Japanese YouTube channel
The First Take
YouTube informationChannel Years active 2019–present Genre Music Subscribers 11.4 million Views 6.1 billion Last updated: October 22, 2025Website www
The First Take THE F1RST TAKE YouTube channel that invites singers to perform a song recorded inone take in a white studio.The First Take is a trademark ofSony Music Entertainment Japan .[ 1]
The main concept of the channel is its simple presentation without any foreign element other than the high resolution camera and good audio quality to deliver the music's qualities to the viewers.[ 2] The First Take are filmed in a studio, alternating betweenmedium andclose-up shots of only the performing singer and a microphone, set to a background that is usually white. The footage is recorded in4K resolution with high quality audio.[ 3] [ 4] The Japan Times The First Take's success demonstrates a shift in musical preferences in the public, suggesting that "slick, manicured pop is out and authenticity — or at least the veneer of authenticity — is in."[ 5]
On November 15, 2019, the channel published its first video featuring "Narratage" byAdieu .[ 5] Lisa 's performance of "Gurenge " went viral and gained more views than the song's originalmusic video , and is credited with popularizing the channel.[ 6] digitally ; notably,Dish// 's performance of "Neko" peaked at 11th on theBillboard Japan Hot 100[ 7] [ 8] Dish// , "Dry Flower" byYuuri , "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born " byCreepy Nuts , and "Yoru ni Kakeru ", "Gunjō " byYoasobi .[ 3]
As a response to astate of emergency due to theCOVID-19 pandemic , several videos in 2020 were filmed inside the singer's home/private studio and titled "The Home Take".[ 4] Stray Kids performed "Slump " (Japanese version) on the channel, becoming the first foreign and Korean artists to appear, and was the first video to be shot remotely.[ 9] Mixtape: Oh " in October 2021, marking the first non-Japanese song to perform on the channel.[ 10]
In February 2022, singer-songwriterAi performed her song "Aldebaran ", becoming the first solo American artist to appear on the channel.[ 11] Pentatonix in January 2021.[ 12] Sesame Street Elmo ,Julia , andCookie Monster , who performed "Ue o Muite Aruko " withHinatazaka46 membersShiho Katō , Hinano Kamimura, and Mikuni Takahashi.[ 13] Harry Styles appeared on the 225th episode, performing "Boyfriends".[ 14] [ 15] Avril Lavigne performed "Complicated " on the channel.[ 16] Sury Su performed her song "Liao (The Phoenix)", becoming the first solo Chinese artist to appear on the channel.[ 17]
In January 2023,Hololive Production memberHoshimachi Suisei , performing her song "Stellar Stellar", became the firstvirtual YouTuber to perform on the channel.[ 18]
On August 18, 2024, the channel exceeds 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Japanese music YouTube channel to do so.
List of performances [ edit ] Key Indicates performances by non-Japanese artists (including collaboration with Japanese artists)
List of 2019 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 1 November 15 Adieu "Narratage" 2 November 23 Rude-Alpha "It's Only Love" 3 November 29 Cö Shu Nie "Asphyxia" (piano version) 4 December 4 Adieu "Tenki" 5 December 6 Lisa "Gurenge " 6 December 11 Rude-Alpha "Wonder" 7 December 13 Huwie Ishizaki "Sayonara Elegy" 8 December 18 Cö Shu Nie "Inertia" 9 December 20 Little Glee Monster "Itoshisa ni Ribbon o Kakete" 10 December 25 Lisa "Unlasting " 11 December 27 Miliyah Kato "Aitai"
List of 2020 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 12 January 10 Little Glee Monster "Echo" 13 January 15 Huwie Ishizaki "Kabin no Hana" 14 January 17 Sōshi Sakiyama "Samidare" 15 January 22 Miliyah Kato "Honto no Boku o Shitte" 16 January 24 Kana Adachi "Hitori Yogari" 17 January 29 Sōshi Sakiyama "Geshi" 18 January 31 Wacci (Yohei Hashiguchi) "Betsu no Hito no Kanojo ni Natta yo" 19 February 5 Kana Adachi "Hanashi ga Aru" 20 February 7 Queen Bee "Ka'en" 21 February 12 Wacci (Yohei Hashiguchi) "Tarinai" 22 February 14 The Gospellers "Hitori" 23 February 19 Queen Bee "BL" 24 February 21 Sayuri "Kōkai no Uta" 25 February 26 The Gospellers "Voxers" 26 February 28 Kiro Akiyama "Monologue" 27 March 4 Sayuri "Mikazuki" 28 March 6 Asca "Resister " 29 March 11 Kiro Akiyama "Saruagari City Pop" 30 March 13 Kana-Boon (Maguro Taniguchi),Necry Talkie (Mossa)"Nai Mono Nedari" 31 March 18 Asca "Koe" 32 March 20 Dish// (Takumi Kitamura )"Neko" 33 March 25 Kana-Boon (Maguro Taniguchi) "Marble" 34 March 27 SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] :Yosh (Survive Said the Prophet )"Belong" 35 April 1 Dish// (Takumi Kitamura) "Shape of Love" 36 April 3 Macaroni Empitsu (Hattori) "Seishun to Isshun" (string version) 37 April 8 SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Mizuki "Aliez" 38 April 10 TK from Ling Tosite Sigure "Unravel " 39 April 15 Macaroni Empitsu "Hope" 40 April 17 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Shout Baby" 41 April 22 TK from Ling Tosite Sigure "Copy Light" 42 April 24 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Sabotage" 43 June 26 Stray Kids "Slump" (Japanese version) 44 August 7 Sumika "Fanfare" 45 August 14 Creepy Nuts "Nariwai" 46 August 19 Sukima "End Roll" 47 August 21 Masayuki Suzuki featuringAiri Suzuki "Daddy! Daddy! Do!" 48 August 26 Creepy Nuts "Katsute Tensai Datta Oretachi e" 49 August 28 Eir Aoi "Ignite" 50 September 2 Masayuki Suzuki "Koibito" + "Michi (Kōsaten)" 51 September 4 Blue Encount "Yumemigusa" 52 September 9 Eir Aoi "I Will..." 53 September 11 Dai Hirai "Inoribana" (2020) 54 September 16 Kami wa Saikoro wo Franai (Shūsaku Yanagita) "Utakata Hanabi" 55 September 18 Chico,HoneyWorks "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" 56 September 24 Dai Hirai "Boku ga Kimi ni Dekiru Koto" 57 September 25 Sky-Hi ,Tanaka featuringBoku no Lyric no Bōyomi "Nanisama" 58 September 25 Chico, HoneyWorks "Shiawase" 59 October 2 Rei "Call Me Sick" 60 October 10 Reona "Anima" 61 October 10 Rei, Shinya Kiyozuka "Shirayukihime" 62 October 16 Lisa "Homura " 63 October 21 Reona "Niji no Kanata ni" 64 October 23 Ren "We'll Be Fine" 65 October 28 Lisa "Catch the Moment" 66 October 30 Yuuri "Dry Flower" 67 November 4 Ren "Life Saver" 68 November 6 Lisa,Uru "Saikai" (produced byAyase ) 69 November 20 Def Tech "My Way" 70 Unpublished[ a] Masaki Suda "Niji" 71 November 25 Sky-Hi "Luce" 72 November 27 Flower Companyz "Shin'ya Kōsoku" 73 December 2 Def Tech "Like I Do" 74 December 4 JO1 (Junki Kono )"Infinity" 75 December 9 Flower Companyz "Tokyo Tower" 76 December 11 Yuta Orisaka "Asagao" 77 December 16 JO1 (Junki Kono) "Voice (Kimi no Koe)" 78 December 18 Yama "Haru o Tsugeru" 79 December 23 Yuta Orisaka "Torch" 80 December 25 Ai Hashimoto "Momen no Handkerchief"
List of 2021 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 81 January 1 Group Tamashii "Kimi ni Juice o Katte Ageru" 82 January 8 Juju "Yasashisa de Afureru Yō ni" 83 January 13 Yama "Masshiro" 84 January 15 Group Tamashii "Mō Sukkari No Future!" 85 January 20 Juju "Kono Yoru o Tomete yo" 86 January 22 Aina the End "Orchestra" 87 January 27 Little Glee Monster featuringPentatonix "Dear My Friend" 88 January 29 Tomorrow X Together "Crown " (Japanese version) 89 February 3 Aina the End "Kinmokusei" 90 February 5 Super Beaver "Hito to Shite" 91 February 10 Tomorrow X Together "Force" 92 February 12 Zutomayo "Byōshin o Kamu" 93 February 17 Super Beaver "I Love You" 94 February 19 Sirup "Loop" 95 February 24 Zutomayo "Can't Be Right" 96 February 26 Yoasobi "Gunjō " 97 March 3 Sirup "Thinkin About Us" 98 March 5 Rei Yasuda featuring H Zettrio"Brand New Day" 99 March 10 Yoasobi "Yasashii Suisei " 100 March 12 HY "366 Nichi" 101 March 17 Rei Yasuda "Not the End" 102 March 19 Jun. K "My House" (acoustic version) 103 March 24 HY "Good Bye" 104 March 26 Fumiya Fujii "Koi Suru Kalen" 105 March 31 Jun. K "This Is Not a Song, 1929" 106 April 2 Da-ice (Yudai Ohno, Sota Hanamura)"Citrus" 107 April 7 Fumiya Fujii "Another Orion" 108 April 9 Motohiro Hata "Uroko" 109 April 14 Da-ice (Yudai Ohno, Sota Hanamura) featuring Takahito Uchisawa (Androp ) "Love Song" 110 April 16 Who-ya Extended "Vivid Vice " 111 April 21 Motohiro Hata "Nakiwarai no Episode" 112 April 23 Exile Takahiro "Lovers Again" 113 April 28 Who-ya Extended "Q-vism" 114 April 30 Adieu "Yoru no Ato" 115 May 5 Exile Takahiro, Harami-chan "Motto Tsuyoku" 116 May 7 Hentai Shinshi Club "Yokaze" 117 May 12 Adieu "Aitte" 118 May 14 Amazarashi "Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku" 119 May 19 Hentai Shinshi Club "Suki ni Yaru" 120 May 21 Awesome City Club "Wasurena" 121 May 26 Amazarashi "Long Hope Philia" 122 May 28 Novelbright (Yudai Takenaka)"Tsukimisō 123 June 3 Awesome City Club "Matataki" 124 June 4 Chai "N.E.O." 125 June 9 Novelbright "Sunny Drop" 126 June 11 Shota Shimizu "Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody o" 127 June 16 Chai featuring YMCK "Ping Pong!" 128 June 18 Maharajan "Sailor Muntarō" 129 June 23 Shota Shimizu "Koi Uta" 130 June 25 Fomare "Nagai Kami" 131 June 30 Maharajan "Eden" 132 July 2 Sora Amamiya "Paradox" 133 July 7 Fomare "Tobacco" 134 July 9 Reina "Boku Dake o" 135 July 15 Sora Amamiya "Eien no Aria" 136 July 16 Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku "Nanairo" 137 July 23 Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Soranin" 138 July 28 Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Huwie Ishizaki "Jump" 139 July 30 Ryuto Kazuhara (Generations )"Love You More" 140 August 4 Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Masafumi Gotoh ), Hiroko Sebu "Empathy " 141 August 6 Hiromi Go "240,000,000 no Hitomi (Exotic Japan)" 142 August 11 Ryuto Kazuhara (Generations), Kenny (Spicysol) "Beautiful Sunset" 143 August 18 Hiromi Go "Bells of St. Augustine" 144 August 20 Miwa "Hikari e" 145 August 25 Maisondes featuring Wanuka, Asmi "Yowanehaki" 146 August 27 Atarayo "10 Gatsu Mukuchi na Kimi o Wasureru" 147 September 1 Miwa "Kanna" 148 September 3 Porno Graffitti "Saudade " 149 September 8 Atarayo "Natsugasumi" 150 September 10 Nogizaka46 "Kikkake " 151 September 15 Porno Graffitti "Theme Song" 152 September 15 Ikimonogakari "Kimagure Romantic" 153 September 22 Nogizaka46 "Yasashii Dake Nara " 154 September 24 Okamoto's "90's Tokyo Boys" 155 September 29 Ikimonogakari "Kyō kara, Koko kara" 156 October 1 Yuuri "Shutter" 157 October 6 Okamoto's "Sprite" 158 October 8 Spyair "Imagination" 159 October 13 Yuuri "Betelgeuse" 160 October 16 Saucy Dog "Itsuka" 161 October 20 Spyair "Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!)" 162 October 22 Taiiku Okazaki "Nani o Yatte mo Akan wa" 163 October 27 Saucy Dog "Yui" 164 October 29 Stray Kids "Mixtape: Oh " 165 November 3 Taiiku Okazaki "Ossan" 166 November 5 Mika Nakashima "Yuki no Hana " 167 November 10 Stray Kids "Scars " 168 November 12 Glay "Winter, Again " 169 November 17 Mika Nakashima "Boku ga Shinō to Omotta no wa 170 November 19 Misia "Ashita e " 171 November 24 Glay "Bad Apple" 172 November 26 Moroha "Kakumei" 173 December 1 Misia "Higher Love" 174 December 3 Tomoyasu Hotei "Bambina" 175 December 8 Moroha "Rokumonsen" 176 December 10 Super Beaver featuring Haruko Nagaya "Tokyo" 177 December 15 Tomoyasu Hotei "Kochia" 178 December 17 Milet ,Aimer ,Lilas Ikuta "Omokage " (produced by Vaundy ) 179 December 24 Skirt, Punpee "Oddtaxi"
List of 2022 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 180 January 1 SixTones "Imitation Rain" 181 January 6 Punpee "Friends" 182 January 12 SixTones "Everlasting" 183 January 14 Iri "Wonderland" 184 January 19 Maisondes featuring Pii, Meiyo "Rally, Rally" 185 January 21 The Rampage from Exile Tribe (Riku, Kazuma Kawamura , Hokuto Yoshino )"My Prayer" 186 January 27 Iri "Matenrō" 187 January 28 Aimer "Kataomoi" 188 February 2 The Rampage from Exile Tribe (Riku, Kazuma Kawamura, Hokuto Yoshino) "Starlight" 189 February 5 Milet ,Cateen "Ordinary Days" 190 February 9 Aimer "Zankyōsanka " 191 February 11 Chemistry "You Go Your Way" 192 February 16 Milet, Cateen "Fly High" 193 February 19 Ai "Aldebaran " 194 February 19 Chemistry "My Gift to You" 195 February 25 Tatsuya Kitani featuringN-buna "Chiharu" 196 March 2 Ai "Welcome Rain " 197 March 5 Sangatsu no Phantasia "Seishun Nante Iranai wa" 198 March 10 Tatsuya Kitani "Two Drifters" 199 March 11 Tamio Okuda "Sasurai" 200 March 16 Sangatsu no Phantasia "Hanabie Ressha" 201 March 18 Kana-Boon featuringTakahiro Yamada "Silhouette" 202 March 23 Tamio Okuda "Taiyō ga Miteiru" 203 March 26 Tani Yuuki "W / X / Y" 204 March 30 Kana-Boon featuring Kanazawa Daisuke (Fujifabric ) "Starmarker" 205 April 1 Sesame Street ,Hinatazaka46 "Sukiyaki " 206 April 7 Tani Yuuki "Ai Kotoba" 207 April 8 JO1 "Bokura no Kisetsu " 208 April 15 Hitsujibungaku "Aimai de Ii yo" 209 April 20 JO1 "Move the Soul" 210 April 22 Chanmina "Bijin " 211 April 28 Hitsujibungaku featuring Ohzora Kimishima "Hikaru Toki" 212 April 29 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Character" 213 May 4 Chanmina "Harenchi" 214 May 6 Hinatazaka46 "Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do " 215 May 11 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Hi wa Mata Noboru Kara" 216 May 13 Chehon "Impact" 217 May 18 Hinatazaka46 "Boku Nanka " 218 May 20 Lilas Ikuta "Sparkle" 219 May 25 Chehon "Champion Road" 220 May 27 Daichi Miura "Hikōsen" 221 May 27 Lilas Ikuta "Lens" 222 June 3 Masayuki Suzuki featuring Suu"Giri Giri" 223 June 8 Daichi Miura "Sansan" 224 June 10 Nobodyknows+ "Kokoro Odoru" 225 June 13 Harry Styles "Boyfriends " 226 June 15 Masayuki Suzuki "Chigau, Sō Janai" 227 June 17 Kazuyoshi Saito "Utautai no Ballad" 228 June 22 Nobodyknows+ "Hero's Come Back!!" 229 June 24 Huwie Ishizaki "Hanataba" 230 June 29 Kazuyoshi Saito "Ashita Daisuki na Rock 'n' roll Band ga Kono Machi ni Yattekurunda" 231 July 6 Sōshi Sakiyama, Huwie Ishizaki "Kokuhaku" 232 August 3 Asmi "Paku" 233 August 5 Nishina "Heavy Smoke" 234 August 11 XIIX featuring Ai Hashimoto "Mabataki no Tochū 235 August 12 Creepy Nuts "Nobishiro" 236 August 17 Nishina "Seiran Yu'ei" 237 August 17 Yuuri "Leo" 238 August 24 Creepy Nuts "Daten" 239 August 27 Kep1er "Wa Da Da " (Japanese version) 240 August 27 Yuuri "Onigokko" 241 September 2 Avril Lavigne "Complicated " 242 September 7 Kep1er "Wing Wing " 243 September 9 Nana Mori "Smile" 244 September 14 Avril Lavigne "Bite Me " 245 September 16 Endrecheri "Machi" 246 September 21 Nana Mori "Bye-bye Myself" 247 September 23 Wacci, Kōhei Matsushita "Koi daro" 248 September 28 Endrecheri "Kore Dake no Hi o Matai de Kita no Dakara" 249 September 30 ClariS "Connect " 250 October 5 Breimen "Musica" 251 October 7 Unison Square Garden "Orion o Nazoru" 252 October 10 Sury Su "The Phoenix" 253 October 12 ClariS "Alive" 254 October 14 Wednesday Campanella "Edison" 255 October 18 Sury Su "Seize the Light" 256 October 20 Unison Square Garden "Kaleido Proud Fiesta" 257 October 22 Nobuyuki Suzuki "Futari Nori" 258 October 26 Wednesday Campanella "Buckingham" 259 October 28 King Giddra "Unstoppable" 260 November 3 TOOBOE "Shinzō" 261 November 5 Lisa "Issei no Kassai" 262 November 8 WeiBird "Red Scarf" 263 November 9 King Giddra featuring Sugizo Raising Hell 264 November 12 Yama "Shikisai" 265 November 16 Lisa featuringYuki Kajiura "Shirogane" 266 November 18 =Love "Ano Ko Complex" 267 November 21 WeiBird "R.I.P." 268 November 23 STU48 "Hana wa Dare no Mono? " 269 November 25 Puffy "Ai no Shirushi " 270 December 1 Skoop On Somebody "Sha La La" 271 December 2 Higuchi Ai "Akuma no Ko " 272 December 7 Anly featuring Matt Cab, Matz"Kara no Kokoro" 273 December 9 Kaela Kimura "Butterfly " 274 December 14 Higuchi Ai "Kanashii Uta ga Aru Riyū" 275 December 16 NiziU "Make You Happy " 276 December 21 Kaela Kimura "Magnetic " 277 December 23 Awich featuring Keiju"Remember" 278 December 28 NiziU "Blue Moon"
List of 2023 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 279 January 4 Awich , SugLawd Familiar, Chico Carrlito"Longiness Remix" 280 January 6 Macaroni Empitsu "Nan de mo Nai yo" 281 January 13 Little Glee Monster "Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikaketeiru" 282 January 16 Jason Chan "Lies Between Us" 283 January 18 Macaroni Empitsu "Rinjyū Love" 284 January 20 Hoshimachi Suisei "Stellar Stellar" 285 January 25 Little Glee Monster "Join Us!" 286 January 27 Flow "Go!!!" 287 January 30 Jason Chan "One Day" 288 February 1 Hoshimachi Suisei "Michizure" 289 February 3 Shiraishi Mai ,Ayaka "Nijiiro" 290 February 8 Flow "Sign" 291 February 10 Uru "Sore o Ai to Yobu Nara" 292 February 15 Ayaka "Mikazuki" 293 February 17 Kandytown "Curtain Call" 294 February 22 Uru "Furiko" 295 February 24 Stray Kids "Case 143 " (Japanese version) 296 March 1 Kandytown "Kold Chain" 297 March 3 Ano "Chu, Tayōsei " 298 March 8 Stray Kids "Lost Me" 299 March 10 Babymetal "Monochrome" (piano version) 300 March 10 Ano "Fuhen" 301 March 17 Satoshi (voiced byRica Matsumoto )"Mezase Pokémon Master (with My Friends)" 302 March 22 Yoake featuring Rinne"Nee" 303 March 24 Nulbarich "New Era" 304 March 29 J.Fla "The Hare" 305 March 31 Galileo Galilei ,Ai Kayano "Aoi Shiori" 306 April 5 Nulbarich "Tokyo" 307 April 7 Atarashii Gakko! "Otonablue" 308 April 12 Galileo Galilei "Natsuzora" 309 April 14 Babymetal "The One" (unfinished version) 310 April 17 Maluma "Hawái " 311 April 19 Tota "Tsumugu" 312 April 21 Yang Skinny "Honto wa ne" 313 April 24 Maluma "Junio" 314 April 26 Anly "Courage" (Pink cover) 315 April 28 Da-ice "Star Mine" 316 May 3 Yang Skinny "Sekai ga Boku o Kirai ni Natte mo" 317 May 5 Mirror "Stellar Moments of Humankind" 318 May 10 Da-ice "Dandelion" 319 May 12 Be:First "Bye-Good-Bye" 320 May 17 Mirror "Rumours" 321 May 19 Koshi Inaba (featuringDuran )"Hane" 322 May 24 Be:First "Smile Again" 323 May 26 Keina Suda "Charles" 324 May 31 Koshi Inaba "Stray Hearts" 325 June 2 Man with a Mission ,Milet "Kizuna no Kiseki " 326 June 5 Jolin Tsai "Womxnly " 327 June 7 Keina Suda "Darling" 328 June 9 My First Story "I'm a Mess" 329 June 14 Man with a Mission "Raise Your Flag" 330 June 16 Yu-ka "Hoshizukiyo" 331 June 19 Jolin Tsai "Untitled" 332 June 21 My First Story "Home" 333 June 23 Super Beaver "Gradation" 334 June 28 Orange Spiny Crab "Kinmokusei" 335 June 30 Takashi Fujii "Nanda Kanda" 336 July 5 Super Beaver "Hakanakunai" 337 July 7 Frederic "Oddloop " 338 July 10 CDGuntee "Microphone" 339 July 12 Takashi Fujii "Headphone Girl (Tsubasa ga Nakute mo) 340 July 14 Queen Bee "Mephisto " 341 July 19 Frederic "Sparkle Dancer" 342 July 21 TrySail "Adrenaline!!!" 343 July 24 CDGuntee "Loneliness" 344 July 26 Queen Bee "Teppeki" 345 July 28 Sambomaster "Dekikkonai o Yaranakucha" 346 August 2 TrySail "SuperBloom" 347 August 4 Tatsuya Kitani "Where Our Blue Is " 348 August 9 Sambomaster "Future Is Yours" 349 August 11 Shōnan no Kaze "Junrenka" 350 August 16 Spicy Chocolate featuring R-Shitei, Chehon "Agari Sagari" 351 August 18 Reol "The Sixth Sense" 352 August 23 Shōnan no Kaze "Ōgon Soul" 353 August 25 Monkey Majik "Sora wa Marude" 354 August 30 Reol "Edge" 355 September 1 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Summer Time Cinderella " 356 September 6 Monkey Majik "Around the World" 357 September 8 Porno Graffitti "The Day" 358 September 13 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Magic Hour" 359 September 15 (G)I-dle "Queencard " 360 September 18 V "Slow Dancing " 361 September 20 Porno Graffitti "Agehachō " 362 September 22 Imase "Night Dancer" 363 September 27 (G)I-dle "I Do " 364 September 29 Sōshi Sakiyama "Akari" 365 October 4 Imase "Utopia" 366 October 6 Six Lounge "Rica" 367 October 11 Yena "Smiley" (Japanese version) 368 October 13 Does "A Cloudy Sky" 369 October 18 Kyrie (Aina the End )"Awaremi no Sanka" 370 October 20 Shoko Nakagawa "Sorairo Days" 371 October 25 Does "Bakuchi Dancer" 372 October 27 Itzy "Wannabe (Japanese version) 373 November 1 Shoko Nakagawa "Shoko Nakagawa" 374 November 3 Kotaka "Sonna Jinsei o Tannō Shitai" 375 November 8 Itzy "Ringo" 376 November 10 Chico Carlito featuring Shuto "Let Go" 377 November 15 Kishidan "One Night Carnival" 378 November 17 Kid Phenomenon "Wheelie" 379 November 22 Kishidan "Tomo yo" 380 November 24 Wanima "Tomo ni" 381 November 27 &Team "Under the Skin" 382 November 29 Kid Phenomenon "Existence" 383 December 1 Ikimonogakari "Blue Bird " 384 December 6 Wanima "Natsuake" 385 December 8 Hitsujibungaku "More Than Words" 386 December 11 &Team "Dropkick" 387 December 13 Ikimonogakari "Tokimeki" 388 December 15 XG "Shooting Star " 389 December 20 Hitsujibungaku "1999" 390 December 22 XG "Winter Without You " 391 December 29 Sakurazaka46 "Start Over!"
List of 2024 performances onThe First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 392 January 3 Kanjani Eight "Zukkoke Otoko Michi", "Tomoyo" 393 January 5 SixTones "Kokkara" 394 January 8 Hiroshi Kitadani "We Are! " 395 January 10 Sakurazaka46 "Samidare yo " 396 January 12 Nami Tamaki "Believe " 397 January 17 SixTones "Kimi ga Inai" 398 January 19 Måneskin "I Wanna Be Your Slave " 399 January 24 Kanjani Eight "Osaka Romanesque" 400 January 26 Gao "Ending" 401 January 31 Måneskin "Honey (Are U Coming?) " 402 February 2 T.M.Revolution "White Breath" 403 February 7 Cö Shu Nie "Yume o Misete" 404 February 9 Spyair "Genjō Destruction" 405 February 14 Takanori Nishikawa "Freedom" 406 February 16 Omoinotake "Ikuokukonen" 407 February 19 Bad Hop "Champion Road" 408 "Kawasaki Drift" 409 February 21 Spyair "Orange" 410 February 23 Angela Aki "Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e) " 411 February 28 Yusuke "Himawari (Ōenka)" 412 March 1 Nokko "Friends" 413 March 4 Phil Lam "Mountains and Valleys" 414 March 6 Angela Aki, Natsumi Kon, Sakurako Ohara "Kono Sekai no Achikochi ni" 415 March 8 Creepy Nuts "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born " 416 March 11 Loren Allred ,Nobuo Uematsu ConTiki"No Promises to Keep" 417 March 13 Nokko "Ningyo" 418 March 15 Zerobaseone "In Bloom " (Japanese version) 419 March 20 Phil Lam, Cath Wong, Mischa Ip "Art and Science" 420 March 22 Riize "Get a Guitar " 421 March 27 Airi Suzuki featuring Sorane,Taku Takahashi (M-Flo )"Koi ni Ochitara " 422 March 29 Loren Allred "Never Enough " 423 April 3 Riize "Love 119" (Japanese version) 424 April 5 Creepy Nuts "Biriken" 425 April 5 A-Lin "A Kind of Sorrow" 426 April 12 West "Ee Janai ka" 427 April 17 A-Lin "Best Friend" 428 April 19 Yuki Chiba "Team Tomodachi" 429 April 24 West "Heart" 430 April 26 Hitorie "Unknown Mother-Goose " 431 May 1 Fruits Zipper "Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro" 432 May 3 Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Tonbo" 433 May 8 Hitorie "On the Front Line" 434 May 10 Ano featuringLilas Ikuta "Zezezezettai Seiiki" 435 May 15 Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Black Cloak and Red Apple" 436 May 17 Psychic Fever , JP the Wavy"Just Like Dat" 437 May 22 Lilas Ikuta featuring Ano "Seishun Ōka" 438 May 24 Dozan11 AKA Dōzan Miki "Lifetime Respect" 439 May 29 Lex & Lana "Akarui Heya" 440 May 31 Wands "Sekai ga Owaru Made wa..." 441 June 5 Kimaguren "Life" 442 June 7 Kessoku Band "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet" 443 June 12 Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu "Saijōkyū ni Kawaii no!" 444 June 14 ALI featuring Hannya"Professionalism" 445 June 19 Kessoku Band "Shine as Usual" 446 June 21 INI "Fanfare" 447 June 26 Da-ice "I Wonder" 448 June 28 Noa "Any Angle" 449 July 1 SB19 "Gento " 450 July 3 INI "I'm a Dreamer" 451 July 5 Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Haruka Kanata" 452 July 8 JxW "Last Night" (acoustic version) 453 July 10 Noa "My Lovely Killer" 454 July 12 Ai Otsuka "Planetarium " 455 July 15 SB19 "Mapa " 456 July 17 Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You " 457 July 19 Hakushi Hasegawa "Somoku" 458 July 22 BoyNextDoor "Earth, Wind & Fire " (Japanese version) 459 July 24 Ai Otsuka "Sakuranbo (Cocktail) " 460 July 26 Rikondensetsu "Love Is More Mellow" 461 July 28 Hakushi Hasegawa "Outside" 462 August 2 Neguse Nichijō Kakumei 463 August 7 Rikondensetsu "Honjitsu no Osusume" 464 August 9 Aqua Timez "Niji" 465 August 12 Aespa "Supernova " 466 August 14 Neguse "Zutto Suki da kara" 467 August 16 Bakufu Slump "Runner" 468 August 21 Aqua Timez "Senno Yoru o Koete" 469 August 23 Umeda Cypher "Switch (Be the Monsterr)" 470 August 26 Aespa "Hot Mess " 471 August 28 =Love "Zettai Idol Yamenaide" 472 August 30 Kocchi no Kento "Hai Yorokonde " 473 September 4 Umeda Cypher "Rodeo13" 474 September 6 Bird "Soul" 475 September 11 TWS "If I'm S, Can You Be My N?" 476 September 13 Bim "Bonita" 477 September 18 Bird "Sora no Hitomi" 478 September 20 Wednesday Campanella "Charlotte" 479 September 25 Bim featuring Kohjiya, Punpee "DNA" 480 September 27 Natsuko Nisshoku "Water Flow Rock" 481 October 9 Kiyoshi Ryujin 25 "Will You Marry Me?" 482 October 11 Zarame "Sixth Magnitude Star" 483 October 16 Kiro Akiyama "Caffeine" 484 October 18 Shota Shimizu "Home" 485 October 23 ClariS "Hitorigoto " 486 October 25 Marcy "Love Song" 487 October 28 Laufey "From the Start " 488 October 30 Shota Shimizu "Puzzle" 489 November 1 Lana "It's Okay" 490 November 6 Marcy "Present" 491 November 8 The Bonez "Straight Up" featuring KJ 492 November 11 Laufey "Goddess" 493 November 13 Lana featuring Watson "Still Young More Rich" 494 November 20 Dragon Ash featuring Jesse"Straight Up" 495 November 22 Morning Musume '24 "Ren'ai Revolution 21 " 496 November 27 Gemn "Fatal " 497 November 29 Tate McRae "Greedy " 498 December 4 Morning Musume '24 "Wake-up Call～Mezameru Toki～" 499 December 6 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Be a flower" 500 December 13 Cutie Street "Kawaii Dake Ja Damedesu Ka?" 501 December 18 Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Bokurawa Iki Monodakara" 502 December 20 Yuuri "Bilimillion" 503 December 25 Babymonster "Drip " 504 December 27 adieu "Ana Aki no Sora"
List of performances onThe Home Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 1 May 1, 2020 Miwa "Don't Cry Anymore " 2 May 8, 2020 Milet "Us" 3 May 15, 2020 Yoasobi "Yoru ni Kakeru " 4 May 22, 2020 Shunichi Tanabe (Blue Encount) "Polaris" 5 May 29, 2020 Omoinotake "One Day" 6 June 3, 2020 Dish// "Neko" (The First Take version) 7 June 5, 2020 Milet "Inside You" 8 June 10, 2020 Kotaro Oshio ,Depapepe , Sōshi Sakiyama"Guitar Session" ("Cyborg" + "One" + "Samidare") 9 June 12, 2020 Super Beaver "Hitori de Ikiteita Naraba" 10 June 19, 2020 Rinne "Snow Jam" 11 July 3, 2020 Kami wa Saikoro wo Franai (Shūsaku Yanagita) "Yonaga Uta" 12 July 10, 2020 Yuuri "Kakurenbo" 13 July 17, 2020 Tatsuya Kitani "Hide and Seek" 14 July 24, 2020 Tani Yuuki "Myra" 15 July 29, 2020 My First Story "Hyena" 16 July 31, 2020 Ryujin Kiyoshi "Itai yo"
Inside the First Take [ edit ] List of performances onInside the First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 1 July 1, 2022 ALI featuring Aklo"Lost in Paradise " 2 July 8, 2022 Yama "Sekai wa Utsukushii Hazunanda" 3 July 13, 2022 Da-ice "Promise" 4 July 15, 2022 Creepy Nuts "2Way Nice Guy" 5 July 20, 2022 Sōshi Sakiyama "Kuni" 6 July 23, 2022 Reona "Life Is Beautiful" 7 July 27, 2022 Hentai Shinshi Club "Tameiki" 8 July 27, 2022 Miwa "Sparkle"
Flash the First Take [ edit ] List of performances onFlash the First Take No. Date Artist(s) Song(s) 1 August 10–11, 2024 Adieu "Back" 2 August 12–14, 2024 Umeda Cypher "Idaten S**t" "Rodeo13" 3 August 15, 2024 MFS "Combo" August 16, 2024 "Don't" 4 August 17, 2024 Osage "My Diary" August 19, 2024 "Nokoriga" 5 August 24, 2024 Asmi "Lobius" August 26, 2024 "Utage" 6 August 31, 2024 Tooboe "Itai no Itai no Tondeike" September 2, 2024 "Jōzai" 7 September 7, 2024 Regal Lily "Kirakira no Hai" September 9, 2024 "Moonlight Reverse" 8 September 14, 2024 Myuk "Arcana" (Eureka version) September 16, 2024 "Arcana" (acoustic version) 9 September 21, 23, 2024 Idom "B.M.S." 10 September 16, 2024 Wednesday Campanella "Charlotte" 11 September 28, 2024 O.J.O "People Demon" September 30, 2024 "Bah!" 12 October 5, 2024 Ushio Reira "Sentimental Kiss" October 7, 2024 "Miso Soup and Butter" 13 October 12, 2024 MHRJ "Kimi no Hen" October 14, 2024 "Ii Koto ga Shitai" 14 October 19, 2024 Wez Atlas "40°C" October 21, 2024 "One Life" 15 October 26, 2024 Asterism "Metal" October 28, 2024 "Planet of Metal" 16 November 2, 2024 Reaction the Buttha "Drama no Atode – Retake" November 4, 2024 "Inside You" 17 November 9, 2024 Kana-Boon "Song of the Dead" November 11, 2024 "Bakemono" 18 November 16, 2024 Aile the Shota "Sayonara City Light" November 18, 2024 "Odorimasen ka?" 19 November 23, 2024 Yutori "One Room" November 25, 2024 "Anminzai"
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