■BE:FIRST covers “I Love You,” the theme song for “Fly Up!”, and DISH// covers “A Bouquet for You,” the theme song for “Toto Nee-chan.”
“Utacon” will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 7:57pm on September 17th. On this day, famous songs related to the NHK morning drama series will be featured.
■ List of performers and songs
Ken Matsudaira and volunteer performers “Matsuken Samba II”
DISH// “A Bouquet for You” (Utada Hikaru)
BE:FIRST “I Love You” (back number)
Risa Junna “Piano”
AI “Aldebaran”
Superfly – “Charade”
BE:FIRST – “Blissful”
Yoko Nagayama “Shirakami Mountains”
DISH// “Plan A”
AI “Story”
Matsudaira Ken will appear in “Omusubi”, his first “morning drama” appearance in his 50 years in show business. He will perform “Matsuken Samba II” with the other singers.
In the corner where artists related to “Asadora” cover theme songs, DISH//, whose leader is Kitamura Takumi, who appears in “Anpan”, will cover the theme song of “Toto Neechan” and Utada Hikaru’s “Hanataba wo Kimi ni”, while BE:FIRST, whose member is Miyama Ryoki (RYOKI), who appears in “Tora ni Tsubasa”, will cover the theme song of “Maiagare!” and back number’s “I Love You”. Junna Risa, the heroine of “Piano”, which was broadcast in 1994, will appear and perform the theme song “Piano” sung by the heroine herself for the first time. In addition, AI will perform the theme song “Aldebaran” of “Come Come Everybody”.
In the second half of the show, Superfly will be performing her latest hit song. Be sure to check out the highlights of “Utacon.”
Program Information
NHK General TV“Utacon”
09/17 (Tue) 19:57-20:42
*NHK Plus will stream programs simultaneously on the internet and catch-up programs (1 week after broadcast)
Hosted by Shosuke Tanihara and announcer Nonohana Akagi
Cast: AI, Junna Risa, Superfly, DISH//, Yoko Nagayama, BE:FIRST, Ken Matsudaira *In alphabetical order
“Utacon” program site
https://www.nhk.jp/p/utacon/ts/1J9MXY5QX2/
