Prodigies Pop (Japanese season 1)

The inaugural season of the Japanese music talent show Prodigies Pop premiered on November 18, 2023, courtesy of TBS, the broadcaster behind the original Prodigies series, and takes place at the Cocoon Theatre, the same venue as the original format.
==Semi-Final==
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were filmed from October 13-15 and the semi-final being filmed on October 21 and airing on November 18.
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Age	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Akio (saxophone) 	15 	"The Things We Do for Love"	Eliminated
2 	Singers 	Aya 	16 	"Million Clouds" 	Finalist
3 	Dancers 	Aina 	15 	"Sussudio" 	Finalist
4 	Musicians	Hiroji (drums) 	12 	"Crazy" 	Finalist
5 	Singers 	Bunji 	13 	"Dreamers" 	Eliminated
6 	Dancers 	Futaba 	14 	"The Final Countdown" 	Finalist
7 	Musicians	Ikko (electric guitar)	11 	"Rising Sun" 	Finalist
8 	Singers 	Hisa 	14 	"Big Girls Don't Cry" 	Eliminated
9 	Dancers 	Goro 	11 	"Obscure" 	Eliminated
10 	Musicians	Uta (violin) 	14 	"Wrecking Ball" 	Finalist
11 	Singers 	Meisa 	8 	"Kiss Datte Hidarikiki" 	Finalist
12 	Dancers 	Sachie 	10 	"Love Story" 	Eliminated
13 	Musicians	Yemon (trumpet) 	9 	"Problem" 	Eliminated
14 	Singers 	Keizo 	15 	"I Believe in You and Me" 	Finalist
15 	Dancers 	Yohei 	16 	"You Give Love a Bad Name" 	Finalist
==Live Final==
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from November 19-21, 2023, with the live final commencing on November 25.
The show began with all nine finalists performing "Dynamite".
;First Round
Order	Category 	Contestant 	Song choice 	Result
1 	Musicians	Hiroji (drums) 	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"	Eliminated
2 	Musicians	Ikko (electric guitar)	"Hey Look Ma, I Made It" 	Eliminated
3 	Musicians	Uta (violin) 	"Arcade" 	Super finalist
4 	Singers 	Aya 	"Your Song" 	Super finalist
5 	Singers 	Meisa 	"99 Red Balloons" 	Eliminated
6 	Singers 	Keizo 	"Purple Rain" 	Eliminated
7 	Dancers 	Aina 	"Say So" 	Eliminated
8 	Dancers 	Futaba 	"Lips Are Moving" 	Eliminated
9 	Dancers 	Yohei 	"Blinding Lights" 	Super finalist
;Second Round
Category 	Contestant 	Super final performance 	Place	Public votes(Percentage)
Musicians	Uta (violin)	"Wrecking Ball"</font> 	3 	17%
Singers 	Aya 	"Million Clouds"</font> 	1 	55%
Dancers 	Yohei 	"You Give Love a Bad Name"</font>	2 	28%
==Trivia==
* For Hiroji's performances in the semi-final and season finale, one woman from the choir was given a microphone to sing "Crazy" and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", respectively. This also applied to the tour.
* Only a day after the series premiere commenced, Sachie revealed that she wanted to be voted off, saying she felt like it was "too stressful".
==Contestants' info==
;Musicians
* Akio Asoshina (born September 6, 2008; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Sendai. He started taking saxophone lessons when he was 9 and initially hated it before eventually getting used to playing the saxophone when he was 11.
* Hiroji Bossard (born January 17, 2011; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Montreal but spends his summers in Japan with the exception of 2020 and 2021. Born to a Japanese-British mother and a French-Canadian father, Hiroji grew up speaking three languages: Japanese, English, and French.
* Ikko Fukutomi (born January 28, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Kyoto.
* Uta Gamō (born December 7, 2008; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Osaka.
* Yemon Fujiwara (born May 10, 2014; aged 9 at the time of the show) lives in Maebashi. He started taking trumpet lessons when he was 6, thus discovering his love for jazz music.
;Singers
* Aya Hachisu (born April 15, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Chiba and started singing when she was 5, leading to her passion for pop music. She also dreams of singing a duet with Kelly Clarkson.
* Bunji Gonokami (born September 4, 2010; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Kobe.
* Hisa Futaoka (born May 3, 2009; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
* Meisa Hagiuda (born February 7, 2015; aged 8 at the time of the show) lives in Rifu.
* Keizo Beltrami (born July 6, 2008; aged 15 at the time of the show) has dual citizenship in the United States and Japan. Born to a Japanese mother and an Italian father in Denver and raised in second home Tokyo, Keizo speaks three languages: Japanese, English, and a little Italian.
;Dancers
* Aina Jiāng (born December 30, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Saitama.
* Futaba Fèng (born September 16, 2009; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Ōita.
* Goro Hagio (born May 26, 2012; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Nigata.
* Sachie Hanyu (born February 4, 2013; aged 10 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
* Yohei Fujinuma (born September 15, 2007; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Echizen.
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