is a Japanese
TV Asahi
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cooking program. It airs every week on Saturday.
Airing
*First Period (0:30 - 1:00): April 7, 2001 - December 2003
*First Period (17:00 - 17:30): January 17, 2004 - September 26, 2009
*Second Period (10:30 - 11:10): June 9, 2018
- present
History
It started out on April 7, 2001 as a
Johnny's late-night show in which the Juniors were in their pajamas in a 'club house'. The program was aimed at teenage girls, so it looked like a
sleep over. The Juniors discussed various topics, including trips. These were shown in flashback, as they went around the city, learning different skills such as
Ballroom dancing
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...
, or
Jump rope
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. There were also competitions. Yearly there was a
swimming
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competition between two teams. The show almost always ended with a song. Sometimes there were visits from older Juniors such as
Tackey or the Kansai Juniors, such as
Ryo Nishikido
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Biography
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. Members such as
Shunsuke Kazama
is a Japanese actor and television personality affiliated with Johnny & Associates.
Biography
In 1997, when Kazama was in his second year of junior high school, he entered Johnny & Associates and started activities as a trainee. He made his debu ...
,
Jun Hasegawa,
Jimmy Mackey and
KAT-TUN
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were main Juniors in this version.
However, on January 17, 2004 the program underwent a renewal. Because the gourmet segments on the earlier version had been very popular the program was changed to a
gourmet
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show. At the same time it was moved to the spot on Saturday, 5 pm.
Show
Main theme for the show is food, but unlike many food shows on Japanese TV the only time cooking comes into the view is the end segment when one recipe is shown. The rest of the time Seven Sages with two guests visit restaurants and small cafes, tasting food and recommending places to the viewers.
Every food they taste is given a price tag and every place is shown on the map. All the places visited in the episode are listed in the end of the show, complete with addresses and phone numbers, and then added to the list on the site, along with featured recipe.
Seven sages
Seven famous cooks and food critics who take turns leading the show are called .
They are:
:
: , born on March 21, 1958
:
: , born on February 8, 1957
:
: , born on March 21, 1947
:
Guest sages
:
:
:
Regulars
First Period
Every episode two boys from
Johnny's Jimusho
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History 1962–1989
In 1962, Kitagawa launched his first group, Johnnys. In its early days, Kitagawa ...
join the sage of the day.
Second Period
*HiHi Jets
*Bishōnen
Narrators
First Period
Descriptions of food shown on screen are provided by two voice actors:
:
:
Second Period
References
External links
Hadaka no Shounen - official site
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Johnny & Associates
Japanese cooking television series
TV Asahi original programming
2000s cooking television series
2010s cooking television series
2000s Japanese television series
2010s Japanese television series