Prodigies (Japanese season 2)

The second season of the Japanese classical music talent show Prodigies aired on TBS in May 2022 and took place at the Cocoon Theatre.
==Semi-Final==
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 18-20, 2022, with the semi-final being filmed on March 25 and airing on May 7.
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Age	Composition/Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Airi (violin) 	15 	"Perfect" 	Finalist
2 	Singers 	Honami 	12 	"Over the Rainbow" 	Finalist
3 	Dancers 	Chōbyō 	14 	"The Medallion Calls" 	Finalist
4 	Musicians	Daizō (flute) 	13 	"Tenement Symphony" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Hiroji 	11 	"Panis Angelicus" 	Eliminated
6 	Dancers 	Hidemaro 	15 	"Hedwig's Theme" 	Eliminated
7 	Musicians	Ginji (piano) 	16 	"Fantaisie-Impromptu" 	Finalist
8 	Singers 	Kon 	16 	"Nell tue mani" 	Finalist
9 	Dancers 	Sana 	12 	"Zombie" 	Finalist
10 	Musicians	Ichigo (clarinet)	11 	"Ombra mai fu" 	Finalist
11 	Singers 	Seira 	15 	"Casta Diva" 	Finalist
12 	Dancers 	Sarina 	11 	"Chants d'Espagne" 	Finalist
13 	Musicians	Tomoka (violin) 	8 	"Violin Concerto" 	Eliminated
14 	Singers 	Yukina 	13 	"L'ho perduta, me meschina"	Eliminated
15 	Dancers 	Yuuna 	9 	"Waltz #2" 	Eliminated
==Live Final==
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from May 8-10, 2022, with the live final commencing on May 14.
The show began with all nine finalists performing "Imagine".
;First Round
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Composition/Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Airi (violin) 	"Summertime" 	Super finalist
2 	Musicians	Ginji (piano) 	"La Campanella" 	Eliminated
3 	Musicians	Ichigo (clarinet)	"Danse Klezmer" 	Eliminated
4 	Singers 	Honami 	"Think of Me" 	Eliminated
5 	Singers 	Kon 	"Toreador Song" 	Super finalist
6 	Singers 	Seira 	"Les oiseaux dans la charmille"	Eliminated
7 	Dancers 	Chōbyō 	"William Tell Overture" 	Eliminated
8 	Dancers 	Sana 	"My Way" 	Super finalist
9 	Dancers 	Sarina 	"Shallow" 	Eliminated
;Second Round
Category 	Contestant	Super final performance	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Airi 	"Perfect" 	1 	37%
Singers 	Kon 	"Nell tue mani" 	2 	32%
Dancers 	Sana 	"Zombie" 	3 	31%
==Trivia==
* Kon is disabled and handicapped, unable to walk properly, thus being in a wheelchair pushed by his sister Marika.
* For Seira's performance in the season finale, one man from the choir was given a giant "key" to turn on Seira's back several times to get her to stand up, as is common with other performances of "Les oiseaux dans la charmille".
* Only a day after the semi-final aired, Yukina revealed that she wanted to be voted off, saying the show was too stressful.
==Contestants' info==
;Musicians
* Airi Horigome (born February 25, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Yokohama and has taken violin lessons since the age of 7, for which she initially hated it. Her Dailymotion channel is devoted to her performing violin covers of pop ballads and show tunes.
* Daizō Suzuoki (born October 4, 2008; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Oita and started taking flute lessons when he was 8.
* Ginji Sono (born January 12, 2006; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Fukui.
* Ichigo Tabei (born December 2, 2010; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Tokyo and started playing the clarinet when she was 9.
* Tomoka Tsuchie (born July 16, 2013; aged 8 at the time of the show) lives in Osaka and started playing the violin when she was 6.
;Singers
* Honami Toyokawa (born September 12, 2009; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Ginowan and mainly sings pop songs, but for the classical spectrum, she prefers crossover favorites.
* Hiroji Tetsuto (born December 1, 2010; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Fuji.
* Kon Mochizuki (born November 7, 2005; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
* Seira Nakabayashi (born December 17, 2006; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives on a busy Nagano street and sings multiple genres.
* Yukina Nanbu (born February 5, 2009; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Okayama.
;Dancers
* Chōbyō Motoyoshi (born July 10, 2007; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Kyoto.
* Hidemaro Mukōda (born February 2, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Kagoshima and can't remember when he started dancing.
* Sana Inomata (born January 30, 2010; aged 12 at the time of the show) Maebashi.
* Sarina Nakasato (born February 13, 2011; aged 11 at the time of the show) was born in Montreal and raised in Sapporo.
* Yuuna Nishijima (born July 4, 2012; aged 9 at the time of the show) lives in Chiba.
==See also==
* Prodigies (Japanese season 1)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 3)
* Prodigies (Japanese season 4)
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