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Did you know...

• ...that Kominato Miwa of T&C Bomber was apart of the SharanQ audition where Heike Michiyo and Morning Musume began, but dropped out to give birth to her second child.

• ...that not counting Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori is the only person to remain in Morning Musume past their 23rd birthday.

• ...that Nakayama Nana is the only Hello! Project member to have a relative in Johnny's Jimusho.

• ...that Arai Manami is the first Hello! Project member to be born after the debut of Heike Michiyo and Morning Musume.

• ...that Hirano Tomomi is the newest member to join Hello! Project at the age of 25 which mean she is the eldest in H!P.

• ...that Aiko is the youngest person to join Hello! Project and the first Hello! Project member to be born after the Hello! Project name was established.

• ...that there are only two pairs of relatives in H!P. Coincedentally, in both cases the older relative is a member of C-ute and the younger relative is a member of Hello! Pro Egg.

• ...that the year 2009 had the most graduations in the history of H!P (27).

News in the world of H!P

September 19, 2009 - Another Graduation. This time it's Koharu

Today, it was announced that Kusumi Koharu will graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project on December 6, 2009 at the end of the current tour. Like Umeda Erika of C-ute who is graduating next month, she plans to go into modeling. Koharu's graduation marks the end of the longest line-up in Morning Musume history, having gone unchanged since the departure of Fujimoto Miki in June 2007.

August 10, 2009 - H!P Eggs Noto & Sawada to graduate

Hello Project Eggs Noto Arisa (age 20) & Sawada Yuri (17) are both set to graduate, it was announced on the official H!P site today. The two were perhaps most well-known as members of the Hello!Project group Ongaku Gatas.

August 1, 2009 - C-ute loses another member

It has been announced that Umeda Erika will be graduating from C-ute and H!P on October 25 to persue a career as a fashion model. News of Umeda's graduation comes only 3 weeks after fellow C-ute member Arihara Kanna's departure and only a week after the graduation of Nakayama Nana of SI☆NA. Umeda is the third member of C-ute to graduate and the first to recieve a proper graduation ceremony. Umeda's departure leaves C-ute as a permanent 5-nin group.

July 10, 2009 - Arihara Kanna leaves H!P

Arihara Kanna left Hello! Project after going on hiatus for several months due to bunions. Kanna's departure leaves C-ute as a permanent 6-nin group.

July 5, 2009 - Nakayama Nana to graduate from H!P

SI☆NA member Nakayama Nana will graduate from H!P to focus on her studies. Her last concert will be on July 25, 2009. She is the first member of H!P to graduate since the departure of the Elder Club earlier this year.

March 25, 2009 - Yaguchi Mari to release solo single

Former second gen Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari is to release her first solo single, Seishun Boku on March 25th - the first release of her solo career since leaving Morning Musume in 2005. The single is a collaboration with Airband.

January 31, 2009 - Tsuji Nozomi opens blog

Former fourth gen Morning Musume member Tsuji Nozomi has officially opened a new blog. It will contain details about her daily life and events and news of her planned comeback.

October 19, 2008 - Elder Club to graduate from Hello! Project

It was announced on the Hello! Project website that as of March 31st, 2009, all of the members of Elder Club will be leaving Hello! Project.

July 29, 2008 - Arihara Kanna caught in scandal

°C-ute member Arihara Kanna was caught on a date with Johnny's Jr. member Hashimoto Ryosuke. BUBKA, the tabloid that posted the information said that the couple, fortunately did not "emit the odor of a scandal".

July 6, 2008 - Takahashi Ai and Niigaki Risa to portray Pink Lady in TV Drama.

It was announced last week that Morning Musume leader Takahashi Ai and subleader Niigaki Risa would portray the 80s J-Pop duo Pink Lady in the new TV Drama, Hitmaker Aku Yuu Monogatari. The show airs on August 1st.

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