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Announced at H!P Winter concert 2016, Morning Musume. '16 13th gen audition. ages 10~17.

members confirm the audition in their blogs
http://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-9ki/entr ... 63291.html
http://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-10ki/ent ... 67664.html
http://ameblo.jp/mm-12ki/entry-12113124807.html

no winners

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Audition restarted : 6/15~8/7
http://www.musume-audition.com/

no winners again

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decision to pick 13th gen from Kenshuusei :

13th gen official on the H!P site
http://www.helloproject.com/news/6173/

Kaga Kaede

birthday 11/30/1999 - 17 years old, 2nd year high school
Tokyo
162cm
Hobbies : Karaoke, Watching anime
Special skill : Trumpet, Kendo 1st stage

Kenshuusei since Nov. 2011

Yokoyama Reina


birthday 2/22/2001 - 15 years old, 1st year high school
Saitama
152.5cm
Hobbies : Singing and Dancing
Special skill : Jazz dance, and Alto Sax

Joined Kenshuusei in Sept. 2016

participated in the first 13th gen audition

Not unexpected at all, I think. I was half expecting them to announce something like this at the Countdown Concert.

I wonder if this will be a solo generation (or the duo I have been hoping for since Sakura).

I wonder how Tsunku is involved in the process now
I hope he at least is part of the final decision making

I wonder if they'll follow the pattern from the past 3 H!P auditions/additions (CG, Moe, 12 gen) where they just introduce them sometime in the Fall~near Winter and then have them officially start activities in 2017/countdown concert.
But, considering how early in the year this audition was announced, it might become a mid/late summer reveal with a mid Fall start of activities sort of situation, which is fine too.
2 nin would be nice.
Go Kaede

Maa-chan probably wants another 4 member generation to get back at Sayashi for leaving. Red color is available. after that, they are running out of gradation colors.

if Taisei and Shimizu Saki chose Kamikokuryou Moe, then I trust them to choose a new Morning Musume member.

This is audition is called the "Morning Musume. '16 Shinseiki Audition" 新世紀オーディション (New Century/New Beginning Audition)

^^
I honestly think now that Akane and Maria were added because one adored Sayumi and the other resembled her.

I don't want new girls. We have more than enough members, just promote them properly!
All I'm excited for is the finalists, since the golden audition finalists managed to nearly all debut(Uta, Moe etc.).

1-2 is fine, I think 4 would be overkill. I like big Momusu but I don't want them to get TOO big.

I don't want a bunch of new girls. One girl *coughKagacough* is enough.