Hello! Pro Egg

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Hello! Pro Egg (ハロプロエッグ) is a Hello! Project group of aspiring trainees who aim to debut.

Contents 1 History 2 Information 3 Members 4 Hello! Pro Egg Units 4.1 Hello! Project Units Featuring Hello! Pro Egg 5 Concerts 6 Discography 6.1 Singles 6.2 DVDs 7 Auditions 7.1 Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004 7.2 Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition 7.3 Up-Front Egg Audition 8 External Links

History

In June 2004, thirty-two winners were selected from the 10,570 applicants of the "Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004" and formed Hello! Pro Egg. In June 2006, Mano Erina, Ogura Manami, and Mutou Mika, the winners of the "Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition", joined the group. Later in 2006, Kikkawa Yuu and Linlin were also added to Hello! Pro Egg.

During the Akasaka HOP! concert in June 2008, three new members were announced: Fukumura Mizuki, Kaneko Rie, and Takeuchi Akari. At the Yokohama JUMP! concert in November 2008, another new member was announced: Miyamoto Karin, a winner of the "Up-Front Egg Audition". In the April 2009 issue of De☆View (released in March 2009), Satou Ayano appeared alongside Noto Arisa and Kaneko Rie, as a Hello! Pro Egg member. During the Yokohama HOP! concert in April 2009, Satou Ayano's membership was officially announced, as well as the addition of new member Sezaki Azusa.

Information

Hello! Pro Egg mostly serve as backup dancers at various Hello! Project concerts. Some Eggs have also acted in various dramas, plays and musicals. There are only three groups to be made up entirely of Hello! Pro Egg members: Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai, who regularly participate in cultural festivals alongside Morning Musume; Shugo Chara Egg!, a promotional group for the anime series Shugo Chara!; and S/mileage.

Former Hello! Pro Egg members Korenaga Miki, Sawada Yuri, and Noto Arisa and current member Sengoku Minami are players in Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. These four, along with former Eggs Mano Erina and Mutou Mika, are also original members of Ongaku Gatas, the first Hello! Project unit to feature both Hello! Project members and Eggs. Tanaka Anri is a former trainee and player of Little Gatas.

In January 2008, Korenaga Miki graduated from Hello! Pro Egg to concentrate on Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas. Noto Arisa took her place as leader of Hello! Pro Egg.

Former Eggs Okada Yui, Arihara Kanna, and Linlin have debuted in Hello! Project groups, Mano Erina has debuted as a soloist, and THE Possible has debuted in TNX. As of 2007, all of the members of Hello! Pro Egg have officially debuted in concert in the Shinjin Kouen concert series.

Members

Current Members

• Aoki Erina (青木英里奈)
• Tanaka Anri (田中杏里)
• Sengoku Minami (仙石みなみ)
• Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
• Sainen Mia (西念未彩)
• Mori Saki (森咲樹)
• Kitahara Sayaka (北原沙弥香)
• Wada Ayaka (和田彩花)
• Maeda Yuuka (前田憂佳)
• Fukuda Kanon (福田花音)
• Saho Akari (佐保明梨)
• Okai Asuna (岡井明日菜)
• Sekine Azusa (関根梓)
• Ogawa Saki (小川紗季)
• Komine Momoka (古峰桃香)
• Maeda Irori (前田彩里)
• Kikkawa Yuu (吉川友)
• Arai Manami (新井愛瞳)
• Fukumura Mizuki (譜久村聖)
• Kaneko Rie (金子りえ)
• Takeuchi Akari (竹内朱莉)
• Miyamoto Karin (宮本佳林)
• Sato Ayano (佐藤綾乃)
• Sezaki Azusa (瀬崎あずさ)
• Hirano Tomomi (平野智美)
• Katsuta Rina (勝田里奈)
• Takagi Sayuki (高木紗友希)
• Tanabe Nanami (田邉奈菜美)

Graduated Members

• Ohyanagi Maho (大柳まほ, graduated July 2005)
• Kawashima Miyuki (川島幸, graduated September 2005)
• Hashida Mirei (橋田三令, graduated June 2007)
• Ogura Manami (小倉愛実, graduated August 2007)
• Yutoku Ayumi (湯徳歩美, graduated November 2007)
• Muto Mika (武藤水華, graduated April 2008)
• Sawada Yuri (澤田由梨, graduated August 2009)
• Noto Arisa (能登有沙, graduated September 2009)

Debuted Members

• Okada Yui (岡田唯, joined v-u-den August 2004)
• Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜, joined °C-ute January 2006)
• Linlin (リンリン, joined Morning Musume March 2007)
• THE Possible (THE ポッシボー, graduated October 2007)
  • Morozuka Kanami (諸塚香奈実)
  • Ohse Kaede (大瀬楓)
  • Hashimoto Aina (橋本愛奈)
  • Akiyama Yurika (秋山ゆりか)
  • Okada Robin Shouko (岡田ロビン翔子)
  • Goto Yuki (後藤夕貴)
• Korenaga Miki (是永美記, member of Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Ongaku Gatas, graduated January 2008)
• Mano Erina (真野恵里菜, soloist, graduated March 2008)
• S/mileage (スマイレージ, graduated March 2010)

Hello! Pro Egg Units

• Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai (2005–)
• THE Possible (2006–), graduated Hello! Project October 2007
• Shugo Chara Egg! (2008–)

Hello! Project Units Featuring Hello! Pro Egg

• Ongaku Gatas (2007–2009)
• MilkyWay (2008–2009)
• High-King (2008; 2009–)
• Shin Minimoni (2009–)
• ZYX-α (2009–)
• Aa! (2009–)

Concerts

• [2007] Dai 1 Kai Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen ~Saru no Koku~ / ~Tori no Koku~ (Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin, Arihara Kanna, Hello! Pro Egg)
• [2007] 2007 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 8gatsu ~Yokohama de Aimashou~
• [2007] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 01 (Aoki Erina, Kikkawa Yuu, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Ogawa Saki)
• [2007] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 02 (Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Furukawa Konatsu, Fukuda Kanon, Okai Asuna)
• [2007] 2007 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Shinagawa de Aimashou~
• [2008] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 03 (Sawada Yuri, Komine Momoka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari)
• [2008] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 3gatsu ~Kirameki no Yokohama~
• [2008] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 04 (Tanaka Anri, Sengoku Minami, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki)
• [2008] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Akasaka HOP!~
• [2008] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 05 (Noto Arisa, Sawada Yuri, Kikkawa Yuu, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka)
• [2008] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Shibakouen STEP!~
• [2008] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Yokohama JUMP!~
• [2009] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 4gatsu ~Yokohama HOP!~
• [2009] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Nakano STEP!~
• [2009] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Yokohama JUMP!~
• [2009] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Yokohama FIRE!~
• [2010] 2010nen Hello! Pro Egg Norimen LIVE 2gatsu (Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Saho Akari, Takeuchi Akari, S/mileage)
• [2010] Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 06 (Saho Akari, Okai Asuna, Fukumura Mizuki, Miyamoto Karin, Tanabe Nanami)
• [2010] 2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 3gatsu ~Yokohama GOLD!~

Discography

Singles

• [2006.??.??] 空がある (Sora ga Aru) (Hashida Mirei, Okada Robin Shouko, Kitahara Sayaka, Fukuda Kanon)

See also: Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai#Discography, THE Possible#Discography, Ongaku Gatas#Discography, MilkyWay#Discography, High-King#Discography, Shugo Chara Egg!#Discography

DVDs

• [2007.09.26] Dai 1 Kai Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen ~Saru no Koku~ / ~Tori no Koku~
• [2008.11.24] 2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Shibakouen STEP!~
• [2009.09.23] 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Nakano STEP!~

Auditions

Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004

• Name: Hello! Pro Egg Audition 2004 (ハロプロ エッグ オーディション2004)
• Purpose: To find talented people to become "Hello! Pro Eggs" to receive free lessons that will allow their talent to slowly hatch and then allowed to blossom.
• Application Recruitment Period: April–May 2004 (via Hello! Morning)
• Qualifications: By April 2004, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry, that they will relocate to Tokyo, and that they must be females between first grade to 18 years old.
• Application Methods: There were two forms of application methods, but applicants must apply only through one method. The first was through an interview at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on 19 June 2004 and the second was through an applicant submitted digital video cassette tape.
• Number of applicants: 10,570 people
• Selected: 32 people
• Notable Passers: Okada Yui, Arihara Kanna, Morozuka Kanami, Ohse Kaede, Hashimoto Aina, Akiyama Yurika, Okada Robin Shouko, Goto Yuki

Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition

• Name: Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition (アップフロントグループ『エッグ』オーディション)
• Purpose: To find talented people to become "Up-Front Group Eggs" to perform in various fields such as acting and variety.
• Application Period: Until 25 February 2006
• Qualifications: By February 2006, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry and that they will relocate to Tokyo.
• Notable Passer: Mano Erina
• The three second-generation Hello! Pro Egg members are from this audition.

Up-Front Egg Audition

• Name: Up-Front Egg Audition (アップフロントエッグオーディション)
• Application Period: Opened August 2007
• Qualifications: By August 2007, the applicants must not have a contract in the entertainment industry, that they will relocate to Tokyo, and that they must be females between first grade to 25 years old.
• Application Methods: There were numerous forms of application methods, including applying by computer, cell phone, mail, or by appointment with a receptionist, but applicants must apply only through one method.
• The fifth-generation Hello! Pro Egg member, Miyamoto Karin, is from this audition.

External Links

• Hello! Pro Egg Official FC Website
• Japanese Wikipedia: ハロプロエッグ