Hello! Project Kids

Hello! Project Kids (ハロー！プロジェクト・キッズ, Harō! Purojekuto Kizzu) is a Japanese music group of fifteen young girls chosen out of 27,958 applicants in 2002. The group was formed as a part of Hello! Project.

The group has published a number of records under both group names and the Hello! Project Kids title. Some of them were selected for members of ZYX and Aa! in 2003, but which were both short-lived groups and, for some time, virtually dormant.

Hello! Project Kids is currently organized into two groups: Berryz Kobo and Cute. Buono! is also a newly formed unit consisting of three Hello! Project Kids.

Members

• Erika Umeda (梅田 えりか) – left on October 25, 2009, to study to become a fashion model
• Saki Shimizu (清水 佐紀)
• Maimi Yajima (矢島 舞美)
• Momoko Tsugunaga (嗣永 桃子)
• Chinami Tokunaga (徳永 千奈美)
• Megumi Murakami (村上 愛) – left on October 31, 2006, to continue schooling and lead a private life
• Maasa Sudō (須藤 茉麻)
• Miyabi Natsuyaki (夏焼 雅)
• Maiha Ishimura (石村 舞波) – left on October 2, 2005 to continue her schooling full-time
• Yurina Kumai (熊井 友理奈)
• Saki Nakajima (中島 早貴)
• Risako Sugaya (菅谷 梨沙子)
• Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理)
• Chisato Okai (岡井 千聖)
• Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞)

Kanna Arihara – who was member of Hello! Project eggs, was not an original member of Hello! Project Kids

Groups featuring Hello! Project Kids

• 4Kids
• Aa!
• Athena & Robikerottsu
• Berryz Kobo
• Buono!
• Cute
• Guardians 4
• High-King
• Kira Pika
• Petitmoni (Petitmoni V)
• Tanpopo (Tanpopo #)
• v-u-den (Zoku v-u-den)
• ZYX (ZYX-α)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)