Series

Music Station

1986 · 16 seasons · Reality

IMDb

6.3

MUSIC STATION (ミュージックステーション) is a popular weekly music variety show that has been on the air since 1986. It airs Fridays at 8pm on TV Asahi and usually has 5-8 J-Pop artists and groups as guests on each show. The two hosts: タモリ (Tamori) and Hironaka Ayaka chat with each artist for a couple minutes before they hit the stage and perform their latest song. The show also runs specials from time to time, along with a yearly 3+ hour (now 4) live performance bonanza around Christmas time called MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE. The show also features Ward E. Sexton as the english announcer voice for introducing the guests and announcing the CD Single Hit Ranking (usually every week) and CD Album Hit Ranking (usually every month). Sexton is known for providing voice over to the Resident Evil (called Bio Hazard in Japan) video game series.

First aired

October 24, 1986

Last aired

November 14, 2025

Status

Returning Series

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

15

Rated

NR

Genres

Reality

• Season 11 episode · 1986
• Season 21 episode · 1987
• Season 31 episode · 1987
• Season 41 episode · 1988
• Season 51 episode · 1989
• Season 61 episode · 1990
• Season 71 episode · 1993
• Season 81 episode · 1993
• Season 91 episode · 1996
• Season 101 episode · 2000
• Season 111 episode · 2004
• Season 121 episode · 2008
• Season 131 episode · 2013
• Season 141 episode · 2018
• Season 20251 episode
• Season 20261 episode