J-MELO is a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK. It is recorded entirely in the English language. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2005. The program is available on NHK's World Service television station, Radio Japan, Digital Educational TV and on its Domestic General Channel.
J-MELO is a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK. It is recorded entirely in the English language. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2005. The program is available on NHK's World Service television station, Radio Japan, Digital Educational TV and on its Domestic General Channel.
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Studio Guests: TERIYAKI BOYZ, JAMOSA, Stephanie; 1. "WORK THAT featuring PHARRELL and CHRIS BROWN" / TERIYAKI BOYZ; 2. "Zutto" (Forever) / JAMOSA; 3. "Pride～A Part of Me～ feat.SRM" / Stephanie.
Guest: Hakima Inoue (Radio Japan Arabic Announcer); 1. "Prisoner Of Love" / Hikaru Utada; 2. "Fujisawa Looser" / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION; 3. "Mirai E"(To the Future) / Kiroro; 4. "Awayuki No Hito"(Lo…
1. "24 carats" / Oreskaband; 2. "Hero" / Safarii; 3. "1" / Yuichi Tamate; 4. "Kawarushi" (We Change) / Akiko Yano; 5. "Forever Song" / Motohiro Hata; 6. "DO tha' DO tha'" / May J.
Guests: Rie fu and LEO IMAI; 1. "Synchronize" / LEO IMAI; 2. "School On The Hill" / LEO IMAI; 3. "Time Traffic" / Rie fu & LEO IMAI; 4. "Romantic" / Rie fu; 5. "Present" / Rie fu.
Guest: Marty Friedman.
Guests: Lan Ohshiro, Kanon + J-MELO meets Nikkei; 1. "Vincent" / Lan Ohshiro; 2. "Lingering Snow" / Kanon.
1. "Do Me More" / Namie Amuro; 2. "Innocent Love" / Kyoko Koizumi; 3. "LOV" / Hiroshi Takano; 4. "Usukudara"(ÜSKÜDARA GÍDERÍKEN) / Sizzle Ohtaka; 5. "can't stop the DISCO" / Ami Suzuki; 6. "Hakanaku M…
Guests: SoulJa and Jin Oki; Exclusive Comments: CHATMONCHY, Aqua Timez; 1. "Musekinin Hero"(Irresponsible Hero) / Kanjani∞; 2. "Last Love Letter" / CHATMONCHY; 3. "Velonica" / Aqua Timez; 4. "Aristocr…
Guests: RANKIN TAXI; Exclusive Comment: Terry Ito (Top TV Director); 1. "Mental Slavery" / RANKIN TAXI; 2. "Sayonara, Suki Ni Natta Hito" (Goodbye, Girlfriend) / RANKIN TAXI; 3. "Dare Ni Mo Mienai, Ni…
1. "Sukiyaki"/ HidaJimbo; 2. "Shinin' Like A Diamond feat. Sphere of Influence & May J."/ ZEEBRA; 3. "HOME" / Shanti.
1. "GOOD BYE MY SCHOOL DAYS" / DREAMS COME TRUE; 2. "Eisa" / JERO; 3. "Kudo Desu" (Hollow Me) / Yurayura Teikoku; 4. "20-CRY-" / Miliyah Kato; 5. "Atsukunare" (Show Some Passion) / Demon Kogure; 6. "D…
Guest: Sean Lennon; 1. "DEAD MEAT" / Sean Lennon; 2. "Listen" / Sean Lennon; 3. "You Feel Right" / IF BY YES; 4. "Smoke & Mirrors" / Sean Lennon; 5. "The Magic" / Sean Lennon.
1. "HEKIREKI" (Thunderclap) / LAST ALLIANCE; 2. "WAO!" / UNICORN; 3. "Yuki No Hikari" (Snow Light) / Miho Fukuhara; 4. "Afrodisia" / quasimode; 5. "Kokoro Odoru" (The Spirit Dances) / nobodyknows+; 6.…
Guests: Kyoji Yamamoto, BENI; Exclusive Comment: Siro Sano(Actor); 1. "Fallen Angel"/ BOWWOW; 2. "Mou Ni Do To" (Never Again) / BENI; 3. "Kiss Kiss Kiss" / BEN.
Guest: Yukihiro Takahashi; 1. "Unmei Kyodotai" (Common Destiny) / Dragon Ash; 2. "JUVES" / Diggy-MO'; 3. "Moshi Kimi to... with Kimaguren" (If With You...) / May J.; 4. "anywhere" / pupa; 5. "The Word…
1. "Nidome No Kanojo" (Second-Time Girlfriend) / SID; 2. "Eien" (Eternity) / BoA; 3. "Oshakashama" / RADWIMPS; 4. "Sailing free" / Olivia; 5. "Tooi Machi" (Faraway Town) / Yoko Nagayama; 6. "RESCUE" /…
★Backstage Pass Part1: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Shigeo Genda; ★Backstage Pass Part2: UNIT ASIA; ★J-MELO Interview: VAMPS; ★Studio Live: Clench & Blistah.
1. “Sora To Ito" (Sky and Thread) / MUCC; 2. “CATCH THE RAINBOW" / MISIA; 3. “Rokyoku Ichidai" / Kiyoshi Hikawa; 4. “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" / Joe Hisaishi; 5. “Hikari" (Light) / GING NANG BOYZ…
Guests: MiChi, Sweet Vacation, Mai Fukui; 1. “Kiss Kiss xxx"/ MiChi; 2. “Sayonara My Days" (Goodbye My Days) / Sweet Vacation; 3. “Can Can" / Mai Fukui.
★Featured May Releases; ★Viewer Recommendations: Over Load / Mika Nakashima, Come Back To Me / Utada; ★Kaleidoscope(Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): Eitetsu Hayashi; ★Internat…
1. "sparkle" / Ayumi Hamasaki; 2. "Shiawase Ni Naro" (Let's Be Happy) / mihimaru GT; 3. "Share The World" / Tohoshinki; 4. "snIpe" / KOTOKO; 5. "AROMA" / AN CAFE; 6. "Koi No ABO" (A.B.O. of Love) / NE…
J-MELO Interview: THE BOOM; Exclusive Comments:Toshiya(DIR EN GREY), Ken Yokoyama(CRAZY KEN BAND); 1. "Towel" / CRAZY KEN BAND; 2. "BEAUTIFUL" / MEG; 3. "THE FATAL BELIEVER" / DIR EN GREY; 4. "Yume Ka…
Guests: MONKEY MAJIK; Exclusive Comment: Mickie Yoshino; 1. "fly" / MONKEY MAJIK; 2. "Monkey Magic" / GODIEGO; 3. "Aobajo Koiuta" (Aoba Castle Love Song) / Muneyuki Sato; 4. "Aishiteru" (I Love You) /…
★ Featured June Releases: "Summer Clouds, Summer Rain" / Miyuki Hatakeyama; ★ Viewer Recommendations: "It's all Love" / Kumi Koda×misono; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu…
1. "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema) / Lisa Ono; 2. "Só Danço Samba"(I Only Dance Samba) /Lisa Ono; 3. "Ye Lai Xiang" (The Evening Primrose) / Lisa Ono; 4. "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (The…
1. "I.V." / X JAPAN; 2. "One Room Disco" / Perfume; 3. "Rain is Fallin'" / w-inds.; 4. "Smile" / jammin' Zeb; 5. "My Best Of My Life" / Superfly; 6. "Kaede" (Maple) / Spitz.
1. Second movement of "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" Composer: Antonio Vivaldi / Ryu Goto; 2. "Beautiful Rosmarin" Composer: Fritz Kreisler / Ryu Goto; 3. "Introduction and Variations on Paisiello's…
J-MELO Interview: UA; 1."Tsuki Ga Kieteiku" (The Moon is Disappearing) / UA; 2."Ougon No Midori"(Golden Green) / UA; 3."FIREWORKS" / EXILE; 4."You –Anata Ga Soba Ni Iru Shiawase-" (Happy to Have You w…
Exclusive Comments: Masafumi Goto (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION), BREAD & BUTTER, HOME GROWN; 1. "Fujisawa Loser" / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION; 2. "Stay with Me feat. SUPER CRISS
Artists: Kosuke Atari, Arisa Tsuji (from "Paphooo!"), May J., Shanti.
Artists: Ryota Komatsu and Taeko Onuki, Marty Friedman.
Backstage Pass: Hello Kitty at Sanrio Puroland; Special Reports: Japan Expo 2009 + Anime Expo 2009; Exclusive Comment: Morning Musume。.
1. “BQE" / Hiromi Uehara; 2. “Sicilian Blue" / Hiromi Uehara; 3. “Choux à la crème" / Hiromi Uehara; 4. “Place to be" / Hiromi Uehara.
★ Featured This Summer Releases: “Slow Down" / Prague; ★ Viewer Recommendations: “THE INVISIBLE WALL" / the GazettE, “Koibito-yo"(Oh Lover) / Mayumi Itsuwa; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music …
Artists: Ryota Komatsu and Taeko Onuki, Marty Friedman; 1. "Garden feat. DJ KAORI, Diggy-MO', Clench & Blistah" / May J.; 2. "ONE TIME feat. Issei and Jin Oki" / SoulJa.
Guests: Tomohiro Yahiro and Gladston Galliza, Nobuyuki Tsujii, abingdon boys school; 1. "IDAS E IDAS" / Tomohiro Yahiro and Gladston Galliza; 2. "Kimi no Uta" (Your Song) / abingdon boys school; 3. "B…
Guest: Ken Yokoyama; Backstage Pass: coba (Accordionist); 1. "Girlfriend" / CRAZY KEN BAND; 2. "Hirugao" (Bindweed) / CRAZY KEN BAND.
1. "Everything" / ARASHI; 2. "It's all too much" / YUI; 3. "BUMP BUMP! Feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" / BoA; 4. "Cold Edge" / 9mm Parabellum Bullet; 5. "Minna Sora no Shita" (Everyone Under the Sun) / ayaka.
Guests: Dew, JAY'ED, Emiri Miyamoto; 1. "Kimi-e ～forever friend" (For you) / Dew; 2. "Everybody" / JAY'ED; 3. "Ho-Ren～Tenchijin Kiko" / Emiri Miyamoto.
Guests: Tomoyo Harada, Younha, Sizzle Ohtaka; 1. "FINE" / Tomoyo Harada; 2. "Sukinanda" (I Love You) / Younha; 3. "Usukudara" (ÜSKÜDARA GÍDERÍKEN)" / Sizzle Ohtaka.
1. "Paraiso" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 2. "Fuller Love" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 3. "Pop Korn" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 4. "Summer Goddess" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS.
★ Featured Autumn Releases; ★ Viewer Recommendations; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): "Appliqué of Tulip" / Nobuyasu Okabayashi; ★ Tribute to Kazuhiko Kato: "…
E43 · Club J-MELO Vol.14
Guest: ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS; 1. SUNNY CRUISE / ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS; 2. SUNSET GLOW / ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS; 3. EMBRACE THE MOON / ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS; 4. RIGHT HERE / ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS.
J-MELO Music Discovery; Yoko Ono Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa; Exclusive Comment: sodagreen.
E2 · Club J-MELO Vol.15
Guest: Akira Jimbo; 1. “Rhapsody in Blue" / Akira Jimbo; 2. “Medley" / Akira Jimbo; 3. “Jimbomba" / Akira Jimbo; 4. “Improvisation for J-MELO" / Akira Jimbo.
J-MELO Music Discovery: Sports Nippon, abingdon boys school, Aoyama Gakuin; University Music Discoverer: LEO IMAI; Guests: AGA-SHIO, Planet Spirita; 1. “Rhapsody" / AGA-SHIO; 2. “Mandolin Concerto" / …
Exclusive Comment: Kazufumi Miyazawa; 1. "Aoku, Shiroku, Aoku, Kagayaku Taiyo" (The Sun Shining Blue, White, and Blue) / DIAMANTES and Claudia Oshiro; 2. "Endo no Hana" (Pea Blossoms) / Claudia Oshiro…
Guest: KARIYUSHI 58; Exclusive Comment: BEGIN.
1. “Amagi Goe"(Over the Amagi Pass) / Marty Friedman; 2. “Vincent" / Lan Ohshiro; 3. “Mandolin Concerto" / Planet Spirita; 4. “Fall in Love" / Aoyama Thelma × SOL from BIGBANG; 5. “GLORIA" / YUI; 6. “…
J-MELO Music Discoveries; Earthquake Memorial Concert (Conductor: Yutaka Sado); NHK All-Japan School Music Competition (Koriyama Daini Junior High School ); Music Discoverers: JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa; Gu…
Special Advisor: Dave Spector; Exclusive Comments: the GazettE, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hirozumi Yoshioka (Nikkei Entertainment! Editor in Chief).
Guest: Kaori Muraji; Special Advisor: Dave Spector; Supervisors: Daichi Hayakawa, Scott Murphy, Kotaro Iizawa.
Artists: May J., JAY'ED, LEO IMAI, Ai Takekawa, SweetVacation.
Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Special Comment: Kazufumi Miyazawa; 1. “LUCKY☆STAR" / Ai Otsuka; 2. “Dekikkonai Wo Yaranakucha" (You've Got to Do What You Can't Possibly Do) / Sambomaster; 3. “Mute…
Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, JAY'ED; 1. “Atarashii YES" (New Yes) / Salyu; 2. “Toki No Nagare Ni Mi Wo Makase" (I Only Care About You) / Hideaki Tokunaga; 3. “Ikiru" (Live) / Maïa Barouh; 4. “dream" /…
1. “Niji Iro No Sakana" (Rainbow Fish) / MONKEY MAJIK; 2. “Change" / MONKEY MAJIK & Yoshida Brothers; 3. “Aishiteru" (I Love You) / MONKEY MAJIK; 4. “Open Happiness" / MONKEY MAJIK; 5. “SAKURA " (Cher…
1. “Kamereyon” / ORESKABAND; 2. “PAPAYA” / ORESKABAND; 3. “Pinocchio” / ORESKABAND; 4. “Jitensha ” (Bicycle) / ORESKABAND; 5. “Dance Number 802” / ORESKABAND; 6. “Super☆Duper” / ORESKABAND.
J-MELO Artists: KOKIA, MiChi, EMI MARIA; 1. "sleep" / SID; 2. "The woman" / KOKIA; 3. "All about the Girls" / MiChi; 4. "Show Me Your Love" / EMI MARIA.
MUSIC MAGAZINE; J-MELO Artists: Yosuke Yamashita, Shikao Suga; Exclusive Comment: Terry Ito; Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, JAY'ED; 1. "Sayonara Home Run" / Shikao Suga; 2. "Fushizen Na Girl" (Unnatural…
Guests: Park Yong Ha, Younha; Exclusive Message: Fantastic Plastic Machine; 1. “Koe Wo Kikasete” (Let Me Hear Your Voice) / BIGBANG; 2. “ONE LOVE ～Egao de Afureru Yoni～” (Making Everyone Smile) / Park…
Special Commentator: Dave Spector; J-MELO Music Discoveries; Surprise visit to viewer in United States: All Nippon Airways; 1. “Shunkan Sentimental” (Instant Sentimental) / SCANDAL; 2. “Going!” / KAT-…
J-MELO Artists: GAIA CUATRO; J-MELO Music Discoveries; Kazufumi Miyazawa, Tetsuhiro Daiku, Kokugakuin University; Music Discoverers: JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa; 1. “DEVIL SIDE” / VAMPS; 2. “Mizuho” / GAIA CU…
J-MELO Artists: SoulJa; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Supervisors: Kotaro Iizawa, Yoshitaka Mori, Daichi Hayakawa; 1. "Our Songs" / Buono!; 2. "FLASH" / Crystal Kay; 3. "Goody Goody" / SweetVacat…
1. "Early Spring" / Sadao Watanabe Group; 2. "What's Now" / Sadao Watanabe Group; 3. "Call Me" / Sadao Watanabe Group; 4. "Not Quite A Samba" / Sadao Watanabe Group.
J-MELO Artists: Joe Inoue, Naoto Inti Raymi, OKAMOTO'S, Baby M; Music Discovery: Kumiko; Music Discoverer: LEO IMAI; 1. “Kaze No Gotoku” (Like the Wind) / Joe Inoue; 2. “Takaramono” (Treasure) / Naoto…
J-MELO Artists: SHANTI, Kimaguren, LM.C; Exclusive Comment: Morning Musume。; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. “Seishun Collection” (Youth Collection) / Morning Musume。 ; 2. “GHOST † HEART” / LM.C…
Collaboration with "Seiyu Grand Prix" and Nippon Broadcasting System's "Mu-comi Plus" radio show; Music Discovery: Yui Makino; Exclusive Comment: Aki Toyosaki; Music Discoverer: JAY'ED; 1. “Mysterion”…
Music Discovery: Shanghai Expo; Singer Search Supervisors: Daichi Hayakawa, Scott Murphy; Special Commentator: Dave Spector.
Exclusive Comments: Morning Musume。, REITA (the GazettE), AGA-SHIO; Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa.
Exclusive Comments: pupa, Mai Fukui; Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa.
J-MELO Artists: SCANDAL; Exclusive Comment: Norimasa Fujisawa; Music Discoveries: Pacific Music Festival, NHK WONDER LAND; Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, Scott Murphy; 1. “Namida No Regret” (Tearful Reg…
1. “Crepuscule With Nellie” / Junko Onishi; 2. “Just One Of Those Things” / Junko Onishi Trio; 3. “The Threepenny Opera” / Junko Onishi Trio.
Music Discovery + J-MELO Overseas Report Highlights; Billboard Japan Album Chart for January to June 2010; Guest: JYONGRI; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. Without You ／ JYONGRI.
1. “Is This Love?” / BONNIE PINK; 2. “Naminami” / BONNIE PINK; 3. “Kite” / BONNIE PINK.
Music Discovery: Angela Aki; Music Discoverer: JAY'ED; 1. “Hoshi No Love Letter”(Starry Love Letter) / THE BOOM; 2. “Chuo Sen”(Chuo Line) / THE BOOM; 3. “Aoi Yuhi”(Blue Sunset)) / THE BOOM feat. YUU (…
Music Discovery: TOKYO BOOT UP!; Music Discoverer: LEO IMAI; 1. “Kamisama No Hoseki De Dekita Shima”(An Island Made of God’s Jewels) / THE BOOM; 2. “Shimauta”(Island Song) / THE BOOM; 3. “Kaze Ni Nari…
J-MELO Artists: KG, JAMOSA; Exclusive Comments: Katsuhisa Hattori, jammin'Zeb; Music Discovery: Hakone Dream Festival 21; Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa; 1. “Donna Ni Hanarete Mo Duet with AZU” (Howeve…
J-MELO Artists: Kylee; Exclusive Comment: Hirozumi Yoshioka (Nikkei Entertainment! Editor-in-Chief), Watari Roka Hashiri Tai; 1. “Ichiban Kirei Na Watashi Wo” (The Most Beautiful Me) / Mika Nakashima;…
Guest: HOME MADE KAZOKU; Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa; 1. “No Rain No Rainbow” / HOME MADE KAZOKU; 2. “Love Song” / sambomaster; 3. “Nukumori” (Warmth) / HOME MADE KAZOKU.
J-MELO Artists: Crystal Kay, Jin Oki; Supervisors: Kazumi Watanabe, Joe Inoue, Morning Musume。, Kotaro Iizawa, Scott Murphy; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. “Mata Kimi Ni Koi Shiteru” (Falling i…
Music Discoveries: NHK Culture Festival; Tokyo International Music Market; Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU); Music Discoverer: JAY'ED.
Artists: BEGIN, MAY'S; 1. “Koi Wo Shiteta -Say Goodbye-” (We Were Lovers) / MAY'S×May J.; 2. “WONDERLAND” / MAY'S; 3. “Dejitaran” (Really Not Enough) / BEGIN; 4. “Pamaya Yunta” (Hairdresser Song) / BE…
Artists: AGA-SHIO, May J.; 1. “shufflin' city” / AGA-SHIO; 2. “rhapsody” / AGA-SHIO; 3. “Kimi No Tonari Ni” (By Your Side) / May J.; 4. “Ano Hi Ga Aru Kara” (Because We Have That Day) / May J..
E41 · J-MELO Christmas Special
Guest: JYONGRI; Exclusive Message: Toshinobu Kubota, VAMPS; Music Discoveries: WEDNESDAY J-POP, Shibu-maga-Z; NHK Year-End Overseas Charity Drive; 1. “MEMORIES” / VAMPS; 2. “Kimi No Tonari Ni” (By You…
Exclusive Messages: SCANDAL, Kylee; Supervisors: Morning Musume。; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. "Shunkan Sentimental" (Instant Sentimental) / SCANDAL; 2. "Hatenai Sora" (Endless Sky) / ARASHI.
LEO IMAI, JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa, Scott Murphy, JOE INOUE; 1. "Soundtrack To Murder" / KIMONOS; 2. "PRAY" / JAY'ED; 3. "Toi Michi No Saki De" (At the End of a Long Journey) / Ai Takekawa; 4. "Yume Wo Aki…
Yosuke Yamashita, Makoto Ozone and Satoru Shionoya, Jin Oki and SoulJa, Kaori Muraji and Soichi Muraji, Kazumi Watanabe Special Band, RANKIN TAXI, Sean Lennon, Lisa Ono, Ryu Goto, SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS,…
J-MELO Artists: Mai, Tee, Fire Lily; Music Discovery: HIFANA; Music Discoverer: LEO IMAI; 1. “Haru No Yuki”(Spring Snow) / Hideaki Tokunaga; 2. “Eien No Chi E”(To the Land of Eternity) / Mai; 3. “Denw…
Team J-MELO Traveler: Kazumi Watanabe; J-MELO Artist: AK; Exclusive Comments: Yoko Ono, Mike Mainieri, Danny Krivit (DJ), Victoria Goldenberg (Music Writer); Artists: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Toshinobu Kubot…
1. "Chain Reaction" / SHANTI; 2. "Love Matters" / SHANTI; 3. "How Insensitive" / SHANTI; 4. "Slow Ballad" / SHANTI.
We'll be announcing the most-requested artist and highest-emailing country or territory based on e-mails from viewers throughout 2010. We'll also have awards for the best vocal performance by a viewer…
Guest: Miya (MUCC); Exclusive Message: Alice Nine; Music Discoverer: JOE INOUE; Artists: L'Arc-en-Ciel, SCANDAL, the GazettE, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Chatmonchy,MONKEY MAJIK, ONE OK ROCK, Sambomaste…
1. "destiny" / girugamesh; 2. "Mienai Kyori" (Invisible Distance) / girugamesh; 3. "Kaze No Gotoku" (Like the Wind) / JOE INOUE; 4. "CLOSER" / JOE INOUE.
Guests: MAY'S, Sambomaster; Exclusive Comments: SCANDAL, Zeebra, Alice Nine, Yui Makino, T.M.Revolution; Team J-MELO Artist: Kazumi Watanabe; Team J-MELO Comments: Scott Murphy, LEO IMAI, Ai Takekawa…
Team J-MELO Traveler: JAY'ED; J-MELO Artist: alan, JunJun (former Morning Musume。member) , Ayane; Artists:EXILE, AKB48, LUNA SEA, ayumi hamasaki, ARASHI, GLAY, Kumi Koda, KAT-TUN, L'Arc-en-Ciel.
Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Team J-MELO Travelers: May J., Scott Murphy; J-MELO Artists: SuG, Yoko Noge, Akiko Yano, Skoop On Somebody; Artists: YUI, the GazettE, L'Arc-en-Ciel, EXILE, Arashi.
Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Artists: KAT-TUN, the GazettE, Gackt, SOUL FLOWER UNION, RYUKYUDISKO, THE BOOM, UPLIFT SPICE, Buono!, Kalafina, PUFFY AMIYUMI, LM.C, HALCALI, Perfume, ayumi hamasaki…
Artists: Kazumi Watanabe, Minami Kizuki, Erena Terakubo, Morning Musume。; 1. "Zutto Zutto" (Forever and Ever) / Minami Kizuki; 2. "Aitsumugi" (Weaving Love Together) / Minami Kizuki; 3. "Tim Tam Time"…
Artists: Kazumi Watanabe, Minami Kizuki, Erena Terakubo, Morning Musume。; 1."Kimi No Tonari Ni" (By Your Side) / May J.; 2. "ONE MORE KISS" / May J.; 3. Medley: "Mr. Moonlight", "Seishun Collection" (…
1. ROCK ME ／ BOWWOW; 2. SILVER LIGHTNING ／ BOWWOW; 3. STILL ／ BOWWOW; 4. GET ON OUR TRAIN ／ BOWWOW; 5. THEME OF BOWWOW ／ BOWWOW.
E17 · J-MELO Viewer Special
Guest: FLiP; Exclusive Comments: Kana Nishino, the GazettE; Music Discoverer: JAY'ED; Singer Search Supervisors: Morning Musume。; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Artists: Arashi, EXILE, YUI, UVERwo…
Music Discovery: Hiromi Uehara; Exclusive Comments: fade, Yuya Matsushita, AKB48, MAY'S Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa; Japan Star Search Supervisor: Joe Inoue.
Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa; 1. "Terminal" ／ JAY'ED; 2. "Futari" (Two People) ／ STUDIO APARTMENT × JAY'ED × May J.
E20 · Club J-MELO Vol.26: Club DJ-MELO
Guests: ☆Taku Takahashi and FPM (Tomoyuki Tanaka).
Guests: Versailles; Exclusive Comments: L'Arc-en-Ciel, Atsuko Maeda, Momoiro Clover Z; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Supervisors: Morning Musume。, Scott Murphy.
Guest: GACKT; Music Discovery: eastern youth; Exclusive Comments: w-inds., Takashi Yamaguchi (Sambomaster); Music Discoverer: LEO IMAI; J-MELO Charity Song Project Producer: ☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo); A…
Guests: Erena Terakubo, MAY'S; Exclusive Message: Miho Fukuhara.
Exclusive Messages: Base Ball Bear, PUFFY, Shonen Knife; J-MELO Ending Theme Comment: Yui Makino; Supervisor: Kotaro Iizawa; Special Commentator: Dave Spector.
Music Discoveries: Toshinobu Kubota, Taiko in Rikuzentakata with Shuichi Hidano; Exclusive Comment: STRAIGHTENER; Supervisor: Kazumi Watanabe; Music Discoverers: JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa.
Collaborations with NHK WONDERLAND, Nippon Broadcasting System's "Mu-comi Plus" radio show; Guests: Haruko Momoi, Yui Makino, S/mileage; Exclusive Messages: DiVa, Morning Musume。; Artists: Buono!, SCA…
Artists: OKAMOTO'S, sonodaband, Alice Nine, KODOMO BAND; 1. "Koi Wo Shiyouyo" (Let's Fall in Love!) / OKAMOTO'S; 2. "Run Run Run" / OKAMOTO'S; 3. "Waratte Waratte" (Smile! Smile!) / OKAMOTO'S; 4. "Yok…
Artists: OKAMOTO'S, sonodaband, Alice Nine, KODOMO BAND; 1. "Senkou" (Flash) / Alice Nine; 2. "RAINBOW" / Alice Nine; 3. "Tokyo Dynamite" / KODOMO BAND; 4. "Summertime Blues" / KODOMO BAND; 5. "Mammot…
E30 · Club J-MELO Vol. 28: Kazumi Watanabe and Char
1. "Caravan"; 2. "Here, There and Everywhere"; 3. "ZIG ZAG ZONE"; 4. "Summertime"; 5. "Superstition".
Music Discovery: 11th Japanese Popular Song Contest ; Exclusive Comment: Hirozumi Yoshioka (Nikkei Entertainment! Editor-in-Chief); Guests: Choshinsei, DOMINO; Artists: Kana Nishino, Mika Nakashima, …
J-MELO Charity Song “The Lifelines”; Exclusive Messages: ☆Taku Takahashi(m-flo), Maynard Plant (blanc. / MONKEY MAJIK), WISE Team J-MELO in Europe: Ai Takahashi (Morning Musume。); Special Commentator:…
1. AGONY; 2. Hyena; 3. BEFORE I DECAY; 4. VORTEX; 5. Filth in the beauty.
Guest: Satoru Shionoya; Special Guest Performance: Harmony Breeze Jazz Orchestra (Fuchu City No. 4 Elementary School); Exclusive Comment: Yujin Naito (Editor in Chief, "JAZZ LIFE"); Team J-MELO: Kazum…
Artists: AGA-SHIO, HidaJimbo, Ryota Komatsu and Taeko Onuki, Jin Oki and SoulJa, Kaori Muraji and Soichi Muraji, THE BOOM, MAY'S, ☆Taku Takahashi and FPM, Zeebra, ORESKABAND, Hiromi Uehara, Lisa Ono, …
Team J-MELO in LA: Joe Inoue; Exclusive Message: Far East Movement; J-MELO Ending Theme Comment: MAY'S and Hiromitsu Agatsuma; ☆ 2011 Nisei Week, Japan Star Seach, and more; Artists: B'z, VAMPS, Miku …
Team J-MELO in LA: Joe Inoue; Guests: Kylee, Orianthi; Exclusive Message: JAY'ED, TJS (Japanese radio station in LA), US Karaoke Red and White Song Festival, and more; Artists: YUI, Superfly, ISSA×Sou…
Guests: Shuichi Hidano, Hikami Daiko (taiko team from Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture) Music Discovery: Music Jacket Gallery 2011; Team J-MELO: Ai Takekawa; ☆J-MELO Manga Band Project; 1. “The L…
Music Discovery: TIMM (Tokyo International Music Market); Exclusive Message: Suzuka Asaoka (NOLIFE, France); Artists: DECO*27, Minami Kizuki, SEAMO, Nami Takaki, MEGARYU, Yuuka Nanri, HANGRY&ANGRY-f, …
Music Discovery: Masayuki Suzuki; Artists: SKE48, SPHERE, Shota Shimizu, Berryz Kobo×℃-ute, ARASHI, ON / OFF, Masao Sen, Perfume, RAKE, 10-FEET; 1. “Go and Go” / THE BEATNIKS; 2. “Didn’t Want To Have …
Guest: Tomomi Nishimoto; Guest Discoverer: Haruko Momoi; Exclusive Message: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Kazufumi Miyazawa, JAY'ED; Artists: KAN, Versailles Philharmonic Quintet, YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz, C…
Manga Band Producer: Marty Friedman; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Kazumi Watanabe, Scott Murphy, Joe Inoue, Ai Takekawa, and Morning Musume。 9th-generation members Kanon Suzuki, Riho Sayashi, Mizuki Fuk…
Guest: Shuichi Hidano; 1. "HARMONY (Wa)" / Hikami Daiko; 2. "Kakyo" / Hikami Daiko; 3. "Yudan" / Hikami Daiko; 4. "Tanabata Matsuri Bayashi" / Hikami Daiko and Shuichi Hidano.
Guests: L'Arc-en-Ciel; Artists: Idoling!!!, TOTAL FAT, Crystal Kay, aobozu, Sayuri Sugawara, Alice Nine, Zeebra, moumoon, Kyarypamyupamyu, KinKi Kids, Namie Amuro; 1. "Driver's High" / L'Arc-en-Ciel; …
E4 · Club J-MELO: coba
Special Commentator: Dave Spector.
Team J-MELO: Risa Niigaki and Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume。); Exclusive Message: Alice Nine, GACKT, Zeebra, SCANDAL, T.M.Revolution, Maynard Plant (blanc. / MONKEY MAJIK), Saori Yuki; 1. "The Lifeline…
1. "THE END OF THE DAY"; 2. "LAST KISS"; 3. "YOU ARE THE REASON"; 4. "Mata Koko De Aimasho" (Let's Meet Here Again).
Exclusive Messages: Kana Uemura, Yuya Matsushita, UVERworld; Team J-MELO: JAY'ED; Artists: Kaori Kobayashi, LG Yankees, m-flo, Nogizaka 46, STUDIO APARTMENT; 1. "Message" / Kana Uemura; 2. "Kimi E No …
Exclusive Messages: AI, GACKT; Artists: Berryz Kobo, Namie Amuro, Toshinobu Kubota, the GazettE, KUMI KODA; J-MELO New Band Project with LUNA (Ai Takekawa); Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, Kylee, Morning Musu…
E10 · Club J-MELO Taiban: HY x STEREOPONY
1. "Tsukiakari No Michishirube" (Moonlight Signpost) / STEREOPONY; 2. "stand by me" / STEREOPONY; 3. "Gajumaru Beat" (Banyan Beat) / HY; 4. "AM11:00" / HY; 5. "Watashi No Hero" (My Hero) / HY.
1. "Kimi Wa Jitensha Watashi Wa Densha De Kitaku" (You Cycle Home, and I Take the Train) / ℃-ute; 2. "Kiss Me Aishiteru" (Kiss Me, I Love You) / ℃-ute; 3. "Sekai Ichi Happy Na Onnanoko" (The Happiest …
E12 · J-MELO Viewer Special
Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Artists: Perfume; Your Photos: Takamasa Sakurai; Team J-MELO: Kazufumi Miyazawa, Kylee, SHANTI, Morning Musume。; 1. "Fushigi Na Sekai Kara No Shotaijo" (An Invitatio…
E13 · J-Rock Special
Guests: Acid Black Cherry, DEAD END; Exclusive Comments: L'Arc-en-Ciel, Atsushi Shikano; Artists: SuG, ViViD, ONE OK ROCK, SID, FLOW, HAPPY END, EIKICHI YAZAWA, Char, LOUDNESS, Shonen Knife, B'z, RC S…
Guests: Momoiro Clover Z, SuG, CreepHyp, Hisanori Yoshida (Nippon Broadcasting System announcer); Guest Discoverers: Maiko Katagiri (MAY'S), Hiromitsu Agatsuma; Team J-MELO: Kazumi Watanabe, Joe Inou…
Exclusive Comment: Mao Abe; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, ☆Taku Takahashi, Takamasa Sakurai; Artists: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERAYION, Ikimonogakari, Tomomi Itano, LM.C, the GazettE, Kalafina, Sexy Zone, fairie…
Guests: kyarypamyupamyu, DJ YUMMY, Maburai (winners of the 15th Nekketsu Oyaji Battle); Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kagura (in Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture); Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Ky…
E17 · J-MELO in the Middle East
Exclusive Message: Jun Matsumoto (ARASHI); Artists: YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz, SEIKIMA-Ⅱ, Morning Musume。, Kaya, AKB48, Nami Tamaki; 1. "Inori-Namida No Kido'" (Prayers – The Tracks of Tears)/ Mr. Childre…
E18 · J-MELO Hip-hop Special
Guest: Zeebra; Exclusive Comment: Katsuhiro Shiiba (Editor-in Chif, De☆View); Artist: GAKU-MC, RIP SLYME, DABO, HOME MADE Kazoku, ET-KING, KREVA, Negicco, LinQ, Hime Kyun Fruit Can; Team J-MELO: Yoshi…
E19 · J-MELO Viewer Special
Guest: BONNIE PINK; Exclusive Comments: Yuzo Kayama, Berryz Kobo×℃-ute; Your Photos: Hiroto and Tora (Alice Nine); Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, and Haruka Kudo (Morning Mus…
1. "Dokudanjo Beauty -R.I.P.-" (Monopoly Beauty -R.I.P.-); 2. "ROMANCE"; 3. "Hamushi No Yo Ni" (Like a Winged Insect); 4. "Django!!!"; 5. "Elise No Tame Ni" (For Elise).
E21 · Club J-MELO Taiban: Versailles×SuG
1. "Howling Magic" / SuG; 2. "Gimme x Gimme" / SuG; 3. "Fukanzen Beautyfool Days" (Imperfect Beautyfool Days) / SuG; 4. "THE RED CARPET DAY" / Versailles; 5. "ROSE" / Versailles.
E22 · J-MELO Kawaii Artist Special
Guest: Dempagumi. inc; Artists: SCANDAL, Perfume, Kyarypamyupamyu, Hey! Say! JUMP, SuG, Atsuko Maeda, ANTIC CAFÉ, URBANGARDE J-MELO x Tokyo No. 1 Kawaii Radio (Takamasa Sakurai, Sumire Uesaka); Team …
E23 · J-MELO Okinawan Special
Guest: Ayano Uema; Exclusive Comments: BEGIN; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kimutaka No Amawari; Team J-MELO: Kazufumi Miyazawa; Ayumi Ishida and Haruka Kudo (Morning Musume。); 1. "Shimanchunu Takara" …
Japan Dance Music Adventure: Gujo Odori, Yosakoi; Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi; Kylee; Reina Tanaka, Erina Ikuta, and Riho Sayashi (Morning Musume。); Guests: AKLO, HABANERO POSSE.
E25 · Exclusive Interview with VAMPS
Guests: VAMPS; Exclusive Comment: Yuko Oshima (AKB48), Yasuaki Shimizu; Team J-MELO: Kazumi Watanabe; 1. "ANGEL TRIP" / VAMPS; 2. "Gingham Check" / AKB48; 3. "ReVIVE –Fukko No Kane-” (The Revival Bell…
E26 · Club J-MELO: BENI and Crystal Kay
1. "Kiss Kiss Kiss" / BENI; 2. "Ti Amo" / BENI; 3. "Superman" / Crystal Kay; 4. "Forever" / Crystal Kay; 5. "You've Got A Friend" / BENI and Crystal Kay with Satoru Shionoya.
E27 · J-MELO Viewer Special
Guests: Kimaguren; Exclusive Comments: Momoiro Clover Z; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Artists: abingdon boys school, Namie Amuro, SKE48, KANJANI EIGHT, SCANDAL, S/mileage, Mika Nakashima, Yuya Matsushit…
E28 · Exclusive Interview with the GazettE
Guests: the GazettE; J-MELO in San Francisco: J-Pop Summit 2012; Team J-MELO: Kylee.
E29 · J-MELO in Brazil Part1
Super-Con (Super Convention); Japan Dance Music Adventure: Samba (Oizumi Carnival 2012); Exclusive Comments: Lisa Ono, A (Ace); Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, Kylee; 1. “Shangri-la” / A (Ace); 2. “Ipanema No…
E30 · J-MELO in Brazil Part2
J-MELO Fan Meeting in Sao Paulo; The 15th Japan Festival 2012; Anime Friends 2012; Guests: Ricardo Cruz, Shoichi Shimada (songwriter); Exclusive Comments: AN CAFE; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Ayumi Ishida…
E31 · J-MELO in Indonesia
Jak-Japan Matsuri 2012, Japan Festival in Jakarta; J-MELO Fan Meeting in Jakarta; Guests: AiU RATNA, JKT48; Exclusive Comments: Golden Bomber, the GazettE; Artists: ONE OK ROCK, kyarypamyupamyu, L'Arc…
1. "the sun"; 2. "sari"; 3. "Namida Ga Afureru" (Tears Overflow); 4. "EMILY".
E33 · J-MELO Music Discovery Special
Tokyo International Music Market; Japan Dance Music Adventure: tofubeats (DJ from Osaka), Ushibuka Haiya Bushi (Amakusa City); Guest: Shoko Nakagawa; Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Haruna Iikubo, Erina…
E34 · Club J-MELO: TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA
1. "Hijosen Toppa" (Breaking through a Cordon); 2. "Tasogare Wo Asobu Neko" (Cat Playing in the Twilight); 3. "Lupin the Third"; 4. "SKA ME CRAZY"; 5. "SKAN CAN"; 6. "DOWN BEAT STOMP".
Guests: MUCC; Exclusive Comments: 7!!; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Mizuki Fukumura, Haruna Iikubo and Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume｡); Artists: AKB48, ayumi hamasaki, CL…
E36 · J-MELO in Europe Part 1
Guests: coba (accordionist), Kenji Sakai (composer); J-MELO Singer Search; Team J-MELO: Ai Takahashi and Risa Niigaki (former leaders of Morning Musume｡); 1. "ARIGATO to the world" / coba and the Peop…
E37 · J-MELO in Europe Part 2
J-MELO Fan Meeting in Paris; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Flamenco; Guests: Jin Oki (flamenco guitarist), Suzuka Asaoka (NOLIFE) Exclusive Comment: Airi Suzuki (℃-ute); Team J-MELO: Ai Takahashi and …
E38 · J-MELO Year End Special
Guests: Takanori Nishikawa (T.M.Revolution, abingdon boys school), Shingo Maeyama (singer of Amami island folk songs); Maiko's Minyo Trail: Shimauta (Amami Oshima Island); Exclusive Comment: Kyoko; Te…
1. "VICTORY"; 2. "Vanguard"; 3. "Rescue Fire"; 4. "SKILL".
E2 · J-MELO Party in Akihabara
Guests: D-YAMA, DJ WILDPARTY, DJ Niche, Anime Oen Project; Exclusive Comments: Nana Mizuki, Haruka Shimazaki (AKB48); Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Kylee; 1. "Eien Pressure" (Eternal Pressure) / AKB48…
E3 · J-MELO New Song Project Special
1. "Koyoi Tsuki No Shita De featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma" / MAY'S; 2. "Only Star" / The Rough-T; 3. "Mr. Miyagi" / Zeebra; 4. "The Lifelines" / The Lifelines; 5. "The Apprentice" / MONKEY MAJIK.
E4 · J-MELO Girls' Party
Guests: Milky Bunny, AMIAYA, Yun*chi, Minosuke Nishikawa; Artists: Kana Nishino, kyarypamyupamyu, Leo Ieiri, Momoiro Clover Z, SCANDAL, sphere; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Nihon Buyo; Team J-MELO: M…
E5 · Club J-MELO: May J.
Guests: Daniel Powter, MAY'S, RYO the SKYWALKER; Exclusive message: Toshinobu Kubota; 1. "Sing for you" / May J. × MAY'S; 2. "Ano Hi Ga Aru Kara feat. RYO the SKYWALKER" (Because We Have That Day) / M…
J-Music Creators: Shinichi Osawa; Exclusive Comments: GLAY, TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Kylee; Artists: TOMOYASU HOTEI, ONE OK ROCK, Fujifabric, SCREW, THE BAWDIES, Sawao Yamanak…
Exclusive comments: Minami Takahashi and Mayu Watanabe (AKB48), HIMEKYUN FRUIT CAN, the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Takamasa Sakurai, Sayumi Michishige, Haruna Iikubo and Mizuki Fukumura, (Mor…
E8 · The 6th J-MELO Awards Live Special
Guests: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "DERANGEMENT"; 2. "VORTEX"; 3. "Kage Fumi" (Shadow Tag); 4. "REQUIRED MALFUNCTION"; 5. "Filth in the beauty".
1. "Ai San San" (Love Brilliant); 2. "Mothra No Uta" (Mothra's Song); 3. "Mo'Bop".
Guests: MONKEY MAJIK; Exclusive Comments: Takashi Yamaguchi (Sambomaster), Yuzo Kayama,Zeebra, Takanori Nishikawa, MUCC, Hikamidaiko; Japan Dance Music Adventure: TOHOKU GOLDEN ANGELS (TOHOKU RAKUTEN …
E11 · J-MELO Viewer Special
Guests: FLOW; Exclusive Comments: Sakanaction, Shou (Alice Nine); Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; Japan Star Search; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector,Joe Inoue; Artists: Arashi, EXILE, FPM, HKT48, Keisuke Kuwat…
E12 · J-MELO in Hawaii Part 1
Kawaii Kon 2013; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Hula; Exclusive Comments: Berryz Kobo, IRUMA RIOKA; Japan Festival 2013 in Myanmar; Team J-MELO: Sayumi Michishige (Leader of Morning Musume｡); Artists: B…
E13 · J-MELO in Hawaii Part 2
Guests: Jake Shimabukuro, Charan-Po-Rantan; South by Southwest; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Artists: Kao=S, Chihiro Yamazaki + ROUTE14band, Jake stone garage, JOSY, PIRATES CANOE; 1. "Island Fever Blues" …
Guests: Kameleo, LinQ, SHISHIDO KAVKA; Maiko's Minyo Trail: Tubalama and Asadoya Yunta (Okinawa); Team J-MELO: Maiko Katagiri (MAY'S); 1. "Kiken Na Futari" (Dangerous Couple) / SHISHIDO KAVKA; 2. "Chi…
Guests: NICO Touches the Walls; Exclusive Comments: VAMPS; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; We Love Japan: Kawaii Photos!; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Joe Inoue; Mi…
E16 · J-MELO Rocks: End Of The World
1. "Holy Forest"; 2. "Love the warz"; 3. "Sleeping Beauty"; 4. "RPG".
E17 · J-MELO Rocks: SCANDAL
1. "Satisfaction"; 2. "Taiyo Scandalous" (Scandalous Sun); 3. "Doll"; 4. "Awanai Tsumori No, Genki De Ne" (I Don't Plan on Seeing You Again; Take Care, OK?); 5. "LOVE SURVIVE".
E18 · J-MELO Rocks: Alice Nine
1. "RAINBOWS"; 2. "Daybreak"; 3. "Affection"; 4. "Heart of Gold"; 5. "the beautiful name".
Guest: HYADAIN; Exclusive Comments: Dempagumi.inc, HIMEKYUN FRUIT CAN, Alice Nine; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Artists: AKB48, Dragon Ash, Erina Mano, Haruna …
Exclusive Comments: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Perfume; Artists: AN CAFE, Chiemi Eri, DIR EN GREY, girugamesh, KAT-TUN, LM.C, LUNA SEA, Momoiro Clover Z, MUCC, SCREW, Sheena Ringo, the GazettE; 1. "Invader In…
Exclusive Comments: SCANDAL; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Belly dance; Team J-MELO: Kazumi Watanabe; Kylee; Erina Ikuta and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡); 1. "Awanai Tsumori No, Genki De Ne" (I Don't P…
Guest: LEO IMAI; Exclusive Comments: MONKEY MAJIK, Yun*chi; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Artists: Akai Koen, ARASHI, Ayano Uema, BABYMETAL, BENI, Hey! Say! JUM…
Guests: SID, flumpool, Valerie; Exclusive Comment: May'n; Music Matters 2013; J-MELO Fan Meeting in Singapore; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Artists: AKB48, BABYMETAL, EXILE, FLOW, Kalafina, Kyary Pamyu Pam…
Guest: Eir Aoi; Collaboration with Nippon Broadcasting System's "Mu-comi Plus" radio show (with DJs Hisanori Yoshida and Azusa Tadokoro); Exclusive comment: T.M. Revolution; Japan Dance Music Adventur…
Guests: Ryota Komatsu, MAY'S, Toyoaki Fukushi; 1. "Wonder" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma; 2. "Tsugaru Yosare Bushi" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Toyoaki Fukushi, and Akimi Fukushi; 3. "TMW~Tsugaru Meets Waltz" / Hiro…
Guests: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, LoVendoЯ, Yun*chi, TEMPURA KIDZ; J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2013 (San Francisco, USA); NHK WONDERLAND (Akihabara, Tokyo); Otodama (Zushi, Kanagawa); Japan Dance Music Adventure: …
Guest: miwa; Exclusive comments: Kana Nishino; AZU; Rino Sashihara (HKT48); Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Artists: Acid Black Cherry, Flower, The Gospellers, Kameleo, KREVA, LUNA SEA, Mika Nakashima, SCA…
J-MELO Fan Meeting in Manila; Exclusive comments: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Mizuki Fukumura and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡); Artists: UVERworld, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, NICO Touches the Walls,…
Japan Expo (Paris, France); Exclusive comments: NIGHTMARE, ONE OK ROCK, ℃-ute; Team J-MELO: Kylee, Takamasa Sakurai; Artists: angela, Dempagumi.inc, THE HEANA CAT, Kao=s, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, May'n, URB…
HYPER JAPAN 2013 (London, UK): Yun*chi; Guest: ANNE (singer and Japan fan); Exclusive comments: Alice Nine, Momoiro Clover Z; Team J-MELO: Kylee; Artists: ayumi hamasaki, Base Ball Bear, the GazettE, …
E31 · J-Music Creators Special
Guests: Daishin Kashimoto (violinist), Kenji Sakai (composer); Exclusive comment: Tsunku♂; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kiso Odori (Nagano); Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; Team J-MELO: Maiko Katagiri (M…
Guests: VAMPS in conversation with Shou (Alice Nine); Exclusive comments: NMB48, TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "DEVIL SIDE" / VAMPS; 2. "Kamonegix" / NMB48; 3. "Get The Star" / TOK…
1. "Kubi No Sa De" (Por una cabeza); 2. "Buenos Aires No Fuyu" (Invierno Porteño); 3. Medley: "Gusukobudori No Denki" (The Life of Gusko Budori) and "Kaze No Uta" (Song of the Wind); 4. "Fuga To Shinp…
E34 · Club J-MELO: Cover Song Special
1. "Boku Ga Ichiban Hoshikatta Mono" (The Thing I Wanted Most) / JAY'ED; 2. "Hanamizuki" (Dogwood) / May J.; 3. Medley: "Ue Wo Muite Aruko" (Sukiyaki) and "Tsubasa" (Wings) / Kazumi Watanabe Special B…
Special interview: YOSHIKI; Exclusive comments: BENI, Momoiro Clover Z, Perfume, SCANDAL, SHOU (Alice Nine), T.M.Revolution, Yuko Oshima and Haruna Kojima (AKB48), VAMPS, Zeebra; Artists: THE BEATNIKS…
E36 · J-MELO400 Morning Musume｡ Live Special
1. "Ai No Gundan" (Army of Love); 2. "What is LOVE?"; 3. "One Two Three"; 4. "Brainstorming"; 5. "Wagamama Kinomama Ai No Joke" (Selfish. Capricious. A Joke of Love.).
Guests: the GazettE; Exclusive comments: ℃-ute; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; 1. "Waon* with IroKokoro Project" / Yun*chi; 2. "INSIDE BEAST" / the GazettE.
E38 · Viewer Special
Guest: Tsunku♂; Exclusive comments: Jurina Matsui, Emika Kamieda, and Rina Hirata (AKB48); Perfume; Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, ☆Taku Takahashi; 1. "What is LOVE?" / Morning Musume｡;…
Guests: Kaname Kawabata, moumoon, Hironobu Kageyama; Exclusive comments: SKE48, girugamesh; Tokyo International Music Market; Japan Pop Culture Carnival 2013 in Matsudo; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, Takama…
Artists: Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Alice Nine, Kousuke Atari and Ai Takahashi, Berryz Kobo, End Of The World, FLOW, JAM Project, JAY'ED, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Ryota Komatsu, miwa, MONKEY MAJIK, NICO Touches th…
Exclusive comment: Tetsuya Karasumaru (BARKS Editor-in-Chief); Artists: AKB48, ARASHI, ayumi hamasaki, coba, Eir Aoi, EXILE, the GazettE, gesu no kiwami otome, Golden Bomber, Hey! Say! JUMP, Juice=Jui…
Exclusive comments: Haruna Luna, LM.C, TarO&JirO; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; ☆TakuTakahashi; SHOU (Alice Nine); Mizuki Fukumura, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "snowdrop" / Ha…
Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Takamasa Sakurai; ☆Taku Takahashi; SHOU (Alice Nine); Mizuki Fukumura, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume｡'14).
Guests: Tomomi Kasai; Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM); Exclusive comments: GUMI; Marty Friedman; Atsushi Shikano (publisher of music magazine MUSICA); Artists: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Ayane, The fin., Masaharu Fuku…
Guests: Fudanjuku; Exclusive comments: LinQ; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Mizuki Fukumura, Haruka Kudo, and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Colorful Days" / LinQ; 2. "Bittersweet" / ARASHI; 3. "Che…
1. "Ai Ai Ai Ni Utarete Bye Bye Bye" (Love Love Love-Struck Bye Bye Bye); 2. "DAYS"; 3. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"; 4. "GO!!!".
E7 · J-Music Now
Exclusive comments: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tomoo Inoue (B.L.T. Editor-in-Chief); Artists: AKB48, Cocco, fade, GEM, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, KAMIJO, KANA-BOON, MAY'S, Me N Ma Girls, Rei Yasuda, Starmarie, T.M.R…
Guests: Jupiter, D=OUT, DIV; Exclusive comment: SHOU (Alice Nine); Artists: ANTIC CAFE, DIR EN GREY, the GazettE, MEJIBRAY, NIGHTMARE, SCREW, SID, SuG, ViViD; 1. "ZERO ONE" / DIV; 2. "MUSIC NIPPON" / …
E9 · J-MELO on the US East Coast: Part 1
Special reports at MIT and Columbia University; Guests: Miss Monday; Ian Condry (Associate Professor, MIT); Guest Discoverer: Zeebra; J-Music Creator: Akiko Yano; Artists: AKB48, Alice Nine, Chihiro Y…
Special session at Berklee College of Music; Guest: Erena Terakubo; Guest Discoverer: Zeebra; Artists: Cornelius, DJ KAST ONE, DJ LEAD, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Monkey Majik + Yoshida Brothers, Tiger Okoshi…
J-MELO Live Performances; J-MELO around the World; J-MELO Singer Search Award Winners; J-MELO Artist Autographs; Exclusive comments: SCANDAL; Yoichi Watanabe (photographer); Soun Takeda (calligrapher)…
Guests: DJ misoshiru & MC gohan, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Rina Katahira; Editor's Choice: Takuya Oyama (Natalie editor-in-chief); Artists: BABYMETAL, Bis, BUMP OF CHICKEN, ℃-ute, Chris Hart, GEZAN, JAY'E…
E13 · We Love Japan
Exclusive comments: SID, MAN WITH A MISSION; Artists: Alice Nine, Dempagumi.inc, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, L'Arc-en-Ciel, May'n, MUCC, ONE OK ROCK, SCANDAL; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Haruna Iikubo, Mizuki F…
Visual-Kei Committee; Editor's Choice: Osamu Takahashi (MUSIC MAGAZINE editor-in-chief); Billboard hit analysis: Commentary: Seiji Isozaki (Billboard Japan); Exclusive comments: Momoiro Clover Z, Mayu…
E15 · We Love Japan
Guests: Isao Tomita, Halko Momoi; Artists: Ayane, Eir Aoi, Kalafina, Kanako Ito, Hatsune Miku; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "LOVE. EXE" / Halko Momoi; 2. "Chumon No Oi Ryoriten" (The Restaurant of Ma…
Guests: Morning Musume｡'14; Exclusive comments: Tsunku♂; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.
Guests: SCANDAL; Exclusive comments: Silent Siren; Yoichi Watanabe (photographer); Artists: Akai Koen, Cyntia, exist†trace, LoVendoЯ, NEGOTO; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue; 1. "Your song" / SCA…
Guests: Tetsuya Komuro, Hiromi Uehara; Exclusive comments: KIMAGUREN; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "EDM TOKYO 2014 feat. KOJI TAMAKI" / Tetsuya Komuro; 2. "ALIVE" / HIROMI THE TRIO PROJECT featuring …
E19 · J-Music Now
Guest: Nana Mizuki; Exclusive comments: NAOTO INTI RAYMI; Artists: Karen Aoki, ARASHI, KAMIJO, Kaname Kawabata, LUNA SEA, Mika Nakashima × Miliyah Kato, Rei Yasuda, Rihwa, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Spit…
1. Medley: "modulation-1" and "Lonely Woman” / OTOMO YOSHIHIDE NEW JAZZ TRIO+; 2. "Core Anode" / Core Anode; 3. "Sono Machi No Kodomo" (The Town's Children) / Otomo Yoshihide Sound Tracks.
E21 · J-Music Now
J-MELO×MTV 81; Guest: Jun Tamukai (video director); Exclusive comment: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Editor's Choice: Koji Dejima ("bounce" editor-in-chief); Team J-MELO: Riho Sayashi and Kanon Suzuki (Morning M…
Japan Expo 2014; Guest: Nami Tamaki; Visual-Kei Committee: Yuma Koshino (fashion designer); Exclusive comments: Hisanori Yoshida (Nippon Broadcasting System announcer), Suzuka Asaoka (NOLIFE producer …
Guests: ℃-ute; Exclusive comments: FLOW, Perfume; Joe's Japanese Lesson; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue; Artists: DOES, Ikimonogakari, NICO Touches the Walls, Shonan No Kaze; 1. "Cling Cling" / …
Guests: ITO KANAKO, Daisuke Kawakami, SCANDAL; Exclusive comments: w-inds.; Editor's Choice: Ryosuke Kamba (Reporter, The Asahi Shimbun); Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14: Bunka Fashion College; A…
Guests: Yuma Koshino, Aoi Yamazaki, Umekichi; Exclusive comment: Minami Kizuki; Visual-Kei Committee; Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14; Artists: ASAKUSA JINTA, DIAURA, LoVendoЯ, Wagakki Band, YUI;…
Guest: Yukihiro Takahashi; Exclusive comments: Mayu Watanabe (AKB48), VAMPS; Editor's Choice: Kazunori Okubo (TV Guide editor); Artists: Charan-Po-Rantan, color code, Hey! Say ! JUMP, JUJU, KANA-BOON,…
Anime Festival Asia Indonesia 2014; Gelar Jepang: University of Indonesia; Guest: Bisma (SM*SH); Guest discoverer: Yun*chi; Exclusive comments: JKT48, T.M.Revolution; Artists: Eir Aoi, EXILE, FLOW, Go…
E28 · Kicking Off Our 10th Year!
Guest: Hiroyuki Ito (President, Crypton Future Media); THE BIG PARADE 2014; Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14: Bunka Fashion College; Artists: Angelo, Char, Cocco, CROSSFAITH, Gackt, Hachioji P, Ka…
1. "One・Two・Three"; 2. "TIKI BUN"; 3. "What is LOVE?"; 4. "Happy Daisakusen" (Operation Happy).
JAPAN NIGHT at TIMM (TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MARKET); MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON FESTIVAL 2014; Exclusive comments: [Alexandros], SAKANACTION, VAMPS; Artists: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Czecho No Republic, Dempagu…
J-MELO Party in LA; HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014; La Salle High School; Occidental College; UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles); Artists: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Mr. Children, Morning Musume｡, Perfume, …
Guest Discoverer: RYO the SKYWALKER; Artists: aiko, Ayaka, ENTHRALLS, I Was Born, Inshoha, Johnnys' WEST, KANA-BOON, Kanjani Eight, Kobukuro, NMB48, Kotaro Oshio, Shota Shimizu, Yoshimi Tendo; 1. "BEA…
Guest: MIKIKO (choreographer); New Song Project Guest: Minami Kizuki; Exclusive comments: SCANDAL; Artists: BABYMETAL, Charan Po Rantan, FLOWER FLOWER, Ken Hirai, JAY'ED, Kis-My-Ft2, LiSA, N'shukugawa…
Guests: GEM, Suiyobi No Campanella, Suzu; Exclusive comments: SEKAI NO OWARI; DJ's Choice: DJ KATSUNORI (FM NORTH WAVE, Sapporo); Artists: Da-iCE, E-girls, FOLKS, Kodai Sato, Kuroki Nagisa, Kuso Iink…
Anime Festival Asia 2014; National University of Singapore; Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'15 Portrait Project; Guests: FLOW, Minami Kizuki; Artists: Aoi Eir, CREAM, FLOWER FLOWER, GENERATIONS from…
Award for Highest-emailing Country or Territory; Award for Most-Requested Act; Award for Best Singer Search Video; Your Photos Award; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; ☆Taku Takahashi; Yoichi Watanabe (photo…
1. "Yoake No Ryuseigun" (Meteor Shower at Dawn); 2. "Shunkan Sentimental" (Instant Sentimental); 3. "Image"; 4. "Your song".
1. "Starrrrrrr"; 2. "Kick & Spin"; 3. "Run Away"; 4. "Adventure".
Guest: Jean-Ken Johnny (MAN WITH A MISSION); Guest Discoverer: Minami Kizuki; Exclusive comments: Momoiro Clover Z; Morning Musume｡'15 Portrait Project; Singer Search; Artists: AKB48, B'z, back number…
New Song Project; Guest: Hanako Ono; Exclusive comments: MONKEY MAJIK; DJ's Choice: Shinpei Goto (Date fm, Sendai); Team J-MELO: Maiko Katagiri (MAY'S); Artists: coba, Hikami Daiko, Ikumi Kumagai, Nih…
Japan Expo in Thailand 2015; J-CHANNEL (Japanese radio station in Thailand); Chulalongkorn University; Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology; Coming Next 2015; Guest Discoverer: Rina Katahira; Exclusive …
Guests: MUCC, VAMPS; Editor's Choice: Atsushi Shikano (publisher of music magazine MUSICA); Team J-MELO: SCANDAL; Artists: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Awesome City Club, Base Ball Bear, exist†trace, the…
Guests: chay, Sonoko Inoue, Rina Sumioka; Artists: BABYMETAL, ONE OK ROCK, Yosuke Yamashita; Team J-MELO: Mai Takematsu, Morning Musume｡'15, SCANDAL; 1. " Yasashiku Naretara" (If I Could be Gentler) /…
Guest: Salyu; Favorites with Young Women (Japanese); Commentary: Yukako Yoshida (DropMusic); Artists: Charisma.com, Da-iCE, DIAURA, the GazettE, HKT48, Kobukuro, I Don't Like Mondays., Masaharu Fukuya…
Hoso 90 Sai (celebration of the 90th anniversary of broadcasting in Japan); HANEDA INTERNATIONAL ANIME MUSIC FESTIVAL; J-Music Creators: Nobuo Uematsu (game music composer); Guests: DJ misoshiru & MC …
Guest: tofubeats; J-Music Creators: Yutaka Kimura (art director and designer); Exclusive comments: GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE; DJ's Choice: Kozo Nishimukai (FM Okinawa); Artists: AKB48, ARASHI, DAOK…
Guests: LinQ, Rev.from DVL, Mariya Nishiuchi; Editor's Choice: Daisuke Kogo (editor-in-chief, Fukuoka city information magazine); Artists: ayumi hamasaki, Kiyoshi Hikawa, Hiromi Go, HKT48, Leo Ieiri, …
Guests: Eir Aoi, FLOW, Kalafina; J-Music Creators: Shawn Chin (Executive Festival Director, Anime Festival Asia); Artists: angela, L'Arc-en-Ciel, LiSA, Luna Haruna, T.M.Revolution; Team J-MELO: Dave S…
Special collaboration: Nippon Broadcasting System's "Mu-comi Plus" radio show (with DJs Hisanori Yoshida and Azusa Tadokoro); Guest: LiSA; J-Music Creators: Shunji Inoue (president of music publishing…
1. "Hamabe No Uta" (Song of the Seashore) Composer: Tamezo Narita; 2. "Milky Shade" Composer: Kazumi Watanabe; 3. "Le Fou" Composer: SUGIZO; 4. "Thousand Knives" Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
1. "Kimi Wa Jitensha Watashi Wa Densha De Kitaku" (You Cycle Home, and I Take the Train) / ℃-ute; 2. "Kiss Me Aishiteru" (Kiss Me, I Love You) / ℃-ute; 3. "Sekai Ichi Happy Na Onnanoko" (The Happiest …
Guests: Naoto Inti Raymi, Ruki; Artists: Risa Aizawa (Dempagumi.inc), BENI, BONNIE PINK, FPM (Tomoyuki Tanaka), the GazettE, Hikami Daiko, Minami Kizuki, MONKEY MAJIK, Orquesta De La Luz, Otomo Yoshih…
Guests: Color Pointe, w-inds., Yuki Kajiura; Exclusive comments: Kalafina; Artists: Aldious, Gesu No Kiwami Otome, Ai Kawashima, NMB48, RYO the SKYWALKER, Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE, SE…
HYPER JAPAN Festival 2015 (London, UK); Japan Expo 2015 (Paris, France); DJ's Choice: Antoine Marion (Japan FM, France); Guests: Azumi Inoue, BABYMETAL, BACK-ON, coldrain, the GazettE, ONE OK ROCK, SP…
TOUCH Summer 2015 (Vietnam); NHK WONDERLAND 2015 (Akihabara, Japan); Guest: RADWIMPS; Exclusive comment: Rino Sashihara (HKT48); Artists: A9, AKB48, ARASHI, Country Girls, EXILE, Masaharu Fukuyama, Ik…
Artists: AKAMARUDASH☆, ALICEINALICE, Amatsuki, AMIAYA, ASAKO BAGUS, asobius, BAND-MAID, Bitter & Sweet, Chu-Z, Chu's day., CittY, color-code, Color Pointe, DATS, La Dill, emu, Erica, Especia, fhána, G…
Waku Waku +NYC; Singer Search; Guests: Team Syachihoko; Exclusive comments: VAMPS; Artists: CreepHyp, Crystal Kay feat. Namie Amuro, GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE, Kana Nishino, Little Glee Monster, Mo…
Fan Meeting Highlights; New Song Project Retrospective; Exclusive Messages: AKB48, the GazettE, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, SEKAI NO OWARI, Terumasa Hino, VAMPS; Artists: Yui Makino, The Lifelines, The Rough T…
Live Acts Selection; Japan Dance Music Adventure Highlights; Exclusive Messages: GACKT, Nana Mizuki, Marty Friedman, Momoiro Clover Z, Otomo Yoshihide, Perfume; Artists: [Alexandros] , THE BEATNIKS , …
AFA Indonesia 2015; JAPAN NIGHT in JAKARTA; "Music Japan TV" from WAKUWAKU JAPAN; J-MELO Breakthrough Artist Showcase 2015; Featured Releases; Guests: LiSA, VAMPS, [Alexandros], TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORC…
Guests: May'n, Hiroshi Takano; Guest Discoverer: Nana Takashima (Tokyo Performance Doll); Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2015; J-Standards; Campus Buzz: Kyoto Seika University; DJ's Choice: Shunsuke Oc…
Guests: AAA, ℃-ute; Girls' World: Tsurukawa Second Junior High School Choral Club; SCANDAL's Questions Vol. 4, Part 2: Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi; SCANDAL; Haruna Ogata and Miki Nonaka (Morning Musu…
Award for Highest-emailing Country or Territory; Award for Most-Requested Act; Award for Best Singer Search Video; Breakthrough Artist Showcase Award; Your Photos Award; Exclusive message: LiSA; Team …
Guests: DOHATSUTEN, A.F.R.O; DJ's Choice: Kiyonori Mori (AIR-G', Sapporo); Team J-MELO: Masaki Sato (Morning Musume｡'16); Artists: BAKER SHOP BOOGIE, NOISEMAKER, S.P.C..
Exclusive Messages: E-girls, Momoiro Clover Z; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Terasaki Haneko Odori (Ishinomaki, Miyagi); "One and Only" Singing and Dancing Contest; Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: FLOW…
E4 · Club J-MELO: SPYAIR
E5 · Up-and-Coming Acts Special
Guests: Amatsuki, BAND-MAID, fhána; Exclusive comments: Little Glee Monster; Editor's Choice: Yuji Maeda (SHOWROOM CEO); Artists: Shouta Aoi; BUS MASTER; DEEP GIRL; Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas; OL…
E6 · A.F.R.O Live Special in Sapporo
E7 · J-Music Now
SCANDAL's Questions (Part 5); Featured Releases; Guest: Tetsuro Oda; Exclusive message: BABYMETAL; Team J-MELO: SCANDAL, Morning Musume｡'16.
E8 · Club J-MELO: Terumasa Hino and dj honda
Guests: Tetsuya Komuro, LiSA; Exclusive message: Rena Matsui and Charan-Po-Rantan; DJ's Choice; Featured Releases; Artists: AISHA, Namie Amuro, globe, Hanae, Hello Sleepwalkers, HyperJuice, J Soul Bro…
E10 · What's J-MELO? Part 2
SXSW Japan Nite; Campus Buzz; J-Standards; "One and Only" Singing and Dancing Contest; Guests: YOSHIKI, Silent Siren, Rei; Artists: Yosui Inoue, D=OUT, Ryoko Moriyama, Takuro Yoshida; Team J-MELO: ☆Ta…
E11 · J-MELO in Osaka
Guest: NMB48; DJ's Choice: Shota Shimono (FM OSAKA); Campus Buzz: Kindai University; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kawachi Ondo (Yao, Osaka); Artists: aiko, AYAKA, DREAMS COME TRUE, ET-KING, flumpool, …
E12 · Request Special
Guest: Sascha (Radio DJ); Artists: AKB48, [Alexandros], Arashi, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Awesome City Club, BABYMETAL, Daichi Miura, FLOW, the GazettE, KAT-TUN, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Morning Musume｡'15, Per…
E13 · J-Music Now
J-Music Creators guest: T.M.Revolution; Exclusive message: Dempagumi.inc; Campus Buzz: Keio University; Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'16 (Mizuki Fukumura and Haruna Iikubo).
E14 · J-MELO in Hiroshima
J-Music Creators guest: Hideki Saijo; Guest: MANAMINORISA; DJ's Choice: Shigeki Okubo (hiroshima-fm); Artists: Ayumin, Breeze Sea, FLARE, Miyuu Fujisaki, Yuichi Fujisawa, Irohaniriyan, Lilnil, Kazumi …
E15 · J-Music Now
Guests: Amatsuki, BAND-MAID, Tokyo Performance Domo; SCANDAL's Questions Volume 5, Part 1: MCM London Comic Con; Artists: Aimer, Namie Amuro, Sakurako Ohara, back number, THE HOOPERS, LAMP IN TERREN, …
E16 · Girl Pop Special
Exclusive messages: AKB48 (Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe, and Mion Mukaichi), Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Editors' Choice: Taro Kubo (MUSIC MAGAZINE); SCANDAL's Questions Volume 5, Part 2: Artists: Faint☆Star,…
E17 · J-Rock Special
J-Music Creators Guest: Tomoyasu Hotei; Exclusive Message: Versailles Philharmonic Quintet; Editor's Choice: Joe Yokomizo (Rolling Stone Japan); Artists: BRAHMAN, DIAURA, Draft King, FLOW, MAN WITH A …
E18 · J-Music Now
Exclusive Messages: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Tom Smith (JPU Records CEO); DJ's Choice: Teppei Uematsu (Fm yokohama 84.7); Campus Buzz: Meiji University; Artists: A.B.C-Z, AISHA, BABYMETAL, BAND-MAID, BOO…
E19 · J-Music Now
Guest: Sumire Uesaka; Exclusive Messages: BEGIN, Crossfaith; Campus Buzz: Sophia University; Editors' Choice: Naoko Takashima (Billboard JAPAN); Featured Releases; Artists: AKB48, Amatsuki, Namie Amur…
E20 · J-MELO 500 Part 1
Exclusive comment: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Morning Musume｡'16, SCANDAL.
E21 · J-MELO 500 Part 2
Guests: Marty Friedman, Tetsuya Komuro, Tsunku♂; Exclusive comments: Eir Aoi, Makoto Ozone, VAMPS; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.
E22 · J-MELO in Akihabara
Guests: Moso Calibration, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo; Artists: AKB48.
E23 · J-MELO in San Francisco Part 1
Guests: Silent Siren, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo, WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA, WORLD ORDER; Exclusive comment: LiSA.
E24 · J-MELO in San Francisco Part 2
Guests: GARNiDELiA, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo, YANAKIKU; Artists: BABYMETAL, HATSUNE MIKU, L'Arc-en-Ciel, MAN WITH A MISSION, Morning Musume｡'16, Perfume, Shone…
E25 · J-Music Now
Guests: DAOKO, livetune+; Anime Festival Asia Indonesia 2016; Featured Releases; Artists: AAA, ARASHI, BATTEN SHOW JO TAI, BUMP OF CHICKEN, Country Girls, Crystal Kay, FlowBack, miwa, MUCC, Utada Hika…
E26 · J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 0 (Launch Party)
Guests: ASH DA HERO, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, RIZE, VAMPS.
E27 · J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 1 (RIZE)
E28 · J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 2 (THE ORAL CIGARETTES)
Guests: Tokyo Performance Domo; Cosplay Mania (Manila); SCANDAL's Questions Vol. 6; DJ's Choice: DJ Mickey Huang in Taipei; Singer Search; Team J-MELO: FLOW, Morning Musume｡'16, SCANDAL.
Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM); PARTY ZOO; Campus Buzz: Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka); DJ's Choice: TOGGY (KBC Radio); "Have Dreams!" Singing Contest; Artists: A9, BAND-MAID, BAROQUE, GE…
The Sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival; Guests: BEGIN, DIAMANTES, Kariyushi 58, RYUKYUDISKO.
The Sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival; Campus Buzz: Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts; Guests: BEGIN, DIAMANTES, Kariyushi 58, RYUKYUDISKO.
Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2016; MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON FESTIVAL 2016 in TOKYO; Campus Buzz: Kansai University; Guests: Dempagumi.inc, HOME MADE KAZOKU, Tokyo Performance Domo; Artists: AIMYON, BLUE EN…
Awards: Highest-emailing Country or Territory, Most-Requested Artist, Breakthrough Artist Showcase: Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.
Awards: Best Singer Search Video, Your Photos Award, "One and Only" Award; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Morning Musume｡'17 (Mizuki Fukumura, Haruna Iikubo and Sakura Oda), Yoichi Watanabe.
J-Music Creators: Daito Manabe (media artist) DJ's Choice: Reo Tsuchiya (FM NACK5); Idol Globalization Committee; Exclusive comment: WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA; Artists: Anly, BAND JA NAIMON!, boku no lyric…
E5 · Club J-MELO: TFC55 (Hideki Togi, Iwao Furusawa, and coba)
Guests: MUCC; J-Music Creators: Toru Takemitsu; Campus Buzz: Tomioka Dance Club (Tomioka Senior High School); Exclusive comments: Akira Nomoto (Spotify JAPAN), Maki Takemitsu (producer); Team J-MELO: …
Artists: A.F.R.O, Terumasa Hino and dj honda, KINDAI GIRLS, Tetsuya Komuro, Moso Calibration, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, RIZE, TFC55, Tokyo Performance Domo, Tsunku♂, VAMPS, WagakkiBand; Team J-MELO: Dave S…
E8 · Club J-MELO: LiSA
Guest: LiSA; Editor's Choice: Ryo Majima (LisAni! editor-in-chief), Ryuichi Sumikawa (LisAni! editor); Artists: Anly, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, DALI, Kohei Dojima, fhána, FLOW, Dean Fujioka, Motohiro …
Guests: FlowBack, Kanoerana, TSUBAKI FACTORY (CAMELLIA FACTORY); Exclusive comments: flumpool; Campus Buzz: University of London; Artists: AKB48, ARASHI, BUTAOTOME, Yoshiko Hanzaki, Mizuki Hayama, J S…
National Cherry Blossom Festival; SXSW (South by Southwest); Guests: CHAI; Artists: BABYMETAL, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Daichi Miura, ONE OK ROCK, SEKAI NO OWARI, SHISHAMO, TeddyLoid, VAMPS, WagakkiBand, YO…
J-Music Creators: Shuichi Hidano; Coming Next 2017; Campus Buzz: Musashi University; Exclusive Comments: HOTEI, NGT48; Singer Search; Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'17 (Haruna Iikubo …
Guest: Sascha (Radio DJ); DJ's Choice: Reina Nagata (ZIP-FM, Nagoya); Artists: ARASHI, banvox, Sakura Fujiwara, the GazettE, GLIM SPANKY, Hysteric Panic, Nakasu No Yamadasan, Emi Noda, NOISEMAKER, ONE…
J-Music Creators: Yuzo Kayama, Hideki Matsutake; Guest: Emiri Miyamoto.
Guests: boku no lyric no bouyomi, Zeebra; My Ultimate Playlist: DJ Shikishima; Summer Festival Recommendations: Tomonori Shiba (music journalist); Featured Releases; Artists: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Band …
Guest: Nana Takashima (Tokyo Performance Doll); Campus Buzz: Meiji University; DJ's Choice: NU-ART FM Audio & Radio Club (Nihon University); Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'17 (Haruna Iikubo and Kaede Ka…
Cleaning Idol Group Kumamoto CLEAR'S, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo.
Guests: BLUE ENCOUNT, Tokyo Performance Doll, Aki Yashiro; DJ's Choice: Kana Bunya (FM Kumamoto); Campus Buzz: Mashiki Junior High School (Kumamoto).
Guests: Kota and Tomasong; DJ's Choice: Yuki Takeshita (Shonan Beach FM); Campus Buzz: Kamakura Women's University Junior and Senior High School; Artists: Yuzo Kayama, Kai Petite, Yosuke Onuma, SHANTI…
Guest: DEAN FUJIOKA; J-Music Creators: starRo; Featured Releases; Artists: Akasick, Amatsuki, Namie Amuro, back number, BAND-MAID, B'z, Shogo Hamada, Hey! Say! JUMP, Kohmi Hirose, Gen Hoshino, Kami-sa…
ANIME EXPO 2017 (Los Angeles, USA); Guests: Minori Chihara, GARNiDELiA, Kalafina; My Ultimate Playlist: Greg Hignight (Tune in Tokyo); Artists: A9, BiSH, BULLET TRAIN, DJ Domo, Every Little Thing, LiS…
Guests: Suzuka Asaoka (NOLIFE), fhána, GLIM SPANKY, May'n, Takayuki Suzuki (EnterTech Accelerator); C3AFA Jakarta 2017; Featured Releases; Singer Search.
Exclusive Comments: the GazettE, Mrs. GREEN APPLE; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'17 (Maria Makino, Haruna Ogata, Miki Nonaka, and Akane Haga); And much more.
Guests: NEGOTO.
Guests: AKB48 (Anna Iriyama and Rena Kato), JAGUAR; DJ's Choice: Yuki Haruhara (bayfm78); Campus Buzz: Chiba Girls' High School; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'17 (Sakura Oda and Miki Nonaka); And much …
Guests: X4; Exclusive Comments: coldrain; Editor's Choice: Takafumi Mimori (JAZZ JAPAN editor-in-chief); DJ's Choice: Shiho Nanba (NHK-FM); Artists: Aimer, Namie Amuro, ASH DA HERO, CRCK/LCKS, Czecho …
E27 · Club DJ-MELO: TeddyLoid and banvox
E28 · J-MELO in Shibuya
Guests: Kenichi Makimura (music producer), Maki Nomiya; My Ultimate Playlist; Fumi Uno (TOWER RECORDS); Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo).
Guests: OKAMOTO'S (Sho Okamoto and Hama_Okamoto), Yusuke Wajima (Associate Professor of Musicology, Osaka University); J-Music Creators: Kunihiko Murai (composer and producer), Chumei Watanabe (anison…
Guests: THE BEATNIKS, The Floor, SILENT SIREN; 14th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MARKET; No Maps (Sapporo).
E31 · J-MELO in Okinawa and Kyoto
Mabuioto music festival (Okinawa); Guests: Anly, coba; J-Music Creators: Sadao China; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Maiko and Geiko (Kyoto); Editor's Choice: Kazumasa Hagino (editor in chief, Piratsuka…
Guests: Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Moso Calibration, Konomi Suzuki; C3AFA Singapore 2017; My Ultimate Playlist: Fukuryu (music concierge).
Guests: NGT48 (Marina Nishigata, Ayaka Tano, and Maho Yamaguchi), SIN ISOMER, TORIENA; Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'18 (Haruna Iikubo, Miki Nonaka, and Reina Yokoyama).
Highest E-mailing Country or Territory; Most Requested Act; Best Singer Search Video; Best Singer Search Original Song; Your Photos Award; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Morning Musume｡'18 (Haruna Iikubo,…
E3 · J-MELO 550 Live Special Part 0: Launch Party
Guests: FLOW, Shuichi Hidano Super TAIKO Session, Momoiro Clover Z, ROCK A JAPONICA.
E4 · J-MELO 550 Live Special Part 1: FLOW
E5 · J-MELO 550 Live Special Part 2: Shuichi Hidano Super TAIKO Session
Guests: Shuichi Hidano Super TAIKO Session, Momoiro Clover Z.
E6 · J-MELO 550 Live Special Part 3: Momoiro Clover Z
Guests: AKB48; Exclusive comments: GARNiDELiA; Artists: Ayaka & Daichi Miura, BABYMETAL, BAND-MAID, Crossfaith, FLOW×GRANRODEO, GARNiDELiA, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Itsuki & Fuyumi Sakamoto, KEYTALK, Ki…
E8 · J-MELO Rocks 2018: GLIM SPANKY
E9 · J-MELO Rocks 2018: BLUE ENCOUNT
E10 · J-MELO Rocks 2018: TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA
E11 · J-MELO in Sendai Part 1
Guests: MONKEY MAJIK; Exclusive Comments: ANTENA; DJ's Choice: Rokkatei Yuka (NHK FM, Sendai); Japan Dance Music Adventure: Suzume Odori (sparrow dance) (Tohoku University); Team J-MELO: Morning Musum…
E12 · J-MELO in Sendai Part 2
Guests: MONKEY MAJIK.
E13 · Viewer Special
Guests: Minami Kizuki, m-flo; Nihongo Fiesta 2018; J-MELO Singer Search; J-MELO Song and Dance Expo; Featured Request Songs.
Guests: BOYS AND MEN, JUNRETSU; J-Music Creators: Kazuaki Seki (music video director); My Ultimate Playlist: Nick Prior (Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh); Artists: cosMo@bousouP, POLYSICS, Te…
Guests: BAND-MAID, Beverly, SKY-HI, Kayoko Yoshizawa.
Guests: BAND-MAID, SKY-HI.
J-Music Creators: Toshinobu Kubota; Exclusive Comments: DENKI GROOVE; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Samba; DJ's Choice: Bakabon Onizuka (K-mix (Shizuoka FM)); Shizuoka People's Top Shizuoka People; Tea…
Guests: DJ Misosiru & MC Gohan, TeddyLoid.
Guests: ANGERME, yahyel; DJ's Choice: Antoine (Japan FM, France); My Ultimate Playlist: Toru Ohata (music sommelier); Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: Tomonori Shiba (music journalist).
E21 · Online Music Special
Guests: fhána; Exclusive comments: Akinori Fumihara (nana music), Akira Nomoto (Spotify JAPAN), Takayuki Suzuki (EnterTech Accelerator); Team J-MELO: Tomonori Shiba (music journalist).
Guests: LOVEBITES, sora tob sakana; Cool Summer Music Festivals; DJ's Choice: Satoshi Naito (FM GUNMA); Team J-MELO: Tomonori Shiba (music journalist).
E23 · J-Music Now
Guest: VICKEBLANKA; Exclusive Comments: Little Glee Monster; J-Music Creators: Masakatsu Takagi; Team J-MELO: Tomonori Shiba (music journalist).
E24 · J-MELO Explores Shimokitazawa
Guests: KEYTALK, Atsushi Shikano (publisher of music magazine MUSICA); DJ's Choice: Tomoaki Okura (Shimokita FM).
E25 · J-Music Now
Exclusive Message: TOMOYASU HOTEI; Me Time: Takashi Tanaka (SUNNY DAY SERVICE); SCANDAL's Questions Vol. 7.
E26 · J-Music Now
Guests: Ryota Komatsu, Lisa Ono; Exclusive Messages: HELLO PRO ALL STARS.
E27 · Russian J-Music Favorites & HYDE Interview
E28 · J-Music Now
Guests: Hiromitsu Agatsuma, PassCode; Exclusive Messages: Yuzo Kayama, 04 Limited Sazabys.
E29 · J-MELO in Oita Part 1
Guest: Kosetsu Minami; Special Guests: Students from Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
E30 · J-MELO in Oita Part 2
Guest: Masafumi Akikawa; Special Guests: Foreign students at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University; Director's Choice: J:COM Oita Cable Telecom.
E31 · J-Music Now
Guests: BOYS AND MEN, GLIM SPANKY, Jin Oki.
E32 · Artists and Craftsmen: Partners in Music
Guests: BEGIN.
E1 · J-Music Now
"Me Time" guest: Rimi Natsukawa on Yonaguni Island; Studio Guest: Rei; The 12th J-MELO Awards; Featured Releases.
E2 · Request Special
Guests: Gacharic Spin, Leo Ieiri, Yoshida Brothers.
E3 · J-Music Now
Studio Guest: Polkadot Stingray; Special Message: Ayaka Hirahara; "Me Time" Guest: Masanori Sera.
E4 · J-Creator's Special
Studio Guests: Dai Hirai, Noriyuki Makihara; Interview Guest: DJ KOO.
E5 · J-Music Now
Interview Guest: KREVA; Exclusive Message: STU48; Studio Guest: AK-69; Performance Guest: NormCore.
E6 · New Starts
Guests: Makoto Ayukawa (Sheena & the Rokkets), Perfume, SCANDAL.
E7 · J-pop: Soundtrack to the Heisei Era
Guests: MINT mate box, Tomonori Shiba (music journalist).
E8 · J-MELO in Yamagata Part 1
Guests: Tiina Kariina; Akane Takayanagi and Honoka Aikawa (SKE48).
E9 · J-MELO in Yamagata Part 2
Guests: Yuki and Yusuke (Bullet Train).
E10 · J-MELO in Miyazaki
Miyazaki International Street Music Festival 2019; Guests: Keiji Kuroki (EXILE), Motohiro Hata, Yoshikazu Mera.
E11 · Taking on New Challenges: Momoiro Clover Z and More
Guests: Momoiro Clover Z, RIRI, RYUCHELL.
E12 · Live in the Studio: SHISHAMO and Bullet Train
Guests: Bullet Train and SHISHAMO.
E13 · Rock Festivals in Japan: A Special Report by SILENT SIREN
Guests: SILENT SIREN, SUKIMASWITCH, yabai T-shirts yasan.
E14 · Live in the Studio: MIYAVI, Morning Musume｡'19, and fhána
E15 · A New Kind of Appeal: Hideaki Tokunaga and KREVA
E16 · Lisa Ono, Ayaka Hirahara, and the GazettE
E17 · BAND-MAID, Juice=Juice, and E-girls
E18 · MIYAVI, Rimi Natsukawa, BEYOOOOONDS, and Kano Nojima (SKE48)
E19 · Touken Danshi formation of Mihotose and SHISHAMO
E20 · GLIM SPANKY and Bullet Train
E21 · BOYS AND MEN and Airi Suzuki
E1 · J-MELO in Kobe: Songs from a Quake-Hit City
Guests: Takashi Nakagawa (SOUL FLOWER UNION); Kozak Maeda (GaGaGa SP).
E2 · J-MELO in Kobe: SCANDAL and Frederic
E3 · Morning Musume｡'20 and SCANDAL
E4 · BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE, Leo Ieiri, and SKE48
E5 · MONKEY MAJIK
E6 · Seiko Oomori and flumpool
E7 · Ayaka Hirahara and Win Morisaki
The TV drama theme from Myanmar "MOSHIMO" is spotlighted. Duetting are Ayaka Hirahara, who wrote it, and Win Morisaki, who also appears in the drama.
E8 · AK-69 and coba
E9 · Sasaki Ayaka and Bullet Train
E10 · ANGERME, Miyamoto Karin, and Kiyono Momohime
E11 · Moriguchi Hiroko and SILENT SIREN
E12 · Frederic and Tsubaki Factory
E13 · Mizuki Nana, Hirai Miyo, and Nojima Kano
E14 · WAGAKKIBAND and BOYS AND MEN
E15 · Marty Friedman, Funaki Musubu, Kitagawa Rio, and Matsuo Takashi
E16 · FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE and SUPER★DRAGON
E17 · Miyano Mamoru and JO1
E18 · Sakamoto Fuyumi, Morning Musume｡'20, and Bullet Train
E1 · Miyazawa Kazufumi, BAND-MAID, and Cho Tokimeki♡Sendenbu
E2 · Momoiro Clover Z and Da-iCE
E3 · Ieiri Leo
E4 · SKE48, OWV, and Oda Sakura & Takagi Sayuki
E5 · Namie Joshihatsu Kumiai (Joshihatsu Association Namie)
E6 · BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE and SCANDAL
E7 · JOHNNY'S WEST
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, seven-member all-male group JOHNNY'S WEST are coming to chat and perform. They'll be performing 4 songs in the J-MELO studio.
E8 · Crystal Kay and Yoshizawa Kayoko
Join May J. for great Japanese music! In the spotlight this week are Crystal Kay and singer-songwriter Yoshizawa Kayoko. They'll both be in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E9 · LAST IDOL and Suzuki Konomi
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, female idol group LAST IDOL and prolific anime singer Suzuki Konomi are coming to chat and perform.
E10 · HKT48 and MARiA
Join May J. for Japanese music! Two acts are coming to chat and perform. One is the idol group HKT48. The other is MARiA. She's the vocalist in the duo GARNiDELiA, who've sung lots of anime songs.
E11 · ZOC
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, six-member idol group ZOC are in the J-MELO studio to perform three songs including their new release.
E12 · SHISHAMO and NMB48
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, three-piece all-female rock band SHISHAMO and Osaka-based idol group NMB48 are in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E13 · NGT48 and Chris Hart
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, Niigata-based idol group NGT48 and singer-songwriter Chris Hart (back on the music scene after a two-year hiatus) are coming to chat and perform.
E14 · ANGERME and Not Equal ME
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, 10-member idol group ANGERME and Sashihara Rino-produced 12-member idol group Not Equal ME are coming to chat and perform.
E15 · BIGYUKI and JO1
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, New York-based keyboard player BIGYUKI and 11-member boy band JO1 are coming to chat and perform.
E16 · Hikawa Kiyoshi and Takagi Reni
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, ever-evolving singer Hikawa Kiyoshi and Momoiro Clover Z member Takagi Reni are coming to chat and perform.
E17 · Kaizo Ryota and MATSURI nine.
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, super-talented singer Kaizo Ryota and the 4 Nagoya-based entertainers of MATSURI nine. are coming to chat and perform.
E18 · SKE48 and SCANDAL
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, Nagoya-based idol group SKE48 and four-piece all-female band SCANDAL (now celebrating their 15th anniversary) are coming to chat and perform.
E19 · Bullet Train and NAKANEKANA
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week are five-piece dance-and-vocal group Bullet Train and a duo called NAKANEKANA, who are blowing up on social media thanks to their videos.
E20 · SalsaGumtape and PassCode
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week are rock band SalsaGumtape, who've been playing for over 25 years, and four-piece group PassCode. Both acts are coming to chat and perform.
E21 · GARNiDELiA and Suzukisuzuki
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week are GARNiDELiA (a duo who work in fields as diverse as Anisongs and fashion) and Suzukisuzuki (2 brothers whose online videos are a big hit).
E22 · NEW ROTE'KA + J-RECOMMENDS
Join May J. for Japanese music! Punk-rock band NEW ROTE'KA are coming to play 3 songs ahead of their first show at the Budokan (after 38 years together). Plus: artists to look out for in 2022.
E1 · BiS and Kaya
We have two guests on the show today. The first guest is BiS, a female group that was formed in 2010. The group has attracted many fans with their off-the-wall and extreme performances, like a live co…
E2 · CRAZY KEN BAND
Today, we bring you a special live performance by Crazy Ken Band. The group of 11 members is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The band's style that covers a wide spectrum of music genres at…
We feature two groups that are getting lots of attention this year through anime and social media. The first group appears on the internationally popular "Love Live!" school idol project series. They'…
E4 · Miyazawa Kazufumi and Takeuchi Anna
We have two guests on the show. Appearing first is a singer-songwriter, Miyazawa Kazufumi. One of his signature songs, Shima Uta ("Island Song,") was a huge hit selling more than one and a half millio…
E5 · Morning Musume｡’22
Today is a special show featuring one of the top pop idol groups in Japan - "Morning Musume.'22." "Morning Musume." was originally formed in 1997 through a TV audition show, and they now perform as "M…
E6 · Higuchi Ai + J-RECOMMENDS
In today's show, we feature Higuchi Ai, a talented singer-songwriter. She made her major label debut in 2016. She is known for her dramatic lyrics that reflect a unique perspective. And this year, her…
E7 · Moriguchi Hiroko and fhána
We have two guests with us on the show. Our first guest is Moriguchi Hiroko. The singer made her debut with the theme song for the TV anime series "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam" in 1985. And today, she wil…
E8 · Atari Kousuke and Fudanjuku
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week: Atari Kousuke (a singer from the Natural World Heritage island of Amami Oshima) and Fudanjuku (a 7-piece female idol group who dress as men).
E9 · Tokyo Rikisha and NEMOPHILA
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: 2 groups creating a big buzz. Tokyo Rikisha are 4 real-life rickshaw men. NEMOPHILA are an all-girl band with a hard sound and an international career.
E10 · Omoinotake and Not Equal ME
Join May J. for Japanese music! Two acts are coming to chat and perform. Omoinotake are a piano-based three-piece band with a growing fanbase. Not Equal ME are an idol group with a just-released fourt…
E11 · Kawaguchi Kyogo and Miyamoto Karin
We have two guests with us on the show today. First up is Kawaguchi Kyogo. He is a singer-songwriter who delights people with a singing voice that seems to wrap them in a warm embrace. His signature s…
E12 · hana*hana and JUNNA
We have two guests with us on the show. First up is hana*hana. This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the major-label recording debut of this female duo. Their debut song "Ah Yokatta" is still loved …
E13 · FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE and BRIDEAR
We have two guests with us on the show today. First up is FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE. They are a dance-and-vocal group, originally formed in 2016. Last year, they gained attention after covering "Cho…
E14 · TWEEDEES and ASAKA
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week are the pop duo TWEEDEES and the singer ASAKA, who's in the spotlight for singing the opening theme to the anime "Laid-back Camp Season 2."
E1 · OxT and Hayami Saori
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: digital rock duo OxT and singer (and voice actor) Hayami Saori. Both acts work on anime, and they’ll both be in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E2 · Nagie Lane and Nakajima Takui
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: six-piece a cappella group Nagie Lane, who blend city pop and dance music; and rock singer Nakajima Takui, who writes songs for Hello! Project idol groups.
E3 · wasuta and LOVEBITES
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, wasuta (a four-member idol group requested by viewers outside Japan) and heavy metal band LOVEBITES will be in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E4 · STU48 and YABIxYABI
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, STU48 (a Setouchi-based idol group formed six years ago) and YABIxYABI (a two-piece band with addictive lyrics and music) are coming to chat and perform.
E5 · Mashiko Tatsuro and EBiDAN
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Mashiko Tatsuro (a singer-songwriter who made his songwriting debut 21 years ago) and EBiDAN (a collective of young artists) are coming to chat and perform.
E6 · GALNERYUS and Terashima Yufu
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, Terashima Yufu (a solo idol since 2013) and five-piece metal band GALNERYUS are coming to chat and perform.
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Masa Takumi is performing two pieces from an album that won a Grammy this year. Plus, we'll meet MANOA, a newcomer who just made her major-label debut.
E8 · Mayumura Chiaki and Tielle
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: Mayumura Chiaki (an idol who sings with her guitar and self-made backing tracks) and Tielle (a singer getting attention for anime and drama themes).
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: three-piece band ASTERISM, who are creating a buzz with metal covers of anisongs; and solo singer KIM SUNGJE, who's also in South Korean boy band SUPERNOVA.
E10 · THE SUPER FRUIT and LEGO BIG MORL
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: seven-piece boy band THE SUPER FRUIT, who win fans on social media; and three-piece rock band LEGO BIG MORL, who made a second major-label debut last year.
E11 · MAZZEL and ukka
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: dance-vocal group MAZZEL, who had over six million views for a music video before their debut; and idol group ukka, who made their major-label debut in 2022.
E12 · Ishikawa Kurena
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: bassist-vocalist Ishikawa Kurena (a rising jazz star discovered by renowned pianist Ozone Makoto); and a performance by May J. of our closing theme, "Perch."
E13 · THE 50KAITENZ and Murakami Keisuke
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Osaka-based three-piece rock band THE 50KAITENZ (together for 19 years) and soulful-voiced singer-songwriter Murakami Keisuke are coming to chat and perform.
E14 · FRUITS ZIPPER and Gakugeidai Junes
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: FRUITS ZIPPER (an idol group with 800 million social media video views) and Gakugeidai Junes (a dance-vocal group who move between two and three dimensions).
E15 · Aida Rikako and NINGEN ISU
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, artist and voice actress Aida Rikako and internationally popular rock band NINGEN ISU are coming to chat and perform.
E16 · hockrockb and Tokyo Rikisha
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, hockrockb (a hot young rock band) and Tokyo Rikisha (a group who also share Japanese culture as rickshaw pullers) are coming to chat and perform.
E17 · Psycho le Cému and Miyamoto Karin
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: 5-piece rock band Psycho le Cému (together for 24 years) and super-expressive ex-Juice=Juice idol Miyamoto Karin. Both acts are coming to chat and perform.
E18 · meme tokyo. and Kizuki Minami
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: meme tokyo. (a six-member girl group who made their major-label debut in 2021) and Kizuki Minami (a hugely talented singer from the island of Amami Oshima).
E19 · WENDY and natuecoco
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: young rock band WENDY (together since 2020) and virtual creator natuecoco (popular for social media livestreams). Both acts are coming to chat and perform.
E20 · Qujila Yoluno Machi and Keichan
Join May J. for great Japanese music! On the show this week: Qujila Yoluno Machi (a band that creates fantasies) and virtuoso freestyle pianist Keichan. Both acts are coming to chat and perform.
E1 · all at once and Coda Mahiru
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: all at once (a vocal duo who create lots of anime songs) and Coda Mahiru (a singer-songwriter, model and actor). They're both coming to chat and perform.
E2 · Okayu and TSUKEMEN
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week: Okayu (a singer-songwriter with cover albums including city pop and anisongs) and TSUKEMEN (an internationally active three-piece ensemble).
E3 · FIVE NEW OLD and sajou no hana
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, FIVE NEW OLD (a four-piece rock band from Kobe) and sajou no hana (an act getting lots of attention for anime theme songs) are coming to chat and perform.
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, FES☆TIVE (a 6-piece idol group who perform mainly in Asia) and LE VELVETS (a 4-piece vocal group with baritone and tenor voices) are coming to chat and sing.
E5 · Nagayama Yoko and MYTH & ROID
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: enka singer Nagayama Yoko, who debuted as a pop idol 40 years ago; and MYTH & ROID, who work on themes for internationally successful games and anime shows.
E6 · SKE48 and Tomioka Ai
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: idol group SKE48, who are marking their 15th anniversary; and Tomioka Ai, who's a university student and a singer-songwriter with an international fanbase.
E7 · Murasaki and Fragrant Drive
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Murasaki (members: Chisa, who's a voice actor in the "Umamusume: Pretty Derby" franchise, and songwriter Ramseeni); and 7-member idol group Fragrant Drive.
E8 · ICEx and REIKO
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: 8-piece dance-and-vocal group ICEx, who've marked a year together in the EBiDAN music collective; and Philippine-born singer REIKO, who debuted last October.
E9 · Kishita Kohshi and BAND JA NAIMON! MAXX NAKAYOSHI
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Kishita Kohshi (a guy with great piano skills and a soulful voice) and BAND JA NAIMON! MAXX NAKAYOSHI (a six-piece idol group with a ninja-themed new single)…
E10 · CANDY TUNE and Inaba Manaka
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: seven-piece idol group CANDY TUNE, who have a big, young fanbase on social media; and Inaba Manaka, who left Juice=Juice in 2022 to launch a solo career.
E11 · mol-74 and Tamai Shiori
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week: Kyoto-based four-piece rock band mol-74; and Momoiro Clover Z member Tamai Shiori, who launched a parallel solo career in January last year.
E12 · TAKANE NO NADESHIKO and Hayashibe Satoshi
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: TAKANE NO NADESHIKO (a 10-member idol group making a buzz on social media) and Hayashibe Satoshi (a singer who has fans across a wide age range).
E13 · HAGANE and Momoiro Clover Z
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: four-piece heavy-metal band HAGANE, who've rebooted with new members; and four-piece idol group Momoiro Clover Z, who've worked on many songs for anime hits.
E14 · SARD UNDERGROUND and Lienel
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: SARD UNDERGROUND (a tribute band who play songs by legendary J-pop group ZARD); and Lienel (a six-member dance-and-vocal group who debuted last year).
E15 · Suzuki Konomi and Yui Nishio
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Suzuki Konomi (a great singer who has sung lots of anime songs) and Yui Nishio (a singer-songwriter whose everyday-life lyrics appeal mainly to young women).
E16 · Niihama Leon and KiSS KiSS
Join May J. for Japanese music! On the show this week: Niihama Leon (a singer who brings his powerful voice to Showa-era pop) and KiSS KiSS (a super-kawaii female idol group who debuted last year).
E17 · Rei and Ieiri Leo
Join May J. for great Japanese music! In the studio this week: singer-songwriter and guitar star Rei; and singer-songwriter Ieiri Leo, who brings a unique sensibility and a great voice to her music.
E18 · BRIDEAR and Matsuura Kodai
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: BRIDEAR (a five-piece all-female heavy metal band with a growing fanbase in Europe) and Matsuura Kodai (a singer with an astonishingly versatile voice).
E19 · WONK and Sato Masaki
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: WONK (a four-piece band with a soulful sound that goes beyond genres) and Sato Masaki (a Morning Musume.'21 alum who's a great singer and dancer).
E20 · Haku. and XinU
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Haku. (an Osaka-based four-piece band praised for their unique lyrics and sound) and XinU (a smoky-voiced singer with a sound that blends diverse elements).
E1 · Virtual Artist Special: KAF
Experience the cutting edge of Japanese entertainment as we turn the spotlight on virtual artists. This week, the first virtual singer to play the Budokan: KAF.
E2 · Virtual Artist Special: enogu
Experience the cutting edge of Japanese entertainment as we turn the spotlight on virtual artists. This week, a virtual-reality idol group who aim to be the best in the world: enogu.
E3 · Kaneyorimasaru and Maeshima Mayu
Join May J. for Japanese music! In the studio this week are three-piece rock band Kaneyorimasaru, who blew up on social media; and former MYTH & ROID vocalist Maeshima Mayu, who now works on anisongs.
E4 · SWEET STEADY and Ito Kashitaro
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: seven-piece idol group SWEET STEADY (a sister group to FRUITS ZIPPER); and singer-songwriter Ito Kashitaro, whose online videos led to a major-label debut.
E5 · East of Eden and edhiii boi
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: East of Eden (a five-piece all-female heavy metal band fronted by a violinist) and edhiii boi (an up-and-coming rapper with a strong teenage following).
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Furui Riho (a singer-songwriter with gospel roots) and shallm (a band project from vocalist, lyricist, and composer lia).
E7 · KATSUSHIKA TRIO
Join May J. for great Japanese music! Three former members of the pioneering J-fusion band CASIOPEA now play as the Katsushika Trio. This week, they're in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E8 · ≠ME, Angerme, and Cho Tokimeki♡Sendenbu
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, three energetic idol groups: 12-member group ≠ME, Hello! Project group Angerme, and Cho Tokimeki ♡ Sendenbu, who just released a new single.
E9 · cocolashika and Utagokoro Rie
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: cocolashika (a guitarless trio getting lots of attention for their city-pop sound) and Utagokoro Rie (a singer whose J-pop covers led to a major-label debut)…
E10 · Hamaura Ayano and BUDDiiS
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: Hamaura Ayano (a former Hello! Project artist who moved into acting and is now a solo singer) and BUDDiiS (a dance-and-vocal group with 10 unique members).
E11 · Kitamura Fuki and Dreamers Union Choir
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: singer-songwriter Kitamura Fuki, whose work ranges from piano-and-vocals to DJ sets; and 12-member Dreamers Union Choir, who bring powerful vocal harmonies.
E12 · Kamiyama Yoh and noa
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, two singer-songwriters: ex-Vocaloid producer Kamiyama Yoh, whose fanbase extends to China; and noa, who crafts music, lyrics, arrangements, and art.
E13 · Natsudaidai and THE SIXTH LIE
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: cool R&B-rooted J-pop from girl duo Natsudaidai; and EDM-influenced rock from THE SIXTH LIE. Both acts are in the J-MELO studio to chat and perform.
E14 · Miyakawa Airi and Atarayo
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: singer Miyakawa Airi, who's popular for her natural charm; and Atarayo, a three-piece band whose young fans love their emotional lyrics, vocals, and sound.
E15 · angela and SKE48
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, angela (a duo popular for anime songs) and SKE48 (a Nagoya-based sister group of AKB48) stop by the studio to chat and perform.
E16 · CROWN HEAD and Takagi Reni
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, CROWN HEAD (a rock band creating a buzz after debuting this year) and Takagi Reni from Momoiro Clover Z stop by the studio to chat and perform.
E17 · SILENT SIREN and Juice=Juice
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, all-female band SILENT SIREN (soon marking their 15th anniversary) and 11-member Hello! Project idol group Juice=Juice are in the studio to chat and perform.
E18 · Takahashi Yoko and Phantom Siita
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, anisong legend Takahashi Yoko sings Neon Genesis Evangelion theme songs. Also coming to chat and perform is Ado-produced idol group Phantom Siita.
E19 · Night Tempo and MEminor
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, DJ Night Tempo (the driving force behind a worldwide city-pop boom) and up-and-coming indie rock band MEminor are in the studio to chat and perform.
E20 · Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie and Suzuhana Yuko
Join May J. for music from Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie (getting international attention for their free-spirited style) and vocalist Suzuhana Yuko, who fuses rock with traditional Japanese instruments.
E1 · Virtual Artist Special: HIMEHINA
Experience the cutting edge of Japanese entertainment as we turn the spotlight on virtual artists. This week, a female duo with over 600 million video views: HIMEHINA.
E2 · Virtual Artist Special: HOLOSTARS
Experience the cutting edge of Japanese entertainment as we turn the spotlight on virtual artists. This week, the all-male VTuber group HOLOSTARS.
E3 · Anisong Special
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: a special packed with anisong fan favorites. Plus, popular anisong act MYTH & ROID are in the studio to chat and perform.
