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| Created by | Sony Music Entertainment Japan | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 2019–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Music | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 10.3 million [1] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 5 billion [1] | ||||||||||||
| Contents are in | Japanese | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: November 29, 2024 | |||||||||||||
The First Take (stylized as THE F1RST TAKE) is a Japanese YouTube channel that invites singers to perform a song recorded in one take in a white studio. The First Take is a trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. [2]
Videos on The First Take are filmed in a studio, alternating between medium and close-up shots of only the performing singer and a microphone, set to a background that is usually white. The footage is recorded in 4K resolution with high quality audio. [3] According to creative director Keisuke Shimizu, singers are asked to treat the filming as a live performance, [4] The Japan Times writer Patrick St. Michel notes that 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" by Adieu. [5] On December 6, Lisa's performance of "Gurenge" went viral and gained more views than the song's original music video, and is credited with popularizing the channel. [6] Several recordings on the channel are available digitally; notably, Dish//'s performance of "Neko" peaked at 11th on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 [7] and also placed 28th on the Year-End chart. [8] As of August 2024, 549 episodes and almost 300 individuals or groups have appeared on the channel; five videos have more than 100 million views: "Gurenge" by Lisa, "Neko" by Dish//, "Dry Flower" by Yuuri, and "Yoru ni Kakeru", "Gunjō" by Yoasobi. [3]
As a response to a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several videos in 2020 were filmed inside the singer's home/private studio and titled "The Home Take". [4] In June 2020, South Korean boy band 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] The group appeared again to perform "Mixtape: Oh" in October 2021, marking the first non-Japanese song to perform on the channel. [10]
In February 2022, singer-songwriter Ai performed her song "Aldebaran", becoming the first solo American artist to appear on the channel. [11] The first American group to appear on the channel was Pentatonix in January 2021. [12] On April 1, the channel published its first recording featuring non-human characters, Sesame Street muppets Elmo, Julia, and Cookie Monster, who performed "Ue o Muite Aruko" with Hinatazaka46 members Shiho Katō, Hinano Kamimura, and Mikuni Takahashi. [13] In June, English singer Harry Styles appeared on the 225th episode, performing "Boyfriends". [14] Styles was one of the few Western artists to appear on the channel. [15] In September 2022, Canadian singer Avril Lavigne performed "Complicated" on the channel. [16] In October 2022, singer-songwriter 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 member Hoshimachi Suisei, performing her song "Stellar Stellar", became the first virtual 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.
| Indicates performances by non-Japanese artists (including collaboration with Japanese artists) |
| List of 2019 performances on The 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 on The 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 featuring Airi 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 featuring Boku 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 by Ayase) |
| 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 on The 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 featuring Pentatonix | "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 on The First Take | |||
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| 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 featuring N-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 featuring Takahiro 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 featuring Yuki 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 on The 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 by Rica 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 (featuring Duran) | "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!" |
| 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 featuring Lilas 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 | Jeonghan X Wonwoo | "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" |
| List of performances on The 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" |
| List of performances on The First Take Fes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. | No. | Date | Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| 1 | 1 | January 10, 2020 | ALI [b] | "Wild Side" |
| "Better Days" | ||||
| 2 | Taiiku Okazaki | "Yes" | ||
| "Eclair" | ||||
| 3 | Okamoto's | "Welcome My Friend" | ||
| "No More Music" | ||||
| 2 | 4 | November 18, 2020 | Anna Takeuchi | "Free! Free! Free!" |
| 5 | Cö Shu Nie | "Zettai Zetsumei" | ||
| "Black Sand" | ||||
| 6 | Ryokuoushoku Shakai | "Mela!" | ||
| "Ladybug" | ||||
| 7 | Yui | "Tokyo" | ||
| "Cherry" | ||||
| 3 | 8 | August 13, 2021 | Burnout Syndromes | "Phoenix" |
| 9 | Umeda Cypher | "Umeda Night Fever '19" | ||
| Umeda Cypher featuring H.Teflon | "Travolta Custom" | |||
| 10 | Yama | "Mahi" | ||
| "A.M.3:21 | ||||
| 11 | Chemistry | "Pieces of a Dream" | ||
| "Point of No Return" | ||||
| List of performances on Inside 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" |
| List of performances on Flash 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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