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July & August premieres for new Japanese reality formats; “The Bachelorette Japan” & “The Masked Singer Japan” return to Amazon Prime Video
27 June 2022
Amazon Prime Video premieres new seasons of two Japanese format adaptations – dating reality show "The Bachelorette Japan" S2 and Korean singing/mystery format, "The Masked Singer Japan" S2 – in July and August.
Both titles were part of the streamer’s originals slate announced for Japan in March this year.
The first three episodes of "The Bachelorette Japan" season two, based on the Warner Bros format, premiere on Thursday, 7 July at 10pm. The season will run for 10 episodes, with the finale on 28 July.
The Japanese remake of MBC Korea’s "The Masked Singer" premieres on 4 August 2022.
"The Bachelorette Japan" S2, filmed in Chiang Mai/Thailand from Oct to Dec 2021, is produced by YD Creation, which also produced sister format, "The Bachelor Japan" S4.
"The Bachelorette Japan" S2 features Miki Ozaki, an entrepreneur and president of a cosmetics company, and 17 male participants vying to be her partner.
"The Masked Singer Japan" S2 returns season one host, Yo Oizumi, and panelists comedian/actor Kazuya Kojima, guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer/actor Miyavi and local pop girl group Perfume.
Kojima will also take on the MC role for episodes seven to nine.
New guest judges are Karen Takizawa for episodes eight and nine, Hiroya Yamazaki (episode 5, 6, 9), Hiroyuki Morisaki (episodes 7-9), Sachiko Kobayashi (episodes 3-5), Miki Mizuno (episode 2); and Anna Tsuchiya (episodes 6, 6-8).
Details such as show length/episodes, producer/director are still under wraps.
The first season of "The Masked Singer Japan", which aired in September to October last year, had nine episodes.
Besides "Masked Singer" and "The Bachelor"/"Bachelorette" formats, Amazon Prime Video Japan has also adapted various formats ranging from cooking to scripted series, including reality cooking "Bake Off Japan" (premiered in April 2022) and comedy series "No Activity" (Dec 2021).
Amazon Prime Video led Japan’s SVOD growth in the first quarter of this year with 16.5 million paying subscribers, followed by ...
Amazon Prime Video premieres new seasons of two Japanese format adaptations – dating reality show "The Bachelorette Japan" S2 and Korean singing/mystery format, "The Masked Singer Japan" S2 – in July and August.
Both titles were part of the streamer’s originals slate announced for Japan in March this year.
The first three episodes of "The Bachelorette Japan" season two, based on the Warner Bros format, premiere on Thursday, 7 July at 10pm. The season will run for 10 episodes, with the finale on 28 July.
The Japanese remake of MBC Korea’s "The Masked Singer" premieres on 4 August 2022.
"The Bachelorette Japan" S2, filmed in Chiang Mai/Thailand from Oct to Dec 2021, is produced by YD Creation, which also produced sister format, "The Bachelor Japan" S4.
"The Bachelorette Japan" S2 features Miki Ozaki, an entrepreneur and president of a cosmetics company, and 17 male participants vying to be her partner.
"The Masked Singer Japan" S2 returns season one host, Yo Oizumi, and panelists comedian/actor Kazuya Kojima, guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer/actor Miyavi and local pop girl group Perfume.
Kojima will also take on the MC role for episodes seven to nine.
New guest judges are Karen Takizawa for episodes eight and nine, Hiroya Yamazaki (episode 5, 6, 9), Hiroyuki Morisaki (episodes 7-9), Sachiko Kobayashi (episodes 3-5), Miki Mizuno (episode 2); and Anna Tsuchiya (episodes 6, 6-8).
Details such as show length/episodes, producer/director are still under wraps.
The first season of "The Masked Singer Japan", which aired in September to October last year, had nine episodes.
Besides "Masked Singer" and "The Bachelor"/"Bachelorette" formats, Amazon Prime Video Japan has also adapted various formats ranging from cooking to scripted series, including reality cooking "Bake Off Japan" (premiered in April 2022) and comedy series "No Activity" (Dec 2021).
Amazon Prime Video led Japan’s SVOD growth in the first quarter of this year with 16.5 million paying subscribers, followed by Netflix with 6.776 million subs and Hulu Japan with 2.904 million, according to Media Partners Asia’s (MPA) quarterly report, “Japan Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics Q1 2022”.
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