モーニング娘。

Morning Musume (モーニング娘。), currently known as Morning Musume '26 (モーニング娘。'26, read as "Morning Musume Two-Six"), is a Japanese all female J-Pop group and the core group under the more expansive Hello! Project (H!P for short). Formed in 1997 when the producer of the band, Tsunku, challenged the 5 runner-ups of a TV competition, where they competed to become the lead singer of Sharan Q, to sell 50,000 copies of their demo single "Ai no Tane" in 5 days.