About this season
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.
Episodes (18)
1. J-MELO in Kobe: Songs from a Quake-Hit City
Aired 5 January 2020 • 28 min
Guests: Takashi Nakagawa (SOUL FLOWER UNION); Kozak Maeda (GaGaGa SP).
2. J-MELO in Kobe: SCANDAL and Frederic
Aired 12 January 2020 • 28 min
3. Morning Musume｡'20 and SCANDAL
Aired 2 February 2020 • 28 min
4. BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE, Leo Ieiri, and SKE48
Aired 9 February 2020 • 29 min
5. MONKEY MAJIK
Aired 1 March 2020 • 28 min
6. Seiko Oomori and flumpool
Aired 8 March 2020 • 28 min
7. Ayaka Hirahara and Win Morisaki
Aired 5 April 2020 • 28 min
The TV drama theme from Myanmar "MOSHIMO" is spotlighted. Duetting are Ayaka Hirahara, who wrote it, and Win Morisaki, who also appears in the drama.
8. AK-69 and coba
Aired 12 April 2020 • 28 min
9. Sasaki Ayaka and Bullet Train
Aired 5 July 2020 • 28 min
10. ANGERME, Miyamoto Karin, and Kiyono Momohime
Aired 9 August 2020 • 28 min
11. Moriguchi Hiroko and SILENT SIREN
Aired 16 August 2020 • 28 min
12. Frederic and Tsubaki Factory
Aired 13 September 2020 • 28 min
13. Mizuki Nana, Hirai Miyo, and Nojima Kano
Aired 4 October 2020 • 28 min
14. WAGAKKIBAND and BOYS AND MEN
Aired 11 October 2020 • 28 min
15. Marty Friedman, Funaki Musubu, Kitagawa Rio, and Matsuo Takashi
Aired 1 November 2020 • 28 min
16. FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE and SUPER★DRAGON
Aired 15 November 2020 • 28 min
17. Miyano Mamoru and JO1
Aired 6 December 2020 • 28 min
18. Sakamoto Fuyumi, Morning Musume｡'20, and Bullet Train
Aired 13 December 2020 • 28 min