Episode 0 (season 2)

**Episode 0** (練習生60名決定！レギュラー配信事前予習SP; *The 60 trainees have been decided! Pre-regular broadcast preparation Special*) is the zeroth episode of the second season of *Produce 101 Japan*. In Japan, the episode was distributed by GyaO! on April 1, 2021. It was broadcast internationally with English subtitles on YouTube a day later.

## Official Description

Right before the first broadcast! The 60 trainees have finally been decided! Which trainees were chosen by the national producers based on the ON:TACT ability evaluation?

## Summary

The results of the pre-show voting phase are revealed and the trainees ranked 61-99 are eliminated. Rank 100 and 101, Fujisawa Hibiki and Murata Fuma respectively, withdrew prior to the show for personal reasons. Furthermore, all trainees have voted for their Top 3 contestants in five different categories: visual, fashion, dance, rap, and vocal. The trainees that voted for the winners of their category also get the chance to comment on their choice. Additionally, contestants choose which other trainees they'd like to meet based on their ON:TACT content and pre-show interactions.

The winners of the visual category are Sano Yudai, Ota Shunsei, and Morii Hiroaki; the fashion category is topped by Nishi Hiroto, Ikezaki Rihito, and Goto Takeru; the rap category by Tajima Shogo, Nakano Kaiho, and Nishijima Renta; the vocal category by Fujimaki Kyosuke, Iinuma Anthonny, and Takatsuka Hiromu; and finally, the dance category by Nishi Hiroto, Tajima Shogo, and Kimura Masaya. The number one contestant in the dance category, Nishi Hiroto, also gives a honorable mention to Fukuda Shoya, whom he personally perceives as the best dancer among the trainees.

The trainees also talk about which other contestants they'd like to meet and show what they're taking to the training camp with them.

## Rankings

### Overall

 1
 2
 3

### By Category

* Dance
* Vocal
* Rap
* Fashion
* Visual

* Nakamura Toma
* Yamamoto Haruki
* Okubo Nalu
* Shinogaya Ayumu
* Morii Hiroaki
* Kurita Kohei
* Xu Fengfan
 2
* Terao Koshin
* *Dozono Kaito*
* Ikezaki Rihito
* Ueda Masato
 3
* Tekoe Yusei
* Yamamoto Haruki
* Edamoto Raia
* Naitou Renya

*Trainees that had already been eliminated by the time of the broadcast are italicized.*

The honorable mention by the winner of the dance category, Nishi Hiroto, was Fukuda Shoya.

* Kose Naoki
* Nishiyama Tomoki (1998)
* Sasaoka Hideaki
* Kurita Kohei
* Uchida Masaki
* Fujimoto Sera
* Fukuda Shoya
 2
* *Yoshii Neo*
* Ozaki Takumi
* Xu Fengfan
* Edamoto Raia
* Tekoe Yusei
 3
* Tajima Shogo
* Fujimaki Kyosuke
* Yotsuya Shinsuke

*Trainees that had already been eliminated by the time of the broadcast are italicized.*

* Takahashi Wataru
* Kobori Shu
 2
* Takatsuka Hiromu
* Azumi Muta
* Kimura Masaya
 3
* Fukushima Reiji
* Xu Fengfan
* Okubo Nalu

* Fukuda Shoya
* Uchida Masaki
* Misasagawa Tenki
* Kurita Kohei
* Izutsu Yuta
* Ueda Masato
* Morii Hiroaki
* Fujimaki Kyosuke
 2
* Yasue Rick
* Matsumoto Akihira
* Kimura Masaya
 3
* Kose Naoki
* Takatsuka Hiromu
* Miyashita Norihiko

* Koike Syunji
* Fujimaki Kyosuke
* Misasagawa Tenki
 2
* Yamamoto Haruki
* Ikezaki Rihito
* Fuijmoto Sera
 3
* Uchida Masaki
* Ueda Masato
* Naitou Renya

## Commentary

This table lists trainees that were popularly mentioned when asked which trainee you'd like to talk with. The nominated trainees were further divided into personality types.

 Tekoe Yusei
* Owada Ayumu
* Kimura Masaya
* Kobori Shu
 Cute
 Unique
* Kobayashi Daigo

## Eliminations

Before the show began, the national producers were allowed to vote for their top 60 trainees based on their ON:TACT ability assessment content. Subsequently, trainees ranked 61st and below were eliminated via Zoom call during this episode. Murata Fuma and Fujisawa Hibiki left the show before the first eliminations.

* 61. Okada Reo (岡田 玲旺)
* 62. Kajita Hiroki (梶田 拓希)
* 63. Nishiyama Tomoki (西山 智樹)
* 64. Okamoto Ren (岡本 怜)
* 65. Tsuboi Haruto (坪井 悠斗)
* 66. Ikemoto Katsuhisa (池本 勝久)
* 67. Miura Yuki (三浦 由暉)
* 68. Morisaki Daisuke (森崎 大祐)
* 69. Kokubu Shogo (国分 翔悟)
* 70. Kawamura Kaito (川村 海斗)
* 71. Iwata Kazuma (岩田 和真)
* 72. Noji Shogo (野地 章吾)
* 73. Shima Julio Taichiro (島フリオ太一郎)
* 74. Sato Raito (佐藤 頼輝)
* 75. Hori Sota (堀 蒼太)
* 76. Fuji Tomoki (藤 智樹)
* 77. Hashimoto Hitoru (橋本 瞳瑠)
* 78. Dozono Kaito (堂園 海翔)
* 79. Tsunematsu Naoki (恒松 尚輝)
* 80. Miyazaki Towa (宮崎 永遠)
* 81. Tagawa Yusuke (田川 祐輔)
* 82. Mukoyama Syogo (向山 翔悟)
* 83. Honda Hiromu (本多 大夢)
* 84. Kato Daichi (加藤 大地)
* 85. Yoshii Neo (吉井 寧皇)
* 86. Arai Haruki (新井 遥紀)
* 87. Shimizu Yuto (清水 裕斗)
* 88. Ikeda Yuri (池田 悠里)
* 89. Taka Shosuke (髙 昇舗)
* 90. Sakai Yuuto (酒井 優人)
* 91. Tsurufuji Haruto (鶴藤 遥大)
* 92. Yamada Hideki (山田 英樹)
* 93. Kojima Niji (古島 虹)
* 94. Orihara Rintaro (折原 凜太郎)
* 95. Nakano Tomohiro (中野 智博)
* 96. Yoshida Shoma (吉田 翔馬)
* 97. Fujihara Takumi (藤原 拓海)
* 98. Marubayashi Kenta (丸林 健太)
* 99. Tomizawa Misaki (冨澤 岬樹)
* 100. Fujisawa Hibiki (藤沢 響己)
* 101. Murata Fuma (村田 風雅)

## References

1. ↑ Official description of Episode 0 on GyaO!