Morning Musume ’14 will release their new single Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What Is Love? (笑顔の君は太陽 / 君の代わりは居やしない / What Is Love?) on January 29.
This is the 55th single from Morning Musume. 6 editions are available.
For the first time, the idol group is credited as Morning Musume ’14 on this single.
The music videos have been released.
Oricon yearly charts 2013 have been released.
As for the previous years, AKB48 are the best selling singles artists. Sayonara Crawl topped the Oricon yearly singles chart with 1,955,162 copies sold.
Their sister groups SKE48 and NMB48 reached the top 10. Nogizaka46, HKT48, Morning Musume, Not Yet, Kashiwagi Yuki, Takahashi Minami, Momoiro Clover Z, Super☆Girls, Watanabe Mayu, Maeda Atsuko, and no3b (No Sleeves) are the other idols in the top 100.
Morning Musume are going to change their name to Morning Musume ’14 (モーニング娘。’14) on January 1, 2014.
The announcement was made by the producer Tsunku♂ on his blog and on the official website.
Morning Musume Tenki Gumi Book (モーニング娘。天気組Book) will be released on December 1.
It is dedicated to the 10th generation members of Morning Musume : Kudo Haruka, Sato Masaki, Ishida Ayumi and Iikubo Haruna.
Morning Musume Tenki Gumi Book includes a calendar, a long interview, and several photos of the idols in various outfits.
Hello! Project Petit Best 14 (プッチベスト14) will be released on CD and Blu-ray on December 12.
This annual compilation includes songs from Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice, Mano Erina, Tanaka Reina, and units from Satoyama Movement (Peaberry, Green Fields, Jurin) and Satoumi Movement (Dia Lady, Mellow Quad, Hi-Fin) released during the year 2013.
The Blu-ray includes 2 bonus tracks.
Hello! Project 2013 Summer Cool Hello! ~Sorezore / Mazekoze~ (～ソレゾーレ / マゼコーゼ～) will be broadcast on Nico Nico Douga on November 25 at 22:00 (JST).
The concert was recorded on August 18 at Nakano Sun Plaza.
Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice, and Hello Pro Kenshuusei participated in Hello! Project 2013 Summer Cool Hello! ~Sorezore / Mazekoze~.
The stage play Gogakuyuu (ごがくゆう) starring Morning Musume members Mizuki Fukumura, Sayashi Riho, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi and Kudo Haruka will be released on DVD on November 27.
In this story, the members of Morning Musume play the role of princesses.
The play ran on June 17-22 in Tokyo and on June 23-24 in Osaka.
Hello! Project Complete Single Book will be released on November 8.
This book celebrates the 15th anniversary of Hello! Project. As its title suggests, it is a guidebook on the songs released by current (Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice) and former groups and members (T&C Bomber, Melon Kinenbi, Matsuura Aya, Mano Erina, …), and sub-units (Tanpopo, Petit Moni…) of Hello! Project.
It gives many details about 446 singles including the photos of the covers and the names of the songwriters.
Sayashi Riho’s photobook Taiyou (太陽) will be released on November 25.
The theme of the photobook is “the summer of a 15-year-old girl”. The shooting has been done in various places across Japan (Kansai, Kyushu, Tokyo, etc.) during the concert tour of Morning Musume.
The book includes photos of Sayashi Riho posing with deers, walking in the streets of an old city, going to an amusement park at night, traveling by ferry alone… (more…)
Michishige Sayumi will release her new photobook Blue Rose on October 27.
It is the sequel of her previous photobook Mille-Feuille (美ルフィーユ). Michishige Sayumi shows her adult side through photos highlighting her beauty.
The pictures were taken by Nishida Kouki.
Blue Rose will also go on sale on DVD on December 15. It includes making-of footage.