2nd Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition

Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Imouto-bun Dai 2-kan Debut Audition (モーニング娘。&平家みちよ妹分第2回デビューオーディション; Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo 2nd Sister Debut Audition), was an audition for a new member to join Hello! Project. Application details was included with Morning Musume's fifth single, with a deadline set for May 29, 1999. Second interviews were held in mid-June. 3,687 girls sent in their application.
The audition process was aired on "Idol wo Sagase!". 
Saito Hitomi, Murata Megumi, Otani Masae, and Shibata Ayumi passed the audition. They made their debut in February 2000 as Melon Kinenbi.
== Audition Details ==
*Application Requirements:
*#Female, 15 to 18 years old
*#Must send in a recording of Morning Musume's Morning Musume's Manatsu no Kousen and Heike Michiyo's Anata no Yume ni Naritai and on cassette tape, writing name and age on the cassette label (without the cassette case).
*#Must send in three photos (full length, upper body and close up).
*#Must write a self-introduction book with name, date of birth, age, size (height, bust, waist, hip), work history, education (school name, grade), and a self PR (maximum 200 characters).
*#Enclose an A-4 size statonary sheet with phone number and stamps, and select the district to participate in the second interviews (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo or Fukuoka).
*#Those who pass will be contacted about second interview at end of March.
*Application Deadline:February 1999
*Total Applicants: 3,264
*Broadcast:
**Idol wo Sagase!
Category:1999 Auditions
Category:Hello! Project Auditions