The producer of the globally popular "Piko Taro" and the most popular female model are the MC duo. Kosaka Daimaou and Oishi Mizuki have been chosen as the program's MCs!

2016.11.02 Press Releases
TSUTAYA Co., Ltd.

-New program "Ikuze, Band Heaven!!" will be broadcast weekly starting November 4th (Friday)!-

The MCs for "Ikuze, Band Tengoku!!" (commonly known as "Ikuten"), a large-scale audition program to discover the next generation of super bands, brought to you by TSUTAYA Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / President and COO:Kazuo Nakanishi / hereinafter referred to as "TSUTAYA"), which operates 1,478 TSUTAYA stores nationwide, and BS-TBS Inc. (headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo / President and CEO: Hoshino Makoto / hereinafter referred to as "BS-TBS"), have been selected as Kosaka Daimaou, the popular singer-songwriter behind "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen (PPAP)" and producer of Piko Taro, and Oishi Mizuki, who has appeared in magazines such as "Seventeen" and "ViVi" and is currently an exclusive model for "AneCan" and a regular model for "MORE".

The two will liven up the show with their well-coordinated interactions.
Please look forward to the first broadcast on Friday, November 4th.

■About "Ikuze, Band Heaven!!"
Various bands, both self-nominated and recommended by others, including bands representing their respective regions confidently recommended by TSUTAYA's 10 regional companies across the country, bands that applied through the music SNS app nana, and bands recommended by the program, will battle it out every week, and the band that wins three weeks will be crowned the "Ikuten King."

The final "Grand Ikuten King" was decided from among the previous "Ikuten King" bands formed up until March 2017. The band that is crowned "Grand Ikuten King" will receive 1 million T-POINT from TSUTAYA and will receive a full support for the band for one year.

■"Ikuze, Band Heaven!!" Program Overview
Premiere: Friday, November 4, 2016, 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM (After that, every weekday at the same time)
After the program on BS-TBS ends, it will be streamed on YouTube.

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"Ikuze, Band Heaven!!" Kosaka Daimaou and Oishi Mizuki have been selected as the program's MCs!

Inquiries regarding this matter
For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact: TSUTAYA Public Relations Co., Ltd., TEL: 03-6800-4764
For inquiries regarding the program, please contact: BS-TBS Programming Department, Public Relations and Advertising Department, TEL: 03-5575-2250