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J-MELO Season 5

January. 09,2009

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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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J-MELO Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 43 - Club J-MELO Vol.14

First Aired: December. 21,2009

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.

Episode 42 - J-MELO Recommendations

First Aired: November. 30,2009

★ Featured Autumn Releases; ★ Viewer Recommendations; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): "Appliqué of Tulip" / Nobuyasu Okabayashi; ★ Tribute to Kazuhiko Kato: "Big-Bang, Bang!" / Sadistic Mica Band.

Episode 41 - Club J-MELO Vol.13: SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS

First Aired: November. 23,2009

1. "Paraiso" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 2. "Fuller Love" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 3. "Pop Korn" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS; 4. "Summer Goddess" / SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS.

Episode 40 - J-MELO Artists

First Aired: November. 16,2009

Guests: Tomoyo Harada, Younha, Sizzle Ohtaka; 1. "FINE" / Tomoyo Harada; 2. "Sukinanda" (I Love You) / Younha; 3. "Usukudara" (ÜSKÜDARA GÍDERÍKEN)" / Sizzle Ohtaka.

Episode 39 - J-MELO Up-and-coming Artists

First Aired: November. 09,2009

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.

Episode 38 - J-MELO Viewer Special

First Aired: November. 02,2009

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.

Episode 37 - J-MELO in Yokohama

First Aired: October. 26,2009

Guest: Ken Yokoyama; Backstage Pass: coba (Accordionist); 1. "Girlfriend" / CRAZY KEN BAND; 2. "Hirugao" (Bindweed) / CRAZY KEN BAND.

Episode 36 - J-MELO Artists

First Aired: October. 19,2009

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. "Berceuse Op. 57" (composer: Chopin) / Nobuyuki Tsujii.

Episode 35 - May J. and Shanti's Anniversary

First Aired: October. 05,2009

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.

Episode 34 - J-MELO Recommendations

First Aired: September. 28,2009

★ Featured This Summer Releases: “Slow Down" / Prague; ★ Viewer Recommendations: “THE INVISIBLE WALL" / the GazettE, “Koibito-yo"(Oh Lover) / Mayumi Itsuwa; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): “Kage-no Nai Hito"(Person without a Shadow) / ASA-CHANG & Junray; ★ School Festival Live Music Acts: “Aitai"(I Want to See You) / Miliyah Kato.

Episode 33 - Club J-MELO Vol. 12: Hiromi Uehara

First Aired: September. 14,2009

1. “BQE" / Hiromi Uehara; 2. “Sicilian Blue" / Hiromi Uehara; 3. “Choux à la crème" / Hiromi Uehara; 4. “Place to be" / Hiromi Uehara.

Episode 32 - J-MELO meets FCCJ (Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan)

First Aired: September. 07,2009

Backstage Pass: Hello Kitty at Sanrio Puroland; Special Reports: Japan Expo 2009 + Anime Expo 2009; Exclusive Comment: Morning Musume。.

Episode 31 - J-MELO Natsu Fes 2009 Part 2

First Aired: August. 31,2009

Artists: Ryota Komatsu and Taeko Onuki, Marty Friedman.

Episode 30 - J-MELO Natsu Fes 2009 Part 1

First Aired: August. 24,2009

Artists: Kosuke Atari, Arisa Tsuji (from "Paphooo!"), May J., Shanti.

Episode 29 - J-MELO in Shonan

First Aired: August. 03,2009

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

Episode 28 - J-MELO meets Sata★Ten + Nikkei Entertainment

First Aired: July. 27,2009

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 with Me) / HOME MADE Kazoku.

Episode 27 - Club J-MELO Vol. 11: Ryu Goto

First Aired: July. 13,2009

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 ‘Nel cor più non mi sento', Op. 38" Composer: Niccolò Paganini / Ryu Goto.

Episode 26 - Japanese Favorite ～Recommendations from Japanese Viewer～

First Aired: July. 06,2009

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.

Episode 25 - Club J-MELO Vol. 10: Lisa Ono

First Aired: June. 29,2009

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 Umbrellas of Cherbourg) / Lisa Ono; 5. "Nani Wai Ale Ale" / Lisa Ono; 6. "Goody Goody" / Lisa Ono; 7. "Águas de Março" (Waters of March) / Lisa Ono.

Episode 24 - J-MELO Recommendations

First Aired: June. 22,2009

★ Featured June Releases: "Summer Clouds, Summer Rain" / Miyuki Hatakeyama; ★ Viewer Recommendations: "It's all Love" / Kumi Koda×misono; ★ Kaleidoscope (Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): "Parachute" / Shugo Tokumaru; ★ Tribute to Kiyoshiro Imawano: "Ameagari No Yozora Ni" (In the Night Sky after the Rain) / Kiyoshiro Imawano.

Episode 23 - J-MELO in Sendai

First Aired: June. 15,2009

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) / MONKEY MAJIK.

Episode 22 - J-MELO meets Fm yokohama + So-en

First Aired: June. 08,2009

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 Kara Samete" (Waking from a Dream) / THE BOOM.

Episode 21 - J-MELO Viewer Special

First Aired: June. 01,2009

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) / NEWS.

Episode 20 - J-MELO Recommendations

First Aired: May. 25,2009

★Featured May Releases; ★Viewer Recommendations: Over Load / Mika Nakashima, Come Back To Me / Utada; ★Kaleidoscope(Recommendations from Music Journalist Masakazu Kitanaka): Eitetsu Hayashi; ★International Tour and Event Roundup.

Episode 19 - Up-and-coming Artists

First Aired: May. 18,2009

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.

Episode 18 - Japanese Favorites - Recommendations from Japanese viewers -

First Aired: May. 11,2009

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; 6. “Sands of Time" / Monday Michiru.

Episode 17 - J-MELO Interview + Backstage Pass + Studio Live

First Aired: May. 04,2009

★Backstage Pass Part1: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Shigeo Genda; ★Backstage Pass Part2: UNIT ASIA; ★J-MELO Interview: VAMPS; ★Studio Live: Clench & Blistah.

Episode 16 - E-mail Special

First Aired: April. 27,2009

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" / KAT-TUN.

Episode 15 - J-MELO meets JAL + The J-MELO Interviews

First Aired: April. 20,2009

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 Words" / Yukihiro Takahashi.

Episode 14 - J-MELO in Matsue + J-MELO meets TOKYO-KAWAII★TV

First Aired: April. 13,2009

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.

Episode 13 - Recommendations and Requests

First Aired: April. 06,2009

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. "Maboroshi" (Illusion) / Joe Inoue.

Episode 12 - Club J-MELO Vol. 9

First Aired: March. 30,2009

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.

Episode 11 - E-mail Special: Japanese Favorites

First Aired: March. 23,2009

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. "Darui" (Drowsy) / EGO-WRAPPIN' AND THE GOSSIP OF JAXX.

Episode 10 - Live to the World Highlights

First Aired: March. 09,2009

1. "Sukiyaki"/ HidaJimbo; 2. "Shinin' Like A Diamond feat. Sphere of Influence & May J."/ ZEEBRA; 3. "HOME" / Shanti.

Episode 9 - Club J-MELO Vol. 8

First Aired: March. 02,2009

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, Nioi Mo Nai" (No Face, No Smell) / RANKIN TAXI; 4. "Jamaica Jijo" (Jamaica Situation) / RANKIN TAXI; 5. "Hitokakera No Chocolate" (One Piece of Chocolate) / RANKIN TAXI; 6. "Ike-ike Chindochu" (Go Go My Way) / RANKIN TAXI; 7. "HELP" / RANKIN TAXI; 8. "Amishatsu Damashii" (Amishatsu Soul) / RANKIN TAXI; 9. "Yorokobi No Uta" (Song of Joy) / RANKIN TAXI.

Episode 8 - E-mail Special

First Aired: February. 23,2009

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. "Aristocra's Symphony" / Versailles; 5. "ONE TIME feat. Issei and Jin Oki" / SoulJa.

Episode 7 - Recommendations and Requests

First Aired: February. 16,2009

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 Mo Towa No Kanashi"(Fleeting and Everlasting Sorrow) / UVERworld.

Episode 6 - J-MELO

First Aired: February. 09,2009

Guests: Lan Ohshiro, Kanon + J-MELO meets Nikkei; 1. "Vincent" / Lan Ohshiro; 2. "Lingering Snow" / Kanon.

Episode 5 - The Second J-MELO Awards

First Aired: February. 02,2009

Guest: Marty Friedman.

Episode 4 - Club J-MELO Vol. 7

First Aired: January. 30,2009

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.

Episode 3 - Recommendations and Requests

First Aired: January. 23,2009

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.

Episode 2 - J-MELO meets Radio Japan

First Aired: January. 16,2009

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"(Lover in the Light Snow) / Kenichi Mikawa.

Episode 1 - J-MELO

First Aired: January. 09,2009

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.