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.
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.
Background 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. The group created from the show would be permanent and would be handled by Lapone Entertainment. 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. On January 30, 2021, all 101 trainees profiles were revealed and Fuma Murata was shown to have withdrawn; the show's theme song, "Let Me Fly" was also revealed. Prior to the show's airing, another contestant, Fujisawa dropped out, totaling two withdrawing and leaving 99 trainees to compete on the show.
Cast 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.
Vocal trainers
Thelma Aoyama Hidenori Sugai
Dance trainers
Rino Nakasone KENZO (DA PUMP)
Rap trainer
KEN THE 390
Contestants
Elimination chart Colors key Final members of INI Contestants eliminated in the Finale Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round Contestants eliminated in the first elimination roundContestants eliminated in the Episode 0Contestants left the show + 101 ContestantsMasaya 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)
Episodes
Rankings 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 11Comeback to Top 11 #Top 60Ranking before start the show announce in episode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 5Episode 6Episode 7Episode 9Episode 101Masaya KimuraShogo Tajima(1)Masaya Kimura(1)Masaya Kimura()Masaya Kimura()Shogo Tajima(1)Shogo Tajima()Masaya Kimura(1)2Shogo TajimaMasaya Kimura(1)Shogo Tajima(1)Shogo Tajima()Shogo Tajima()Masaya Kimura(1)Masaya Kimura()Hiromu Takatsuka(15)3Yudai SanoHiroto Nishi(1)Hiroto Nishi()Kyosuke Fujimaki(1)Renta Nishijima(3)Kyosuke Fujimaki(2)Kyosuke Fujimaki()Shogo Tajima(2)4Hiroto NishiKyosuke Fujimaki(8)Kyosuke Fujimaki()Hiroto Nishi(1)Hiroto Nishi()Syunji Koike(6)Renta Nishijima(2)Kyosuke Fujimaki(1)5Takeru GotoYudai Sano(2)Takumi Ozaki(1)Takumi Ozaki()Kyosuke Fujimaki(2)Hiroto Nishi(1)Hiroto Nishi()Takumi Ozaki(3)6Shunsei OtaTakumi Ozaki(8)Yudai Sano(1)Renta Nishijima(1)Daigo Kobayashi(16)Renta Nishijima(3)Syunji Koike(2)Hiroto Nishi(1)7Xu FengfanRenta Nishijima(3)Renta Nishijima()Yudai Sano(1)Takumi Ozaki(2)Daigo Kobayashi(1)Daigo Kobayashi()Jin Matsuda(7)8Hiromu TakatsukaNalu Okubo(5)Nalu Okubo()Hiromu Takatsuka(4)Yudai Sano(1)Takumi Ozaki(1)Takumi Ozaki()Xu Fengfan(11)9Anthonny IinumaTakeru Goto(4)Anthonny Iinuma(2)Takeru Goto(2)Hiromu Takatsuka(1)Kaiho Nakano(14)Yudai Sano(3)Rihito Ikezaki(4)10Renta NishijimaXu Fengfan(3)Xu Fengfan()Nalu Okubo(2)Syunji Koike(16)Kouki Sakamoto(9)Shunsei Ota(1)Yudai Sano(1)11Rihito IkezakiAnthonny Iinuma(2)Takeru Goto(2)Anthonny Iinuma(2)Koshin Terao(2)Shunsei Ota(6)Takeru Goto(3)Takeru Goto()
ON:TACT voting period 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)1Masaya Kimura2Shogo Tajima3Yudai Sano4Hiroto Nishi5Takeru Goto6Shunsei Ota7Xu Fengfan8Hiromu Takatsuka9Anthonny Iinuma10Renta Nishijima11Rihito Ikezaki
First voting period 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)NameVotesNameVotes1Shogo Tajima Masaya KimuraHiromu Takatsuka3,108Masaya Kimura1,476,9462Masaya KimuraShogo TajimaNalu Okubo3,078Shogo Tajima1,402,0553Yudai SanoHiroto NishiHiroto Nishi3,069Kyosuke Fujimaki1,135,9004Hiroto NishiKyosuke FujimakiKaiho Nakano3,067Hiroto Nishi1,128,9685Yudai SanoTakumi Ozaki Haruki Yamamoto3,064Takumi Ozaki1,087,1776Takumi OzakiYudai SanoHiroaki Morii3,058Renta Nishijima975,2417Renta NishijimaRenta NishijimaMizuki Shinohara3,056Yudai Sano966,4078Nalu OkuboNalu OkuboKenta Muramatsu3,045Hiromu Takatsuka899,0449Takeru GotoAnthonny IinumaTomoki Nishiyama3,043Takeru Goto843,92310Xu FengfanXu FengfanJin Matsuda3,041Nalu Okubo829,44711Anthonny IinumaTakeru GotoKyosuke Fujimaki3,040Anthonny Iinuma761,184Notes On Episode 4, an additional 3,000 points were given to all the members of the winning groups, which were combined with the votes given by the live audience. The ranking for Episode 5 is the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.
Second voting period 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)NameVotesNameVotesNameVotes1Masaya Kimura Syunji Koike 110,159 Shogo Tajima Shogo Tajima 100,018 Shogo Tajima 738,9552Shogo Tajima Kouki Sakamoto 110,147 Masaya Kimura Syunji Koike 20,0XX Masaya Kimura 711,2783Renta Nishijima Kaiho Nakano 110,132 Kyosuke Fujimaki Renta Nishijima 20,0XX Kyosuke Fujimaki 524,0514Hiroto Nishi Takumi Ozaki 20,142 Syunji Koike Hiroto Nishi 20,0XX Renta Nishijima 457,1235Kyosuke Fujimaki Wataru Takahashi 10,146 Hiroto Nishi Rihito Ikezaki 20,0XX Hiroto Nishi 456,0536Daigo Kobayashi Jin Matsuda 10,135 Renta Nishijima Kaiho Nakano 20,0XX Syunji Koike 377,6197Takumi Ozaki Kyosuke Fujimaki 10,134 Daigo Kobayashi Hideaki Sasaoka 20,0XX Daigo Kobayashi 357,4048Yudai Sano Shogo Tajima 10,115 Takumi Ozaki Masato Ueda 20,0XX Takumi Ozaki 350,7689Hiroma Takatsuka Hiromu Takatsuka 10,111 Kaiho Nakano Yudai Sano 350,58010Syunji Koike Masaya Kimura 144 Kouki Sakamoto Shunsei Ota 345,74711Koshin Terao Xu Fengfan 137 Shunsei Ota Takeru Goto 338,013Notes' On Episode 7, an additional 10,000 votes were given to the winner of each group and an additional 100,000 votes to the winner of each position category. These benefits were doubled for the winners of the HIDDEN category. Position winners also received an interview on regular TV, as well as in Anan and Oricon. On Episode 8, the winning group received a total of 240,000 additional votes: 20,000 votes for every member besides the one who placed first, who instead received 100,000 votes. The ranking for Episode 9 is the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.
Result #Episode 10 Name VotesPrefecture/CountryAudition Name 1 Masaya Kimura380,796AichiDU Quintet 2 Hiromu Takatsuka316,127TokyoBig Dream 3 Shogo Tajima281,323TokyoK-Phoenix 4 Kyosuke Fujimaki276,066NaganoMogitate Alps 5 Takumi Ozaki264,254OsakaPrince of Naniwa 6 Hiroto Nishi259,628KagoshimaIkinari Smile 7 Jin Matsuda252,479OkinawaSUPER MENSORE 8 Xu Fengfan249,237ChinaTeam-A 9 Rihito Ikezaki249,021FukuokaT-RAP 10 Yudai Sano243,006OsakaPrince of Naniwa 11 Takeru Goto239,150OsakaPrince of Naniwa
Discography Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions Sales JPN HotJapan Hot Album: JPN DigOricon Digital Album Chart: 40 Boys 5 Concepts Released: May 28, 2021 Label: Lapone Entertainment Formats: Digital download 71 2 JPN: 2,885
Broadcasting time & Reception Broadcasting time NetworkTitleBroadcasting DatesBroadcasting TimeGyaO!Special EpisodeMarch 10, 2021Thursday 9-10 pmEpisode 0April 1, 2021Thursday 9-10 pmRegular EpisodeApril 8 – June 3, 2021Every Thursday 9PM YouTubeSpecial Episode with English subMarch 11, 2021Friday 9-10 pmEpisode 0 with English subApril 2, 2021Friday 9-10 pmRegular Episode with English subApril 9 – June 4, 2021Every Friday 9PM TBSHighlightApril 15 – June 10, 2021Every Thursday 1:58 - 2:28 amThe episode scheduled for April 22, 2021 aired 30 minutes lateLive FinalJun 13, 2021Sunday 2:00 - 3:54 pm
Ratings on TBS TitleOriginal broadcast dateTimeslot (JST)RatingsAverage households audience share (Kanto)Average individual audience share (Kanto)Live FinalJune 13, 20212:00 - 3:54 pm3.8%2.0%
Aftermath INI released their debut Maxi single "A" which featured the promotional singles "Rocketeer" and "Brighter" on November 3, 2021. Some trainees formed/joined groups: Ota Shunsei (14th), Kaiho Nakano (19th), Toma Nakamura (20th), Yotsuya Shinsuke (22nd), Kohei Kurita (23rd), Shu Kobori (24th), Wataru Takahashi (30th), and Kose Naoki (17th on Episode 5 but left due to COVID-19 diagnosis) signed with Yoshimoto Kogyo and debuted in boy group Octpath on February 9, 2022. Renta Nishijima (16th) was announced as an additional member on November 19, 2023. Toma left the group on August 7, 2023 for the reason of his adjustment disorder. Daisuke Morisaki (68th) signed with Keystone Entertainment and debuted in boy group BLANK2Y under stage name Mikey on May 24, 2022.