History Music / HelloProject

* EvolvingMusic: The [[UpToEleven many MANY]] versions of "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".

* {{Meganekko}}: H!P Egg Manami Arai and Melon Kinenbi member Megumi Murata used to wear glasses just for show.
** Miki Fujimoto wears glasses; seemingly they are reading glasses as she doesn't have them on all the time, but they appear in the PV for "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari".
** In the PV for "Love Machine" all the members are seen wearing glasses. It's also a fairly overt example of {{Fanservice}}, along with most other images in the PV. In the Studio PV for "Love Machine", Kei Yasuda is wearing reading glasses.
** In ''Until the Bus Comes'', characters played by [[CuteClumsyGirl Natsumi]] [[BadassBookworm Abe]] and [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Kei Yasuda]] wear glasses. Yuko Nakazawa sometimes wore them for her [[HotTeacher sexy teacher character]], but not for her [[FairCop police officer]] role.
* {{Meido}}: Elder Club's 2008 Winter concert.
** Also one of the costumes Ayaka Kimura wore for her surprise English lessons segment on ''Hello Morning''.
* MultipleDemographicAppeal: Junjun and Linlin were added to Morning Musume in 2007 as part of Up-Front Works' strategy to help Morning Musume expand across Asia, starting with the Chinese music market. Short-lived groups like Aiko and Frances, as well as Ice Creamusume, were also established with the same goal. Unfortunately, they ultimately failed to break in China, citing piracy as the reason for low sales, and decided to abort these plans around 2010.

* [[TooManyBelts Too Many Feathers]]: A recurring part in Morning Musume's costumes.

* UpToEleven: At one time Morning Musume had 15 members, and various Shuffle groups have had 11 or more members.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be...]]

* MulticoloredHair: Some of Masae Ohtani's hairstyles. Risako Sugaya also dipped into this trope near the end of Berryz Koubou's run, with hair colors ranging from red to blonde to lavender.

* [[WidgetSeries Weird Japanese Thing]]: As far as the majority of people outside Japan are concerned.

** The first A-side for Ai's last single: "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa no Honki de Negatterun da yo!" (I'm Really Hoping for Peace on Earth!) Which was then paired with the ''slightly'' shorter, though no less unwieldy, "Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!" (I Want to Open a Shop With My Boyfriend!)
** S/mileage's "Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama".

* CrazyCulturalComparison: [[AlohaHawaii Coconuts Musume]] was formed and marketed as the group from Hawaii. Jun Jun and Lin Lin joined Morning Musume for much the same reason, except they were aimed at the mainland Asian market.

* AlohaHawaii: The Alo-Hello! [=DVD=]s.

* OdangoHair: While they were in Mini Moni Mari Yaguchi, Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji all wore their hair like this. Tsuji wore hers with twintails, while the others had them without.
** During some of Ayaka's English lesson segments, she had a "Chinese Cafe" where she wore a Chinese style dress and had OdangoHair.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Most grades, particularly C and B, are in evidence in the PV for Kanashimi Twilight.
** Iida Kaori in Mr Moonlight hits A grade with her LittleBlackDress and stockings combo.
** In the Resonant Blue PV from Morning Musume 4 out of the 9 members are showing A grade ZettaiRyouiki, the rest are wearing trousers.

Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Country Girls, and Kobushi Factory, with former Morning Musume members Aika Mitsui and Sayashi Riho as its current soloists. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rploMAHUhkE "Matsuuuuura Aya deeeesu!"]] ([[CaptainObvious Aya Matsuura]] - it's the delivery more than the actual words that are notable in this case)

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rika Ishikawa's Charmy character would quite often act like this, though it is a case of MeanCharacterNiceActor.

See the [[Characters/HelloProject character sheet]] for who's who, or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello!_Project That Other Wiki]] for more information.

* CastTheExpert: In 2016, Juice=Juice starred as the fictional idol group NEXT YOU in the TV drama adaptation of the novel ''Budokan''. The novel was written by Hello! Project fanboy Ryo Asai, who based the story elements on UP-FRONT PROMOTION (renamed "GREEN-UP PROMOTION" in-universe) and real Hello! Project idols (Sayuki's character was inspired by Kanon Suzuki).

** Several former members have made albums outside the bubblegum J Pop that Hello! Project is famous for. Ai Kago and Mika Todd both made solo jazz albums, Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa fronted a DarkerAndEdgier pop punk group called Hangry & Angry, and Maki Goto's solo albums, though still pop, are much HotterAndSexier than her work in HelloProject groups.

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Hello! Project is an umbrella term to refer to the [[AlwaysFemale female idols]] managed by Up-Front Agency and Tsunku. Major groups in the Project are Morning Musume (the flagship and longest running group), C-ute, ANGERME (formerly S/mileage), Juice=Juice, Country Girls, and Kobushi Factory, with former Morning Musume members Aika Mitsui and Sayashi Riho as its current soloists. There are also numerous sub-units and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (formerly Hello! Pro Egg), a training program for young girls looking to become full-fledged idols under the Project. Each group has their own unique sound and members, with no two songs sounding the same.

* FourGirlEnsemble: 4KIDS, Akagumi 4, Athena & Robbikerottsu, Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika, DEF DIVA, Elegies, Melon Kinenbi, Mini Moni, Puripuri Pink, Sheki Dol, ShugoChara Egg!, Taiyou & Ciscomoon and Tanpopo 2nd gen, S/mileage before the addition of the submembers.

** In ''Until the Bus Comes'', characters played by [[{{Dojikko}} Natsumi]] [[BadassBookworm Abe]] and [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Kei Yasuda]] wear glasses. Yuko Nakazawa sometimes wore them for her [[HotTeacher sexy teacher character]], but not for her [[FairCop police officer]] role.

* FamilyFeud: Kago's family.

* FetishFuel: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Kaori Iida when she sees Ayaka Kimura wearing her Chinese dress for the first time.

* SofterAndSlowerCover: For S/mileage's musical "SMILE FANTASY", Wada Ayaka sang a solo rendition of the group's song "Ama no Jaku". The original is very upbeat and cutesy, and considered a {{Tsundere}} song given the lyrics, but in the musical, it's slowed down, much less pop and more soft piano, and Ayaka's tone and expressions make the meaning of the song much sadder.

* SofterAndSlowerCover: For S/mileage's musical "SMILE FANTASY", Wada Ayaka sang a solo rendition of the group's song "Ama no Jaku". The original is very upbeat and considered a {{Tsundere}} song given the lyrics, but in the musical, it's slower and Ayaka's tone and expressions make the meaning of the song much sadder.

* SofterAndSlowerCover: For the musical "SMILE FANTASY", Wada Ayaka sang a solo rendition of the group's song "Ama no Jaku". The original is very upbeat and considered a {{Tsundere}} song given the lyrics, but in the musical, it's slower and Ayaka's tone and expressions make the meaning of the song much sadder.