J-MELO Season 10, Episode 23: We Love Japan

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J-Music Now

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=Juice, Kameleo, KANJANI∞, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, NMB48, Perfume, RADWIMPS, S/mileage, SKE48, Suzu, TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA, Yuzu, VAMPS; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'14; 1. "Killer Ball" / gesu no kiwami otome; 2. "Ride With Me" / Hey! Say! JUMP; 3. "Sayonara Crawl" / AKB48.

28 min

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Viewer Special

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" / Haruna Luna; 2. "My Favorite Monster" / LM.C; 3. "Snake Bite – Silent Siren" / TarO&JirO.

28 min

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The Seventh J-MELO Awards

Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Takamasa Sakurai; ☆Taku Takahashi; SHOU (Alice Nine); Mizuki Fukumura, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume｡'14).

28 min

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J-Music Now

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 Fukuyama, HAPPY, Idoling!!!, Leo Ieiri, SHISHIDO KAVKA, KERAKERA, Taro Kobayashi, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Momoiro Clover Z, NAOTO INTI RAYMI, NIGHTMARE, sakanaction, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, SEKAI NO OWARI, Shota Shimizu, Taylor Swift, Tegomass, Yun*chi; 1. "Kietai Kurai" (I Want to Disappear) / Tomomi Kasai; 2. "Memeshikute" (Effeminate) / Golden Bomber; 3. "Umi To Hanataba" (The Ocean and a Bouquet) / KINOKOTEIKOKU; 4. "I WAS IN LOVE" / Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM).

28 min

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Viewer Special

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. "Chenmen Paradise" (Cross-Dressing Paradise) / Fudanjuku; 4. "Egao No Kimi Wa Taiyo Sa" (You're Like Sunshine with Your Smile) / Morning Musume｡'14.

28 min

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Club J-MELO: FLOW

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!!!".

28 min

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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.Revolution, Team Syachihoko, TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; 1. "Yume No Hajima Ring Ring" (The Ring Ring at the Start of a Dream) / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; 2. "Girls Rule" / Nogizaka46; 3. "The Lifelines" / The Lifelines.

28 min

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Visual-kei Special

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" / D=OUT; 3. "LAST MOMENT" / Jupiter; 4. "SHINING" / Alice Nine.

28 min

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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 Yamazaki + ROUTE14 band, Crystal Kay, the GazettE, Kao=S, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, L'Image, m-flo + Yoohei Kawakami, NICO Touches the Walls, SCANDAL; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue, Kazumi Watanabe, Kylee, Morning Musume｡'14, Scott Murphy; 1. "Tobashiteikuyo" (I'm Gonna Go at Full Speed) / Akiko Yano.

28 min

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J-MELO on the US East Coast: Part 2

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, ONE OK ROCK, Makoto Ozone, Puffy AmiYumi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chihiro Yamanaka, Sadao Watanabe, X JAPAN; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "Fly Me To The Moon" / Erena Terakubo and Zeebra; 2. "MOVE" / Hiromi Uehara and the Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips; 3. "XXX -English version-" / L'Arc-en-Ciel; 4. "Mr. Miyagi" / Zeebra.

28 min

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Amazing J-MELO

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); Artists: Acid Black Cherry, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Alice Nine, THE BEATNIKS, BEGIN, BONNIE PINK, BOWWOW, BUCK-TICK, coba, ℃-ute, End Of The World, Hikami Daiko, dj KENTARO, Marty Friedman, the GazettE, GODIEGO, Ryu Goto, HidaJimbo, Terumasa Hino, HOME MADE KAZOKU, JAM Project, Kiyoharu, KOKIA, Ryota Komatsu and Taeko Onuki, MAY'S, MONKEY MAJIK, Morning Musume｡'14, Lisa Ono, ORQUESTA DE LA LUZ, Kaori and Soichi Muraji, Yutaka Sado, SCANDAL, ShibusaShirazu, ☆Taku Takahashi and FPM (Tomoyuki Tanaka), Hiromi Uehara, Kazumi Watanabe and Char, Zeebra; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, JAY'ED, Kylee, Scott Murphy, Risa Niigaki, Dave Spector, Ai Takahashi, Ai Takekawa, Kazumi Watanabe.

28 min

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J-Music Now

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'ED, Juice=Juice, Kameleo, KERAKERA, Kis-My-Ft2, Kota Shinzato, Konomi Mori, Kuroyume, Rihwa, Shinsei-Kamattechan, SKY-HI, Sumire Uesaka, Ziyoou-vachi; 1. "Hikari No Signal" (Light Signal) / Kis-My-Ft2; 2. "Kasabuta To Bakugekiki" (Scabs and Bombers) / GEZAN; 3. "1, 2, 3 De Jump" (One, Two, Three, Jump) / GOOD MORNING AMERICA; 4. "Oh JANE" / Rina Katahira; 5. "Shortcake" / DJ misoshiru & MC gohan.

28 min

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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 Fukumura and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "hug" / SID; 2. "evils fall" / MAN WITH A MISSION; 3. "Toki Wo Koe Sora Wo Koe" (Beyond the time and space) / Morning Musume｡'14.

28 min

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J-Music Now

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 Watanabe (AKB48); Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, SHOU (Alice Nine); Artists: AKB48, ARASHI, DIV, Gesu No Kiwami Otome, Kana Hanazawa, Ken Hirai, Linda Sansei, LOVELY DOLL, LoVendoЯ, Masaharu Fukuyama, moumoon, Rihwa, SCANDAL, Seiko Oomori, SEKAI NO OWARI, TEE, TESLA doesn't know how to cry, TM NETWORK, tofubeats; 1. "Labrador Retriever" / AKB48; 2. "Naitemo Iindayo" (It's OK to Cry) / Momoiro Clover Z; 3. "Koisuru Wakusei" (LOVE PLANET) / Kana Hanazawa.

28 min

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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 Many Orders) from "Symphony Ihatov" Composer: Isao Tomita; 3. "Kansho Architecture" (Sentiment Architecture) / GUMI.

28 min

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What is LOVE? The Number One Hit Created around the World

Guests: Morning Musume｡'14; Exclusive comments: Tsunku♂; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.

28 min

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We Love Japan

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" / SCANDAL; 2. "Lucky Girl" / Silent Siren.

28 min

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J-Music Creators Special

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 Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips; 3. "Saigo No Natsu" (The Last Summer) / KIMAGUREN.

28 min

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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, Spitz, Suiyobi No Campanella, WEAVER, URBANGARDE; Team J-MELO: Alice Nine, Dave Spector; 1. "The World is ours!" / NAOTO INTI RAYMI; 2. "Appassionato" / Nana Mizuki; 3. "Marie Antoinette" / Suiyobi No Campanella.

28 min

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Club J-MELO: Otomo Yoshihide

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.

28 min

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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 Musume｡'14); Artists: banvox, E-girls, Gotch, HAPPY, KREVA, MAY'S, mishmash*Miki Orihara, MONKEY MAJIK + Yoshida Brothers, NEU, NICO Touches the Walls, Nogizaka 46, Passepied, SIMI LAB, Straightener, Shiori Tomita; 1. "Kira Kira Killer" / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; 2. "Tokyo City Underground" / Passepied; 3. "Let It Go – Ari No Mama De" / May J.

28 min

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We Love Japan

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 and presenter), Yoshitaka Mouri (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts), Yun*chi; Artists: BABYMETAL, Berryz Kobo×℃-ute, Kalafina, Daisuke Inoue, Hiroko Moriguchi, moumoon, Shoko Nakagawa, T.M.Revolution, UPLIFT SPICE, YOSHIKI, Wagakki Band; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, SHOU (Alice Nine); 1. "Gimme Choco!!" (Gimme chocolate!!) / BABYMETAL; 2. "Arashi No Naka De Kagayaite" (Shine in the Storm) / Nami Tamaki.

28 min

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We Love Japan

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" / Perfume; 2. "GO!!!" / FLOW; 3. "The Power" / ℃-ute.

28 min

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J-Music Now

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; Artists: ANARCHY, DIV, Motohiro Hata, Ken Hirai, KODA KUMI, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Yui Makino, Mika Nakashima, NIRGILIS, ONE OK ROCK, REV. from DVL, samezame, TEE & AI, tofubeats, YUI; Team J-MELO: Mizuki Fukumura and Haruna Iikubo (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Make you mine" / w-inds.; 2. "Disco No Kamisama feat. Takashi Fujii" (God of the Disco) / tofubeats; 3. "Your song" / SCANDAL.

28 min

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We Love Japan

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; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; SHOU (Alice Nine); Kanon Suzuki and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Scramble" / Aoi Yamazaki; 2. "Shigeku Au No Wa" (Meeting So Often) / Umekichi.

28 min

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J-Music Now

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, LinQ, Matenrou Opera, MORPHINE TOKYO, Negoto, PASSPO☆, Seiko Oomori, Southern All Stars, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yu Sakai; 1. "Kokoro no Placard" (The Placard of My Heart) / AKB48; 2. "Looking For Words" / Yukihiro Takahashi with In Phase; 3. "Ryokiteki Na Kiss Wo Watashi Ni Shite" (Give Me a Psychotic Kiss) / gesu no kiwami otome; 4. "Get Away" / VAMPS.

28 min

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J-MELO in Jakarta

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, Goose house, Hachioji P, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Luna Haruna, Momoiro Clover Z, Tegomass; 1. "Papan Penanda Isi Hati - Message on a Placard" / JKT48; 2. "INVOKE" / T.M.Revolution; 3. "Waon*" (Indonesian Version) / Yun*chi.

28 min

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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, Kana Hanazawa, HATSUNE MIKU, HKT48, Tomoyasu Hotei, Scott Murphy, Sexy Zone, Shanti, Sheena, Isao Tomita, Kazumi Watanabe, X21, Zeebra, 40mP; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; ☆Taku Takahashi; Sayumi Michishige, Mizuki Fukumura and Haruna Iikubo (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Honto No Koi" (True Love) / May J.

28 min

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Club J-MELO Special: Morning Musume｡'14 Live in New York

1. "One・Two・Three"; 2. "TIKI BUN"; 3. "What is LOVE?"; 4. "Happy Daisakusen" (Operation Happy).

28 min

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J-Music Now

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, Dempagumi.inc, King Cream Soda, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Ling toshite shigure, Salley, Silent Siren, SUPER☆GiRLS, Nami Tamaki, TarO&JirO, TEMPURA KIDZ, Tokyo Performance Doll, Yun*chi; Team J-MELO: Sayumi Michishige (leader of Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Zero-G" / ARASHI.

28 min

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J-MELO in LA

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, Spitz; Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo), Ai Takahashi (former leader of Morning Musume｡); 1. "FLY" / m-flo + Yoohei Kawakami.

28 min

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J-MELO in Osaka

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. "BEAM" / Inshoha; 2. "EJ☆Coaster" / Kanjani Eight; 3. "Natsu Dorobo" (Summer Stealer) / RYO the SKYWALKER.

28 min

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J-Music Now

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'shukugawaboys, Perfume, STARMARIE, Sumire, Zeebra; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, Dave Spector, Morning Musume｡'14, Ai Takahashi, ☆Taku Takahashi, Yun*chi; 1. "Image" / SCANDAL; 2. "Inori Uta -Totoganashi-" (Prayer Song) / Minami Kizuki.

28 min