J-MELO: Season 12
Season 12 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 11.
- 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 12 Progress Shield
The 9th J-MELO Awards
Jan 17, 2016 · 28 min
Award for Highest-emailing Country or Territory; Award for Most-Requested Act; Award for Best Singer Search Video; Breakthrough Artist Showcase Award; Your Photos Award; Exclusive
J-MELO in Sapporo
Feb 21, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: DOHATSUTEN, A.F.R.O; DJ's Choice: Kiyonori Mori (AIR-G', Sapporo); Team J-MELO: Masaki Sato (Morning Musume｡'16); Artists: BAKER SHOP BOOGIE, NOISEMAKER, S.P.C..
J-Music Now
Feb 28, 2016 · 28 min
Exclusive Messages: E-girls, Momoiro Clover Z; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Terasaki Haneko Odori (Ishinomaki, Miyagi); "One and Only" Singing and Dancing Contest; Featured Release
Up-and-Coming Acts Special
Mar 13, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Amatsuki, BAND-MAID, fhána; Exclusive comments: Little Glee Monster; Editor's Choice: Yuji Maeda (SHOWROOM CEO); Artists: Shouta Aoi; BUS MASTER; DEEP GIRL; Fear, and Loath
J-Music Now
Mar 27, 2016 · 28 min
SCANDAL's Questions (Part 5); Featured Releases; Guest: Tetsuro Oda; Exclusive message: BABYMETAL; Team J-MELO: SCANDAL, Morning Musume｡'16.
What's J-MELO? Part 1
Apr 10, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Tetsuya Komuro, LiSA; Exclusive message: Rena Matsui and Charan-Po-Rantan; DJ's Choice; Featured Releases; Artists: AISHA, Namie Amuro, globe, Hanae, Hello Sleepwalkers, Hy
What's J-MELO? Part 2
Apr 17, 2016 · 28 min
SXSW Japan Nite; Campus Buzz; J-Standards; "One and Only" Singing and Dancing Contest; Guests: YOSHIKI, Silent Siren, Rei; Artists: Yosui Inoue, D=OUT, Ryoko Moriyama, Takuro Yoshi
J-MELO in Osaka
Apr 24, 2016 · 28 min
Guest: NMB48; DJ's Choice: Shota Shimono (FM OSAKA); Campus Buzz: Kindai University; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kawachi Ondo (Yao, Osaka); Artists: aiko, AYAKA, DREAMS COME TRUE,
Request Special
May 1, 2016 · 28 min
Guest: Sascha (Radio DJ); Artists: AKB48, [Alexandros], Arashi, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Awesome City Club, BABYMETAL, Daichi Miura, FLOW, the GazettE, KAT-TUN, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Mor
J-Music Now
May 15, 2016 · 28 min
J-Music Creators guest: T.M.Revolution; Exclusive message: Dempagumi.inc; Campus Buzz: Keio University; Featured Releases; Team J-MELO: Morning Musume｡'16 (Mizuki Fukumura and Haru
J-MELO in Hiroshima
May 22, 2016 · 28 min
J-Music Creators guest: Hideki Saijo; Guest: MANAMINORISA; DJ's Choice: Shigeki Okubo (hiroshima-fm); Artists: Ayumin, Breeze Sea, FLARE, Miyuu Fujisaki, Yuichi Fujisawa, Irohaniri
J-Music Now
Jun 12, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Amatsuki, BAND-MAID, Tokyo Performance Domo; SCANDAL's Questions Volume 5, Part 1: MCM London Comic Con; Artists: Aimer, Namie Amuro, Sakurako Ohara, back number, THE HOOPE
Girl Pop Special
Jun 19, 2016 · 28 min
Exclusive messages: AKB48 (Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe, and Mion Mukaichi), Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Editors' Choice: Taro Kubo (MUSIC MAGAZINE); SCANDAL's Questions Volume 5, Part 2:
J-Rock Special
Jul 3, 2016 · 28 min
J-Music Creators Guest: Tomoyasu Hotei; Exclusive Message: Versailles Philharmonic Quintet; Editor's Choice: Joe Yokomizo (Rolling Stone Japan); Artists: BRAHMAN, DIAURA, Draft Kin
J-Music Now
Jul 10, 2016 · 28 min
Exclusive Messages: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Tom Smith (JPU Records CEO); DJ's Choice: Teppei Uematsu (Fm yokohama 84.7); Campus Buzz: Meiji University; Artists: A.B.C-Z, AISHA, BABYM
J-Music Now
Aug 14, 2016 · 28 min
Guest: Sumire Uesaka; Exclusive Messages: BEGIN, Crossfaith; Campus Buzz: Sophia University; Editors' Choice: Naoko Takashima (Billboard JAPAN); Featured Releases; Artists: AKB48,
J-MELO 500 Part 1
Aug 21, 2016 · 28 min
Exclusive comment: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Morning Musume｡'16, SCANDAL.
J-MELO 500 Part 2
Aug 28, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Marty Friedman, Tetsuya Komuro, Tsunku♂; Exclusive comments: Eir Aoi, Makoto Ozone, VAMPS; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector.
J-MELO in Akihabara
Sep 4, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Moso Calibration, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo; Artists: AKB48.
J-MELO in San Francisco Part 1
Sep 11, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Silent Siren, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo, WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA, WORLD ORDER; Exclusive comment: LiSA.
J-MELO in San Francisco Part 2
Sep 18, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: GARNiDELiA, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tokyo Performance Doll, Tokyo Performance Domo, YANAKIKU; Artists: BABYMETAL, HATSUNE MIKU, L'Arc-en-Ciel, MAN WITH A MISSION, Morning Musume
J-Music Now
Oct 2, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: DAOKO, livetune+; Anime Festival Asia Indonesia 2016; Featured Releases; Artists: AAA, ARASHI, BATTEN SHOW JO TAI, BUMP OF CHICKEN, Country Girls, Crystal Kay, FlowBack, mi
J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 0 (Launch Party)
Oct 9, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: ASH DA HERO, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, RIZE, VAMPS.
J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 1 (RIZE)
Oct 16, 2016 · 28 min
J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 2 (THE ORAL CIGARETTES)
Oct 23, 2016 · 28 min
J-MELO 500 Live Special: J-Rock Live to the World Part 3 (VAMPS)
Oct 30, 2016 · 28 min
J-MELO around the World
Nov 6, 2016 · 28 min
Guests: Tokyo Performance Domo; Cosplay Mania (Manila); SCANDAL's Questions Vol. 6; DJ's Choice: DJ Mickey Huang in Taipei; Singer Search; Team J-MELO: FLOW, Morning Musume｡'16, SC
J-Music Now
Nov 13, 2016 · 28 min
Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM); PARTY ZOO; Campus Buzz: Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka); DJ's Choice: TOGGY (KBC Radio); "Have Dreams!" Singing Contest; Artists: A9, BA
J-MELO in Okinawa Part 1
Nov 20, 2016 · 28 min
The Sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival; Guests: BEGIN, DIAMANTES, Kariyushi 58, RYUKYUDISKO.
J-MELO in Okinawa Part 2
Nov 27, 2016 · 28 min
The Sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival; Campus Buzz: Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts; Guests: BEGIN, DIAMANTES, Kariyushi 58, RYUKYUDISKO.
J-Music Now
Dec 25, 2016 · 28 min
Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2016; MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON FESTIVAL 2016 in TOKYO; Campus Buzz: Kansai University; Guests: Dempagumi.inc, HOME MADE KAZOKU, Tokyo Performance Domo; Arti