stan morning musume: a thread
introduction:
- morning musume is an idol group under hello!project
- at the moment of this thread (12.9.17) they have 14 members
- kudo will leave in a couple days tho so it'll be 13 soon (note 2nd pic where she's absent)
- talent, charisma, beauty = morning musume
- morning musume formed in 1997 with a generation / graduation concept
- so members come and go
- a member can stay anywhere from like 1 year to over 10 lol
- depends on them (and the company tbh)
- this era of momusu starts in 2011, so that's where this thread will start
- maji desuka ska (2011)
- the debut single for 9th generation (yellow, orange, blue, & green jackets)
- y: riho (1998 - graduated in 2015)
- o: zukki (1998 - graduated in 2016)
- b: eripon (1997 - current sub-leader!)
- g: mizuki (1996 - current leader!)
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/833831295323144194/video/1
9th Generation, left to right (2011):
- Suzuki Kanon (graduated 2016)
- Fukumura Mizuki (current leader)
- Sayashi Riho (graduated 2015)
- Ikuta Erina (current sub-leader)
This is what 9th generation looks like as of 2017!
- Mizuki (left) is currently 21 (October 30, 1996)
- Erina (right) is currently 20 (July 7, 1997)

- Mizuki's official color is deep pink
- Erina's official color is yellow-green
pyoco pyoco ultra (2012)
- the debut single for 10th generation (the bby chickens @ 0:40)
- haruna (1994 - current sub-leader)
- ayumi (1998 - current member)
- masaki (1999 - current member)
- kudo (1999 - will graduate dec 11, 2017)

- a dark time
10th generation, left to right (2012):
- kudo haruka (1999 - graduating 12.11.2017)
- ishida ayumi (1998 - current member)
- iikubo haruna (1994 - current sub-leader)
- sato masaki (1999 - current member)
10th generation as of 2017!
Keeping Kudo in because I refuse to accept reality :)

- kudo is currently 18 (10.27.99) (orange)
- haruna is currently 23 (11.07.94) (honey)
- ayumi is currently 20 (1.07.97) (royal blue)
- masaki is currently 18 (5.7.99) ( emerald green)
help me!! (2013)
- the debut single for 11th generation
- this generation only has one member
- oda sakura (1999 - current member)

- a dark time (pt. two)
11th generation debut (2013) vs now (2017)
- sakura is currently 18 (march 12, 1999)
- her official color is lavender
seishun kozou ga naiteiru (2015)
- the debut single for 12th generation
**they had a triple single debut, but i'm using only 1 single**

- haruna (1999 - current member)
- miki (1999 - current)
- maria (2001 - current)
- akane (2002 - current)
12th generation, left to right (2015):
- Ogata Haruna (1999)
- Nonaka Miki (1999)
- Haga Akane (2002)
- Makino Maria (2001)

*their shirts are their member colors*
12th generation as of 2017!
- Ogata is currently 18 (02.15.99) (sea blue)
- Miki is currently 18 (10.07.99) (purple)
- Maria is currently 16 (02.02.01) (light pink)
- Akane is currently 15 (03.07.02) ( light orange)
brand new morning (2017)
- the debut single for 13th generation
**had a double single debut, this is just one**

- Kaga Kaede (1999) (current member)
- Yokoyama Reina (2001) (current member)
13th generation, left to right (2017) vs now (Dec 2017):

- Kaga Kaede (11.30.99) (current member) (italian red)
- Yokoyama Reina (02.22.01) (current member) (golden yellow)
jama shinai de, here we go! (2017)
**had a triple single debut**
- the debut single for 14th generation
- this generation only has one member
- she was transferred from country girls (also under h!p)

- Morito Chisaki (2000) (current member)
14th generation debut (2015 - CG) vs now (2017)
- chisaki is currently 17 (february 19, 2000)
- her official color is white

- she was recently added so her past picture is from her debut in country girls!
we have officially gone thru all the members (as of dec 2017 ok i kno it will change and i kno ill die on the inside when it happens)
so, moving forward
:: LIVES ::
momusu have the best lives. they really put their all into their performances. from singing to dancing to acrobatics - they give it 100%

just look at this picture, they did not come to play !!
Mikan (Released in 2007)
- 2016 Spring Concert (Zukki's graduation :')

- you can tell they're exhausted, but they still put so much energy into it.
- the flips!!
- the emotion!!
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/856974457566580736/video/1
Seishun Say A-HA (Released 2017)
- from The Girls Live

- a new song u can find on their new album (morning musume '17 15 thank you, too now available on apple music and itunes)
- complete bop
Take Off is Now (Released 2009)
- from 2016 Fall Tour

- feat. Sakura, Masaki, and Kudo
- WIG
- a powerful trinity
Iroppoi Jirettai (Released 2005)
- from 2016 Fall Tour

- a SONG
- u can see more of the member's individual voices as well as more powerful notes
- (p.s. eripon's deep voice here is So Nice)
uploading is taking 1432 hours so, other lives i recc:
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- everything else my brain is fried
:: PERFORMANCE ::
jealousy jealousy (2017)
- honestly That Song
- this entire rap is iconic
- ayumi is a rap god

((rich young girly hosoi))
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/857013735000596481/video/1
Erina, Ayumi, and Miki make up majority of all performance stunts

- here's a clip of erina and ayumi doing flips
- a v useful compilation vid of erina, miki, and ayumi just,, flippin around
Formation Dancing!
- formation dancing is their brand™
- it's more about the group than the individual
- make formations (duh) like shapes and letters

famous example: ai no gundan (2014)
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/880946497285652480/video/1
Formation Dancing!
- another example of formation dancing
- what is LOVE (2014)
- they make a lot of diff shapes, such as a heart and a star in this.
- really cool!

https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/880947730822123520/video/1
: Dancing :
- Jama Shinai de, Here We Go! (2017)
- they've gotten so much better at dancing!!
- LOOK at this
- also LISTEN to this
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/916330555167387649/video/1
: Dancing :
- Jama Shinai de, Here We Go! (2017)
- the dance break to end all dance breaks
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/916331051441704960/video/1
: Dancing :
- other good dances:
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: Units :
- they sometimes split into vocal/dance units
- can p much always expect eripon and ayumin in the dance unit lol
Singles this happened:
- Oh My Wish! (2015)
- The Vision (2016)
- Dokyuu no Go Sign (2017)
u can see how their outfits separate them
: Variety :
- it's hard to tell sometimes but they do actually have personalities
- they just turn extremely awkward whenever guesting on shows lmao
- they're trying their best let them live
Musical Chairs (2014)
- game turned prank
- there were the same amount of chairs as members every time
- everyone's a winner !!
- they still kept playing in confusion
- made duu cry
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/880960249968164864/video/1
Wake Up Prank (2014)
- they never got to live in 2014 did they
- went to sleep in a fake room
- it collapsed on a stage
- they woke up to love machine blasting
- and fans waiting
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/881009363116097536/video/1
Dodgeball (2017)
- oda got knocked the fuck out
- duu wasn't here to play games, she was here to WIN
- it's not gymnicesticks
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/918979471918747648/video/1
- idk what to caption this as
- u just gotta watch it
- the chorus of members calling her cute, Same
- they're so adorable
- bless
- they all look like eggs w the helmets on hghfdj
- the fact they thought this was a good idea
- the fact they didn't fall off
- legends in the making
u kno what i didn't watch the entire dvd for all i kno it could have been a challenge either way, legends
anyway
: important pictures :
- every pre-debut pic of ogata is important
- a national treasure
morning musume '14 christmas pictures
mukidashi de mukiatte (2016)
- can u compete without makeup
- the most iconic line
- asking the real questions
- the translation for this song in general was so
jama shinai de, here we go (2017)
- here we go (mario voice)
- don't be such a kiss ass
- ufp delivering once again in translations
(RICH) (YOUNG) (GIRLY) (HOSOI)
- i can hear this image
all the gay moments
i think im done here
anyway appreciate talent appreciate mm
goodbye
not 2 self-promo but here's a self-promo of my fav mm singles (from 2009 onward so wow u get blessed with platinum era!! ur welcome)
https://twitter.com/seolarsystems/status/827956617048109060
useful links in getting to know momusu (eng sub):
- segment on mm's history from debut to now (2017). really interesting!! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x63r7xk 
- mm '17 playing games (limbo, dodgeball, challenges, etc). shows current mm very well!!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x67i4mx  (this is only p1)
for the third time, i think we are now done with this thread.
spread the momusu gospel everyone and merry christmas / happy new years
hi if u made it to the bottom of this thread: congratulations. also this thread is nearly 2 years old and is a lil outdated.
- 12ki Haruna graduated in June 2018.
- 10ki Haruna graduated in Dec 2018.
in a surprise twist, no new members (current line-up below)
thank u for ur time
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