![]() ![]() The first "Michiyo Heike & Morning Musume Imotōbun Audition" took place, resulting in the "second generation" of Morning Musume to be added, made up of Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda. Lemon Hall), under the name "Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume," ( 平家みちよとモーニング娘。) the fan club of the two acts was called "Hello!" The first official "units" were Tanpopo and Petitmoni, created in October 1998. The group's first official appearance was a joint live in August 1998, at Shibuya Public Hall (now Shibuya C.C. Morning Musume's debut single, " Morning Coffee," was released on Januon the One Up Music label and charted at #6 on the Oricon weekly chart. The girls sold the required number of copies in four days, and subsequently became an official group. Tsunku decided to give five of the runners-up, Yuko Nakazawa, Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Asuka Fukuda and Aya Ishiguro, named " Morning Musume", a chance to become a group by selling 50,000 copies of their demo single " Ai no Tane" in just five days. ![]() These auditions aired via the reality show Asayan, and resulted in Michiyo Heike being crowned winner. In 1997, Japanese rock group Sharam Q, fronted by Tsunku, began auditions for a female vocalist. 1997–2000: Beginning, Michiyo Heike & Morning Musume
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