J-MELO: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of J-MELO Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
J-Music Now
Jan 5, 2014 · 28 min
Exclusive comment: Tetsuya Karasumaru (BARKS Editor-in-Chief); Artists: AKB48, ARASHI, ayumi hamasaki, coba, Eir Aoi, EXILE, the GazettE, gesu no kiwami otome, Golden Bomber, Hey!
Viewer Special
Jan 12, 2014 · 28 min
Exclusive comments: Haruna Luna, LM.C, TarO&JirO; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; ☆TakuTakahashi; SHOU (Alice Nine); Mizuki Fukumura, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume｡'14)
The Seventh J-MELO Awards
Jan 19, 2014 · 28 min
Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Takamasa Sakurai; ☆Taku Takahashi; SHOU (Alice Nine); Mizuki Fukumura, Riho Sayashi, and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume｡'14).
J-Music Now
Feb 2, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Tomomi Kasai; Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM); Exclusive comments: GUMI; Marty Friedman; Atsushi Shikano (publisher of music magazine MUSICA); Artists: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Ayane, The
Viewer Special
Feb 9, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Fudanjuku; Exclusive comments: LinQ; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Mizuki Fukumura, Haruka Kudo, and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume｡'14); 1. "Colorful Days" / LinQ; 2. "Bitterswee
Club J-MELO: FLOW
Feb 23, 2014 · 28 min
1. "Ai Ai Ai Ni Utarete Bye Bye Bye" (Love Love Love-Struck Bye Bye Bye); 2. "DAYS"; 3. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"; 4. "GO!!!".
J-Music Now
Mar 2, 2014 · 28 min
Exclusive comments: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tomoo Inoue (B.L.T. Editor-in-Chief); Artists: AKB48, Cocco, fade, GEM, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, KAMIJO, KANA-BOON, MAY'S, Me N Ma Girls, Rei Yasu
Visual-kei Special
Mar 9, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Jupiter, D=OUT, DIV; Exclusive comment: SHOU (Alice Nine); Artists: ANTIC CAFE, DIR EN GREY, the GazettE, MEJIBRAY, NIGHTMARE, SCREW, SID, SuG, ViViD; 1. "ZERO ONE" / DIV;
J-MELO on the US East Coast: Part 1
Mar 16, 2014 · 28 min
Special reports at MIT and Columbia University; Guests: Miss Monday; Ian Condry (Associate Professor, MIT); Guest Discoverer: Zeebra; J-Music Creator: Akiko Yano; Artists: AKB48, A
J-MELO on the US East Coast: Part 2
Mar 23, 2014 · 28 min
Special session at Berklee College of Music; Guest: Erena Terakubo; Guest Discoverer: Zeebra; Artists: Cornelius, DJ KAST ONE, DJ LEAD, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Monkey Majik + Yoshida Br
Amazing J-MELO
Apr 6, 2014 · 28 min
J-MELO Live Performances; J-MELO around the World; J-MELO Singer Search Award Winners; J-MELO Artist Autographs; Exclusive comments: SCANDAL; Yoichi Watanabe (photographer); Soun T
J-Music Now
Apr 13, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: DJ misoshiru & MC gohan, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Rina Katahira; Editor's Choice: Takuya Oyama (Natalie editor-in-chief); Artists: BABYMETAL, Bis, BUMP OF CHICKEN, ℃-ute, Chri
We Love Japan
Apr 20, 2014 · 28 min
Exclusive comments: SID, MAN WITH A MISSION; Artists: Alice Nine, Dempagumi.inc, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, L'Arc-en-Ciel, May'n, MUCC, ONE OK ROCK, SCANDAL; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Har
J-Music Now
May 11, 2014 · 28 min
Visual-Kei Committee; Editor's Choice: Osamu Takahashi (MUSIC MAGAZINE editor-in-chief); Billboard hit analysis: Commentary: Seiji Isozaki (Billboard Japan); Exclusive comments: Mo
We Love Japan
May 18, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Isao Tomita, Halko Momoi; Artists: Ayane, Eir Aoi, Kalafina, Kanako Ito, Hatsune Miku; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "LOVE. EXE" / Halko Momoi; 2. "Chumon No Oi Ryoriten" (
What is LOVE? The Number One Hit Created around the World
May 31, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Morning Musume｡'14; Exclusive comments: Tsunku♂; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.
We Love Japan
Jun 1, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: SCANDAL; Exclusive comments: Silent Siren; Yoichi Watanabe (photographer); Artists: Akai Koen, Cyntia, exist†trace, LoVendoЯ, NEGOTO; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue;
J-Music Creators Special
Jun 8, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Tetsuya Komuro, Hiromi Uehara; Exclusive comments: KIMAGUREN; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "EDM TOKYO 2014 feat. KOJI TAMAKI" / Tetsuya Komuro; 2. "ALIVE" / HIROMI THE TRI
J-Music Now
Jun 22, 2014 · 28 min
Guest: Nana Mizuki; Exclusive comments: NAOTO INTI RAYMI; Artists: Karen Aoki, ARASHI, KAMIJO, Kaname Kawabata, LUNA SEA, Mika Nakashima × Miliyah Kato, Rei Yasuda, Rihwa, Shiritsu
Club J-MELO: Otomo Yoshihide
Jul 6, 2014 · 28 min
1. Medley: "modulation-1" and "Lonely Woman” / OTOMO YOSHIHIDE NEW JAZZ TRIO+; 2. "Core Anode" / Core Anode; 3. "Sono Machi No Kodomo" (The Town's Children) / Otomo Yoshihide Sound
J-Music Now
Jul 13, 2014 · 28 min
J-MELO×MTV 81; Guest: Jun Tamukai (video director); Exclusive comment: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Editor's Choice: Koji Dejima ("bounce" editor-in-chief); Team J-MELO: Riho Sayashi and Kan
We Love Japan
Jul 20, 2014 · 28 min
Japan Expo 2014; Guest: Nami Tamaki; Visual-Kei Committee: Yuma Koshino (fashion designer); Exclusive comments: Hisanori Yoshida (Nippon Broadcasting System announcer), Suzuka Asao
We Love Japan
Aug 3, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: ℃-ute; Exclusive comments: FLOW, Perfume; Joe's Japanese Lesson; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue; Artists: DOES, Ikimonogakari, NICO Touches the Walls, Shonan No Kaze;
J-Music Now
Aug 17, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: ITO KANAKO, Daisuke Kawakami, SCANDAL; Exclusive comments: w-inds.; Editor's Choice: Ryosuke Kamba (Reporter, The Asahi Shimbun); Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14: Bunk
We Love Japan
Sep 14, 2014 · 28 min
Guests: Yuma Koshino, Aoi Yamazaki, Umekichi; Exclusive comment: Minami Kizuki; Visual-Kei Committee; Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14; Artists: ASAKUSA JINTA, DIAURA, LoVendoЯ
J-Music Now
Sep 21, 2014 · 28 min
Guest: Yukihiro Takahashi; Exclusive comments: Mayu Watanabe (AKB48), VAMPS; Editor's Choice: Kazunori Okubo (TV Guide editor); Artists: Charan-Po-Rantan, color code, Hey! Say ! JU
J-MELO in Jakarta
Oct 5, 2014 · 28 min
Anime Festival Asia Indonesia 2014; Gelar Jepang: University of Indonesia; Guest: Bisma (SM*SH); Guest discoverer: Yun*chi; Exclusive comments: JKT48, T.M.Revolution; Artists: Eir
Kicking Off Our 10th Year!
Oct 19, 2014 · 28 min
Guest: Hiroyuki Ito (President, Crypton Future Media); THE BIG PARADE 2014; Girls' World with Morning Musume｡'14: Bunka Fashion College; Artists: Angelo, Char, Cocco, CROSSFAITH, G
Club J-MELO Special: Morning Musume｡'14 Live in New York
Nov 9, 2014 · 28 min
1. "One・Two・Three"; 2. "TIKI BUN"; 3. "What is LOVE?"; 4. "Happy Daisakusen" (Operation Happy).
J-Music Now
Nov 16, 2014 · 28 min
JAPAN NIGHT at TIMM (TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MARKET); MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON FESTIVAL 2014; Exclusive comments: [Alexandros], SAKANACTION, VAMPS; Artists: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Czecho
J-MELO in LA
Nov 23, 2014 · 28 min
J-MELO Party in LA; HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014; La Salle High School; Occidental College; UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles); Artists: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Mr. Children, Mornin
J-MELO in Osaka
Dec 7, 2014 · 28 min
Guest Discoverer: RYO the SKYWALKER; Artists: aiko, Ayaka, ENTHRALLS, I Was Born, Inshoha, Johnnys' WEST, KANA-BOON, Kanjani Eight, Kobukuro, NMB48, Kotaro Oshio, Shota Shimizu, Yo
J-Music Now
Dec 14, 2014 · 28 min
Guest: MIKIKO (choreographer); New Song Project Guest: Minami Kizuki; Exclusive comments: SCANDAL; Artists: BABYMETAL, Charan Po Rantan, FLOWER FLOWER, Ken Hirai, JAY'ED, Kis-My-Ft