Jan 10, 2011 · 28m
Exclusive Messages: SCANDAL, Kylee; Supervisors: Morning Musume。; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. "Shunkan Sentimental" (Instant Sentimental) / SCANDAL; 2. "Hatenai Sora" (Endless Sky) / ARASHI.


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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Jan 10, 2011 · 28m
Exclusive Messages: SCANDAL, Kylee; Supervisors: Morning Musume。; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; 1. "Shunkan Sentimental" (Instant Sentimental) / SCANDAL; 2. "Hatenai Sora" (Endless Sky) / ARASHI.
Jan 17, 2011 · 28m
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 Akiramenaide" (Don’t Give Up On Your Dream) / Scott Murphy; 5. "Kaze No Gotoku" (Like the Wind) / JOE INOUE.
Jan 24, 2011 · 28m
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, ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS, Akira Jimbo, DIAMANTES and Claudia Oshiro, MONKEY MAJIK, ORESKABAND, Junko Onishi, BONNIE PINK, THE BOOM, Sadao Watanabe, Hiromi Uehara.
Jan 31, 2011 · 28m
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. “Denwa De Dakishimete” (Hug Me by Phone) / Tee; 4. “Eternal Story” / Fire Lily; 5. “Matsuri HANABEAM” / HIFANA.
Feb 7, 2011 · 28m
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 Kubota, Hiromi Uehara, DJ KAORI, Terumasa Hino, ZAZEN BOYS, BOOM BOOM SATELLITES, PUFFY, L'Image.
Feb 14, 2011 · 28m
1. "Chain Reaction" / SHANTI; 2. "Love Matters" / SHANTI; 3. "How Insensitive" / SHANTI; 4. "Slow Ballad" / SHANTI.
Feb 21, 2011 · 28m
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, the best video by a viewer, and the best photo by a viewer. Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Supervisors: Scott Murphy, Morning Musume。, Kotaro Iizawa Exclusive Comments: AKB48, Zeebra.
Feb 28, 2011 · 28m
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, Sambomaster, Stereopony, SuG, Mao Abe; 1. "GEMINI -0- eternal” / Alice Nine; 2. "Oz” / MUCC.
Mar 7, 2011 · 28m
1. "destiny" / girugamesh; 2. "Mienai Kyori" (Invisible Distance) / girugamesh; 3. "Kaze No Gotoku" (Like the Wind) / JOE INOUE; 4. "CLOSER" / JOE INOUE.
Apr 4, 2011 · 28m
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, JAY'ED, Joe Inoue; 1. "Brave Heart" / MAY'S; 2. "Kibo No Michi" (Road of Hope) / Sambomaster; 3. "Kimi No Tonari Ni" (By Your Side) / May J. and Kazumi Watanabe.
Apr 11, 2011 · 28m
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.
Apr 18, 2011 · 28m
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.
Apr 25, 2011 · 28m
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, Ikimonogakari.
May 2, 2011 · 28m
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" / Erena Terakubo; 4. "Impressions" / Kazumi Watanabe.
May 9, 2011 · 28m
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" (Youth Collection), "Nanchatte Renai" (Fake Love) / Morning Musume。; 4. "Majidesuka Ska!" / Morning Musume。; 5. "I WISH" / Minami Kizuki, Erena Terakubo, May J., and Morning Musume。.
May 16, 2011 · 28m
1. ROCK ME / BOWWOW; 2. SILVER LIGHTNING / BOWWOW; 3. STILL / BOWWOW; 4. GET ON OUR TRAIN / BOWWOW; 5. THEME OF BOWWOW / BOWWOW.
May 23, 2011 · 28m
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, UVERworld, MAXIMUM THE HORMONE, the GazettE.
May 30, 2011 · 28m
Music Discovery: Hiromi Uehara; Exclusive Comments: fade, Yuya Matsushita, AKB48, MAY'S Music Discoverer: Ai Takekawa; Japan Star Search Supervisor: Joe Inoue.
Jun 6, 2011 · 28m
Music Discoverers: LEO IMAI, JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa; 1. "Terminal" / JAY'ED; 2. "Futari" (Two People) / STUDIO APARTMENT × JAY'ED × May J.
Jun 13, 2011 · 28m
Guests: ☆Taku Takahashi and FPM (Tomoyuki Tanaka).
Jun 20, 2011 · 28m
Jun 27, 2011 · 28m
Guests: Versailles; Exclusive Comments: L'Arc-en-Ciel, Atsuko Maeda, Momoiro Clover Z; Special Commentator: Dave Spector; Supervisors: Morning Musume。, Scott Murphy.
Jul 4, 2011 · 28m
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); Artists: AAA, Alice, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, JERO, Shinya Tada, Shoko Nakagawa, TAMURAPAN, the pillows, Tomomi Itano, Ganbaro Nippon! Ai Wa Katsu Singers, Sunplaza Nakano Kun & Mukaiya Club, Team Amuse!!; 1. "Episode.0" / GACKT; 2. "Kireida" ( You're Beautiful) / w-inds.; 3. "Dokkoi Ikiteru Machi No Naka" (Living Strong in the City) / eastern youth; 4. "I love you & I need you Fukushima" / Inawashirokozu.
Jul 11, 2011 · 28m
Guests: Erena Terakubo, MAY'S; Exclusive Message: Miho Fukuhara.
Jul 18, 2011 · 28m
Exclusive Messages: Base Ball Bear, PUFFY, Shonen Knife; J-MELO Ending Theme Comment: Yui Makino; Supervisor: Kotaro Iizawa; Special Commentator: Dave Spector.
Jul 25, 2011 · 28m
Music Discoveries: Toshinobu Kubota, Taiko in Rikuzentakata with Shuichi Hidano; Exclusive Comment: STRAIGHTENER; Supervisor: Kazumi Watanabe; Music Discoverers: JAY'ED, Ai Takekawa.
Aug 1, 2011 · 28m
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!, SCANDAL; 1. "Cry" / DiVA; 2. "Only you" / Morning Musume。; 3. "Uchouten Love" (Ecstatic Love) / S/mileage; 4. "Mirai No Hitomi Wo Hiraku Toki" (When We Open Our Eyes in the Future) / Yui Makino.
Aug 8, 2011 · 28m
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. "Yokubou Wo Sakebe!!!!" (Shout What You Want) / OKAMOTO'S; 5. "Detatoko Shoubu" (Leave It to Chance) / sonodaband; 6. "Hashire, Hashire" (Run! Run!) / sonodaband; 7. "Catch The Rainbow!" / sonodaband.
Aug 15, 2011 · 28m
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. "Mammoth No Uta" (Mammoth Song) / KODOMO BAND.
Aug 22, 2011 · 28m
1. "Caravan"; 2. "Here, There and Everywhere"; 3. "ZIG ZAG ZONE"; 4. "Summertime"; 5. "Superstition".
Sep 19, 2011 · 28m
Music Discovery: 11th Japanese Popular Song Contest ; Exclusive Comment: Hirozumi Yoshioka (Nikkei Entertainment! Editor-in-Chief); Guests: Choshinsei, DOMINO; Artists: Kana Nishino, Mika Nakashima, KAT-TUN, NEWS, Namie Amuro, Kanjani Eight, GACKT, Kinki Kids, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Girls' Generation, TOHOSHINKI, Ryuichi Sakamoto, FPM, May'n, ARASHI, YUI; 1. "Lotus" / ARASHI; 2. "GO GiRL" / DOMINO; 3. "Kimi Dake Wa Hanasanai" (I Won't Let You Go) / Supernova.
Sep 26, 2011 · 28m
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: Dave Spector; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume。; Artists: AKB48, AAA, flumpool, The_AIU, Masaaki Sakai and CRAZY KEN BAND, MAY'S, T-ARA, Ryota Komatsu, YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz, Morning Musume。; 1. "The Lifelines" / The Lifelines (☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo), Maynard Plant (blanc. / MONKEY MAJIK), WISE, May J.); 2. "Kono Chikyu No Heiwa Wo Honki De Negatterundayo!" (We Really Want a Peaceful World) / Morning Musume。.
Oct 3, 2011 · 28m
1. AGONY; 2. Hyena; 3. BEFORE I DECAY; 4. VORTEX; 5. Filth in the beauty.
Oct 10, 2011 · 28m
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: Kazumi Watanabe; 1. "J GROOVE" / Kazumi Watanabe and Satoru Shionoya.
Oct 17, 2011 · 28m
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, Shonen Knife, Morning Musume。, Erena Terakubo, sonodaband, Ryu Goto, Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, RANKIN TAXI, BEGIN, Alice Nine, girugamesh, MONKEY MAJIK, Marty Friedman, KODOMO BAND, BOWWOW; 1. "Crossroads" / Kazumi Watanabe and Char; 2. "Kite" / BONNIE PINK; 3. "BEFORE I DECAY" / the GazettE.
Oct 24, 2011 · 28m
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 Hatsune, Sheena Ringo, DIR EN GREY, Morning Musume。; 1. "Laser Beam" / Perfume; 2. "Like a G6 (featuring Cataracs and Dev)" / Far East Movement; 3. "Koyoi Tsuki No Shita De(Under the Moon Tonight) feat. Hiromistu Agatsuma" / MAY'S.
Oct 31, 2011 · 28m
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×SoulJa+ROLA, THE BAWDIES, Mana Ashida, SuG, MONKEY MAJIK, Wakadanna, MADEMOISELLE YULIA, Miho Fukuhara, Kazuma Miura; 1. "Eien Wa Tada No 1 Byo Kara (Eternity Begins with a Single Second) " / JAY'ED×JUJU; 2. "BRAND NEW WAVE feat. Orianthi" / Kylee; 3. "CLOSER" / Joe Inoue.
Nov 7, 2011 · 28m
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 Lifelines” / The Lifelines {☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo), Maynard Plant (blanc. / MONKEY MAJIK), WISE, and May J.}; 2. “Tanabata Matsuri Bayashi (Tanabata Festival Music)” / Hikami Daiko and Shuichi Hidano.
Nov 14, 2011 · 28m
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, Momoiro Clover Z; 1. “6.000.000.000 No Tengoku” (Heaven for Six Billion) / THE BEATNIKS; 2. “NO WAY OUT” / THE BEATNIKS; 3. “Chotto Tsurainda”(A Bit Brokenhearted) / THE BEATNIKS; 4. “Minority Parade” / UPLIFT SPICE.
Nov 21, 2011 · 28m
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 To Do It” / THE BEATNIKS; 3. “Around The Bends” / THE BEATNIKS; 4. “Last Train To Exitown” / THE BEATNIKS; 5. “Garasu Goshi Ni Kieta Natsu” (The Summer that Disappeared beyond the Window) / Masayuki Suzuki.
Nov 28, 2011 · 28m
Dec 5, 2011 · 28m
Dec 12, 2011 · 28m
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, Claudia Oshiro, Alberto Shiroma, Lucy Nagamine, Eric Fukusaki, Jake Shimabukuro, Marcia; 1. "BEFORE I DECAY" / the GazettE; 2. Polovtsian Dances and Chorus from the Opera “Prince Igor”, Composer: Alexander Borodin, Conductor: Tomomi Nishimoto; 3. "Shinkanucha" / Kazufumi Miyazawa + DIAMANTES + Shinkanucha.
Dec 19, 2011 · 28m
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
J-MELO Season 7 premiered on January 10, 2011.
J-MELO Season 7 has 44 episodes.
The season opens with Season 7 Episode 1, "J-MELO Viewer Special". It aired on January 10, 2011.
Go to Season 7 Episode 1