Minimoni's Revival (2009-present)
On May 26, 2009, Minimoni's original leader, Mari Yaguchi, posted a blog discussing how the head producer of Hello! Project, Tsunku, had contacted her asking for permission to bring the group out of hiatus. Tsunku would later make a post on his own blog confirming that Minimoni would be revived with an entirely new line-up, confirming S/mileage member Kanon Fukuda as the first member. Morning Musume's Linlin was announced later as the group's leader, and that Hello Pro Eggs Akari Takeuchi and Karin Miyamoto would be the final two members in the new line-up. This line-up is referred to as Shin Minimoni (新ミニモニ。?, New Minimoni). On the last day of Morning Musume's fall 2010 tour, Rival Survival, Linlin graduated from Morning Musume, and thus left Shin Minimoni as well. (She has returned to China since her graduation.) The three remaining members proceeded to perform as a trio in the Hello! Project 2011 winter concert.
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