Love Audition 21 (5th Generation Audition)
- Application requirements: Female, minimum of 7th grade student
- Total applicants: 25,827
- Broadcast on muSix! in 2001
- Training camp, theme song: "Love Namidairo" (Aya Matsuura's 3rd single)
- Aiko Kayō, Reina Tanaka, Yukina Kinoshita and Erika Miyoshi participated in this audition. Tanaka was a finalist but was kicked out due to not meeting age requirements; she would later enter and pass the following year's audition, while Miyoshi won the 2003 Hello! Project audition and later joined v-u-den. Kayō was also a finalist, but was not chosen. She debuted as solo artist under Avex Trax label two years later.
- Winners: Asami Konno, Risa Niigaki, Makoto Ogawa, and Ai Takahashi
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