w00t a H!P thread. They've been so entertaining for me, how many hours have I lost to them, probably as much as dorama
Lets try and get a complete listing:
Groups:
Morning Musume - main group, sometimes refered to as momusu for short.
Current members:
Iida Kaori
Natsumi Abe
Yaguchi Mari
Tsuji Nozomi
Kago Ai
Ishikawa Riki
Yoshizawa Hitomi
Konno Asami
Ogawa Makoto
Takahashi Ai
Niigaki Risa
Fujimoto Miki
Tanaka Reina
Kamei Eri
Mishishige Sayumi
1st Generation Members:
Fukada Asuka
Ishiguro Aya
Nakazawa Yuko
Abe Natsumi
Iida Kaori
2nd Generation Members:
Yasuda Kei
Yaguchi Mari
Ichii Sayaka
3rd Generation Member:
Goto Maki
4th Generation Members:
Tsuji Nozomi
Kago Ai
Ishikawa Riki
Yoshizawa Hitomi
5th Generation Members:
Konno Asami
Ogawa Makoto
Takahashi Ai
Niigaki Risa
6th Generation Members:
Fujimoto Miki
Tanaka Reina
Kamei Eri
Mishishige Sayumi
Morning Musume Sakura Gumi - split group
Current members:
Abe Natsumi
Yaguchi Mari
Yoshizawa Hitomi
Kago Ai
Takahashi Ai
Kono Asami
Niigaki Risa
Kamei Eri
Morning Musume Otome Gumi- the other split group
Current members:
Iida Kaori
Niigaki Rika
Tsuji Nozomi
Ogawa Makoto
Fujimoto Miki
Tanaka Reina
Mishishige Sayumi
Mini Moni - sub group
Current Members:
Tsuji Nozomi
Kago Ai
Takahashi Ai
Mika Todd
Country Musume
Current Members:
Kimura Asami
Satoda Mai
Miuna Saitou
Fujimoto Miki (temporary)
Konno Asami (temporary)
Melon Kinenbi - contains no momusu members.
Current Members:
Saitou Hitomi
Shibata Ayumi
Ohtani Masae
Murata Megumi
Coconuts Musume - Girls from Hawaii
Current Members:
Mika Todd
Ayaka
Tanpopo - sub group, maybe dead, haven't released anything for awhile.
Pucchi Moni- sub group,maybe dead, haven't released anything for awhile.
Gomattou - The soloist group (oxymoron?), Goto Maki, Matsuura Aya and Fujimoto Miki. Maybe dead, only one single and nothing for a quite a while.
Hello! Kids - er lotsa kids.
Aa! - A couple of H!P kids lead by momusu's Tanaka Reina
ZYX - More H!P kids lead by momusu's Yaguchi Mari
Soloist:
Goto Maki
Fujimoto Miki
Matsuura Aya
Nakazawa Yuko
Maeda Yuki
Inaba Atsuko - Not sure if she is actually soloist, never heard a single from her but she is not in any group.
There's also a new girl that joined this year but her name escapes me at the moment. Currently hasn't made a debut yet.
Shuffle Groups - groups & soloist are shuffle around each year for temporary groups:
2000:
Akagumi 4: Goto Maki, Nakazawa Yuko, Miho, Danielle
Kiiro 5: Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Heike Michiyo, Ruru, Ayaka
Aoiro 7: Ichii Sayaka, Yaguchi Mari, Iida Kaori, Inaba Atsuko, Miwa, Lehua, Mika Todd
2001:
3 nin Matsuri: Kago Ai, Ishikawa Rika, Matsuura Aya
7 nin Matsuri: Goto Maki, Yaguchi Mari, Heike Michiyo, Shibita Ayumi, Kimura Asami, Lehua, Ayaka
10 nin Matsuri: Abe Natsumi, Tsuji Nozomi, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Yasuda Kei, Iida Kaori, Mika Todd, Rinne, Saitou Hitomi, Megumi, Masae
2002:
Happy 7: Kago Ai, Takahashi Ai, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa, Mika Todd, Kimura Asami, Saitou Hitomi
Sexy 8: Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ishikawa Rika, Heike Michiyo, Ayaka, Satoda Mai, Masae
Odoru 11: Abe Natsumi, Tsuji Nozomi, Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Konno Asami, Rinne, Matsuura Aya, Fujimoto Miki, Ishii Rika, Megumi, Shibata Ayumi
2003 :
Salt 5 : Abe Natsumi, Kago Ai, Ogawa Makoto, Matsuura Aya, Maeda Yuki.
11 Water : Yaguchi Mari, Iida Kaori, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Konno Asami, Fujimoto Miki, Murata Megumi, Shibata Ayumi, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Saitou, Kimura Asami, Ayaka
7 Air : Ishikawa Rika, Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Ohtani Masae, Satoda Mai, Mika Todd, Inaba Atsuko
Phew, I think thats most of it. Doesn't include all the past groups of course and I don't know the name of any of the H!P kids.