Morning Musume - Milestones

Milestones

• Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦?) youngest participant – 12 year old Ai Kago (51st Kōhaku) from December 31, 2000 until December 31, 2007, when Mai Hagiwara of Cute at age 11, broke that 7-year record.
• Two of the ninth generation members, Riho Sayashi and Kanon Suzuki, are the first members to have been born after the group's formation in 1997. Tenth generation members, Masaki Sato and Kudo Haruka, and eleventh generation member Sakura Oda, were also born after the group's formation.
• All of their singles except for the first, "Morning Coffee", the 35th, "Mikan" and the 44th," Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" have ranked in the Oricon Weekly Singles Top 5.
• Oricon – Most Top 10 singles by all artist in Japan
• Oricon – Most number one singles by a female group in Japan, beating the previous record set by Pink Lady. The record was later beaten by AKB48 in 2012.
• Oricon – Most consecutive Top 10 singles by a female group in Japan.
• Oricon – Best single selling female group in Japan—18,067,949 copies sold, becoming their fifth Oricon record. The record was later beaten by AKB48 in 2012