Hello! Project/Leaderships

The following is a list of all current and former leaders and sub-leaders of Hello! Project and its groups.
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==Leaderships==
===Hello! Project Leaders===
# 	Name 	Period of time 	Length of time
1st	Nakazawa Yuko 	April 15, 2001 - March 31, 2009 	
2nd	Takahashi Ai 	April 1, 2009 - September 30, 2011 	
3rd	Niigaki Risa 	October 1, 2011 - May 18, 2012 	
4th	Michishige Sayumi	May 19, 2012 - November 26, 2014 	
5th	Yajima Maimi 	November 27, 2014 - December 31, 2016	
6th	Wada Ayaka 	January 1, 2017 - June 18, 2019 	
7th	Fukumura Mizuki 	June 19, 2019 - November 29, 2023 	
===Hello! Project Sub-leaders===
The sub-leader position was established on May 6, 2003 when Yasuda Kei graduated from Morning Musume."保田圭が涙、涙、涙のモー娘。“卒業”" (in Japanese). SANSPO.COM (archived). 2003-05-07. After the Elder Club graduation, no sub-leader was announced to take her place until Fukumura Mizuki became Hello! Project sub-leader on January 1, 2017.
# 	Name 	Period of time 	Length of time
1st	Yasuda Kei 	May 5, 2003 - March 31, 2009 	
2nd	Fukumura Mizuki	January 1, 2017 - June 18, 2019	
===Current Main Group Leaders===
Group 	Leader 	Appointment 	Sub-leader 	Appointment
Morning Musume 	Ikuta Erina 	November 30, 2023	Ishida Ayumi 	December 31, 2018
Morning Musume 	Ikuta Erina 	November 30, 2023	Oda Sakura 	November 30, 2023
ANGERME 	Kamikokuryo Moe	June 22, 2023 	Kawamura Ayano	June 19, 2019
Juice=Juice 	Dambara Ruru 	June 15, 2024 	Inoue Rei 	June 15, 2024
Tsubaki Factory 	Tanimoto Ami 	June 11, 2024 	Ono Mizuho 	June 11, 2024
CHICA#TETSU 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Ame no Mori Kawa Umi	Takase Kurumi 	October 19, 2018 	N/A 	N/A
SeasoningS 	Hirai Miyo 	January 24, 2021 	N/A 	N/A
OCHA NORMA 	Saito Madoka 	April 9, 2022 	Hiromoto Ruli 	April 9, 2022
Rosy Chronicle 	Hashida Honoka 	July 11, 2024 	N/A 	N/A
===Group Leadership===
:Names in BOLD are current leaders.
Group 	Leader 	Period of time 	Length of time
Morning Musume 	Nakazawa Yuko 	September 7, 1997 – April 15, 2001 	
Country Musume 	Azusa 	April 27, 1999 – August 23, 1999 	
Coconuts Musume 	Chelsea 	June 26, 1999 – January 30, 2000 	
Melon Kinenbi 	Murata Megumi 	August 10, 1999 – October 23, 2002 	
Coconuts Musume 	Ayaka 	January 30, 2000 – April 30, 2008 	
Country Musume 	Rinne 	May 30, 2000 – October 13, 2002 	
Morning Musume 	Iida Kaori 	April 16, 2001 – January 30, 2005 	
Melon Kinenbi 	Saito Hitomi 	October 23, 2002 – May 3, 2010 	
Country Musume 	Asami 	October 14, 2002 – January 27, 2007 	
Berryz Koubou 	Shimizu Saki 	January 14, 2004 – March 3, 2015 	
v-u-den 	Ishikawa Rika 	August 10, 2004 – June 29, 2008 	
Morning Musume 	Yaguchi Mari 	January 31, 2005 – April 14, 2005 	
Morning Musume 	Yoshizawa Hitomi 	April 15, 2005 – May 6, 2007 	
℃-ute 	Yajima Maimi 	June 11, 2005 – June 12, 2017 	
Morning Musume 	Fujimoto Miki 	May 7, 2007 – June 1, 2007 	
Morning Musume 	Takahashi Ai 	June 2, 2007 – September 30, 2011 	
Ice Creamusume 	Shenshen 	September 21, 2008 – November 1, 2010	
ANGERME 	Wada Ayaka 	April 4, 2009 – June 18, 2019 	
Morning Musume 	Niigaki Risa 	October 1, 2011 – May 18, 2012 	
Morning Musume 	Michishige Sayumi	May 19, 2012 – November 26, 2014 	
Juice=Juice 	Miyazaki Yuka 	June 13, 2013 – June 17, 2019 	
Morning Musume 	Fukumura Mizuki 	November 27, 2014 – November 29, 2023	
Kobushi Factory 	Hirose Ayaka 	March 8, 2015 – March 30, 2020 	
Tsubaki Factory 	Yamagishi Riko 	August 8, 2015 – November 6, 2023 	
CHICA#TETSU 	Ichioka Reina 	June 26, 2017 – March 1, 2024 	
Ame no Mori Kawa Umi	Takase Kurumi 	October 19, 2018 – present 	
Juice=Juice 	Kanazawa Tomoko 	June 18, 2019 – November 24, 2021 	
ANGERME 	Takeuchi Akari'''	June 19, 2019 – June 21, 2023 	
SeasoningS 	Hirai Miyo 	January 24, 2021 - present 	
Juice=Juice 	Uemura Akari 	November 25, 2021 – June 14, 2024 	
OCHA NORMA 	Saito Madoka 	April 9, 2022 - present 	
ANGERME 	Kamikokuryo Moe 	June 22, 2023 - present 	
Tsubaki Factory 	Niinuma Kisora 	November 7, 2023 - June 10, 2024''' 	'''
Morning Musume 	Ikuta Erina 	November 30, 2023 - present 	
Tsubaki Factory 	Tanimoto Ami 	June 11, 2024 - present 	
Juice=Juice 	Dambara Ruru 	June 15, 2024 - present 	
Rosy Chronicle 	Hashida Honoka 	July 11, 2024 - present 	
#For leadership periods that begin or end with a inexact date (month and year are only provided), the length is calculated by the first day of that month.
==References==
es:Hello! Project/Liderazgos
Category:Hello! Project