Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (モーニング娘。さくら組) was a Japanese pop group, one of two subgroups that Morning Musume (
モーニング娘。) was divided into in 2003 so that they could perform in smaller concert venues. In addition to touring separately, each subgroup also released two singles. The members were as follows: Natsumi Abe (
安倍なつみ) Mari Yaguchi (
矢口真里) Hitomi Yoshizawa (
吉澤ひとみ) Ai Kago (
加護亜依) Ai Takahashi (
高橋愛) Asami Konno (
紺野あさ美) Risa Niigaki (
新垣里沙) Eri Kamei (
亀井絵里) Abe graduated Morning Musume and effectively Sakura Gumi in January of 2004, leaving the group with 7 members at the time of their…
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