher, specifically a history teacher.
– She learned to play piano without professional lessons.
– In middle school she wanted to form a band and tried inviting her friends to join, but nobody was interested and after her guitar broke she lost interest in forming one.
– She is the first of her Hello Pro Kenshuusei generation to debut.
– Kamen Rider was her favorite TV series while growing up.
– She considers her charm points to be her bangs, eyes, sneeze and loud laugh.
– Her favorite Morning Musume songs are “The Vision” and “Souda! We’re ALIVE”.

Haga Akane

Birth Name: Haga Akane (羽賀朱音)
Nickname: Akane-chin
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: March 7, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 158.5 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Representative Color: Orange
Years Active: 2014 – present
Generation: 12th
Blog: Morning Musume 12ki
Instagram: akane__haga.official

Haga Akane Facts:
– Hobbies: watching Youtube videos and reading manga.
– Specialty: calligraphy.
– She became a fan of Morning Musume after listening to “Maji Desu ka Ska!”.
– Haga said she has confidence that she could change the future for Morning Musume.
– Is the first Morning Musume member from Nagano Prefecture.
– She thinks she won’t lose to any other member in being young.
– If she did not become an idol, she would like to work at a famous cake shop in Nagano Prefecture.
– She would bring her family to a deserted island.
– Haga once won Best in Show at her prefecture’s calligraphy exhibition.
– Her favorite Morning Musume songs are “Pyocopyoco Ultra”, “Tokimeku Tokimeke”, and “Be Alive”.

Kitagawa Rio

Birth Name: Kitagawa Rio (北川莉央)
Nickname: Kitario, Rio, On-chan
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: March 16, 2004
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 155.4 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Tokyo
Representative Color: Sea Blue
Years Active: 2019 – present
Generation: 15th
Blog: Morning Musume 15ki Official Blog
Instagram: @rio_kitagawa.official

Kitagawa Rio Facts:
– Hobbies: cooking, looking for pretty girls, reading magazines, karaoke, playing golf.
– Specialty: Grade 3 in STEP Eiken test, Grade 4 in ICT Proficiency Assessment test, playing the flute, eating salmon clean.
– On June 22, 2019 she was announced as a winner of the Morning Musume ’19 LOVE Audition.
– She was officially introduced as a new member of Morning Musume on July 13, 2019.
– Her favorite song is “Ai no Gundan”.
– She is bad at sports, but she likes golfing.
– She is currently on hiatus.

Okamura Homare

Birth Name: Okamura Homare (岡村ほまれ)
Nickname: Homatan, Homa-chan
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: May 9, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Height: 158 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Representative Color: Daisy
Years Active: 2019 – present
Generation: 15th
Blog: Morning Musume 15ki Official Blog
Instagram: @homare__okamura.official

Okamura Homare Facts:
– Hobbies: collecting stationery and cute things.
– Specialty: tap dance.
– She has been dancing since she was 6 years old.
– On June 22, 2019 she was announced as a winner of the Morning Musume ’19 LOVE Audition.
– She was officially introduced as a new member of Morning Musume on July 13, 2019.
– She studied tap dance and ballet.
– Her favorite song is “One・Two・Three”.

Yamazaki Mei

Birth Name: Yamazaki Mei (山﨑愛生)
Nickname: Mei-chan, Meichi, Panda-san, Zakimei
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: June 28, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Height: 159 cm
Blood Type: B
Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Representative Color: Bright Green
Years Active: 2019 – present
Generation: 15th
Blog: Morning Musume 15ki Official Blog
Instagram: @mei_yamazaki.official

Yamazaki Mei Facts:
– Hobbies: collecting panda goods.
– Specialty: Grade Pre-2 in STEP Eiken test, mat excercises.
– In 2014, she auditioned to become a model for Ciao Girl magazine.
– On June 22, 2019 she was announced as a 15th generation member of Morning Musume ’19.
– She was officially introduced as a new member of Morning Musume on July 13, 2019.

Sakurai Rio

Birth Name: Sakurai Rio (櫻井梨央)
Nickname: Rairii, Riley, Rii-chan
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: November 11, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Height: 159 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Representative Color: Milk Tea
Years Active: 2022 – present
Generation: 16th
Blog: Morning Musume 16ki
Instagram: @rio_sakurai.official

Sakurai Rio Facts:
– Hobbies: admiring idols.
– Despite curry rice being her favourite food, she prefers butter chicken curry rice since she can’t eat hot curries.
– Her favorite Morning Musume song is “Mukidashi de Mukiatte”.

Inoue Haruka

Birth Name: Inoue Haruka (井上春華)
Nickname: Haru-san
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: May 6, 2006
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Height: 151 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
Representative Color: Mint Green
Years Active: 2023 – present
Generation: 17th
Blog: Morning Musume 16ki Official Blog

Inoue Haruka Facts:
– Hobbies: singing and collecting Chikawa goods.
– Specialty: Calligraphy (7 Dan), singing finnish Folk songs.
– Her favorite sport is soft tennis.
– Her favorite types of food are choco mint ice cream, shaved ice, and French fries.

Yumigeta Ako

Birth Name: Yumigeta Ako (弓桁朱琴)
Nickname: Gettaa, Ako-chan, Ume☆
Position: Vocalist, Youngest
Birthday: July 8, 2008
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Height: 166 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthplace: Shizuoka, Japan
Representative Color: Pure Red
Years Active: 2023 – present
Generation: 17th
Blog: Morning Musume 16ki Official Blog

Yumigeta Ako Facts:
– Hobbies: watching anime and taking photos.
– Specialty: ballet, making omelettes, bending arm joints.
– Her favorite sport is mat exercises.
– Her favorite food is plums.

Morning Musume Timeline
Morning Musume’s lineup is constantly changing, with members graduating almost every year since 1997. The graphic below displays their transformation throughout the years (as of June 19, 2022).

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