The Morning Musume '15 Fanclub

Morning Musume (モーニング娘。), currently known as Morning Musume '15 (モーニング娘。'15), is one of the longest running idol group from Japan. The group was formed in 1997 with Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe and Asuka Fukuda. The group made their major debut in 1998 with "Morning Coffee". They reached their height of their popularity in 1999, with their 7th single, "LOVE Machine". They are known for their generation system, which the group holds auditions from time to time to add members, and a graduation system, which members receive a proper "farewell," as they leave the group to achieve new goals in life. Up to date, there was been a total of 12 generations and 38 members (current and former) in the group. The current leader of the group is 9th generation member Fukumura Mizuki. Current members also include 9th generation members Erina Ikuta (subleader), Riho Sayashi and Kanon Suzuki, 10th generation members Haruna Iikubo (subleader), Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato and Haruka Kudo, 11th generation member Sakura Oda and 12th generation members Ogata Haruna, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria and Haga Akane.