Hello! Project announces new 8-member Hello Pro Kenshuusei unit

Announced earlier today at the Hello! Project Winter Tour stop at Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza was the formation of a brand new unit! The unit name will be announced this month and their first indie single will be released in March.

The new unit consists of 8 members of the Hello Pro Kenshuusei: Rio Fujii, Ayaka Hirose, Minami Nomura, Rena Ogawa, Ayano Hamaura, Natsumi Taguchi, Sakurako Wada and Rei Inoue. Ayaka Hirose and Rei Inoue recently transferred from NICE GIRL Project! Kenshuusei on November 29, 2014 at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei’s November/December 2014 recital concert.

For more information on the girls from the new group, check out their profiles below.

Rio Rujii

Nickname: Riorio
Birthdate: 3/4/1999
Age/grade: 15 / 1st year high school
Hometown: Aichi
Blood type: B
Height: 150cm
Hobbies: Piano, handball
Skills: Gymnastics (backwards somersault)

Minami Nomura

Nickname: Minamina
Birthdate: 2/10/2000
Age/grade: 14 / 3rd year middle school
Hometown: Tokyo
Blood type: B
Height: 155cm
Hobbies: Reading, collecting stationery
Skills: Unicycle

Rena Ogawa

Nickname: Renako
Birthdate: 3/27/2000
Age/grade: 14 / 3rd year middle school
Hometown: Tochigi
Blood type: A
Height: 158cm
Hobbies: Appreciating Music
Skills: Touching her thumb to her wrist

Ayano Hamaura

Nickname: Hamachan
Birthdate: 4/26/2000
Age/grade: 14 / 2nd year middle school
Hometown: Saitama
Blood type: Unknown
Height: 160cm
Hobbies: Watching musicals and plays
Skills: Jumping rope, 360-degree splits

Natsumi Taguchi

Nickname: Tagucchi
Birthdate: 7/21/2000
Age/grade: 14 / 2nd year middle school
Hometown: Saitama
Blood type: A
Height: 151cm
Hobbies: Drama appreciation
Skills: Hula hooping

Sakurako Wada

Nickname: Wadasaku
Birthdate: 3/8/2001
Age/grade: 13 / 2nd year middle school
Hometown: Aichi
Blood type: B
Height: 162cm
Hobbies: Playing with dogs
Skills: Doing the backstroke without hands

Ayaka Hirose

Nickname: Ayapan
Birthdate: 8/4/1999
Age/grade: 15 / 3rd year middle school
Hometown: Kanagawa
Blood type: A
Height: 157cm
Hobbies: Reading, watching baseball, running
Skills: Speed reading, memorization, cartwheels, roundoffs

Rei Inoue

Nickname: Reirei
Birthdate: 7/17/2001
Age/grade: 13 / 1st year middle school
Hometown: Tokyo
Blood type: O
Height: 156cm
Hobbies: Singing, drawing
Skills: High-speed winking

This year will mark the debut of many new faces within Hello! Project.

In late September of last year, four new members were admitted to Morning Musume’s 12th generation and will make their debut this year as part of Morning Musume ’15. Additionally, S/mileage has become “ANGERME” and 3 members were added to the group less than a week after the Morning Musume announcement. In November, Country Musume prepared a comeback after 10 years, rebranding with the name “Country Girls” and a completely new lineup consisting of 6 new girls and Momoko Tsugunaga of Berryz Koubou.

(Via Barks)

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