Morning Musume

[MuZ]

Heh, I never really liked Aya's music until I heard Good bye Natsuo, I really like that song.

 

[appl_tart]

morning musume how many are there??

hey i was just tlkin to my friend whos obsessed with them but he mentioned loooaaaads of ppl i hadnt heard of..

how many ppl are there in morning musume atm?
and can u name them?
how old r they??

im gettin v v v confused bout the whole hello project thing

 

[Porl]

I've never heard of them... but if you go here I think it shows all the peeps in the group.. there are a lot of them. wowzers! funky pictures of them all riding different animals. hehe

http://morningmusume.dream.com/

the site is in Japanese though.

Porl''

 

[Keiichi]

I'm not sure of any good ones. I guess you can try:
http://momusu.hellominna.com/ and go to profiles.

 

[Lo~ki]

I believe there are 15 at the moment. Can't name them though.
There was 5, then 8, then 13, and the last I heard it had climbed to 15.
And I believe the ages range from 13 through to 21 or there abouts.

 

[okaeri_man]

i liked it better when there were 13 ppl in morning musume. 15's such a bad number. what i want to know is why do they keep changing the band members?!? im sure ppl would cope if the girls grew older and their ages ranged from 17-25 instead of 13-21. its not as if they can keep replacing them and replacing them and still keep them popular for another 100 years - or can they...

 

[Ewok85]

Some of them "graduate" and move on and make their own groups or go solo, so they bring in new people. Think of it like a progressive pop group

 

[Meiji Lythtis]

hehe... i'm late and not sure if someone is gonna read this after a lot of time... but I do know the answer:

They began being just 5:
(1st generation)

Yuko Nakazawa
Kaori Iida
Natsumi Abe
Aya Ishiguro
Asuka Fukuda

later... 3 were added:
(2nd generation)

Mari Yaguchi
Kei Yasuda
Sayaka Ichii

after this, Asuka left the group, and just 1 was added:
(3rd generation)

Maki Goto ( Maki FOREVER !!! )

later... 4 else were added:
(4th generation)

Rika Ishikawa
Hitomi Yoshizawa
Nozomi Tsuji
Ai Kago

after this, Sayaka and Yuko left... and other 4 were added:
(5th generation)

Makoto Ogawa
Risa Niigaki
Ai Takahashi
Asami Konno

and finally... Maki left and also Kei Yasuda... but other 4... u know...
(6th generation)

Miki Fujimoto
Reina Tanaka
Eri Kamei
Sayumi Michishige
...............

Rite know, they are 15 but Natsumi Abe will leave this January and they will be 14 .... weeeeeeeeee !!!!!!

Hope this answer ur question

and remember...

Maki Forever !!!

 

[kinjo]

i lyk morning musume but i only lyk some songs i lyk maki goto the best she super cute hehe i lyk the best were alive maki`s super duper cute in that mv and also love revolution

 

[Keiichi]

Unfortunetly, Maki's not part of Morning Musume anymore. :\

 

[Meiji Lythtis]

... so sad keiichi...

but still...

Maki Forever !!!

 

[Old School]

Morning Musume are a cheap copy of Onyanko Club. Just about everything was copied: multiple rotating membership; splinter groups; TV show; even the token half-Japanese girl. It's been done before, only bigger and better. Onyanko Club had no less than 19 members at any given time and had a total of 50 members. Been there, done that.

 

[Keiichi]

Oh well.

 

[Meiji Lythtis]

Originally posted by Old School
Morning Musume are a cheap copy of Onyanko Club. Just about everything was copied: multiple rotating membership; splinter groups; TV show; even the token half-Japanese girl. It's been done before, only bigger and better. Onyanko Club had no less than 19 members at any given time and had a total of 50 members. Been there, done that.

Morning Musume rules and dat's all !!!

 

[Old School]

Originally posted by Meiji Lythtis
Morning Musume rules and dat's all !!!

Ummm, no. Morning Musume are cheap Onyanko Club rip offs and that's that. Nothing original about them kid.

 

[M10]

at least one thousand...
heh but they all are kawaii ^^

the last time I saw Morning Musume (something like a New Years Show.. NHK) there was at least 10 girls...

 

[Keiichi]

Originally posted by Old School
Ummm, no. Morning Musume are cheap Onyanko Club rip offs and that's that. Nothing original about them kid.

So you're saying people should only like originals...
Well I'm sure there are things that are "new and creative" in Morning Musume that Onyanko didn't have. I don't know what since I don't know anything about Onyanko.
But yeah, as Meiji said,
Morning Musume rules and dat's all !!!
Oh yeah, and
Maki Forever !!!

 

[Old School]

Originally posted by Keiichi
So you're saying people should only like originals...

You can like whatever you want to. You can like cheap copies if you want. Whatever floats your boat. I'm just pointing out to all the come-latelys that it's been done before since most come-latelys don't seem to know anything past 4 years ago. I get tired of people who have only gotten into J-pop for the past few years and think they know all about it. Reminds of a line from a Rolling Stones song:

I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new

Originally posted by Keiichi

Well I'm sure there are things that are "new and creative" in Morning Musume that Onyanko didn't have.

Such as? Let's hear some examples. I pointed out just a few (albeit very significant) things that MM have copied from Onyanko Club. They even copied the "graduation" thing. Ptooey! The only thing Onyanko didn't have is the pedophilia factor. 12 year old MM members???!! Defend that.

The prosecution rests.

 

[hayashi]

First of all, even if MM "copy" certain characteristics of Onyanko, why is that bad? Virtually every musical act, artist, or singer derives his, her or its style from someone else. Who can claim to be truly original?

"Pedophilia" is pretty strong, IMO. I can only speak for myself but I enjoy listening to MM music and watching MM videos but I don't find them sexually arousing. If you don't like MM, that's fine. To each his own. But what distinguishes them for most fans is their music, which is the best JPOP has to offer.

(How was that for a first post?) ;-)

 

[Old School]

Originally posted by hayashi
First of all, even if MM "copy" certain characteristics of Onyanko, why is that bad? Virtually every musical act, artist, or singer derives his, her or its style from someone else. Who can claim to be truly original?

"Pedophilia" is pretty strong, IMO. I can only speak for myself but I enjoy listening to MM music and watching MM videos but I don't find them sexually arousing. If you don't like MM, that's fine. To each his own. But what distinguishes them for most fans is their music, which is the best JPOP has to offer.

(How was that for a first post?) ;-)

Did I say anything about musical style? No, I was talking about number of members, group arrangement, splinter groups, and the TV show. NOT their musical style.

I also mentioned that people can like what they want to, but I guess you read only what you want to read.

It would help if you READ and UNDERSTOOD what I posted before commenting.

And let's see, 12 year old girls shaking their butts in front of the cameras - I stand by my pedophilia remark. You might not find them sexually arousing but I have heard others remark so. The prosecution still stands.

And as for Morning Musume being the "best" that JPop can offer - a lot of people will argue with you to the death on that point.

Your first post leaves a lot to be desired. Lots of holes and off-base. Try again kid.

 

[hayashi]

Originally posted by Old School
Did I say anything about musical style? No, I was talking about number of members, group arrangement, splinter groups, and the TV show. NOT their musical style.

I know what you were talking about. I just don't think the fact that they copied something detracts from their music, whether it's style, costumes, number of members, graduations, etc.

Originally posted by Old School
And let's see, 12 year old girls shaking their butts in front of the cameras - I stand by my pedophilia remark. You might not find them sexually arousing but I have heard others remark so. The prosecution still stands.

Since I don't know all the MM fans in the world, I can't say if you're right or wrong on this one. My guess is that most of their fans aren't pedophiles.

Originally posted by Old School
And as for Morning Musume being the "best" that JPop can offer - a lot of people will argue with you to the death on that point.

Like they say, you can't argue taste. One person's gold is another person's garbage.

 

[Meiji Lythtis]

Originally posted by Old School
Did I say anything about musical style? No, I was talking about number of members, group arrangement, splinter groups, and the TV show. NOT their musical style.

I also mentioned that people can like what they want to, but I guess you read only what you want to read.

It would help if you READ and UNDERSTOOD what I posted before commenting.

No my friend, u r the one that have to read everything before answer coz u didn't read or u did not understand... u said MM r copies, if u think dat it's ok, but what hayashi said (btw, welcome to the forum hehe) is and i agree: Every group, singer, band, etc, derives their style from another one... so, there rn't any totally original nowadays, and if u call copy to Morning Musume, u must say the same to every group,singer, etc... remember, u said it:

I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new

Originally posted by Old School
And let's see, 12 year old girls shaking their butts in front of the cameras - I stand by my pedophilia remark. You might not find them sexually arousing but I have heard others remark so. The prosecution still stands.

And as for Morning Musume being the "best" that JPop can offer - a lot of people will argue with you to the death on that point.

Your first post leaves a lot to be desired. Lots of holes and off-base. Try again kid.

i do know MM fans from all over the world, and i haven't known anyone with pedophile... and i'm not pedophile, r u? those other ppl that remark that, r they MM fans?... and why a lot of ppl will argue if i said that MM the BEST that JPop can offer? ... i know it's not true, there r a lot of stuffs JPop can offer, but also for me MM is one of the best, and u can do nothing to change that, and if ppl argue is not my problem, they can say whatever they want as i do...

 

[Ami]

What's so good about Morning Musume eh? and why are there SO MANY OF THEM! aahhhh!
< That one got to have a date with Gackt too.. O_O
O_O or was it that one?
whoa... I can't tell them apart! nooo.... they book look a-like! ahhhh... *hugs me mini-moose*

Don't get me wrong here, I have nothing against them.

 

[Keiichi]

Originally posted by Ami whoa... I can't tell them apart! nooo.... they book look a-like! ahhhh... *hugs me mini-moose*

That's because they're the same person.

 

[hayashi]

Originally posted by Ami
What's so good about Morning Musume eh?

The music, the dancing, the cute girls, and they're FUN!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Ami
and why are there SO MANY OF THEM! aahhhh!

There should be MORE of them!!!! There aren't enough!!! More musume!!!