Season 19
(2023)
Cast
Episodes
OxT and Hayami Saori 0.0
February 6, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: digital rock duo OxT and singer (and voice actor) Hayami Saori. Both a…
Nagie Lane and Nakajima Takui 0.0
February 13, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: six-piece a cappella group Nagie Lane, who blend city pop and dance music; a…
wasuta and LOVEBITES 0.0
March 6, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, wasuta (a four-member idol group requested by viewers outside Japan) a…
STU48 and YABIxYABI 0.0
March 13, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, STU48 (a Setouchi-based idol group formed six years ago) and YABIxYABI (a tw…
Mashiko Tatsuro and EBiDAN 0.0
April 10, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Mashiko Tatsuro (a singer-songwriter who made his songwriting debut 21 years…
GALNERYUS and Terashima Yufu 0.0
April 17, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, Terashima Yufu (a solo idol since 2013) and five-piece metal band GALN…
Masa Takumi and MANOA 0.0
May 8, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Masa Takumi is performing two pieces from an album that won a Grammy this ye…
Mayumura Chiaki and Tielle 0.0
May 15, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week: Mayumura Chiaki (an idol who sings with her guitar and self-made backi…
ASTERISM and KIM SUNGJE 0.0
June 5, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: three-piece band ASTERISM, who are creating a buzz with metal covers of anis…
THE SUPER FRUIT and LEGO BIG MORL 0.0
June 12, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: seven-piece boy band THE SUPER FRUIT, who win fans on social media; and thre…
MAZZEL and ukka 0.0
July 3, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: dance-vocal group MAZZEL, who had over six million views for a music video b…
Ishikawa Kurena 0.0
July 10, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: bassist-vocalist Ishikawa Kurena (a rising jazz star discovered by renowned …
THE 50KAITENZ and Murakami Keisuke 0.0
August 7, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week, Osaka-based three-piece rock band THE 50KAITENZ (together for 19 years) and …
FRUITS ZIPPER and Gakugeidai Junes 0.0
August 14, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: FRUITS ZIPPER (an idol group with 800 million social media video views) and …
Aida Rikako and NINGEN ISU 0.0
October 2, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, artist and voice actress Aida Rikako and internationally popular rock …
hockrockb and Tokyo Rikisha 0.0
October 9, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! This week, hockrockb (a hot young rock band) and Tokyo Rikisha (a group who also …
Psycho le Cému and Miyamoto Karin 0.0
November 6, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: 5-piece rock band Psycho le Cému (together for 24 years) and super-expressiv…
meme tokyo. and Kizuki Minami 0.0
November 13, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: meme tokyo. (a six-member girl group who made their major-label debut in 202…
WENDY and natuecoco 0.0
December 4, 2023
Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: young rock band WENDY (together since 2020) and virtual creator natuecoco (p…
Qujila Yoluno Machi and Keichan 0.0
December 11, 2023
Join May J. for great Japanese music! On the show this week: Qujila Yoluno Machi (a band that creates fantasies) and vi…