Morning Musume

Morning Musume モーニング娘。
Morning Musume in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Momusu 早安少女組。
Origin	Tokyo, Honshū, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Zetima
Members	Erina Ikuta Sakura Oda Miki Nonaka Maria Makino Akane Haga Reina Yokoyama Rio Kitagawa Homare Okamura Mei Yamazaki Rio Sakurai Haruka Inoue Ako Yumigeta
Past member(s)	Ayumi Ishida Mizuki Fukumura Kaede Kaga Chisaki Morito Masaki Satou Haruna Iikubo Haruna Ogata Haruka Kudo Kanon Suzuki Riho Sayashi Sayumi Michishige Reina Tanaka Ai Takahashi Aika Mitsui Risa Niigaki Junjun Linlin Eri Kamei Koharu Kusumi Miki Fujimoto Hitomi Yoshizawa Makoto Ogawa Asami Konno Mari Yaguchi Rika Ishikawa Kaori Iida Ai Kago Nozomi Tsuji Natsumi Abe Kei Yasuda Maki Goto Yuko Nakazawa Sayaka Ichii Aya Ishiguro Asuka Fukuda
Website	Hello! Project Japanese Official Website Hello! Project Chinese Official Website

Morning Musume (モーニング娘。, Mōningu Musume.) is a Japanese girl group. They are what is known as an "idol group", although they have distanced themselves from the "idol" stereotype. Most of their songs are happy songs with upbeat music, but they have sad and angry songs too. The group can also be called Momusu (モー娘。, Mōmusu.). They are the most important group in the Hello! Project company. The group is managed by Tsunku, who writes all the lyrics and most of the music the songs, and even produces them. They were the best-selling female group in Japan for several years, but their sales dropped quite a lot later on, perhaps due to the loss of certain popular members, or because of decisions made by Tsunku or someone else at Hello! Project or their management company Up-Front Works. In the past couple of years, however, they have regained some of their popularity in Japan, and they have also gained more foreign fans.