Morning Musume discography
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The discography
of the Japan
ese girl group Morning Musume
consists of twelve studio albums, five compilation albums, and forty-seven singles
. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and currently consists of twelve members: Risa Niigaki
(leader), Sayumi Michishige
, Reina Tanaka
, Aika Mitsui
, Mizuki Fukumura
, Erina Ikuta
, Riho Sayashi
, Kanon Suzuki
, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Satou Masaki and Kudou Haruka. The group was formed by Sharam Q vocalist Tsunku
, who serves as their lyricist, composer, and producer.
Beginning in January 2007, the Taiwan
ese label Forward Music officially began releasing Taiwanese versions of Morning Musume's releases, complete with Chinese subtitles. In March 2009, the majority of Morning Musume's music releases became available in North America as paid downloads via JapanFiles. All songs released since then have consistently been made available through JapanFiles and, in the U.S. and Canada, the iTunes Store
(the same is true of many countries' iTunes music stores). JapanFiles also occasionally releases U.S. pressings of the group's CDs. However, the albums prior to Platinum 9 Disc are unavailable in the North American iTunes store, leaving the album-only songs unavailable.
Notes
Notes
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese girl group Morning Musume
Morning Musume
, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...
consists of twelve studio albums, five compilation albums, and forty-seven singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and currently consists of twelve members: Risa Niigaki
Risa Niigaki
is a fifth generation member and current leader of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after moving there at age six. As of 2009, she was the longest-serving sub-leader of Morning...
(leader), Sayumi Michishige
Sayumi Michishige
is a sixth generation member of the J-pop group Morning Musume and has the third longest tenure of any member in the group ....
, Reina Tanaka
Reina Tanaka
is one of the sixth generation members of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Her professional first name is spelled in hiragana to distinguish her from the Japanese actress Rena Tanaka, whose name is spelled using the same kanji , who is similarly from Fukuoka Prefecture.- Biography :Tanaka auditioned...
, Aika Mitsui
Aika Mitsui
is a member of the J-pop group Morning Musume, joining as a member of the eighth generation from the audition in Japan during December 2006. Mitsui's audition process was documented during the late 2006 episodes of Hello! Morning...
, Mizuki Fukumura
Mizuki Fukumura
is a Japanese pop singer. She is a ninth-generation member of Morning Musume. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known as a member of the second generation Shugo Chara Egg!, and for her role of Amulet Heart in the live action segment of the highly acclaimed television series...
, Erina Ikuta
Erina Ikuta
is a ninth generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki and Mizuki Fukumura.- Biography :...
, Riho Sayashi
Riho Sayashi
Riho Sayashi is a Japanese pop singer under Hello! Project. She is a ninth generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume, along with Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, and Kanon Suzuki....
, Kanon Suzuki
Kanon Suzuki
is a Japanese pop singer. She is a ninth-generation member of the Japanese girl idol group Morning Musume.- Biography :In 2010, Kanon Suzuki participated in the Morning Musume ninth-generation auditions....
, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Satou Masaki and Kudou Haruka. The group was formed by Sharam Q vocalist Tsunku
Tsunku
, better known professionally as , is a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharam Q, and now as the producer, primary composer, lyricist and main...
, who serves as their lyricist, composer, and producer.
Beginning in January 2007, the Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese label Forward Music officially began releasing Taiwanese versions of Morning Musume's releases, complete with Chinese subtitles. In March 2009, the majority of Morning Musume's music releases became available in North America as paid downloads via JapanFiles. All songs released since then have consistently been made available through JapanFiles and, in the U.S. and Canada, the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
(the same is true of many countries' iTunes music stores). JapanFiles also occasionally releases U.S. pressings of the group's CDs. However, the albums prior to Platinum 9 Disc are unavailable in the North American iTunes store, leaving the album-only songs unavailable.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... Certifications stated came from the Recording Industry Association of Japan Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... database. (sales thresholds) |
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| JP Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 1998 | First Time First Time (Morning Musume album) is the first album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, consisting of only the 1st and 2nd generation members. It was released on July 8, 1998 and sold 310,290 copies...
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| 1999 | Second Morning Second Morning is the second album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on July 28, 1999 and sold a total of 428,990 copies. It was released both on CD with the catalogue number EPCE-5025 and MiniDisc with the catalogue number EPYE-5025. It includes Morning Musume's first #1 single, Daite... |
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| 2000 | 3rd: Love Paradise
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| 2002 | 4th Ikimasshoi!
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| 2003 | No.5
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| 2004 | Ai no Dai 6 Kan Ai no Dai 6 Kan is the sixth album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on December 8, 2004.Ai no Dai 6 Kan contains three hit singles, all released prior to the album between April and December 2004: "Roman: My Dear Boy", "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", and "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago"... |
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| 2006 | Rainbow 7 Rainbow 7 is the seventh album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi, and was released on February 15, 2006.... |
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| 2007 | Sexy 8 Beat Sexy 8 Beat - Bonus DVD :Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro concert.- Vocals :* Hitomi Yoshizawa – except tracks 5, 9 and 10* Ai Takahashi – except tracks 5 and 10... |
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| 2009 | Platinum 9 Disc Platinum 9 Disc - Featured lineup :* 4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa * 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Miki Fujimoto... |
13 | — | 4Taiwan's peak position for: Platinum 9 Disc can be found at the thirteenth week of 2009, and 10 My Me on the twelfth week of 2010. | |
| 2010 | 10 My Me 10 My Me is Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume's tenth studio album. It was released March 17, 2010 in both a regular and limited edition. The normal edition came with a photocard, depicting a similar picture to the limited edition cover. The limited edition was packaged with a bonus DVD and had a... |
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| Fantasy! Jūichi Fantasy! Jūichi -Chart performance:The album peaked at #16 on the weekly Oricon music charts and charted for three weeks, selling 10,554 copies in its first week.-Personnel:*Kazuyoshi Araki - A&R coordination*Yutaka Asahina - produced assistant... |
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| 2011 | 12, Smart 12, Smart -Personnel:*Kaoru Okubo - Keyboard and Programming *Ai Takahashi - Chorus *Risa Niigaki - Chorus *Koji Kamada - Guitar , Electric Guitar and Air Guitar *U.M.E.D.Y - Rap... |
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Extended plays
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| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2006 | 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! is the first mini-album to be released by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on December 13, 2006. The album was released in two versions– a standard edition, containing only the CD , and a limited edition containing a bonus DVD.This mini-album is considered to be their...
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Soundtracks
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| 1998 | Morning Cop: Daite Hold on Me! (with Michiyo Heike Michiyo Heike , is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Mie, Osaka. She first become known after her appearance on the show Asayan in the late 1990s, becoming the first member of the future "Hello! Project"... )
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| 2000 | Pinch Runner
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| 2003 | Koinu Dan no Monogatari (with Hello! Project Kids Hello! Project Kids is a Japanese music group of fifteen young girls chosen out of 27,958 applicants in 2002. The group was formed as a part of the Hello! Project. The group has so far published a number of records under both group names and the Hello! Project Kids title.... ) |
Musical albums
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| 2001 | Love Century: Yume wa Minakerya Hajimaranai
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| 2003 | Edokko Chushingura
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| 2006 | Ribbon no Kishi
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Compilation albums
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| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2001 | Best! Morning Musume 1 Best! Morning Musume 1 is the first "best of" compilation from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, and was released January 31, 2001. It is currently the largest selling album of their career and sold a total of 2,259,510 copies...
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| 2004 | Best! Morning Musume 2 Best! Morning Musume 2 is the second "best of" compilation from the Japanese Pop idol group Morning Musume and it was released March 31, 2004, selling a total of 180,897 copies... |
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| 2004 | Early Single Box Early Single Box Early Single Box is the first box set compilation from J-pop idol group Morning Musume, and was released December 15, 2004. It contains their first eight singles in their entirety, each on a separate disc with an additional bonus track each... |
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| 2007 | Morning Musume All Singles Complete: 10th Anniversary
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6 | 1Taiwan's peak position for:Morning Musume All Singles Complete: 10th Anniversary can be found on the forty-third week of 2007, and Morning Musume Zen Singles Coupling Collection on the forty-first week of 2009. | |
| 2009 | Morning Musume Zen Singles Coupling Collection Morning Musume Zen Singles Coupling Collection is the 5th greatest hits collection released by Morning Musume. It features every b-side the group has released thus far on their singles in a set of three discs. It was released on October 7, 2009 in both limited and regular editions... |
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Tribute and cover albums
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| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2008 | Cover You Cover You - Oricon ranks and sales :- External links :* entry at Up-Front Works official website * entry on Oricon Style...
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Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| JP Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
JP Hot Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... |
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| 1997 | "Ai no Tane Ai no Tane is the unofficial debut single of Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume, released under a defunct independent sub-label of Zetima Records on November 3, 1997... " |
— | — | First Time First Time (Morning Musume album) is the first album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, consisting of only the 1st and 2nd generation members. It was released on July 8, 1998 and sold 310,290 copies... |
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| 1998 | "Morning Coffee" | 6 | — | ||||||
| "Summer Night Town Summer Night Town is a song by J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released as their second single on May 27, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 417,330 copies. In 2004 It was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single was Natsumi Abe... " |
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| "Daite Hold on Me!" | 1 | — | Second Morning Second Morning is the second album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on July 28, 1999 and sold a total of 428,990 copies. It was released both on CD with the catalogue number EPCE-5025 and MiniDisc with the catalogue number EPYE-5025. It includes Morning Musume's first #1 single, Daite... |
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| 1999 | "Memory Seishun no Hikari Memory Seishun no Hikari is the fourth single from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on February 10, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 410,850 copies, and reached number two on the Oricon Charts. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of... " |
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| "Love Machine Love Machine (Morning Musume song) is the seventh single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on September 9, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,760,000 copies, making it a massive hit and their highest selling single. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD... " |
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| 2000 | "Koi no Dance Site Koi no Dance Site is the eighth single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies making it their second highest selling single and a number-two hit on the Oricon Charts. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again... " |
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| "Happy Summer Wedding Happy Summer Wedding is the ninth single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on May 17, 2000. It sold a total of 1,370,000 copies, becoming a number-one hit in Japan... " |
1 | — | Million | Best! Morning Musume 1 Best! Morning Musume 1 is the first "best of" compilation from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, and was released January 31, 2001. It is currently the largest selling album of their career and sold a total of 2,259,510 copies... |
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| "I Wish I Wish (Morning Musume song) "I Wish" is a song by J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released September 6, 2000 as their tenth single. It sold a total of 654,640 copies. "I Wish" was the song used in Japanese commercials for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, which also featured the girls in the commercials. Lead vocals in... " |
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| "Ren'ai Revolution 21" | 2 | — | 4th Ikimasshoi! | ||||||
| 2001 | "The Peace! The Peace! is the twelfth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released July 25, 2001. It sold a total of 682,320 copies and reached number one on the Oricon Charts... " |
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| "Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)" | 1 | — | |||||||
| 2002 | "Sōda! We're Alive" | 1 | — | ||||||
| "Do It! Now Do it! Now "Do It! Now" is the 15th single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released July 24, 2002,. It sold a total of 310,600 copies. This single also marked the last appearance of Maki Goto before she graduated from Morning Musume and pursued a solo career within Hello! Project... " |
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| "Koko ni Iruzee! Koko ni Iruzee! is the sixteenth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released October 30, 2002 under Zetima Records with the catalog number EPCE-5182.- Track listing :# – 4:28#* Lyrics and composition by Tsunku; Arrangement by .# – 4:40... " |
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| 2003 | "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima" | 4 | — | Gold | Best! Morning Musume 2 Best! Morning Musume 2 is the second "best of" compilation from the Japanese Pop idol group Morning Musume and it was released March 31, 2004, selling a total of 180,897 copies... |
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| "As for One Day As for One Day "As for One Day" is the eighteenth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released April 23, 2003. It sold a total of 129,893 copies. This single also marked the graduation of second generation member Kei Yasuda... " |
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| "Shabondama Shabondama is the nineteenth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released July 30, 2003 and sold a total of 151,104 copies. It peaked at number two on the Oricon Charts.... " |
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| "Go Girl (Koi no Victory)" | 4 | — | Gold | ||||||
| 2004 | "Ai Araba It's All Right" | 2 | — | Gold | |||||
| "Roman (My Dear Boy)" | 4 | — | Gold | Ai no Dai 6 Kan Ai no Dai 6 Kan is the sixth album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on December 8, 2004.Ai no Dai 6 Kan contains three hit singles, all released prior to the album between April and December 2004: "Roman: My Dear Boy", "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", and "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago"... |
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| "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari is the 23rd single by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on July 22, 2004. It sold a total of 91,789 copies in the music stores that report to Oricon and peaked at number three on the Oricon Charts.... " |
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| "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago" | 4 | — | |||||||
| 2005 | "The Manpower!!! The Manpower!!! is the twenty-fifth single of Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume. It also served as the last single of the last founding member of the group Kaori Iida.... " |
4 | — | Rainbow 7 Rainbow 7 is the seventh album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi, and was released on February 15, 2006.... |
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| "Osaka Koi no Uta Osaka Koi no Uta was the twenty-sixth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, from the group's seventh album Rainbow 7. It was released on April 27, 2005 under the Zetima label, and went on to sell a total of 59,287 copies. The single reached a peak of #2 on the weekly Oricon chart, charting for five weeks. The... " |
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| "Iroppoi Jirettai Iroppoi Jirettai was the twenty-seventh single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, and was the debut of seventh generation member Koharu Kusumi.The first pressing of this single came with special packaging and also contained five photocards. The Single V was released on August 3, 2005, and sold a total of 22,606... " |
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| 2006 | "Sexy Boy (Soyokaze ni Yorisotte)" | 4 | — | Sexy 8 Beat Sexy 8 Beat - Bonus DVD :Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro concert.- Vocals :* Hitomi Yoshizawa – except tracks 5, 9 and 10* Ai Takahashi – except tracks 5 and 10... |
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| "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan is the thirtieth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on June 21, 2006. The Single V was released on June 28, 2006.There are regular and limited edition versions of this single. The regular version comes with a photocard in a poker card design... " |
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| "Aruiteru Aruiteru is the thirty-first single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on November 8, 2006. "Aruiteru" sold approximately 55,694 copies and reached number one in both the daily and weekly Oricon charts.... " |
1 | — | 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! is the first mini-album to be released by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on December 13, 2006. The album was released in two versions– a standard edition, containing only the CD , and a limited edition containing a bonus DVD.This mini-album is considered to be their... |
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| 2007 | "Egao Yes Nude Egao Yes Nude is the thirty-second single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on February 14, 2007. It was at first rumored to be the last single to feature Hitomi Yoshizawa but this was disproved. It is the first for the eighth generation Aika Mitsui.There are three different versions of... " |
4 | — | Sexy 8 Beat Sexy 8 Beat - Bonus DVD :Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro concert.- Vocals :* Hitomi Yoshizawa – except tracks 5, 9 and 10* Ai Takahashi – except tracks 5 and 10... |
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| "Kanashimi Twilight Kanashimi Twilight is the thirty-third single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on April 25, 2007 and was the last single for Hitomi Yoshizawa as well as Miki Fujimoto.There are three different versions of the single... " |
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| "Onna ni Sachi Are Onna ni Sachi Are is the thirty-fourth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and the first to feature eighth generation members Junjun and Linlin. It was released on July 25, 2007 and its accompanying Single V on August 1.... " |
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| "Mikan Mikan (song) is the thirty-fifth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. The song's title was chosen in accordance to the habit of eating mandarin oranges while sitting by a kotatsu, as a representation of each member's childhood memories. Mikan's Promotional video extends this concept further, by showing... " |
6 | — | Platinum 9 Disc Platinum 9 Disc - Featured lineup :* 4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa * 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Miki Fujimoto... |
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| 2008 | "Resonant Blue Resonant Blue is the thirty-sixth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released under the Zetima label on April 16, 2008. The Single V DVD of the single was released on April 23, 2008.... " |
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| "Pepper Keibu Pepper Keibu - Morning Musume version :A cover of "Pepper Keibu" was released by the idol pop group Morning Musume as a single on September 24, 2008 under the Zetima label to promote their upcoming ninth album, Cover You, a tribute to producer Yū Aku. The Single V DVD of the single was released on October 22,... " |
3 | — | Cover You Cover You - Oricon ranks and sales :- External links :* entry at Up-Front Works official website * entry on Oricon Style... |
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| 2009 | "Naichau Kamo Naichau Kamo is the thirty-eighth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released under the Zetima label on February 16, 2009, achieving a weekly rank of 3 on the Oricon singles chart. The Single V DVD of the single was released on February 25, 2009. This was the 26th single to feature Ai Takahashi... " |
3 | 8 | Platinum 9 Disc Platinum 9 Disc - Featured lineup :* 4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa * 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Miki Fujimoto... |
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| "Shōganai Yume Oibito Shōganai Yume Oibito - Featured lineup :* 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka* 7th generation: Koharu Kusumi* 8th generation: Aika Mitsui, Junjun, LinlinShōganai Yume Oibito Vocalists... " |
1 | 9 | 10 My Me 10 My Me is Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume's tenth studio album. It was released March 17, 2010 in both a regular and limited edition. The normal edition came with a photocard, depicting a similar picture to the limited edition cover. The limited edition was packaged with a bonus DVD and had a... |
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| "Kimagure Princess Kimagure Princess is the 41st single by Hello! Project unit Morning Musume. The single was released on October 28, 2009 and will be used as the ending theme for TV Tokyo's show, "The Gyakuryū Researchers". It will also be the last single featuring Morning Musume's seventh generation member Koharu Kusumi. The Single... " |
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| 2010 | "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai is the 42nd single by Hello! Project unit Morning Musume. The single was released on February 10, 2010 with three limited edition releases as well as the normal edition– "A", "B" and "C"– all of which contained a different DVD. All four editions also contained a special card with a... " |
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| "Seishun Collection Seishun Collection -Charts:-Members:* 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka* 8th generation: Aika Mitsui, Junjun, Linlin-External links:* entry on the Hello! Project website... " |
3 | 13 | Fantasy! Jūichi Fantasy! Jūichi -Chart performance:The album peaked at #16 on the weekly Oricon music charts and charted for three weeks, selling 10,554 copies in its first week.-Personnel:*Kazuyoshi Araki - A&R coordination*Yutaka Asahina - produced assistant... |
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| "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game -Members:* 5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki* 6th generation: Eri Kamei , Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka* 8th generation: Aika Mitsui, Junjun , Linlin... " |
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| 2011 | "Maji Desu ka Ska! Maji Desu ka Ska! -Personnel:Track 1*Chorus: Ai Takahashi, Tsunku*Guitar: Koji Kamada*Programming, guitar, bass: Masanori TakumiTrack 2*Chorus: Ai Takahashi*Keyboard, programming: Kaoru Okubo*Guitar: Koji Kamada-External links:* * * *... " |
5 | 7 | 12, Smart 12, Smart -Personnel:*Kaoru Okubo - Keyboard and Programming *Ai Takahashi - Chorus *Risa Niigaki - Chorus *Koji Kamada - Guitar , Electric Guitar and Air Guitar *U.M.E.D.Y - Rap... |
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| "Kono Chikyū no Heiwa o Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai! Kono Chikyū no Heiwa o Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai! - Ai Takahashi Graduation Commemoration Edition :All songs written and composed by Tsunku."Kono Chikyū no Heiwa o Honki de Negatterun da yo!" arranged by Shōichirō Hirata."Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!" arranged by Yūsuke Itagaki.... " |
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Music video compilations
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| 2000 | Eizō The Morning Musume Best 10
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| 2002 | Eizō The Morning Musume 2: Single M Clips
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| 2005 | Eizō The Morning Musume 3: Single V Clips
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| 2007 | Eizō The Morning Musume 4: Single M Clips
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| The Morning Musume All Singles Complete Zen 35 Kyoku: 10th Anniversary
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| 2009 | Eizō The Morning Musume 5: Single M Clips
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| 2011 | Eizō The Morning Musume 6: Single M Clips
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Concerts
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| 1998 | Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kōkaidō Shibuya Public Hall or is a live theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1964. In the 1964 Summer Olympics, the weightlifting events took place there.The theatre was sponsored by Dentsu and Suntory, which paid ¥80 million to have its name associated with the building from 2006 to 2011.-External links:*...
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| 1999 | Memory: Seishun no Hikari 1999.4.18
Asuka Fukuda is a Japanese pop singer, and she was a member of Morning Musume from 1997 until April 18, 1999.In 1997, Fukuda joined Morning Musume along with Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Natsumi Abe, and Kaori Iida. Although she was the youngest member at that time, she was the first to graduate in April 1999... 's graduation concert. |
| 2000 | Morning Musume First Live at Budōkan: Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru
Sayaka Ichii joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7... 's graduation concert. |
| 2001 | Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru: Osaka City Hall Last Day
Yuko Nakazawa is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.- Biography :... 's graduation concert. |
| Green Live
Hello! Project is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume... 's 2001 athletic meet. |
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| 2002 | Love Is Alive! Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru at Saitama Super Arena Saitama Super Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and... |
| Morning Musume Love is Alive! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena Yokohama Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama... Maki Goto is a Japanese singer, lyricist and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million... 's graduation concert. |
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| 2003 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 Haru Non Stop! at Saitama Super Arena
Kei Yasuda is a Japanese singer, musician and actress under the Up Front Agency's Hello! Project. She was a member and co-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Yasuda, along with Mari Yaguchi and Sayaka Ichii, were the second generation of singers to be recruited into Morning Musume... 's graduation concert. |
| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003: 15nin de Non Stop!
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| 2004 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 Haru "The Best of Japan"
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004: "The Best of Japan Natsu Aki '04"
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| 2005 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru: Dai 6 Kan Hit Mankai
Rika Ishikawa , is a Japanese pop singer and TV/radio hostess, associated with the Hello! Project banner and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the trio v-u-den until June 2008... 's graduation concert. |
| Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki Baribari Kyōshitsu: "Koharu-chan Irasshai!"
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| 2006 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Haru: Rainbow Seven
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki: Odore! Morning Curry
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| 2007 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Spring: Sexy 8 Beat
Hitomi Yoshizawa is a former leader of the pop group Morning Musume and current member of the duo Hangry & Angry as Hangry. She is the current leader of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P... 's graduation concert. |
| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Aki: Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! Bomb
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| 2008 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru: Single Daizenshū
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Aki: Resonant Live
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| 2009 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Spring: Platinum 9 Disco
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| Morning Musume Yomiuri Land East Live 2009
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki: Nine Smile
Koharu Kusumi , is a former J-pop singer and voice actress, and currently a model. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her... 's Graduation Concert. |
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| 2010 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru: Pika Pika!
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Aki: Rival Survival
Eri Kamei was a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December 15, 2010 in Yokohama Arena along with Junjun and Linlin.... , Linlin and Junjun's Graduation Concert. |
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| 2011 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru: Sin Souseiki Fantasy DX ~9-Ki Men Wo Mukaete-~!
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
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| 1997 | "Ai no Tane" | Hideta Takahata |
| 1998 | "Morning Coffee" | |
| "Summer Night Town" | ||
| "Daite Hold on Me!" | ||
| 1999 | "Memory Seishun no Hikari" | |
| "Manatsu no Kōsen" | ||
| "Furusato" | ||
| "Love Machine" | ||
| 2000 | "Koi no Dance Site" | |
| "Happy Summer Wedding" | Tetsuo Inoue | |
| "I Wish" | Mayumi Miyasaka | |
| "Ren'ai Revolution 21" | Takashi Tadokoro | |
| 2001 | "The Peace!" | Wataru Takeishi |
| "Mr. Moonlight: Ai no Big Band" | ||
| 2002 | "Sōda! We're Alive" | |
| "Morning Musume Single Medley: Hawaiian" (with Boo Takagi, Coconuts Musume Coconuts Musume is a group from Hello! Project that was formed and promoted as the "girls from Hawaii". After nine years, the group officially disbanded when Ayaka Kimura graduated from Hello! Project.- Members :* 1998–2008 –... , Miki Fujimoto Miki Fujimoto , professionally known by her birth name , is a Japanese pop singer and television actress. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single "Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi"... , and Rika Ishii) |
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| "Do It! Now" | Wataru Takeishi | |
| "Koko ni Iruzee!" | Hideo Kawatani | |
| 2003 | "Ganbacchae!" | |
| "Hey! Mirai" | Kensuke Kawamura | |
| "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima" | Hideo Kawatani | |
| "As for One Day" | Wataru Takeishi | |
| "Shabondama" | ||
| "Go Girl (Koi no Victory)" | Hideo Kawatani | |
| 2004 | "Ai Araba It's All Right" | Takeshi Sueda |
| "Roman (My Dear Boy)" | Tetsuo Inoue | |
| "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari" | Wataru Takeishi | |
| "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago" | ||
| 2005 | "The Manpower!!!" | |
| "Osaka Koi no Uta" | ||
| "Iroppoi Jirettai" | Makoto Hasegawa | |
| "Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!)" | ||
| "Koi wa Hassō Do the Hustle!" | ||
| 2006 | "Sexy Boy (Soyokaze ni Yorisotte)" | |
| "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan" | Wataru Takeishi | |
| "Aruiteru" | Hideo Kawatani | |
| 2007 | "Egao Yes Nude" | |
| "Kanashimi Twilight" | Makoto Hasegawa | |
| "Onna ni Sachi Are" | ||
| "Mikan" | ||
| 2008 | "Resonant Blue" | |
| "Pepper Keibu" | Takashi Tadokoro | |
| 2009 | "Naichau Kamo" | Hideo Kawatani |
| "Shōganai Yume Oibito" | Toshiyuki Suzuki | |
| "3, 2, 1, Breaking Out" | Masaki Takehisa | |
| "Nanchatte Ren'ai" | — | |
| "Kimagure Princess" | Toshiyuki Suzuki | |
| 2010 | "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" | — |
| "Genki PikaPika" | — | |
| "Seishun Collection" | Hideaki Sunaga |
External links
- Official Morning Musume discography page on the Hello! ProjectHello! Projectis the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...
official website