Morning Musume auditions

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

Tsuika Audition (2nd 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

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)
Aiko Kayō, 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. Kayō was also a finalist, but was not chosen. She debuted as solo artist under Avex Trax label two years later.^[1]
Winners: Asami Konno, Risa Niigaki, Makoto Ogawa, and Ai Takahashi

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

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

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

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

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

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