Morning Musume auditions

Main article: Morning Musume

This is a list of auditions held for the J-pop group Morning Musume.

Tsuika Audition (2nd Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Not specified
• Total applicants: 5,000
• Broadcast on ASAYAN in 1998
• No training camp and theme song
• Winners: Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi, and Kei Yasuda

2nd Tsuika Audition (3rd Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, minimum of 7th grade student
• Total applicants: 11,000
• Broadcast on ASAYAN in 1999
• Training camp, theme song: "Summer Night Town" (Morning Musume's 2nd single)
• Kumi Koda participated in this audition.
• Winner: Maki Goto

3rd Tsuika Audition (4th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, minimum of 7th grade student
• Total applicants: 25,000
• Broadcast on ASAYAN in 2000
• Training camp, theme song: "Akai Nikkichō" (Akagumi 4's single)
• Miki Fujimoto and Mai Satoda participated in this audition. Both would later join Hello! Project, with Fujimoto eventually joining Morning Musume as part of the 6th generation.
• Winners: Rika Ishikawa, Ai Kago, Nozomi Tsuji, and Hitomi Yoshizawa

Love Audition 21 (5th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, minimum of 7th grade student
• Total applicants: 25,827
• Broadcast on muSix! in 2001
• Training camp, theme song: "Love Namidairo" (Aya Matsuura's 3rd single)
• Reina Tanaka, Yukina Kinoshita and Erika Miyoshi participated in this audition. Tanaka was a finalist but was kicked out due to not meeting age requirements; she would later enter and pass the following year's audition, while Miyoshi won the 2003 Hello! Project audition and later joined v-u-den.
• Winners: Asami Konno, Risa Niigaki, Makoto Ogawa, and Ai Takahashi

Love Audition 2002 (6th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, 7th-12th grade
• Application Song: "Do It! Now"
• Total applicants: 12,417
• Broadcast on muSix! in 2002
• Training camp, theme song: "Do It! Now" (dance, Morning Musume's 15th single), "Akai Freesia" (voice training, Melon Kinenbi's 8th single)
• Miuna Saito participated in this audition. She later joined Country Musume.
• Winners: Miki Fujimoto, Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka

Lucky 7 Audition (7th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, minimum of 9th grade and under 20 years of age
• Application Song theme: A capella
• Total applicants: N/A
• Training camp and theme song: "Dokusen'yoku" (dance, from Morning Musume's Ai no Dai 6 Kan album), "Haru no Uta" (voice training, from Morning Musume's Ai no Dai 6 Kan album)
• Broadcast on Hello! Morning starting September, 2004. Audition result aired on January 9, 2005
• Winner: None

Audition 2005 (7th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, minimum of 7th grade and under 22 years of age
• Total applicants: 21,611
• No training camp and theme song
• Broadcast on Hello! Morning starting February 9, 2005. Audition result aired on May 1, 2005.
• Winner: Koharu Kusumi

Happy 8 Ki Audition (8th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, junior high or under 21 years of age
• Total applicants: 6,883
• Training camp and theme song: Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (dance, Morning Musume's 30th single) and Aruiteru (voice training, Morning Musume's 31st single)
• Broadcast on Hello! Morning starting September 2006. Audition result aired on December 10, 2006.
• Yuu Kikkawa, Sumire Satō, Yuki Kashiwagi, Momona Kitō and Yui Kawamura participated in this audition. Kikkawa would later become a soloist. Kashiwagi later joined AKB48 Team B becoming the Captain, Sato also later joined Team B and Kitō joined Team KII of SKE48. Kawamura joined the 2nd Generation of Idoling!!! in 2008.
• Winner: Aika Mitsui

Kyuukie Audition (9th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, Minimum of age 10 and under 17 years of age
• Total applicants: 9,000+
• Second Examination: Held at Hokkaido on 10/9 or Osaka on 10/11. The 2nd exam required questioning, PR, and singing an a cappella song.
• Training camp and theme song: Get Up Rapper, Crazy About You (dance, 2003 H!P Shuffle Minimoni's 10th single) and Aitai Lonely Christmas (voice training, C-ute's 14th single)
• Broadcast on Bijou Gaku starting December 16, 2010, ending 23 December 2010. Audition winners were announced January 2, 2011.
• Hello! Pro Egg Mizuki Fukumura auditioned.
• Winners: Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, Riho Sayashi and Kanon Suzuki

Genki Jirushi (10th Generation Audition)

• Application requirements: Female, Minimum of age 10 and under 17 years of age.
• Total applicants: 6,000+
• Training camp and theme song: Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai (dance, A-side of Morning Musume's 47th single from Kono Chikyū no Heiwa o Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!) and Jishin Motte Yume Motte Tobitatsu Kara (voice training, graduation commemorative song of Ai Takahashi)
• Broadcast on Hello Pro! Time from the September 9 to the September 22, 2011. Audition winners were announced September 29, 2011.
• Winners: Haruna Iikubo, Masaki Satō, Ayumi Ishida and ex-Egg Haruka Kudō