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Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:02 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Juice=Juice

Dambara Ruru
During the boot camp I was happy to be able to meet colleagues with the same dream as me, and instead of going to our own rooms we would get to know each other while practicing in one room until just before we had to sleep.

Inoue Rei
How my voice trembled when I sang Ikimono-gakari-san's "Arigatou".

Kudo Yume
My hobby at the time was Rainbow Loom, so I put my best Funassyi creation in my pocket when going to the audition so I could explain about it if asked.
I was able to show it just as I hoped!

Matsunaga Riai
Getting foot blisters!
Since they were my first foot blisters ever, I remember it well. lol

Arisawa Ichika
How I took the same taxi and was in the same formation and my room was on the same floor as Ishiyama Sakura-chan. Scary!

Irie Risa
Learning how to dance from Mifu, and hitting it off with Marine-chan since we have the same birthday ♡

Ebata Kisaki
I won't be able to forget how Yofuu Runo-chan had such cool-looking headphones.
Also, there was a girl who was always eating akafuku mochi lol

Ishiyama Sakura
Being late and forgetting things (I'm really sorry)

Endo Akari
I quickly got close with everyone I met, but since I hated the thought of maybe not ever being able to see them again, I left to go home only after talking to them and saying "I don't wanna say goodbye!"

Kawashima Mifu
Since I loved to talk, I remember well how I would talk a lot during our examinations and judging lol

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Wed Nov 13, 2024 5:17 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Morning Musume '24

Ikuta Erina
Meeting Kanon-chan at the third stage!

Ishida Ayumi
How there was a comedy dialog examination that got gradually funnier.

Oda Sakura
During the 11th gen audition I thought it was cute how there were so many short girls~!
But they were actually all the type who'd keep growing, so now they've all passed 165cm!

Nonaka Miki
Unexpectedly meeting Tsunku♂san after leaving the standby room. At the time he asked me "Do you have single eyelids? Double?" and I answered "I don't know."

Makino Maria
In the third stage for our self-PR section they laughed when I performed the Inaba JUMP.

Haga Akane
I didn't really understand the meaning of "special skill", so I remember writing "Special skill - dance". I'm sorry.

Yokoyama Reina
Kawamura Ayano-chan's figure was so great that she left an impression on me ever since the audition lol

Kitagawa Rio
I got tonsilitis before the fourth day of the boot camp exams, so I went to the hospital like every day desperately trying to recover (the result was that I didn't really recover、、lol)
Hirayama Yuki-chan was impossibly cute.

Okamura Homare
Getting anxious when the girls around me started practicing their self-PR. lol

Yamazaki Mei
Kudo Yume-chan was in the same interview team as me, and it struck me how she was a girl with such an amazingly high voice and brimming with cute squeaky energy.

Sakurai Rio
How after the fourth exam stage everyone who got through really hit it off with each other right to the end when saying goodbye like "We'll definitely support you if you pass the audition!"

Inoue Haruka
How I couldn't talk at all.

Yumigeta Ako
Sugai-sensei

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Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:32 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Angerme

Kamikokuryou Moe
I remember thinking "There are only cute girls here!!"

Kawamura Ayano
Saying "Since I was born in the south I have confidence in my physical abilities, and don't really get sick" in my self-PR.
Well, I think I've made good on my words.

Ise Layla
How the female receptionist staff-san was so incredibly kind.
In the tense atmosphere of the audition, to the extent I could say I was able to do my best because of that person, it made me happy to hear her tell everyone "Please do your best, okay"! I'm really grateful!

Hashisako Rin
When I said dance was my special skill they asked me to dance something, and I performed Running Man.
Thinking about it now it's embarrassing that I raised dance as a special skill at the level I was.

Kawana Rin
Thinking in my boot camp exam that there was one super tiny girl!

Tamenaga Shion
I auditioned twice, and during the second one answering the question "Why do you think you failed the first audition?" I remember saying "I didn't know about Hello! Project"...! I think I was making the appeal that "Now I've learned a lot and have come to love it!" lol

Matsumoto Wakana
Seeing the Angerme members in front of me!
They were sparkling so much that I didn't know where I should look lol

Hirayama Yuki
I was the youngest.

Shimoitani Yukiho
Talking a lot and getting to know people in the waiting room.

Goto Hana
How I couldn't sing or dance at all, and so just talked a lot with the judges! lol
Since my mother had told me to just go and have fun at the audition, I would be playing around with the other girls who came to audition!

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Fri Nov 15, 2024 1:27 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Tsubaki Factory

Tanimoto Ami
Kamikokuryou Moe-chan was too cute, my eyes kept following her.

Ono Mizuho
Meeting Maeda Kokoro-chan at the station!
There was a girl who had a milk tea pack spill in her bag, which caused chaos!

Onoda Saori
Tanimoto Ami-chan sleeping.
How my legs cramped up during the dance exam.

Akiyama Mao
How I did an improv dance!

Kasai Yuumi
How during our dance exam I happened to be dancing together with Yagi Shiori-chan and Fukuda Marine-chan, and we ended up in the same group.

Yagi Shiori
How the bentos were so tasty!
When I told the staff-san "This bento is delicious!" they told me it was a special kind because of the audition, but I've seen that bento appear normally since then too!
Every time I see that bento it makes me remember when I auditioned.

Fukuda Marine
During the photo session I couldn't pose well at all, so the staff-san told me to to just pose by repeatedly doing rock-paper-scissors gestures!
I'd never been photographed before, so since the audition was my first time, the staff-san's advice was really helpful and left an impression.

Yofuu Runo
One day I hadn't brought earphones, and so when I went wearing these toy-like headphones that were really jagged and scratchy, Ebata Kisaki told me for the first time "Those headphones are amazing".

Ishii Mihane
On the way home from our fourth exam, there was an oddly-shaped truck and we just laughed the whole time when we saw it until parting saying "We'll definitely meet again!"
That girl was actually Souma Yume-chan!

Murata Yuu
Searching for bento side dishes with Ishii Mihane-chan who was at the same standby table as me lol

Doi Fuuka
Making an octopus-san with the wet towel that came with a bento.
I made a lot of legs for the octopus-san.

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Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:49 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

BEYOOOOONDS

Shimakura Rika
I felt the shock of realizing "The world is just overflowing with girls as cute as this..."

Nishida Shiori
I was surprised that as I'd heard in rumors, we truly were judged on having our bangs up and showing our teeth..!

Eguchi Saya
The boot camp left an impression!
The dance and singing lessons were both so strict, I really felt how difficult it was to sing and dance.

Takase Kurumi
Since I didn't know what would be taken as a positive, I just kept talking about myself, what I'd done, and what I could do!
Enthusiasm is important!

Maeda Kokoro
Nearby the company I saw my beloved Sasaki Rikako-san, and felt the impact of her extraordinary cuteness!!!

Okamura Minami
I honestly don't remember it at all...
Though I remember other things that happened around that time, I was so nervous during the audition that I was just in a different zone...
I also don't remember what I talked about with those who were there with me T_T

Kiyono Momohime
Shimizu Saki-san asked me "Could you possibly show me some of your beat boxing?(*^^*)" so I performed some beat box for her!!!
And,
the thing that makes your mouth go numb.

Hirai Miyo
For every exam I did a dance choreographed by Sugawara Koharu-san, and the one time I didn't dance she asked me "Won't you be dancing today?"!
I was happy that she remembered me!

Kobayashi Honoka
Eating bentos with all the members who auditioned!
Although it was basically our first time meeting, we enjoyed eating with each other pretty happily lol

Satoyoshi Utano
During the singing lesson for the final examination Sugiura-sensei told me "Satoyoshi, you're not singing as well as I think you can", and since she'd seen the videos of my previous exams I knew that meant "You sang better in other exams where you practiced an awful lot", so it got me fired up thinking "So if I work hard I can become able to sing even better!!!!"

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Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:50 am

These are so good. I love these little stories about their auditions.

Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:39 pm

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Ocha Norma

Saito Madoka
My voice was hoarse and I couldn't sing, so I did my best to give a self-appeal by doing things like performing the dance I did for our culture festival at the time.

Hiromoto Ruli
My nervousness softening when the staff-san gave me a push from behind.

Ishiguri Kanami
How Juice=Juice's Kudo Yume-san was so cute, and the staff-san (the company workers) were so kind.
I remember well how Yume was just too cute and made me think "To have a girl like this auditioning..."
Even now she's so cute and I lo~~ve her ♡
The staff-san were incredibly kind, and I'm still good friends with them!
They also supported me after I moved into Tokyo!

Yonemura Kirara
Though there are so many, at the time I was scared by the atmosphere that I hadn't really felt before!
I was anxious the whole time!

Kubota Nanami
Getting my own number wrong!
It made me frantic...

Nakayama Natsume
When I was introducing good points about my hometown to the interviewer, even though I wanted to say that the hot springs in Ishikawa contain compounds that whiten the skin I got nervous and ended up saying "They contain large amounts of skin-whitening medicines", which made everyone burst out laughing.

Nishizaki Miku
When the lyrics fled my mind, hearing them tell me it was okay to just take it slowly.

Kitahara Momo
I remember even now how the girl next to me in both the second and third exams performed her special skill which was basketball!
The relief that I made a friend during the exam was really absurd.

Tsutsui Roko
Goto Hana-chan!
She was so pure and genuine that she talked to everyone and eased everyone's nervousness, it was amazing!

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Tue Nov 19, 2024 5:39 am

Question: What's something from your audition that left a lasting impression?

Rosy Chronicle

Hashida Honoka
Kitagawa Rio-san sitting in front of me in the waiting room at the audition venue!

Yoshida Hinoha
Taking a photo at the end with everyone who auditioned!

Onoda Karin
Mitsubachi Maki-sensei sitting in the judge's seat.

Murakoshi Ayana
Thinking "Kya~~~~! I'm nervous!" when I entered the audition room and saw several people there to judge me.
It left an impression wondering where I should look.

Uemura Hasumi
I plugged in my mom's cell phone to play music, but when I left the studio to go home I forgot it.

Matsubara Yuliya
The teacher getting angry at me

Shimakawa Hana
How current Hello! Pro Kenshuusei Hattori Rua-chan was so cute!!!
We were at the same table and talked a lot!
Also, I was normally so incredibly nervous lol lol

Kamimura Rena
On the way home with girls I auditioned with, how we stayed together not wanting to say goodbye.

Souma Yume
How I talked about Hello! Project with Kenshuusei Nishimura Itsuki-chan and Miyakoshi Chihiro-chan who were at the same table as me, and we were telling each other "We'll definitely pass, okay!"!!

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Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:15 am

Question: What's your "good luck meal"?

Juice=Juice

Dambara Ruru
Katsudon

Inoue Rei
Udon
Since it doesn't mess with my stomach.

Kudo Yume
When we had our Nippon Budoukan concert in June 2024 I ate two packs of cherries the day before, and that became my good luck meal.

Matsunaga Riai
Strawberry milk! lol

Arisawa Ichika
My mom's katsu sandwich

Irie Risa
Meat!

Ebata Kisaki
There's nothing in particular!!

Ishiyama Sakura
Malatang

Endo Akari
Ice cream ・ Malatang ・ Katsudon

Kawashima Mifu
Cabbage rolls

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Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:29 am

Question: What's your "good luck meal"?

Morning Musume '24

Ikuta Erina
Egg over rice!

Ishida Ayumi
Yakiniku! Yukhoe!

Oda Sakura
It's a thick steak!

Nonaka Miki
Katsudon. (katsu = win)

Makino Maria
Tendan millefeuille loin

Haga Akane
If it's a meal mom made, then anything!

Yokoyama Reina
Katsu!
My mom made it for me before things like tests and exams.

Kitagawa Rio
Since I don't want to look swollen, on the contrary I don't really eat much of anything before big days like that!!

Okamura Homare
Yakiniku!

Yamazaki Mei
My favorite ramen
Though it's not really like a good luck meal, I often go to eat it at shops with the members.
It gives me power!

Sakurai Rio
A salted beef rib rice bowl with green onions
I also eat it as a reward!!

Inoue Haruka
White rice
Eating rice is really the most precious thing.

Yumigeta Ako
Umeboshi from "Tachigui Umeboshi-ya"!!!
(The 'Must try Ume Taiko' is a must)

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