Prodigies (Japanese season 2)

The second season of the Japanese classical music talent show Prodigies aired in May 2022 at the Cocoon Theatre.

Semi-Final
The semi-finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from March 18-20, 2022, with the semi-final being filmed on March 25 and airing on May 7.

Live Final
The finalists' postcards and rehearsal footage were pre-recorded from May 8-10, 2022, with the live final commencing on May 14.

The show began with all nine finalists performing "Imagine".


 * First Round


 * Second Round

Trivia

 * Kon is disabled and handicapped, unable to walk properly, thus being in a wheelchair pushed by his sister Marika.
 * For Seira's performance in the season finale, one man from the choir was given a giant "key" to turn on Seira's back several times to get her to stand up, as is common with other performances of "Les oiseaux dans la charmille".
 * Only a day after the semi-final aired, Yukina revealed that she wanted to be voted off, saying the show was too stressful.

Contestants' info

 * Musicians
 * Airi Horigome (born February 25, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Yokohama and has taken violin lessons since the age of 7, for which she initially hated it.
 * Daizō Suzuoki (born October 4, 2008; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Oita and started taking flute lessons when he was 8.
 * Ginji Sono (born January 12, 2006; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Fukui.
 * Ichigo Tabei (born December 2, 2010; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Tokyo and started playing the clarinet when she was 9.
 * Tomoka Tsuchie (born July 16, 2013; aged 8 at the time of the show) lives in Osaka and started playing the violin when she was 6.


 * Singers
 * Honami Toyokawa (born September 12, 2009; aged 12 at the time of the show) lives in Ginowan mainly sings pop ballads, but for the classical spectrum, she prefers crossover favorites.
 * Hiroji Tetsuto (born December 1, 2010; aged 11 at the time of the show) lives in Fuji.
 * Kon Mochizuki (born November 7, 2005; aged 16 at the time of the show) lives in Yuzawa.
 * Seira Nakabayashi (born December 17, 2006; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives on a busy Nagano street and sings multiple genres.
 * Yukina Nanbu (born February 5, 2009; aged 13 at the time of the show) lives in Okayama.


 * Dancers
 * Chōbyō Motoyoshi (born July 10, 2007; aged 14 at the time of the show) lives in Kyoto.
 * Hidemaro Mukōda (born February 2, 2007; aged 15 at the time of the show) lives in Kagoshima and can't remember when he started dancing.
 * Sana Inomata (born January 30, 2010; aged 12 at the time of the show) Maebashi.
 * Sarina Nakasato (born February 13, 2011; aged 11 at the time of the show) was born in Montreal and raised in Sapporo.
 * Yuuna Nishijima (born July 4, 2012; aged 9 at the time of the show) lives in Chiba.