Hello! Project Kids
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Hello! Project Kids (ハロー!プロジェクト・キッズ Harō! Purojekuto Kizzu?) is a Japanese music group of fifteen young girls chosen out of 27,958 applicants in 2002. The group was formed as a part of the Hello! Project. The group has so far published a number of records under both group names and the Hello! Project Kids title.
Some of them were selected for members of ZYX and Aa! in 2003, but which are both short-lived groups and virtually dormant now. Hello! Project Kids is currently organized into two groups—Berryz Kobo and °C-ute . Buono! is also a newly formed unit consisting of three Hello! Project Kids.
[edit] Members
- Erika Umeda (梅田 えりか)
- Saki Shimizu (清水 佐紀)
- Maimi Yajima (矢島 舞美)
- Momoko Tsugunaga (嗣永 桃子)
- Chinami Tokunaga (徳永 千奈美)
- Megumi Murakami (村上 愛) – retired on October 31, 2006, to continue schooling and lead a private life
- Maasa Sudō (須藤 茉麻)
- Maiha Ishimura (石村 舞波) – graduated on October 2, 2005 to continue her schooling full-time
- Miyabi Natsuyaki (夏焼 雅)
- Yurina Kumai (熊井 友理奈)
- Saki Nakajima (中島 早貴)
- Risako Sugaya (菅谷 梨沙子)
- Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理)
- Chisato Okai (岡井 千聖)
- Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞)
Also of note, °C-ute member Kanna Arihara is sometimes considered a member of the H!P Kids, although this is not the case, as she did not join before °C-ute was formed.
[edit] Hello! Project Kids featured groups
- 4Kids
- Aa!
- Berryz Kobo
- Buono!
- °C-ute
- ZYX