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Produce 101 Japan is a Japanese reality competition show bringing 101 trainees with the intention of producing an 11-member permanent boy band. Premiering on April 8, 2021, the second season is being broadcast on GyaO! every Thursday at 9 pm JST (GMT+9). The show is being streamed on YouTube every Friday at 9 pm JST (GMT+9) with English subtitles available in certain countries.[1]
The series is an official spin-off of the South Korean television series Produce 101 and is a co-production between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M. Weekly highlights are also being aired on TBS.
The top 11 winners debuted under the name INI.[2]
In November 2020, Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M announced they would be co-producing a 2nd Japanese version of the Produce 101 reality competition show with the intention of debuting an 11-member boy band in 2021 for the global music market.[3] [4] The group created from the show would be permanent and would be handled by Lapone Entertainment.[5] Auditions for the show took place from December 4 to Dec 6, 2020, for male Japanese residents aged 15–27 years old who were not tied to any talent agency.[6] [7] On January 30, 2021, all 101 trainees profiles were revealed and Fuma Murata was shown to have withdrawn; the show's theme song, "Let Me Fly" was also revealed.[8] [9] Prior to the show's airing, another contestant, Fujisawa dropped out, totaling two withdrawing and leaving 99 trainees to compete on the show.[10] [11]
The show was presented by Hideyuki Yabe and Takashi Okumura of the comedy duo Ninety-nine, who had previously hosted the Asayan talent competition series in 1999.
See main article: List of Produce 101 Japan (season 2) contestants.
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| Final members of INI | ||
| Contestants eliminated in the Finale | ||
| Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round | ||
| Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round | ||
| Contestants eliminated in the Episode 0 | ||
| Contestants left the show |
| 101 Contestants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaya Kimura (木村 柾哉) | Hiromu Takatsuka (髙塚 大夢) | Shogo Tajima (田島 将吾) | Kyosuke Fujimaki (藤牧 京介) | Takumi Ozaki (尾崎 匠海) | |
| Hiroto Nishi (西 洸人) | Jin Matsuda (松田 迅) | Xu Fengfan (許 豊凡) | Rihito Ikezaki (池﨑 理人) | Yudai Sano (佐野 雄大) | |
| Takeru Goto (後藤 威尊) | Nalu Okubo (大久保 波留) | Daigo Kobayashi (小林 大悟) | Shunsei Ota (太田 駿静) | Syunji Koike (小池 俊司) | |
| Renta Nishijima (西島 蓮汰) | Koshin Terao (寺尾 香信) | Anthonny Iinuma (飯沼 アントニー) | Kaiho Nakano (中野 海帆) | Toma Nakamura (仲村 冬馬) | |
| Kouki Sakamoto (阪本 航紀) | Shinsuke Yotsuya (四谷 真佑) | Kohei Kurita (栗田 航兵) | Shu Kobori (小堀 柊) | Hideaki Sasaoka (笹岡 秀旭) | |
| Yuta Izutsu (井筒 裕太) | Masaki Uchida (内田 正紀) | Mizuki Shinohara (篠原 瑞希) | Hiroaki Morii (森井 洸陽) | Wataru Takahashi (髙橋 航大) | |
| Kenta Muramatsu (村松 健太) | Shoya Fukuda (福田 翔也) | Hikaru Vasayegh (ヴァサイェガ 光) | Ken Hiramoto (平本 健) | Ayuta Fukuda (福田 歩汰) | |
| Ayumu Owada (大和田 歩夢) | Rui Iiyoshi (飯吉 流生) | Masato Ueda (上田 将人) | Yusei Tekoe (テコエ 勇聖) | Akihira Matsumoto (松本 旭平) | |
| Naoki Kose (古瀬 直輝) | Ryoma Kitayama (北山 龍磨) | Ayumu Shinogaya (篠ヶ谷 歩夢) | Takahiro Uehara (上原 貴博) | Norihiko Miyashita (宮下 紀彦) | |
| Haruki Yamamoto (山本 遥貴) | Rick Yasue (安江 律久) | Daisuke Tawada (多和田 大祐) | Tsukasa Sakuma (佐久間 司紗) | Tenki Misasagawa (三佐々川 天輝) | |
| Ibuki Hattori (服部 息吹) | Sera Fujimoto (藤本 世羅) | Ryusuke Kodama (児玉 龍亮) | Raia Edamoto (枝元 雷亜) | Renya Naitou (内藤 廉哉) | |
| Muta Azumi (安積 夢大) | Reiji Fukushima (福島 零士) | Tomoki Nishiyama (西山 知輝) | Hajime Abe (阿部 創) | Yuto Furue (古江 侑豊) | |
| Reo Okada (岡田 玲旺) | Hiroki Kajita (梶田 拓希) | Tomoki Nishiyama (西山 智樹) | Ren Okamoto (岡本 怜) | Haruto Tsuboi (坪井 悠斗) | |
| Katsuhisa Ikemoto (池本 勝久) | Yuki Miura (三浦 由暉) | Daisuke Morisaki (森崎 大祐) | Shogo Kokubu (国分 翔悟) | Kaito Kawamura (川村 海斗) | |
| Kazuma Iwata (岩田 和真) | Shogo Noji (野地 章吾) | Julio Taichiro Shima (島フリオ太一郎) | Raito Sato (佐藤 頼輝) | Sota Hori (堀 蒼太) | |
| Tomoki Fuji (藤 智樹) | Hitoru Hashimoto (橋本 瞳瑠) | Kaito Dozono (堂園 海翔) | Naoki Tsunematsu (恒松 尚輝) | Towa Miyazaki (宮崎 永遠) | |
| Yusuke Tagawa (田川 祐輔) | Syogo Mukoyama (向山 翔悟) | Hiromu Honda (本多 大夢) | Daichi Kato (加藤 大地) | Neo Yoshii (吉井 寧皇) | |
| Haruki Arai (新井 遥紀) | Yuto Shimizu (清水 裕斗) | Yuri Ikeda (池田 悠里) | Shosuke Taka (髙 昇舗) | Yuuto Sakai (酒井 優人) | |
| Haruto Tsurufugi (鶴藤 遥大) | Hideki Yamada (山田 英樹) | Niji Kojima (古島 虹) | Rintaro Orihara (折原 凛太郎) | Tomohiro Nakano (中野 智博) | |
| Shoma Yoshida (吉田 翔馬) | Takumi Fujihara (藤原 拓海) | Kenta Marubayashi (丸林 健太) | Misaki Tomizawa (冨澤 岬樹) | Hibiki Fujisawa (藤沢 響己) | |
| Fuma Murata (村田 風雅) | |||||
The top 11 contestants, which determined the members of the final group, were chosen through popularity online voting at Produce 101 Japan GyaO!s homepage, AR square app, VR square app and audience's live voting. The results were shown at the end of each episode.
For the on:tact, first voting period, viewers were allowed to select 11 trainees per vote. For the second round, the system changed to 2 trainee per vote. For the final round, the system changed to 1 trainee per vote and added live online votes.
| New Top 11 | ||
| Comeback to Top 11 |
| Top 60[12] | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya Kimura | Shogo Tajima (1) | Masaya Kimura (1) | Masaya Kimura | Masaya Kimura | Shogo Tajima (1) | Shogo Tajima | Masaya Kimura (1) |
| 2 | Shogo Tajima | Masaya Kimura (1) | Shogo Tajima (1) | Shogo Tajima | Shogo Tajima | Masaya Kimura (1) | Masaya Kimura | Hiromu Takatsuka (15) |
| 3 | Yudai Sano | Hiroto Nishi (1) | Hiroto Nishi | Kyosuke Fujimaki (1) | Renta Nishijima (3) | Kyosuke Fujimaki (2) | Kyosuke Fujimaki | Shogo Tajima (2) |
| 4 | Hiroto Nishi | Kyosuke Fujimaki (8) | Kyosuke Fujimaki | Hiroto Nishi (1) | Hiroto Nishi | Syunji Koike (6) | Renta Nishijima (2) | Kyosuke Fujimaki (1) |
| 5 | Takeru Goto | Yudai Sano (2) | Takumi Ozaki (1) | Takumi Ozaki | Kyosuke Fujimaki (2) | Hiroto Nishi (1) | Hiroto Nishi | Takumi Ozaki (3) |
| 6 | Shunsei Ota | Takumi Ozaki (8) | Yudai Sano (1) | Renta Nishijima (1) | Daigo Kobayashi (16) | Renta Nishijima (3) | Syunji Koike (2) | Hiroto Nishi (1) |
| 7 | Xu Fengfan | Renta Nishijima (3) | Renta Nishijima | Yudai Sano (1) | Takumi Ozaki (2) | Daigo Kobayashi (1) | Daigo Kobayashi | Jin Matsuda (7) |
| 8 | Hiromu Takatsuka | Nalu Okubo (5) | Nalu Okubo | Hiromu Takatsuka (4) | Yudai Sano (1) | Takumi Ozaki (1) | Takumi Ozaki | Xu Fengfan (11) |
| 9 | Anthonny Iinuma | Takeru Goto (4) | Anthonny Iinuma (2) | Takeru Goto (2) | Hiromu Takatsuka (1) | Kaiho Nakano (14) | Yudai Sano (3) | Rihito Ikezaki (4) |
| 10 | Renta Nishijima | Xu Fengfan (3) | Xu Fengfan | Nalu Okubo (2) | Syunji Koike (16) | Kouki Sakamoto (9) | Shunsei Ota (1) | Yudai Sano (1) |
| 11 | Rihito Ikezaki | Anthonny Iinuma (2) | Takeru Goto (2) | Anthonny Iinuma (2) | Koshin Terao (2) | Shunsei Ota (6) | Takeru Goto (3) | Takeru Goto |
The ON:TACT voting period took place between February 1 at 12 am and February 10 at 11:59 pm (JST).
| Episode 0-1 (Online votes) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya Kimura | |
| 2 | Shogo Tajima | |
| 3 | Yudai Sano | |
| 4 | Hiroto Nishi | |
| 5 | Takeru Goto | |
| 6 | Shunsei Ota | |
| 7 | Xu Fengfan | |
| 8 | Hiromu Takatsuka | |
| 9 | Anthonny Iinuma | |
| 10 | Renta Nishijima | |
| 11 | Rihito Ikezaki |
The first voting period took place between April 8 at 9 am and April 30 at 5 am (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 25,355,977.
| Episode 2 (Online votes) | Episode 3 (Online votes) | Episode 4 (Live votes) | Episode 5 (Total votes) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | ||||
| 1 | Shogo Tajima | Masaya Kimura | Hiromu Takatsuka | 3,108 | Masaya Kimura | 1,476,946 | |
| 2 | Masaya Kimura | Shogo Tajima | Nalu Okubo | 3,078 | Shogo Tajima | 1,402,055 | |
| 3 | Yudai Sano | Hiroto Nishi | Hiroto Nishi | 3,069 | Kyosuke Fujimaki | 1,135,900 | |
| 4 | Hiroto Nishi | Kyosuke Fujimaki | Kaiho Nakano | 3,067 | Hiroto Nishi | 1,128,968 | |
| 5 | Yudai Sano | Takumi Ozaki | Haruki Yamamoto | 3,064 | Takumi Ozaki | 1,087,177 | |
| 6 | Takumi Ozaki | Yudai Sano | Hiroaki Morii | 3,058 | Renta Nishijima | 975,241 | |
| 7 | Renta Nishijima | Renta Nishijima | Mizuki Shinohara | 3,056 | Yudai Sano | 966,407 | |
| 8 | Nalu Okubo | Nalu Okubo | Kenta Muramatsu | 3,045 | Hiromu Takatsuka | 899,044 | |
| 9 | Takeru Goto | Anthonny Iinuma | Tomoki Nishiyama | 3,043 | Takeru Goto | 843,923 | |
| 10 | Xu Fengfan | Xu Fengfan | Jin Matsuda | 3,041 | Nalu Okubo | 829,447 | |
| 11 | Anthonny Iinuma | Takeru Goto | Kyosuke Fujimaki | 3,040 | Anthonny Iinuma | 761,184 | |
The second voting period took place between May 6 at 11 pm and May 28 at 5 am (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 9,285,810.
| Episode 6 (Online votes) | Episode 7 (Live votes) | Episode 7 (Total votes Ep6-7) | Episode 8 (Live votes) | Episode 9 (Total votes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | Name | Votes | ||||
| 1 | Masaya Kimura | Syunji Koike | 110,159 | Shogo Tajima | Shogo Tajima | 100,018 | Shogo Tajima | 738,955 | |
| 2 | Shogo Tajima | Kouki Sakamoto | 110,147 | Masaya Kimura | Syunji Koike | 20,0XX | Masaya Kimura | 711,278 | |
| 3 | Renta Nishijima | Kaiho Nakano | 110,132 | Kyosuke Fujimaki | Renta Nishijima | 20,0XX | Kyosuke Fujimaki | 524,051 | |
| 4 | Hiroto Nishi | Takumi Ozaki | 20,142 | Syunji Koike | Hiroto Nishi | 20,0XX | Renta Nishijima | 457,123 | |
| 5 | Kyosuke Fujimaki | Wataru Takahashi | 10,146 | Hiroto Nishi | Rihito Ikezaki | 20,0XX | Hiroto Nishi | 456,053 | |
| 6 | Daigo Kobayashi | Jin Matsuda | 10,135 | Renta Nishijima | Kaiho Nakano | 20,0XX | Syunji Koike | 377,619 | |
| 7 | Takumi Ozaki | Kyosuke Fujimaki | 10,134 | Daigo Kobayashi | Hideaki Sasaoka | 20,0XX | Daigo Kobayashi | 357,404 | |
| 8 | Yudai Sano | Shogo Tajima | 10,115 | Takumi Ozaki | Masato Ueda | 20,0XX | Takumi Ozaki | 350,768 | |
| 9 | Hiroma Takatsuka | Hiromu Takatsuka | 10,111 | Kaiho Nakano | Yudai Sano | 350,580 | |||
| 10 | Syunji Koike | Masaya Kimura | 144 | Kouki Sakamoto | Shunsei Ota | 345,747 | |||
| 11 | Koshin Terao | Xu Fengfan | 137 | Shunsei Ota | Takeru Goto | 338,013 | |||
| Episode 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Prefecture/Country | Audition Name | ||
| 1 | Masaya Kimura | 380,796 | Aichi | DU Quintet | |
| 2 | Hiromu Takatsuka | 316,127 | Tokyo | Big Dream | |
| 3 | Shogo Tajima | 281,323 | Tokyo | K-Phoenix | |
| 4 | Kyosuke Fujimaki | 276,066 | Nagano | Mogitate Alps | |
| 5 | Takumi Ozaki | 264,254 | Osaka | Prince of Naniwa | |
| 6 | Hiroto Nishi | 259,628 | Kagoshima | Ikinari Smile | |
| 7 | Jin Matsuda | 252,479 | Okinawa | SUPER MENSORE | |
| 8 | Xu Fengfan | 249,237 | China | Team-A | |
| 9 | Rihito Ikezaki | 249,021 | Fukuoka | T-RAP | |
| 10 | Yudai Sano | 243,006 | Osaka | Prince of Naniwa | |
| 11 | Takeru Goto | 239,150 | Osaka | Prince of Naniwa | |
| Network | Title | Broadcasting Dates | Broadcasting Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| GyaO! | Special Episode | March 10, 2021 | Thursday 9-10 pm |
| Episode 0 | April 1, 2021 | Thursday 9-10 pm | |
| Regular Episode | April 8 – June 3, 2021 | Every Thursday 9PM | |
| YouTube | Special Episode with English sub | March 11, 2021 | Friday 9-10 pm |
| Episode 0 with English sub | April 2, 2021 | Friday 9-10 pm | |
| Regular Episode with English sub | April 9 – June 4, 2021 | Every Friday 9PM | |
| TBS[16] | Highlight | April 15 – June 10, 2021 | Every Thursday 1:58 - 2:28 am[17] |
| Live Final | Jun 13, 2021 | Sunday 2:00 - 3:54 pm |
See main article: Produce 101.