11, broke that 7-year record. Ninth generation members, Sayashi Riho and Suzuki Kanon, are the first members who joined and were born after the group's formation in 1997.

All of their singles except for Morning Coffee , Mikan , Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game have ranked in the Oricon Weekly Singles Top 5.

, , have ranked in the Oricon Weekly Singles Top 5. Kudo Haruka is the youngest person to ever join Morning Musume at the age of 11 (one month from being 12) and auditioning at age 11. She beat Kago Ai's record which was set at the age of 12.

Fukumura Mizuki is the youngest member to become sub-leader at 16.

Fukumura Mizuki is the youngest member to become leader of Morning Musume at the age of 18,thus breaking Iida Kaori's record.

Oricon – Most consecutive number one singles by a female group in Japan (AKB48 Broke their Record)

Oricon – Most Top 10 singles by a female group in Japan

Oricon – Most number one singles by a female group in Japan, beating the previous record set by Pink Lady.

Oricon – Best single selling female group in Japan—18,067,949 copies sold, becoming their fifth Oricon record.

Oricon – Most consecutive Top 10 singles by a female group in Japan.

Oricon – First girl group to have their songs put a No. 1 ranking in three consecutive decades. (1990's 2000's and 2010's) [185]

Longest active girl group in Japan.

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Awards Edit

[1998.12.31] 40th Japan Record Awards - Best New Artist [16]

[1999.03] The Japan Gold Disc Award 1999 - New Artist of the Year