| The Masked Singer Japan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by | Yo Oizumi |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Production company | The Works Co. Ltd. [ja][a] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03) – August 25, 2022 (2022-08-25) |
The Masked Singer Japan is a Japanese reality singing competition show that is based on theSouth Korean television seriesKing of Mask Singer. The series premiered on September 3, 2021, onAmazon Prime Video in Japan.[1] The show features celebrities singing popular songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. It employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout the series.[2]
In May 2021, it was announced thatAmazon had greenlit an order forThe Masked Singer to be produced and air onAmazon Prime Video Japan as an exclusive on that site.[3] The show was confirmed to be streamed in September 2021 after being filming completed in February 2021. In-show narration is provided by voice actor,Subaru Kimura.[4]
TV personalityYo Oizumi was announced as the main host of the program, while the announced panelists consist of Japanese girl groupPerfume, guitaristMiyavi, modelKiko Mizuhara and comedianBakarhythm.[5][6] Guest panelists included actorKazuya Kojima for the third and fourth episodes, comedianHiroaki Ogi for the fifth and sixth episodes, and comedianHidetsugu Shibata for the seventh and eighth episodes.
| Series | Contestants | Episodes | Originally released | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) | 15 October 2021 (2021-10-15) | Anna Tsuchiya as "Bird" | Crystal Kay as "Miss Television" | Miki Mizuno as "Rose" | |
| 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 August 2022 (2022-08-04) | 25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) | Maki Goto as "Venus" | Ahn Mika as "Umbrella" | Koji Yamamoto as "Hero" | |
| Stage Name | Celebrity | Occupation | Episodes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Bird (Tori) | Anna Tsuchiya | Singer | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER | |||
| Miss Television (Misu Terebi) | Crystal Kay | Singer | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | |||
| Rose (Rōzu) | Miki Mizuno | Actress | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD | |||
| Renjishi (Ren Shishi) | Tomotaka Okamoto | Opera singer | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Neon Panda (Neonpanda) | Minami Minegishi | Singer | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Ninja | Tsukasa Saito | Comedian | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Wolf (Ōkami) | Takeru Segawa | Kickboxer | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Escargot (Esukarugo) | Sachiko Kobayashi | Singer | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Ika King (Ikakingu) | Sunplaza Nakano-kun | Singer | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| T-Rex (T-Rekkusu) | Show Aikawa | Actor | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| Amabie | Saori Yoshida | Freestyle wrestler | OUT | ||||||||
| Dragon3 | Ukon Onoe II | Kabuki actor | OUT | ||||||||
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon3 | "Saudade" byPorno Graffitti | Ukon Onoe II | OUT |
| 2 | Miss Television | "Evolution" byAyumi Hamasaki | undisclosed | WIN |
| 3 | Escargot | "Gurenge" byLiSA | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Bird | "Desire (Jōnetsu)" byAkina Nakamori | undisclosed | RISK |
| 5 | T-Rex | "Stay Dream" byTsuyoshi Nagabuchi | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Renjishi | "Kurenai" byX Japan | undisclosed | WIN |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neon Panda | "Ren'ai Revolution 21" byMorning Musume | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Ika King | "Yellow Yellow Happy" byPocket Biscuits | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Ninja | "Excite" byDaichi Miura | undisclosed | RISK |
| 4 | Rose | "Love Is Over" byOuyang Fei Fei | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Wolf | "The Beginning" byOne Ok Rock | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Amabie | "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" byYoko Takahashi | Saori Yoshida | OUT |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neon Panda | "Yeah! Meccha Holiday" byAya Matsuura | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Rose | "Pride" byMiki Imai | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | T-Rex | "Kanzen Muketsu no Rock'n'Roller" by Aladdin | Show Aikawa | OUT |
| 4 | Escargot | "Ito" byMiyuki Nakajima | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Renjishi | "Homura" byLiSA | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Television | "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" byRyōko Shinohara | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Ika King | "Tiger & Dragon" byCrazy Ken Band | Sunplaza Nakano-kun | OUT |
| 3 | Bird | "Tsumi to Batsu" byRingo Sheena | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Wolf | "Namonaki Uta" byMr. Children | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Ninja | "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" byGackt | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Escargot | "Roppongi Shinju" byAnn Lewis | Sachiko Kobayashi | OUT |
| 2 | Rose | "Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru" byFuyumi Sakamoto | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Renjishi | "Aijou" byYuki Koyanagi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Bird | "Gekkō" byChihiro Onitsuka | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neon Panda | "Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo" byMomoiro Clover Z | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Wolf | "366 Nichi" byHY | Takeru Segawa | OUT |
| 3 | Ninja | "Takane no Hanako-san" byBack Number | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Miss Television | "Ride on the Silver Dragon's Back" byMiyuki Nakajima | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Television | "Friends" byRebecca | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Rose | "Cat's Eye" byAnri | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Ninja | "If…" byDa Pump | Tsukasa Saito | OUT |
| 4 | Bird | "Genkai Lovers" byShow-Ya | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Renjishi | "Flavor of Life" byHikaru Utada | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Neon Panda | "Flying Get" byAKB48 | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Television | "Manatsu no Yo no Yume" byYumi Matsutoya | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Neon Panda | "Akai Sweet Pea" bySeiko Matsuda | Minami Minegishi | OUT |
| 3 | Renjishi | "Wataridori" byAlexandros | Tomotaka Okamoto | OUT |
| 4 | Rose | "Ai wa Katsu" byKAN | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Bird | "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" byYuki Koyanagi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Television | "Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me)" byMiki Matsubara | Crystal Kay | RUNNER-UP |
| 2 | Rose | "Kiseki o Nozomu Nara..." byJuju | Miki Mizuno | THIRD |
| 3 | Bird | "Forever Love" byX Japan | Anna Tsuchiya | WINNER |
| Stage name | Celebrity | Occupation | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Venus (Kinboshi) | Maki Goto | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER | ||||
| Umbrella (Kasa) | Ahn Mika | Model | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| Hero (Hīrō) | Koji Yamamoto | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD | ||||
| Crepe (Kurēpu) | Shoko Nakagawa | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Knight (Kishi) | Chris Hart | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Takopuri | Ryō Katō | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Diver (Daibā) | Tetsuya Bessho | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Lamb (Kohitsuji) (WC) | Yu Yamada | Model | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Rabbit (Usagi) | Daisuke Yokoyama | Singer | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Twinstars (Tsuinsutā) | Vamyun | YouTubers | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Spider (Kumo) | Reiko Shiota | Badminton player | OUT | |||||||||
| Benkei | Mandy Sekiguchi | Dancer | OUT | |||||||||
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbit | "Zenzenzense" byRadwimps | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Twinstars | "Kibun Joujou" by Mitsuyuki Miyake | undisclosed | SAFE |
| undisclosed | ||||
| 3 | Venus | "Hide & Seek" byNamie Amuro | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Umbrella | "Taxi" byDaisuke Inoue | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Benkei | "Rising Sun" byExile | Mandy Sekiguchi | OUT |
| 6 | Diver | "Amazing Grace" | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crepe | "Yoru ni Kakeru" byYoasobi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Hero | "Inferno" by Motoki Ohmori | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Knight | "The Greatest Show" fromThe Greatest Showman | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Spider | "Glamorous Sky" byHyde | Reiko Shiota | OUT |
| 5 | Takopuri | "Matsuken Samba 2" by Akira Miyagawa | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero | "Yuuwaku" byGlay | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Takopuri | "Usseewa" byAdo | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Twinstars | "Koi Oto to Amazora" byAAA | Vamyun | OUT |
| 4 | Umbrella | "Tattoo" by Anri Sekine | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Diver | "Surfin' U.S.A." byThe Beach Boys | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | "Tamashii Revolution" bySuperfly | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Rabbit | "Kaitou" byBack Number | Daisuke Yokoyama | OUT |
| 3 | Crepe | "Akeboshi" byLiSA | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Knight | "Evening Primrose" byNovelbright | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Lamb | "Yasashii Kiss Wo Shite" byDreams Come True | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takopuri | "Katte ni Sindbad" bySouthern All Stars | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Venus | "be alive" byYuki Koyanagi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Lamb | "Lum's Love Song" by Yuko Matsutani | Yu Yamada | OUT |
| 4 | Hero | "Shirusi" byMr. Children | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diver | "Hotel Pacific" bySouthern All Stars | Tetsuya Bessho | OUT |
| 2 | Crepe | "Cry Baby" byOfficial Hige Dandism | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Umbrella | "Mikazuki" byAyaka | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Knight | "Butter" byBTS | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takopuri | "Nandakanda" by Takashi Fujii | Ryō Katō | OUT |
| 2 | Venus | "Fragile" byEvery Little Thing | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Umbrella | "White Breath" byTakanori Nishikawa | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Crepe | "Tamashii no Refrain" byYoko Takahashi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Knight | "Mela!" byRyokuoushoku Shakai | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Hero | "The Power of Love" byHuey Lewis and the News | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight | "Blue Bird" byIkimonogakari | Chris Hart | OUT |
| 2 | Crepe | "Haru wo Tsugeru" by Yama | Shoko Nakagawa | OUT |
| 3 | Umbrella | "Sukiyaki" byKyu Sakamoto | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Venus | "Rule" byAyumi Hamasaki | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Hero | "Melody" byKōji Tamaki | undisclosed | SAFE |
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero | "Marionette" byKyosuke Himuro | Koji Yamamoto | THIRD |
| 2 | Umbrella | "For You..." byMariko Takahashi | Ahn Mika | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Venus | "Go! Go! Heaven!" bySpeed | Maki Goto | WINNER |
