Morning Musume '21, formerly simply Morning Musume and colloquially referred to as Momusu, are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an amount of 64.
Sayumi Michishige is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige has the longest tenure of any member in the group's history.
"Iroppoi Jirettai" was the twenty-seventh single of J-pop girl group Morning Musume, and was the debut of seventh generation member Koharu Kusumi.
"Chokkan 2 " is the twenty-eighth single of J-pop group Morning Musume and was released November 9, 2005. It peaked at #4 on the weekly Oricon chart, charting for seven weeks. The limited edition of this single came with five photo cards featuring two members on each card and came in special packaging.
Rainbow 7 (レインボー7) is the seventh album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi and first album after graduation of Kaori Iida and Rika Ishikawa and departure of Mari Yaguchi. It was released on February 15, 2006.
"Sexy Boy " is the twenty-ninth single of J-pop group Morning Musume. It was released on March 15, 2006, in two editions—a normal edition, and a limited edition with five photo cards featuring the members in duos and came in special packaging. The single reached a peak of #4 on the weekly Oricon charts, and lasted in the charts for 8 weeks.
"Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan" is the thirtieth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on June 21, 2006. The Single V was released on June 28, 2006.
"Aruiteru" is the thirty-first single of J-pop group Morning Musume, released on November 8, 2006. "Aruiteru" sold approximately 55,694 copies and reached number one in both the daily and weekly Oricon charts. There are three different versions of the single. Limited edition A includes a bonus DVD and has catalog number EPCE-5433~4. Limited edition B comes in a special package with a 36-page photo booklet and has catalog number EPCE-5435. The regular edition has catalog number EPCE-5436. The first press of this edition has a photo card included.
7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! is the first mini-album to be released by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume.
"Egao Yes Nude" is the thirty-second single of the J-pop group Morning Musume. It was released on February 14, 2007. It was at first rumored to be the last single to feature Hitomi Yoshizawa but this was disproved. It is the first for the eighth generation Aika Mitsui.
"Kanashimi Twilight" is the thirty-third single of idol group Morning Musume. It was released on April 25, 2007 and was the last single for Hitomi Yoshizawa as well as Miki Fujimoto.
"Onna ni Sachi Are" is the thirty-fourth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and the first to feature eighth generation members Junjun and Linlin. It was released on July 25, 2007 and its accompanying Single V on August 1.
"Mikan" is the thirty-fifth single of Japanese female idol group Morning Musume. The song's title was chosen in accordance to the habit of eating mandarin oranges while sitting by a kotatsu, as a representation of each member's childhood memories. Mikan's Promotional video extends this concept further, by showing photographs of the members when they were children. It was released on November 21, 2007.
"Resonant Blue" is the thirty-sixth single of J-pop girl group Morning Musume. It was released under the Zetima label on April 16, 2008. The Single V DVD of the single was released on April 23, 2008.
"Naichau Kamo" is the thirty-eighth single of J-pop group Morning Musume. It was released under the Zetima label on February 16, 2009, achieving a weekly rank of 3 on the Oricon singles chart. The Single V DVD of the single was released on February 25, 2009. This was the 26th single to feature Ai Takahashi and Risa Niigaki. This tied them with 1st generation member Kaori Iida for the most singles featured in.
"Shōganai Yume Oibito" is the 39th single release by the J-pop group Morning Musume. It was released under the Zetima label on May 13, 2009. The CD was released in one regular and two limited editions, Limited A and Limited B, on the same day. The single ranked #1 on Oricon's weekly chart, making it their first #1 since their single "Aruiteru", released in late 2006, and the first #1 Morning Musume single featuring 8th generation members Aika Mitsui, Junjun, and Linlin. The Single V version of the single was released on May 20, 2009.
Platinum 9 DISC is Morning Musume's ninth original studio album, released approximately two years after their previous album, Sexy 8 Beat. It was released on March 18, 2009 in both limited (EPCE-5629) and regular (EPCE-5631) editions. The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD. The regular edition include one of ten photo cards, there is one for each member and one for the whole group.
"Kimagure Princess" is the 41st single by Hello! Project unit Morning Musume. The single was released on October 28, 2009 and was used as the ending theme for TV Tokyo's show, "The Gyakuryū Researchers". It was the last single featuring Morning Musume's seventh generation member Koharu Kusumi. The Single V DVD for "Kimagure Princess" was released on November 4, 2009. The music video for the single was recorded at La Foresta di Magnifica. This was released in four editions, limited A & B coming with DVDs, while limited C comes with 10 changeable covers and a regular edition
"Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" is the 42nd single by Hello! Project unit Morning Musume. The single was released on February 10, 2010 with three limited edition releases as well as the normal edition– "A", "B" and "C"– all of which contained a different DVD. All four editions also contained a special card with a serial number on it, which was used in an event draw. The Single V was released on February 24, 2010. This is also the group's first single as an eight-member unit, since the graduation of seventh generation member Koharu Kusumi in late 2009.
12, Smart is the twelfth studio album by all-girl Japanese idol group Morning Musume.
