Round 5 is in the books, and Country Girls finally loses its perfect record. (Morito Chisaki does not understand why Momoko-senpai and Nanami-chan are no longer around.) The combi's are down to the last nine, which tells me that being in a lot of combi's does not protect you from elimination.
Results:
Major Groups:
Country Girls (5-2): Tsugunaga Momoko, Ozeki Mai, Morito Chisaki, Risa Yamaki, Yanagawa Nanami, Inaba Manaka, Funaki Musubu
Juice ni Juice (3-2): Takagi Sayuki, Kanazawa Tomoko, Miyazaki Yuka, Uemura Akari, Miyamoto Karin
ANGERME (5-3): Kamikokuryou Moe, Sasaki Rikoko, Takeuchi Akari, Wada Ayaka, Murota Mizuki, Nakanichi Kana, Aikawa Maho, Katsuda Rina
Kobushi Factory (2-6): Nomura Minami, Hamaura Ayano, Taguchi Natsumi, Inoue Rei, Wada Sakurako, Rena Ogawa, Fujii Rio, Hirose Ayaka
C-ute (1-4): Okai Chisato, Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki, Suzuki Airi, Hagiwara Mai
Morning Musume. '16 (2-9): Iikubo Haruna, Haga Akane, Nonaka Miki, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Makino Maria, Ogata Haruna, Kudo Haruka, Ishida Ayumi, Oda Sakura, Sato Masaki
Minor Groups:
ODATOMO (1-1): Oda Sakura, Kanazawa Tomoko
Dream Last Train (1-2) : Kudou Haruka, Okai Chisato, Takagi Sayuki
Sato no Akari (1-2) : Sato Masaki, Katsuda Rina, Uemura Akari
Eliminated groups:
Tsubaki Factory (0-6): Ogata Risa, Kishimoto Yumeno, Tanimoto Ami, Niinuma Kisora, Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki
Jurin (0-2) : Sato Masaki, Miyamoto Karin
Group Awards:
First Major Group Eliminated: Tsubaki Factory - Round 3
Last Major Group Intact: Country Girls - Round 3
Last Group Intact: Country Girls - Round 4
"Combi's"
Leader Board:
Miyazaki Yuka/Uemura Akari
Morito Chisaki/Ozeki Mai
Sasaki Rikoko/Murota Mizuki
Joining Leader Board
Fukumura Mizuki/Takeuchi Akari (OdenPon)
Hirose Ayaka/Inoue Rei
rest:
Fukumura Mizuki/Oda Sakura
Kamikokuryou Moe/Sasaki Rikoko
Kamikokuryou Moe/Murota Mizuki
Takeuchi Akari/Sasaki Rikoko (RikOden)
Eliminated Round 1 from leader board:
Iikubo Haruna/Wada Ayaka (HoneyCho)
Taguchi Natsumi/Inoue Rei
Nakajima Saki/Yajima Maimi
Nonaka Miki/Ogata Haruna (HaaChel)
Sato Masaki/Oda Sakura (Masakura)
Eliminated Round 1 from rest:
Sato Masaki/Kudo Haruka (MaaDuu)
Sato Masaki/Fukumura Mizuki
Sato Masaki/Haga Akane
Sato Masaki/Ishida Ayumi
Ikuta Erina/Iikubo Haruna (HoneyPon)
Fukumura Mizuki/Iikubo Haruna
Ogata Haruna/Oda Sakura
Makino Maria/Ogata Haruna
Ogata Haruna/Haga Akane
Kamikokuryou Moe/Ogata Haruna
Hirose Ayaka/Taguchi Natsumi
Taguchi Natsumi/Hamaura Ayano
Taguchi Natsumi/Suzuki Airi
Eliminated Round 2 from leader board
Kudo Haruka/Haga Akane
Ikuta Erina/Nakanishi Kana
Okai Chisato/Hagiwara Mai
Makino Maria/Yumeno Kishimoto
Eliminated Round 2 from rest
Ikuta Erina/Fukumura Mizuki (PonPon)
Ikuta Erina/Ishida Ayumi (Suberizu)
Ikuta Erina/Oda Sakura (PonDaa)
Takagi Sayuki/Kudo Haruka
Fukumura Mizuki/Kudo Haruka
Kudo Haruka/Ishida Ayumi
Kudo Haruka/Miyamoto Karin
Kudo Haruka/Wada Ayaka (AyaDuu)
Kudo Haruka/Moruta Mizuki (Love Love Mi(zuki) Duu)
Makino Maria/Kudo Haruka
Kudo Haruka/Sasaki Rikoko
Makino Maria/Hamaura Ayano
Nomura Minami/Hamaura Ayano
Uemura Akari/Hagiwara Mai
Eliminated Round 3 from leader board
Katsuda Rina/Ishida Ayumi
Takeuchi Akari/Miyamoto Karin
Nomura Minami/Wada Sakurako
Nakanishi Kana/Oda Sakura (SakuNaka)
Eliminated Round 3 from rest
Kanazawa Tomoko/Miyamoto Karin
Hirose Ayaka/Wada Sakurako
Takagi Sayuki/Kanazawa Tomoko
Yajima Maimi/Suzuki Airi
Oda Sakura/Ishida Ayumi (ODaishi)
Makino Maria/Takeuchi Akari
Eliminated Round 4 from rest
Kanazawa Tomoko/Uemura Akari
Fukumura Mizuki/Ishida Ayumi (GAM 2/Birthday Crash Sisters)
Suzuki Airi/Ishida Ayumi
Hirose Ayaka/Makino Maria
Hirose Ayaka/Nomura Minami
Makino Maria/Sasaki Rikoko
Makino Maria/Ishida Ayumi
Eliminated Round 5 from leader board
Hirose Ayaka/Fuji Rio
Yanagawa Nanami/Funaki Musubu
Tsugunaga Momoko/Fukumura Mizuki (MomoPon)
Eliminated Round 5 from rest
None
Close calls:
Round 1:
Chisato Okai - 14 (17)
Hagiwara Mai - 12 (13)
Fukumura Mizuki - 10 (11)
Haga Akane - 10 (11)
Katsuta Rina - 9 (13)
Kudo Haruka - 8 (9)
Miyamoto Karin - 7 (9)
Sayuki Takagi - 7 (11)
Round 2:
Asakura Kiki - 10 (13)
Miyamoto Karin - 9 (10)
Nomura Minami - 7 (10)
Haga Akane - 7 (10)
Yanagawa Nanami - 7 (8)
Okai Chisato - 5 (15)
Inoue Rei - 4 (15)
Wada Sakurako - 4 (8)
Suzuki Airi - 4 (10)
Katsuta Rina - 4 (13)
Round 3:
Yamaki Risa - 9 (10)
Fukumura Mizuki - 7 (10)
Tsugunaga Momoko - 5 (12)
Nomura Minami - 5 (12)
Ishisa Ayumi - 5 (10)
Inoue Rei - 4 (10)
Round 4:
Tsugunaga Momoko - 5 (6)
Takeuchi Akari - 5 (6)
Inaba Manaka - 3 (6)
Oda Sakura - 3 (9)
Round 5:
Fukumura Mizuki - 11 (14)
Inoue Rei - 9 (11)
Ozeki Mai - 8 (14)