was a Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010
on
TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of , meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally aired under the name , an abbreviation of , meaning "special program".
The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
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" by
Nancy Sinatra
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.
History
The show was first broadcast on October 16, 1996. Originally supposed to be called "J-Pop Hour", it was hosted by
Takaaki Ishibashi
is a Japanese comedian, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of Tunnels (owarai), Tunnels and Yaen with his partner Noritake Kinashi.
Early life
Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. When he was in the first grade o ...
, of comedy duo
Tunnels
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, and
Masahiro Nakai, leader of boy band
SMAP
was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-p ...
.
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...
idol group
Morning Musume
, formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...
were frequent guests on the show, at one point appearing almost weekly.
Nakai was briefly replaced by TBS announcer Shin'ichirÅ Azumi in late June 2006, due to
conjunctivitis
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.
After 13 and a half years on air, the show made its final broadcast on March 23, 2010. It was reformatted into a new show called , also hosted by Ishibashi and Nakai, which aired on TBS from April 20 to September 14, 2010.
Performers
Moderators (MC)
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Takaaki Ishibashi
is a Japanese comedian, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of Tunnels (owarai), Tunnels and Yaen with his partner Noritake Kinashi.
Early life
Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. When he was in the first grade o ...
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Masahiro Nakai
Others
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References
External links
Official Site(Japanese)
Japanese variety television shows
Japanese music television series
TBS Television (Japan) original programming
1990s Japanese television series
2000s Japanese television series
2010s Japanese television series
1996 Japanese television series debuts
2010 Japanese television series endings
Masahiro Nakai
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