Tokio Hot 100
Tokio Hot 100
| Genre |
Music chart show, talk |
| Running time |
Approx. 4 hrs. (including commercials) |
| Country |
Japan |
| Home station |
J-Wave |
| Hosts |
Christopher Daniel Peppler (main navigator, since 2006)
Maki Kotsugi (info navigator) |
| Creators |
J-Wave |
| Air dates |
since October 2, 1988 (1988-10-02) |
| Website |
http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/ |
Tokio Hot 100 (トキオ・ホット・ワンハンドレッド, Tokio Hotto Wanhandoredo?), also known as McDonald's Tokio Hot 100, is the official music chart program of J-Wave and also the flagship program of the Japan FM League's Hot 100 music chart series.
History
- October 2, 1988 (1988-10-02) - premiered as Pioneer Tokio Hot 100
- October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07) - Prince's Batdance ruled for 10 weeks, one of the two songs to do so. (The other was Viva la Vida by Coldplay, which achieved it in 2008.)
- 2005 (2005) - Def Tech's My Way became the first J-pop song of the year in the program.
- April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05) - Nippon McDonald's became the official sponsor of the program.
Segments
- Last Week's Top 10, 13:00
- Shu-Kan Chrispaper - latest news in the country and entertainment, 13:30
- Traffic Information, 14:02
- Welcome to Tokio Hot 100
- Flashback Star, 14:40
- Headline News, 14:56
- Mochikomi Recommen - song recommendations from a J-pop artist, 15:20
- Mix Countdown, 15:40
- Flashback Star, part 2, 15:50
- Traffic Information, part 2, 16:00
- This Week's Top 10 - the 10 most popular songs of the week, 16:04
TV Version
MTV Japan is the official TV partner of J-Wave for the program.[1]
Songs of the Year
Tokio Hot 100 Awards
This was started up in 1995 as a reward for most outstanding songs under the name J-Wave Awards, and individual performers since 1997.
Winners
1995
1996
- Meja - "How Crazy Are You?"
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
References
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