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Produce 101 Japan is a 2019 Japanese reality competition show and a spin-off of the South Korean television series Produce 101. The show follows 101 trainees with the intention of producing an 11-member boy band. The members, group name, and concepts are selected by viewers, referred to as "national producers". The series was first announced in April 2019 as a co-production between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M and is set to premiere on September 25, 2019, with the first and final episodes airing on TBS while the full series will be streamed on GyaO! beginning September 26, 2019.

Background[]

In April 2019, Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M announced they will be co-producing a Japanese version of the Produce 101 reality competition show with the intention of debuting an 11-member boy band in 2020 for the global music market. The group created from the show will be permanent and will be handled by Lapone Entertainment. Auditions for the show took place from April 11 to May 31, 2019 for male Japanese residents aged 16–30 years old who are not tied to any talent agency. Additional exams were held in June and July 2019. A total of 6,000 people auditioned for the show, and all 101 trainees were revealed on September 3, 2019, with the show's theme song, "Tsukame (It's Coming)". Prior to the show's airing, two contestants had dropped out, leaving 99 trainees to compete on the show. Contestant Kenya Hata later dropped out of the series before the show was broadcast.

Several episodes were shot in Paju, South Korea, before returning to Japan. The mentors for the trainees consist of Hidenori Sugai and Sayaka Yasukura as vocal instructors; A-NON and Warner as dance instructors; and Cypress Ueno and Bose as rap instructors. Hideyuki Yabe and Takashi Okumura from the comedy duo Ninety-nine, who had previously hosted the Asayan talent competition series in 1999, will be the MCs for the show. The series is set to premiere on TBS on September 25, 2019 and GyaO! on September 26, 2019 for a total of 12 episodes. Only the first and final episodes will be broadcast on TBS, while GyaO! will stream the entire series.

In light of the Mnet vote manipulation investigation, the production committee stated in November 2019 that they are not affiliated with the Korean production team and have a separate voting system, with votes analyzed by a group of third-party lawyers. Following the departure of South Korean contestants Kim Hee Cheon, Kim Yoon Dong, and Jeong Young Hoon, the production committee issued a statement explaining that the contestants were eligible for the show, as they were living in Japan at the time, and that their mandatory military service was not a reason why they left. In addition, they issued an official warning to viewers not to spread malicious rumors about the contestants on social media.

Contestants[]

Main Article: List of Produce 101 Japan (season 1) contestants

Color key

      Final members of JO1
      Contestants eliminated in the final episode
      Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round, but saved
      Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round
      Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round
      Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round
      Contestants that have withdrawn from the show

101 Contestants
Mamehara Issei (豆原 一成) Kawashiri Ren (川尻 蓮) Kawanishi Takumi (川西 拓実) Ohira Shosei (大平 祥生) Tsurubo Shion (鶴房 汐恩)
Shiroiwa Ruki (白岩 瑠姫) Sato Keigo (佐藤 景瑚) Kimata Syoya (木全 翔也) Kono Junki (河野 純喜) Kinjo Sukai (金城 碧海)
Yonashiro Sho (與那城 奨) Miyajima Yugo (宮島 優心) Osawa Shunya (大澤 駿弥) Ando Tomoaki (安藤 誠明) Honda Kosuke (本田 康祐)
Sato Raira (佐藤 來良) Imanishi Masahiko (今西 正彦) Inoue Minato (井上 港人) Tokonami Shion (床波 志音) Uehara Jun (上原 潤)
Jeong Young Hoon (チョン・ヨンフン) Kim Yoon Dong (キム・ユンドン) Sano Fumiya (佐野 文哉) Komatsu Koshin (小松 倖真) Sato Ryuji (佐藤 隆士)
Kitagawa Reito (北川 玲叶) Migakida Kanta (磨田 寛大) Miyazato Tatsutoshi (宮里 龍斗志) Aoki Masanami (青木 聖波) Fukuchi Sho (福地 正)
Ozawa Naoki (男澤 直樹) Nakamoto Taiga (中本 大賀) Okano Kaito (岡野 海斗) Urano Shuta (浦野 秀太) Kim Hee Cheon (キム・ヒチョン)
Ikumi Hiroto (井汲 大翔) Takizawa Tsubasa (瀧澤 翼) Kitagawa Hikaru (北川 暉) Nakazato Sora (中里 空) Terashi Kei (寺師 敬)
Mitsui Ryo (三井 瞭) Lee Min Hyuk (イ・ミンヒョク) Hayashi Ryuta (林 龍太) Furuya Akihito (古屋 亮人) Yamada Kyo (山田 恭)
Sasaki Mao (佐々木 真生) Ando Yu (安藤 優) Kitaoka Kento (北岡 謙人) Ageda Masaki (安慶田 真樹) Iwasaki Ryuto (岩崎 琉斗)
Kusachi Ryono (草地 稜之) Nakano Ryunosuke (中野 龍之介) Nishio Koki (西尾 航暉) Okada Takehiro (岡田 武大) Nakabayashi Toi (中林 登生)
Watanabe Ryusei (渡辺 龍星) Nakatani Hyuga (中谷 日向) Uchida Shuto (内田 脩斗) Suzuki Miyabi (鈴木 雅) Katagami Yushi (片上 勇士)
Koga Kazuma (古賀 一馬) Nakagawa Ginsuke (中川 吟亮) Nakagawa Katsunari (中川 勝就) Omizu Rikuto (大水 陸渡) Taguchi Keiya (田口 馨也)
Nishi Ryotaro (西 涼太郎) Takano Akira (高野 慧) Nishino Tomoya (西野 友也) Kurokawa Ryusei (黒川 竜聖) Isohata Hayato (五十畑 颯斗)
Gutierez Takeru (グチェレス タケル) Nishiyama Kazuki (西山 和貴) Ishii Yuki (石井 祐輝) Inayoshi Hikari (稲吉 ひかり) Kihara Taichi (木原 汰一)
Tanaka Yuya (田中 雄也) Aljama Eujin (アルジャマ 勇心) Okawa Reiya (大川 澪哉) Togo Yoshiki (東郷 良樹) Yuki Tatsuki (結城 樹)
Yamamoto Kenta (山本 健太) Suzuki Gen (鈴木 玄) Kanno Masahiro (菅野 雅浩) Suzuki Shinjun (鈴木 晨順) Yamada Satoshi (山田 聡)
Hata Kengo (秦 健豪) Watanabe Taiki (渡邊 大貴) Nakanishi Naoki (中西 直樹) Hasegawa Reo (長谷川 怜央) Mori Shinjiro (森 慎二郎)
Yonehara Shohei (米原 尚平) Ikemoto Masayoshi (池本 正義) Komajaku Yuki (駒尺 雄樹) Watanabe Koki (渡邊 公貴) Matsukura Haruka (松倉 悠)
Ishii Kentaro (石井 健太郎) Kumazawa Fumiya (熊澤 歩哉) Koyama Shogo (小山 省吾) Hata Kenya (畑 顕矢) Sato Kazuto (佐藤 一翔)
Katayama Yuki (片山 湧貴)

Episodes[]

Main Article: Produce 101 Japan (season 1) Episodes

Rankings[]

The top 11 contestants, which determines the members of the final group, are chosen through popularity online voting at Produce 101 Japan GyaO!'s homepage and audience's live voting. The results are shown at the end of each episode.

For the first and second voting period, viewers are allowed to select 11 trainees per vote. During the third round, the system changed to 2 trainees per vote and added votes from Softbank Line Friend. For the final round, the system changed to one trainee per vote and added live online votes.

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       New Top 11
# Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 11 Episode 12
1 Kawashiri Ren Mamehara Issei ↑2 Mamehara Issei = Kawashiri Ren ↑1 Kawanishi Takumi ↑2 Kawanishi Takumi = Mamehara Issei ↑4 Kawashiri Ren ↑1 Mamehara Issei ↑1
2 Kawanishi Takumi Kawashiri Ren ↓1 Kawashiri Ren = Mamehara Issei ↓1 Kawashiri Ren ↓1 Kawashiri Ren = Kawashiri Ren = Mamehara Issei ↓1 Kawashiri Ren ↓1
3 Mamehara Issei Kawanishi Takumi ↓1 Kawanishi Takumi = Kawanishi Takumi = Tsurubo Shion ↑2 Tsurubo Shion = Tsurubo Shion = Tsurubo Shion = Kawanishi Takumi ↑3
4 Ando Tomoaki Ando Tomoaki = Kim Hee Cheon ↑2 Kim Hee Cheon = Mamehara Issei ↓2 Mamehara Issei = Shiroiwa Ruki ↑9 Shiroiwa Ruki = Ohira Shosei ↑7
5 Imanishi Masahiko Tsurubo Shion ↑2 Tsurubo Shion = Tsurubo Shion = Kim Hee Cheon ↑1 Kim Hee Cheon ↑1 Uehara Jun ↑7 Jeong Young Hoon ↑1[note 1] Tsurubo Shion ↓2
6 Uehara Jun Kim Hee Cheon ↑4 Kim Yoon Dong ↑7 Kim Yoon Dong = Kim Hee Cheon ↓2 Kim Yoon Dong ↓1 Jeong Young Hoon ↑1 Kawanishi Takumi ↑6 Shiroiwa Ruki ↓2
7 Tsurubo Shion Uehara Jun ↓1 Ando Tomoaki ↓3 Ohira Shosei ↑1 Jeong Young Hoon ↑1 Jeong Young Hoon = Ando Tomoaki ↑3 Ando Tomoaki = Sato Keigo ↑8
8 Lee Min Hyuk Imanishi Masahiko ↓3 Ohira Shosei ↑1 Jeong Young Hoon ↑1 Osawa Shunya ↑1 Osawa Shunya = Yonashiro Sho ↑9 Uehara Jun ↓3 Kimata Syoya ↑2
9 Jeong Young Hoon Ohira Shosei ↑6 Jeong Young Hoon ↑2 Osawa Shunya ↑2 Ohira Shosei ↓2 Kono Junki ↑1 Kimata Syoya ↑5 Kim Yoon Dong ↑1[note 1] Kono Junki ↑4
10 Kim Hee Cheon Lee Min Hyuk ↓2 Miyajima Yugo ↑5 Miyajima Yugo = Kono Junki ↑5 Ando Tomoaki ↑1 Kim Yoon Dong ↓4 Kimata Syoya ↑1 Kinjo Sukai ↑6
11 Osawa Shunya Jeong Young Hoon ↓2 Osawa Shunya ↑1 Ando Tomoaki ↓4 Ando Tomoaki = Ohira Shosei ↓2 Kono Junki ↓2 Ohira Shosei ↑2 Yonashiro Sho ↑1

First voting period[]

The first voting period took place between September 26 at 12 AM and October 18 at 5:00 AM (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 33,847,705.

# Episode 1
(Online votes)
Episode 2
(Online votes)
Episode 3
(Online votes)
Episode 4
(Live votes)
Episode 5
(Total votes)
Name Votes Name Votes
1 Kawashiri Ren Mamehara Issei Mamehara Issei Honda Kosuke 14,230 Kawashiri Ren 1,883,178
2 Kawanishi Takumi Kawashiri Ren Kawashiri Ren Ozawa Naoki 14,224 Mamehara Issei 1,848,191
3 Mamehara Issei Kawanishi Takumi Kawanishi Takumi Mitsui Ryo 13,185 Kawanishi Takumi 1,771,861
4 Ando Tomoaki Ando Tomoaki Kim Hee Cheon Yonashiro Sho 4,151 Kim Hee Cheon 1,411,741
5 Imanishi Masahiko Tsurubo Shion Tsurubo Shion Imanishi Masahiko 4,120 Tsurubo Shion 1,238,146
6 Uehara Jun Kim Hee Cheon Kim Yoon Dong Tokonami Shion 3,217 Kim Yoon Dong 1,145,844
7 Tsurubo Shion Uehara Jun Ando Tomoaki Fukuchi Sho 3,178 Ohira Shosei 1,053,408
8 Lee Min Hyuk Imanishi Masahiko Ohira Shosei Takizawa Tsubasa 3,167 Jeong Young Hoon 905,412
9 Jeong Young Hoon Ohira Shosei Jeong Young Hoon Sato Keigo 3,141 Osawa Shunya 854,843
10 Kim Hee Cheon Lee Min Hyuk Miyajima Yugo Uehara Jun 1,175 Miyajima Yugo 835,565
11 Osawa Shunya Jeong Young Hoon Osawa Shunya Kawashiri Ren 1,138 Ando Tomoaki 798,477

Notes

On Episode 4, an additional 1,000 points are given to the individual of the winning teams and an additional 3,000 points were given to the 1st place in song from 2 group while 10,000 points were given to the winner of each category (vocal position, rap position and dance position).

  • The ranking for Episode 5 is the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.

Second voting period[]

The second voting period took place between October 24 at 11:30 PM and November 8 at 5:00 AM (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 18,945,494.

# Episode 6
(Online votes)
Episode 7
(Live votes)
Episode 8
(Total votes)
Name Votes Name Votes
1 Kawanishi Takumi Kawanishi Takumi 170,419 Kawanishi Takumi 1,149,244
2 Kawashiri Ren Kawashiri Ren 100,395 Kawashiri Ren 1,074,606
3 Tsurubo Shion Kim Hee Cheon 100,376 Tsurubo Shion 996,794
4 Mamehara Issei Urano Shuta 100,372 Mamehara Issei 962,252
5 Kim Yoon Dong Osawa Shunya 100,371 Kim Hee Cheon 823,022
6 Kim Hee Cheon Uehara Jun 100,300 Kim Yoon Dong 807,141
7 Jeong Young Hoon Mamehara Issei 20,407 Jeong Young Hoon 748,508
8 Osawa Shunya Yonashiro Sho 20,407 Osawa Shunya 705,067
9 Ohira Shosei Tokonami Shion 20,402 Kono Junki 661,099
10 Kono Junki Kimata Syoya 20,367 Ando Tomoaki 654,176
11 Ando Tomoaki Honda Kosuke 20,360 Ohira Shosei 543,768

Notes
  • On Episode 7, The individual winner of each group gets a 20,000 point bonus, the overall individual winner gets a 50,000 point bonus, and the overall group winners get a 100,000 point bonus.
  • The ranking for Episode 8 is the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.

Third voting period[]

The third voting period will take place between November 14 at 11:30 PM and November 29 at 5:00 AM (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 8,356,702.

# Episode 9
(Online votes)
Episode 10
(Live votes)
Episode 11
(Total votes)
Name Votes Name Votes
1 Mamehara Issei Inoue Minato 100,046 Kawashiri Ren 516,171
2 Kawashiri Ren Sato Keigo 20,041 Mamehara Issei 505,823
3 Tsurubo Shion Kimata Syoya 20,034 Tsurubo Shion 460,657
4 Shiroiwa Ruki Uehara Jun 20,031 Shiroiwa Ruki 448,795
5 Uehara Jun Miyazato Tatsutoshi 20,012 Jeong Young Hoon 383,463
6 Jeong Young Hoon Okano Kaito 20,006 Kawanishi Takumi 381,845
7 Ando Tomoaki Aoki Masanami 20,004 Ando Tomoaki 355,660
8 Yonashiro Sho Shiroiwa Ruki 70 Uehara Jun 354,058
9 Kimata Syoya Tsurubo Shion 35 Kim Yoon Dong 347,621
10 Kim Yoon Dong Ohira Shosei 30 Kimata Syoya 339,052
11 Kono Junki Tokonami Shion 24 Ohira Shosei 336,162

Notes
  • On Episode 10, an additional 20,000 points were given to each member of the winning group except for the one with the most votes, who received an additional 100,000 points instead.
  • The ranking for Episode 11 is the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.

Result[]

Main Article: JO1 The finale online voting period will take place between December 5 at 11:00 PM and December 11 at 5:00 AM (JST) and The finale was held on December 11 at 7:00 PM (JST), and open online voting period was broadcast live. The total number of votes accumulated was 3,242,751. Ninety-nine announced the unit boy group name, JO1.

# Episode 12 (Total votes)
Name Votes Prefecture Audition Name
1 Mamehara Issei 261,583 Okayama N/A
2 Kawashiri Ren 256,527 Fukuoka UN Backers
3 Kawanishi Takumi 252,885 Hyogo KSix
4 Ohira Shosei 220,594 Kyoto UN Backers
5 Tsurubo Shion 204,045 Hyogo Sion
6 Shiroiwa Ruki 194,919 Tokyo Hangyaku no Prince
7 Sato Keigo 186,309 Aichi High-Steps
8 Kimata Syoya 171,205 Aichi Shachihoko Friends
9 Kono Junki 159,057 Nara Six Packs
10 Kinjo Sukai 157,373 Osaka Team Sky
11 Yonashiro Sho 140,003 Okinawa Six Packs

Discography[]

Extended plays[]

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN Hot JPN Dig
35 Boys 5 Concepts
  • Released: November 29, 2019
  • Label: LAPONE Entertainment
  • Formats: Digital download
3 2
  • JPN: 13,546
Produce 101 Japan — Final
  • Released: December 12, 2019
  • Label: Lapone Entertainment
  • Formats: Digital download
32 N/A

Singles[]

Title Year Peak positions Sales Album
JPN
Hot 100
JPN Dig
"Tsukame (It's Coming)" 2019 42 N/A Non-album single
"KungChiKiTa" 91 35 Boys 5 Concepts
"DOMINO" 67
"Happy Merry Christmas" 84
"Black Out" 94
"Yancha BOY Yancha GIRL" 77
"GrandMaster" 25 6
  • JPN: 10,454
Produce 101 Japan — Final
"YOUNG" 20 5
  • JPN: 10,759
"Sayonara Seishun"
(Produce 101 Japan ver.)
47 11
  • JPN: 7,483
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Reception[]

Ratings on TBS[]

Title Original broadcast date Timeslot (JST) Average audience share (Kanto)
Premiere September 26, 2019 0:01 - 1:00 AM 2.6%
Live Final December 11, 2019 7:00 - 9:00 PM 3.4%

Aftermath[]

  • JO1 released their debut single Protostar on March 4, 2020.
Some trainees formed/joined groups
  • Miyajima Yugo (12th), Osawa Shunya (13th), Ando Tomoaki (14th), Uehara Jun (20th), Jeong Young Hoon (21st), Kim Yoon Dong (22nd), and Kim Hee Cheon (35th) formed a boy group called ORβIT under the agency DREAM PASSPORT.
  • Honda Kosuke (15th), Sano Fumiya (23rd), Urano Shuta (34th), and Nakagawa Katsunari (63rd) signed with Yoshimoto Kogyo and formed a boy group called OWV.
  • Aoki Masanami (29th), Furuya Akihito (44th), Nishio Koki (53rd), Okada Takehiro (54th), and Takano Akira (67th) formed a boy group called NVRLAND.
  • Okano Kaito (33rd), Ando Yu (47th), Omizu Rikuto (64th), Inayoshi Hikari (74th), and Yuki Tatsuki (80th) formed a "K-J-Hop" group called Boom Trigger under World Entertainment.
  • Kitaoka Kento (48th) and Gutierez Takeru (71st) joined a group called BXW under the agency Churros. Kitagawa Reito (26th) and Ikumi Hiroto (36th) who also had joined the group subsequently left due to difference in the direction of activities.
  • Kitagawa Hikaru (38th), Inoue Minato (18th), Sato Raira (16th), and Komatsu Koshin (22nd), as well as Hidaka Mahiro (49th) and Wang Jyunhao (58th) from Produce X 101, signed with DREAM PASSPORT and formed the boy group BUGVEL.
  • Sato Ryuji (23rd), Ikumi Hiroto (36th), and Taguchi Keiya (65th) joined the pre-debut boy group RBW JBOYZ under RBW Entertainment's subsidiary RBW Japan.
Some trainees signed with agencies
  • Imanishi Masahiko (17th) signed with the agency DREAM PASSPORT and adapted a stage name HICO.
  • Miyazato Tatsutoshi (28th), Fukuchi Sho (30th), Nakamoto Taiga (32nd), Takizawa Tsubasa (37th), Yamada Kyo (45th), Kusachi Ryono (51st), Nakabayashi Toi (55th), Nakatani Hyuga (57th), and Kumazawa Fumiya (97th) signed with Showtitle, a subsidiary company of Yoshimoto Kogyo. The nine ex-trainees formed a stage play creation project called ENJIN that will also incorporate singing and dancing.
  • Hata Kengo (86th) signed with Ito Company.
  • Yamada Satoshi (85th) signed with YKA Entertainment.
Some trainees debuted as actors
  • Ozawa Naoki (29th) starred in a stage play K.B.S Project Super Youth Chorus Comedy "SING!"-2020.
Some trainees participated in other survival shows
  • Mitsui Ryo (41st), Hayashi Ryuta (43rd), Suzuki Gen (82nd) joined G-EGG.
    • Hayashi Ryuta and Mitsui Ryo made it into the final lineup of NIK.

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kim Yoon Dong, and Jeong Young Hoon also announced they were leaving the show after announced ranking in Episode 11.

References[]