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 (8)
E5
5. Morning Musume. - Koi no Dance Site
Aired 3 February 2000
20mins
E12
12. Morning Musume. - Koi no Dance Site (2nd Appearance) / Hello! Project 2000 Shuffle Units: Kiiro 5 - Kiiroi Osora de BOOM BOOM BOOM / Aoiro 7 - Aoi Sportscar no Otoko / Akagumi 4 - Akai Nikkichou
Aired 30 March 2000
30mins
E16
16. Morning Musume. - Koi no Dance Site (3rd Appearance) / T&C Bomber - Don't Stop Renaichuu (Performance only)
Aired 27 April 2000
36mins
E21
21. Morning Musume. - Happy Summer Wedding
Aired 1 June 2000
6mins
E22
22. Morning Musume. - Happy Summer Wedding (4th-Gen Introductions & 2nd Appearance)
Aired 15 June 2000
53mins
E27
27. Tanpopo - Otome Pasta ni Kandou
Aired 20 July 2000
24mins
E29
29. Nakazawa Yuko - Shanghai no Kaze
Aired 3 August 2000
12mins
E37
37. Morning Musume. - I WISH
Aired 5 October 2000
69mins