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, formerly simply and sometimes referred to as , is a Japanese pop idol girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an amount of 50, and they have sold over 21 million copies in Japan alone. Morning Musume was formed in 1997 by rock singer-songwriter turned record producer Tsunku, who later composed a vast majority of the group's songs over the decade. They are the lead group of Hello! Project that specialises in upbeat, pop-oriented music coupled with dance performance. The group produced several splinter groups, and often collaborates with other Hello! Project acts, including Country Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Melon Kinenbi, and v-u-den. The group's name can be translated as "Morning Girls" 〔 〕 or "Morning Daughters";〔 〕 as the name suggests, it consists of members mostly in their late adolescence and early 20s. The average age of the group members has remained more or less unchanged since its original formation because the group maintains a "school-like" system for their continuous line-up changes, with older members "graduating" and new, usually younger, members selected from nationwide auditions admitted to the group almost annually. Since 2007, with their expansion into the Chinese-speaking market, the group officially adopted the name ''Jou An Sao Nu Jou'' (). Since then, the group have been making a concerted attempt to break into new markets in Asia, Europe, and the US, performing worldwide.〔 ==Current members== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morning Musume」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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