About this season
Utaban was a long-running 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 "uta bangumi", meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally aired under the name Tokuban, an abbreviation of "tokubetsu bangumi", meaning "special program". The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.
Episodes (11)
2. Morning Musume. - Daite HOLD ON ME! / Tanpopo - Last Kiss
Aired 12 January 1999
39mins
7. Morning Musume. - Memory Seishun no Hikari
Aired 16 February 1999
26mins
12. Morning Musume. - Memory Seishun no Hikari (2nd Appearance)
Aired 23 March 1999
18mins
21. Morning Musume. - Manatsu no Kousen
Aired 27 May 1999
28mins
26. Tanpopo - Tanpopo
Aired 24 June 1999
16mins
29. Morning Musume. - Furusato
Aired 15 July 1999
35mins
31. Taiyo to Ciscomoon - Uchuu de La Ta Ta
Aired 29 July 1999
17mins
37. Morning Musume. - LOVE Machine
Aired 9 September 1999
23mins
40. Morning Musume. - LOVE Machine (2nd Appearance), Memory Seishun no Hikari by Johnson (Iida Kaori solo) / Taiyo to Ciscomoon - Magic of Love
Aired 30 September 1999
30mins
43. Tanpopo - Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
Aired 21 October 1999
21mins
52. Morning Musume. - LOVE Machine (3rd Appearance)
Aired 23 December 1999
24mins