1999

1999 was the year in which Fukuda Asuka graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project; Goto Maki joined Morning Musume; Taiyou to Ciscomoon, Coconuts Musume, Country Musume, and Melon Kinenbi were formed; Miyoshi Chinatsu joined Hello! Project; Kominato Miwa temporarily left Taiyou to Ciscomoon; Yanagihara Hiromi died in a car crash; and Kobayashi Azusa left Country Musume and Hello! Project.
==Members==
*February 21: Shinoda Miho, Inaba Atsuko, RuRu and Kominato Miwa form Taiyou to Ciscomoon.
*April 1: Hello! becomes Hello! Project.
*April 18: Fukuda Asuka graduates from Morning Musume and Hello! Project.
*April 27: Kobayashi Azusa, Yanagihara Hiromi and Toda Rinne form Country Musume.
*May 18: Miyoshi Chinatsu joins Hello! Project. 
*July 16: Yanagihara Hiromi dies in a car accident.
*June 27:  Kimura Ayaka, Chelsea Ching, April Babaran, Danielle Delaunay, and Mika Todd form Coconuts Musume.
*August 10: Saito Hitomi, Murata Megumi, Otani Masae and Shibata Ayumi form Melon Kinenbi.
*August 22: Goto Maki joins Morning Musume as the sole 3rd generation member.
*August 23: Kobayashi Azusa leaves Country Musume and Hello! Project.
*October 3: Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka and Goto Maki form Petitmoni.
===Birthdays===
*January 14: Mogi Minami is born.
*February 15: Ogata Haruna is born.
*February 25: Ichioka Reina is born.
*March 4: Fujii Rio is born.
*March 12: Oda Sakura is born.
*March 14: Yokogawa Yumei is born.
*March 16: Takase Kurumi is born.
*March 26: Aikawa Maho is born.
*May 7: Sato Masaki is born.
*May 31: Shimano Momoko is born.
*July 7: Kawamura Ayano is born.
*August 4: Hirose Ayaka is born.
*August 29: Mashiro Kana is born.
*September 22: Yoshihashi Kurumi is born.
*October 7: Nonaka Miki is born.
*October 20: Niinuma Kisora is born.
*October 24: Kamikokuryo Moe is born.
*October 27: Kudo Haruka is born.
*November 10: Tanabe Nanami is born.
*November 30: Kaga Kaede is born.
*December 11: Hirai Miyo is born.
==Singles==
*February 10:
**Memory Seishun no Hikari - Morning Musume
**Anata no Yume ni Naritai - Heike Michiyo
*March 10: Motto - Tanpopo
*April 21: Tsuki to Taiyou - Taiyou to Ciscomoon (debut)
*May 12: Manatsu no Kousen - Morning Musume
*June 9: Junjou Koushinkyoku - Nakazawa Yuko
*June 16: Tanpopo (Single Version) - Tanpopo
*June 23: Gatamekira - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
*July 14: Furusato - Morning Musume
*July 23:
**Halation Summer - Coconuts Musume (debut)
**Futari no Hokkaido - Country Musume (debut)
*July 28:
**scene - Heike Michiyo
**Uchuu de La Ta Ta - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
*August 4 - Unchain My Heart - Miyoshi Chinatsu (debut)
*August 25:
**Everyday Everywhere - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
**DANCE & CHANCE - Coconuts Musume
*September 9 - LOVE Machine - Morning Musume
*September 29 - Magic of Love - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
*October 20 - Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru - Tanpopo
*November 10 - Love, Yes I do! - Miyoshi Chinatsu
*November 25 - Chokotto LOVE - Petitmoni (debut)
*November 30 - Yukigeshiki - Country Musume
*December 8 - Marui Taiyou -winter ver.- - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
==Albums==
*March 31: TANPOPO 1 - Tanpopo (debut)
*July 28: Second Morning - Morning Musume
*October 27: Taiyo & Ciscomoon 1 - Taiyou to Ciscomoon (debut)
==Auditions==
*February: 1st Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition announced
*May 12: 2nd Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition announced
*September 9: 3rd Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition announced
*November 16: COCONUTS MUSUME AUDITIONS announced
==Anniversaries==
*January 28: Morning Musume's major debut 1st anniversary
*September 14: Morning Musume's formation 2nd anniversary
Category:1999