Japan in the ABU TV Song Festival

Japan

Participating broadcaster| Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Participation summary
Appearances| 11
First appearance| 2012

The participation of Japan in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred eleven times since the inaugural ABU TV Song Festival began in 2012. Since their début in 2012, the Japanese entry has been organized by the national broadcaster Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).

## History[edit]

NHK is one of the founder members in the ABU TV Song Festivals, having participated in the very first ABU TV Song Festival 2012.[1] On 4 June 2015 NHK confirmed that they would participate in the ABU TV Song Festival 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] On 13 September 2015 it was announced that the band Scandal would represent Japan with "Sisters".[3]

## Participation overview[edit]

Year  | Entrant  | Language  | Song  | English translation

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2012 | Perfume | Japanese, English | "Spring of Life"  | –
2013 | May'n[4] | Japanese  | "ViViD"  | –
2014 | Sekai no Owari (世界の終わり)  | Japanese  | "Dragon Night"  | –
2015 | Scandal | Japanese  | "Sisters"  | –
2016 | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | Japanese  | "Fashion Monster" & "Sai & Co"  | –
2017 | LiSA | Japanese  | "Catch The Moment"  | –
2018 | Eir Aoi | Japanese  | "Ignite"  | –
2019 | Hey! Say! JUMP | Japanese  | "Fanfāre!", "Come On A My House" & "Ue o muite arukō"  | –
2020 | Hatsune Miku | Japanese  | "Hand In Hand"  | –
2021 | milet | Japanese, English  | "inside you"  | –
2022 | Win Morisaki | Japanese, English  | "Parade"  | –
2023 | Ayaka Hirahara | Japanese, English  | "Jupiter"  | –

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hamzah, Hanizah. "ABU TV Song Festival". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
2. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Japan: ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
3. ^ Granger, Anthony. "ATSF'15: ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Participants Announced". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
4. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival - Japan". Performer's profile. abuhanoi2013.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

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