Utacon

Utacon (うたコン) is a Japanese weekly music show produced by NHK, airing on Tuesdays at 19:30 JST from April 12, 2016. The show replaces NHK Kayou Concert and Music Japan.

Utacon
Official logo from the program
Also known asSong Concert (NHK World Premium)
GenreMusic
Presented byShōsuke Tanihara
Nonoka Akaki
Starringmusic concerto (Live music)
ComposerTakahiro Kaneko (Music director)
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes157 (as of April 14, 2020)
Production
Running time46 Minutes (Normal Time)
73 Minutes (Specials)
Production companyNHK Enterprises
Release
Original networkNHK General Television
NHK World Premium
TV Japan (North America)
Syndication (United States)
Picture format1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original releaseApril 12, 2016 (2016-04-12) 
present
Chronology
Preceded byNHK Kayou Concert (1993-2016)
Music Japan (2007-2016)
External links
Website

About the Show

Utacon presents a range of music artists from Enka and J-Pop at NHK Hall in Tokyo every week, to continue in the spirit of NHK Kayou Concert (which ended on March 15, 2016) as well Music Japan (which ended on April 4, 2016. at 01:30 JST). It also airs worldwide, through NHK World Premium at 10:30 UTC, broadcast at the same time as the show's appearance on NHK-G).

To target all audiences, including traditional 60's-70's music (which was the viewing target of the now-defunct "Kayou Concert") NHK aims at the so-called "rejuvenation" of the performers, singers and music, together with the "Enka popular song" and "J-pop" styles. The program aims to become the "center of the Japanese music scene". Utacon also incorporates a relay from around Japan, making the music show a unique live experience. As was the case with "NHK Kayou Concert", the program is usually performed in front of a live audience at NHK Hall in Tokyo, but on last week each month it is performed live from NHK Osaka Hall.

The program is typically 45 minutes in length, but the premiere episode was 73 minutes long, and featured Ikimonogakari, Tatsuya Ishii, Sayuri Ishikawa, Yukino Ichikawa, Midori Oka, AKB48, Chris Hart, Saburo Kitajima, Ayaka Hirakawa, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Akira Fuse, Keisuke Yamauchi, Il Divo and Sumire.

Starting from April 2019, the show will air every tuesday at 19:57 JST, with variety show "Sarameshi" preceding Utacon.

Staff

Presenters
  • Shōsuke Tanihara
  • Naoko Hashimoto (NHK Announcer, 2016 – 2017)
  • Tomoko Kogō (NHK Announcer, 2017 – 2019)
  • Chieko Katayama (NHK Announcer, 2019 – 2020)
  • Nonoka Akaki (NHK Announcer, 2020 – present)
Production Company
  • NHK Enterprises
Live Orchestra
  • music concerto
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