Prodigies (Japanese season 2)

The second season of the Japanese classical music talent show Prodigies aired on TBS in May 2022 and took place 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. Her Dailymotion channel is devoted to her performing violin covers of pop ballads and show tunes.
 * 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 and mainly sings pop songs, 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.