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Utaban
Utaban was a long-running Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010 on TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of "uta bangumi", meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally aired under the name Tokuban, an abbreviation of "tokubetsu bangumi", meaning "special program". The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.
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2010-02-02
S15E5 — OG & Morning Musume. - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai
30mins
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Yuko Nakazawa
Kaori Iida
Natsumi Abe
Kei Yasuda
Rika Ishikawa
Nozomi Tsuji
Ai Takahashi
Makoto Ogawa
Risa Niigaki
Eri Kamei
Sayumi Michishige
Reina Tanaka
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