Utacon

Utacon
	Official logo from the program
Also known as	Song Concert (NHK World Premium)
Genre	Music
Presented by	Shōsuke Tanihara; Chieko Katayama
Starring	music concerto (Live music)
Composer(s)	Takahiro Kaneko (Music director)
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	157 (as of April 14, 2020)
Production
Running time	46 Minutes (Normal Time); 73 Minutes (Specials)
Production company(s)	NHK Enterprises
Release
Original network	NHK General Television; NHK World Premium; TV Japan (North America); Syndication (United States)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original release	April 12, 2016 –; present
Chronology
Preceded by	NHK Kayou Concert (1993-2016); Music Japan (2007-2016)
External links
	Website

Utacon (うたコン) is a Japanese weekly music show produced by NHK, airing on Tuesdays at 19:30 JST from April 12, 2016. The show replaces NHK Kayou Concert and Music Japan.

About the Show

Utacon presents a range of music artists from Enka and J-Pop at NHK Hall in Tokyo every week, to continue in the spirit of NHK Kayou Concert (which ended on March 15, 2016) as well Music Japan (which ended on April 4, 2016. at 01:30 JST). It also airs worldwide, through NHK World Premium at 10:30 UTC, broadcast at the same time as the show's appearance on NHK-G).

To target all audiences, including traditional 60's-70's music (which was the viewing target of the now-defunct "Kayou Concert") NHK aims at the so-called "rejuvenation" of the performers, singers and music, together with the "Enka popular song" and "J-pop" styles. The program aims to become the "center of the Japanese music scene". Utacon also incorporates a relay from around Japan, making the music show a unique live experience. As was the case with "NHK Kayou Concert", the program is usually performed in front of a live audience at NHK Hall in Tokyo, but on last week each month it is performed live from NHK Osaka Hall.

The program is typically 45 minutes in length, but the premiere episode was 73 minutes long, and featured Ikimonogakari, Tatsuya Ishii, Sayuri Ishikawa, Yukino Ichikawa, Midori Oka, AKB48, Chris Hart, Saburo Kitajima, Ayaka Hirakawa, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Akira Fuse, Keisuke Yamauchi, Il Divo and Sumire.

Starting from April 2019, the show will air every tuesday at 19:57 JST, with variety show "Sarameshi" preceding Utacon.

Staff

Presenters

Shōsuke Tanihara
Naoko Hashimoto (NHK Announcer, 2016 – 2017)
Tomoko Kogō (NHK Announcer, 2017 – 2019)
Chieko Katayama (NHK Announcer, 2019 – present)

Production Company

NHK Enterprises

Live Orchestra

music concerto

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