Himawari Fairies 3rd Tsuika Audition

**Himawari Fairies 3rd Tsuika Audition** was the audition to choose 3rd generation members for Himawari Fairies. The auditions were announced on June 1, 2005 and the results were announced on November 1, 2005.

## Audition Details

* **Application Requirements**:
	+ Female, Minimum of age 10 and maximum of 18 years of age by June 1, 2005.
	+ Must not currently be under contract with any agencies.
	+ Must have consent from legal guardian if under the age of 15.
* Total Applicants: 1,590+
* **Training camp and theme song**:
	+ **Vocal**: "BREAK OUT!" (Aikawa Nanase) and Vogue (Hamasaki Ayumi)
	+ **Dance**: Butterfly (Koda Kumi)

## Audition Process

### First round

Participants are not required to send in their application forms, instead they can bring them to several examination events throughout Japan (see list below). There they will be interviewed and have to sing a simple song without instrumentals.

The results of the first round are announced at the examination location on that day. There were 1,598 applicants in total.

**Girls Selected to Move to the Next Round**

### Second round

For the second round, the videotape and profile of each girl is viewed by the theater manager and producers, who then arbitrarily selects the ones they want to go into the third round.

153 girls were chosen from the first round. Girls selected to move to the third round include:

* Hori Wakana
* Takahashi Mikuni
* Mitsui Yui
* Nakamura Mina
* Ando Asuka
* Kameyama Nana
* Hashimoto Elina
* Kimura Elina
* Imai Nanase
* Orikasa Haruna
* Yamashita Natsumi
* Honda Tsubasa
* Ueda Megumi
* Takahashi Yuka
* Hotta Akane
* Murata Jurina
* Endo Shihori
* Hasegawa Riko
* Ogawa Tomomi
* Sugawara Ikumi
* Nakashima Chidori
* Kondo Atsuko
* Sekine Maria
* Sato Asami
* Sakurai Kaya
* Taniguchi Saki
* Arimura Kasumi
* Sakamoto Emika
* Watanabe Uta
* Izumi Rika
* Kawano Maaya
* Amuro Miyuu
* Noguchi Aina
* Sano Miori
* Renbutsu Misako
* Ichikawa Kazuha
* Mizuno Kimiko
* Miura Ayane
* Hori Yumiko
* Sakuraba Nanami
* Mizuhara Kiko
* Murakami Mariri
* Kuroki Meisa
* Fujii Anzu

### Third round

In this round the girls had to:

1. Show a special skill.
2. Sing "BREAK OUT!" (Aikawa Nanase) or Vogue (Hamasaki Ayumi).
3. Give a performance to the rhythm of Butterfly (Koda Kumi).

### Fourth round

They were taken to a training camp from where they received dance and vocal lessons, separately recorded Darling and danced in group to Shirayukihime in front of the producer and the dance teacher.

14 girls were chosen for the fourth round.

* Hori Wakana, 13
* Mitsui Yui, 17
* Kimura Erina, 18
* Orikasa Haruna, 13
* Honda Tsubasa, 13
* Hotta Akane, 12
* Ogawa Tomomi, 15
* Nakashima Chidori, 11
* Sakurai Kaya, 17
* Arimura Kasumi, 12
* Izumi Rika, 16
* Renbutsu Misako, 14
* Sakuraba Nanami, 12
* Kuroki Meisa, 17

On October 31, 2005, each girl performed a song in front of an audience of 18-25 year old women.

## Result

### Final Members

The winners of the audition were:

* Honda Tsubasa, 13
* Hotta Akane, 12
* Ogawa Tomomi, 15
* Arimura Kasumi, 12
* Izumi Rika, 16
* Renbutsu Misako, 14
* Sakuraba Nanami, 12

## Trivia

* This was the audition with lowest number of winners (with 7) until Himawari Fairies 7th Tsuika Audition.
* After failing in the 3rd round, Mizuhara Kiko later auditioned for 4th generation Himawari Fairies and passed.
* After failing the auditions, finalist Kuroki Meisa later auditioned for 1st generation Rabendā Fairies and passed.