Produce 101 Japan The Girls
Produce 101 Japan The Girls (プロデュース ワンオーワン ジャパン ザ ガールズ; stylized in all caps) is the third season of the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan, the Japanese version of Produce 101. The show brings together 101 contestants with the intention of producing a permanent eleven-member girl group.
| Produce 101 Japan The Girls | |||||
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| Katakana | プロデュース ワンオーワン ジャパン ザ ガールズ | ||||
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| Presented by | Kaela Kimura | ||||
| Judges | |||||
| No. of contestants | 101 | ||||
| Location | Japan | ||||
| Country of origin | Japan | ||||
| No. of episodes | 3 (as of October 19, 2023) | ||||
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| Original release | October 5, 2023 | ||||
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The show premiered on October 5, 2023,[1] and is broadcast on Lemino every Thursday at 21:00 JST (GMT+9).[2] Each episode is rerun on YouTube with English subtitles the following Monday at 21:00 JST (GMT+9).[3] Additionally, the final episode will be aired on TBS.[4]
Promotion and broadcast
On April 20, 2023, it was announced that Produce 101 Japan would be renewed for a third season, this time featuring all female contestants.[5] The show is being produced by NTT Docomo Studio & Live, Inc., a newly-formed joint venture between NTT Docomo and Yoshimoto Kogyo.[6] The show is being exclusively distributed by NTT Docomo's streaming service Lemino,[2] with exception of the final episode, which will also be broadcast by TBS.[4] The episodes are receiving a limited overseas distribution with English subtitles through Produce 101 Japan's official YouTube channel, where they will stay available until a week after their release.[3]
Applications were open from April 24 to May 24, 2023. Any female aspirants aged 15 and up who had no current ties to a talent agency and completed compulsory education were eligible. There were no restrictions regarding nationality or country of residence.[6] Approximately 14,000 candidates applied, more than twice the amount as for the first season.[7] Two rounds of auditions were held for successful applicants from June 3 to June 25, 2023. Individuals who passed the second round were allowed to participate in the show.[6]
On September 2, 2023, this season's theme song "LEAP HIGH" (Japanese: LEAP HIGH〜明日へ、めいっぱい〜, Hepburn: LEAP HIGH～Ashita e、meippai～, lit. 'LEAP HIGH～With all my might to tomorrow～') was released.[8] The following day, the profiles of 96 out of the 101 contestants were revealed.[7] The remaining five trainees had already withdrawn from the program and their identities were not disclosed. On September 26, a press conference was held with the contestants, trainers, National Producer Representative Kaela Kimura, the show's ambassador actress and former singer Nako Yabuki, and MC Moemi Kushiro.[9]
Cast
The show is being presented by singer Kaela Kimura as the National Producer Representative.[10] Actress and former IZ*ONE and HKT48 member Nako Yabuki serves as the show's ambassador.[11]
- Vocal trainers
- Dance trainers
- Rino Nakasone[14]
- Yumeki[15]
- Rap trainer
Contestants
- Color key
| Final members of debut group | |
| Contestants eliminated in the Finale | |
| Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round | |
| Contestants left the show |
| 101 Contestants | ||||
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| Rin Aita (会田 凛) | Yuka Aoki (青木 友香) | Ema Akiyama (秋山 愛) | Nagomi Abe (阿部 和) | Joa Aramaki (荒牧 深愛) |
| Chiharu Ando (安藤 千陽) | Yui Ando (安藤 佑唯) | Shizuku Iida (飯田 栞月) | Ran Ishii (石井 蘭)) | Hana Iyota (井餘田 華) |
| Mimi Ueki (植木 美々) | Rin Uchiyama (内山 凜) | Tsuzumi Ebihara (海老原 鼓) | Rio Oikawa (及川 里桜) | Sara Ota (太田 紗蘭) |
| Karen Otsubo (大坪 楓恋) | Nonoka Okabe (岡部 望々花) | Nana Okamura (岡村 菜那) | Aruha Oda (小田 有葉) | Emi Oyanagi (小栁 絵美) |
| Momona Kasahara (笠原 桃奈) | Rio Kataoka (片岡 陽音) | Airi Kato (加藤 愛梨) | Kagura Kato (加藤 神楽) | Kokoro Kato (加藤 心) |
| Konomi Kato (加藤 好実) | Moe Kamada (鎌田 萌) | Ayano Kamio (神尾 彩乃) | Runa Kawagishi (川岸 瑠那) | Ranka Kawabata (川畑 蘭華) |
| Miyu Kanno (菅野 美優) | Aki Kikukawa (菊川 亜樹) | Rio Kitazato (北里 理桜) | Sakura Kitazume (北爪 さくら) | Riko Kino (木野 稟子) |
| Kano Kurihara (栗原 果乃) | Honoka Kurokawa (黒川 穂香) | Nano Kenmotsu (釼持 菜乃) | Sae Kobayashi (小林 さえ) | Mana Koyama (小山 麻菜) |
| Serina Saito (斉藤 芹菜) | Rino Sakaguchi (坂口 梨乃) | Kotone Sakata (坂田 琴音) | Miu Sakurai (櫻井 美羽) | Haruka Sakuraba (桜庭 遥花) |
| Kokona Sasaki (佐々木 心菜) | Tsukushi Sasaki (佐々木 つくし) | Ameli Sato (佐藤 あめり) | Jueri Sano (佐野 じゅえり) | Arisa Shibagaki (柴垣 有佐) |
| Mei Shibuya (渋谷 芽衣) | Keiko Shimizu (清水 恵子) | Maho Shiromaru (城丸 真歩) | Mika Shinzawa (新澤 実華) | Natsuho Sugai (菅井 夏帆) |
| Rena Suzuki (鈴木 玲名) | Yurara Sutani (須谷 緩) | Sakura Sudo (須藤 紗暮) | Rikako Sekiguchi (関口 理香子) | Mayu Takagi (髙木 舞優) |
| Hina Takahashi (髙橋 妃那) | Momoka Takabatake (髙畠 百加) | Ayane Takami (高見 文寧) | Koto Tanaka (田中 琴) | Hana Tanaka (田中 花) |
| Yuuki Tanaka (田中 優希) | Karin Tanabe (田邊 果凜) | Seia Tani (谷 聖彩) | Nana Tabata (田端 那菜) | Miu Tabuchi (田淵 美優) |
| Kokona Nakano (中野 心結) | Aiko Nakamura (中村 葵) | Riro Nakamura (中村 璃彩) | Kotone Nakamori (中森 琴音) | Mikoto Nakamori (中森 美琴) |
| Honoka Nakayama (中山 穗乃楓) | Mena Hatta (八田 芽奈) | Aiko Hamasaki (濵嵜 愛子) | Fuka Bando (坂東 楓夏) | Hazuki Hidaka (日髙 葉月) |
| Ayaka Fujimoto (藤本 彩花) | Sayaka Furuhashi (古橋 沙也佳) | Ayaka Hosoi (細井 彩加) | Miyu Matsushita (松下 実夢) | Rimika Mizukami (水上 凜巳花) |
| Rinon Murakami (村上 璃杏) | Shion Mogi (茂木 詩音) | Meika Motohashi (本橋 明桜) | Anon Moro (茂呂 空音) | Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 愛咲) |
| Mitsuki Yamasaki (山崎 美月) | Suzu Yamamoto (山本 すず) | Ayano Yoshida (吉田 彩乃) | Hana Yoshida (吉田 花夏) | Mihaya Wakimoto (脇本 美颯) |
| Miyu Watanabe (渡辺 未優) | ||||
Rankings
Top 11
The top 11 contestants are chosen through popularity online voting through the Produce 101 Japan voting page on Lemino's website and audience live voting. Furthermore, National Producers can receive an additional vote per day by downloading the Lemino app. The results were shown at the end of each episode.[17]
| New Top 11[lower-alpha 1] |
| # | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 |
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| 1 | Suzu Yamamoto | Kokoro Kato ( 1) |
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| 2 | Kokoro Kato | Momona Kasahara ( 2) |
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| 3 | Tsuzumi Ebihara | Suzu Yamamoto ( 2) |
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| 4 | Momona Kasahara | Miu Sakurai ( 1) |
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| 5 | Miu Sakurai | Tsuzumi Ebihara ( 2) |
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| 6 | Kokona Sasaki | Kokona Sasaki ( ) |
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| 7 | Ran Ishii | Ran Ishii () |
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| 8 | Rio Kitazato | Nano Kenmotsu ( 6) |
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| 9 | Ayane Takami | Koto Tanaka ( 4) |
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| 10 | Kagura Kato | Ayane Takami ( 1) |
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| 11 | Sakura Kitazume | Rio Kitazato ( 3) |
First voting period
The first voting period has started on October 5, 2023, at 21:00, and will end on October 26 at 23:59. National Producers can vote for eleven girls a day.[18] Eliminations are based on individual total points.
| Rank | Episode 2 (Online votes) |
Episode 3 (Online votes) |
Episode 4 (Audience live votes) | Episode 5 (Total votes) | ||
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| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | |||
| 1 | Suzu Yamamoto | Kokoro Kato | ||||
| 2 | Kokoro Kato | Momona Kasahara | ||||
| 3 | Tsuzumi Ebihara | Suzu Yamamoto | ||||
| 4 | Momona Kasahara | Miu Sakurai | ||||
| 5 | Miu Sakurai | Tsuzumi Ebihara | ||||
| 6 | Kokona Sasaki | Kokona Sasaki | ||||
| 7 | Ran Ishii | Ran Ishii | ||||
| 8 | Rio Kitazato | Nano Kenmotsu | ||||
| 9 | Ayane Takami | Koto Tanaka | ||||
| 10 | Kagura Kato | Ayane Takami | ||||
| 11 | Sakura Kitazume | Rio Kitazato | ||||
- On Episode 4, an additional 3000 points are given to the girls of the winning teams.
- The ranking for Episode 5 is the result of combining the girls' online votes and audience live votes from the previous episode.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | Japan viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "First Meeting of the 101 Trainees & Level Placement Test" Transcription: "Renshūsei 101-nin Hatsukaoawase & Reberu Wake Tesuto" (Japanese: 練習生101人 初顔合わせ & レベル分けテスト) | October 5, 2023 | N/A | |
| The episode begins with the audition teams entering the venue one by one. The contestants then choose the seat with the rank they expect to place and afterward, it is revealed how the other trainees have ranked their skills. Then, the National Representative Kaela Kimura and the trainers enter and the first evaluation round, the "Level Placement Test", begins. Each team has prepared a performance that is judged by the trainers. The contestants are evaluated individually and assigned a grade from A to F accordingly. The episode ends with the "rebloom" team about to perform. | ||||
| 2 | "Level Placement Test & Re-evaluation Test" Transcription: "Reberu Wake Tesuto & Saihyouka Tesuto" (Japanese: レベル分けテスト & 再評価テスト) | October 12, 2023 | N/A | |
| The "Level Placement Test" continues and the final twelve teams perform. After all the contestants have received their grades, they begin training for their next mission: the "Re-evaluation Test". Contestants are grouped together by grade and learn the choreography and lyrics to the theme song "LEAP HIGH" under the trainers' instruction. After practice has ended, each contestant performs the song in front of the trainers, who will then decide whether they will re-assign them a new grade or keep the original one. | ||||
| 3 | "Level Placement Re-evaluation & Group Evaluation" Transcription: "Reberu Wake Saihyouka & Gurūpo Hyouka" (Japanese: レベル分け再評価 & グループ評価) | October 19, 2023 | N/A | |
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Each of the contestants receives a card with their new grade. After opening it, they join their newly assigned class and keep practicing for the theme song stage. Then, everyone from A class gets a chance to audition for the center position and solo parts, and the remaining contestants vote for the trainee they think is most suitable. Additionally, the A class trainees will compete for three solo parts. Suzu Yamamoto, Tsuzumi Ebihara, and Rino Sakaguchi are announced as the winners for the solo parts, while Miu Sakurai and Ran Ishii are announced as the finalists for the center position. Miu Sakurai eventually secures the spot and the theme song stage is recorded with her at the center. Afterwards, the next test is announced: the "Group Battle". The member who gets to choose her team first is selected through a lottery and Ran Ishii is chosen to go first. Once almost all the contestants have joined a team, it's announced that center Miu Sakurai gets to "steal" members of other teams for her own one. This leads to a reshuffle of the teams as slots for "stolen" members have to be filled again. The teams then decide which songs they want to perform for the next evaluation and the stages commence, starting with the first "How You Like That" team. | ||||
Notes
- Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 11 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
References
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External links
- Official website (in Japanese and English)
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