Produce 101 Japan Shinsekai (; stylized in all caps) is the fourth season of the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan, the Japanese version of Produce 101. The show brings together 123 contestants with the intention of producing a permanent twelve-member boy group. It premiered on March 26, 2026, broadcasting in Japan via Lemino every Thursday at 21:00 JST (GMT+9) and concurrently globally via Mnet. The show concluded on June 6, finalizing the 12 debut members of KO1KEYZ.
The series is an official spin-off of the South Korean television series Produce 101 and is a co-production between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M.
Promotion and broadcast On July 16, 2025, the Produce 101 Japan social media accounts posted a teaser hinting a new season of the show. The next day, the new season was announced as a global audition for a new boy group. Applications opened on July 17, 2025, with an initial deadline of September 4, 2025. However, due to technical issues and the high traffic as the audition period was nearing its end, the deadline was extended to September 7, 2025.
On January 23, 2026, Nakasone Rino, Kevin Woo, and Kaita were revealed as trainers. Adachi Yuto and Kawabata Kaname were also revealed the following day. On January 30, the first forty trainees were revealed. Forty-three more trainees were revealed the next day. On February 1, a twist called "101 Pass" was announced: thirty-eight "trainee candidates" were revealed, meaning twenty of them had to be cut to fit the show's 101 format. National producers and Sekai producers could vote their favorite 11 candidates out of those thirty-eight every day from February 2 to 4 using their d account or on the Mnet Plus app. The 20 least-voted trainee candidates were eliminated before the show started. To help fans decide, introduction videos for the trainee candidates were uploaded to the official Produce 101 Japan YouTube channel. On February 3, 1-minute PR videos for all 121 participants were uploaded.
On February 11, Dean Fujioka was announced as the season's national producer representative. In addition, audience recruitment for the first on-site evaluation opened. On the following day, Korean celebrity Choi Sooyoung was revealed as the season's sekai producer representative, a new role in the series. On February 19, the theme song "Shinsekai" was released digitally, alongside the performance video featuring the 101 trainees. Fancams of the full trainees except Hori Eito were uploaded on February 22. On the same day, it was announced that Hori Eito and Sakurai Hikaru had left the show due to personal reasons. Their profiles on the website and PR videos on YouTube were removed.
On March 24, two days before the season premiere, the nineteen trainees chosen for 101 Pass were revealed, solidifying the cast of 101 trainees.
Cast The show is presented by Dean Fujioka as the National Producer Representative and Choi Soo-young as the Sekai Producer Representative.
Vocal trainers
Kevin Woo Kaname Kawabata Dance trainers
Rino Nakasone Kaita Rap trainer Yuto Adachi
Contestants
There were a total of 123 contestants involved with the show, but only 101 contestants were allowed to continue past the Level Placement Test. Contestants that left the show or were eliminated in the "101 Pass" elimination round were delisted from the official website prior to the show's premiere. The English names of all the contestants are presented in accordance with the official website.
Color key Final debut members of KO1KEYZ Contestants eliminated in the finale Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round Contestants eliminated in the 101 Pass elimination round Contestants left the show
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Rankings Top 12 The top 12 contestants, calculated through a weighted system of 70% National votes and 30% Sekai votes are chosen through popularity with online voting and audience live voting. National Producers vote through Lemino and can receive an additional vote per day by downloading the Lemino app, while Sekai Producers vote through Mnet Plus. The results were shown at the end of each episode.
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List of Top 12 Contestants # 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 1 Yada Yoshiki Kenmotsu Kinari(1) Kato Daiki(1) Kato Daiki() Kato Daiki() Oh Shin-haeng(6) Kato Daiki(9) 2 Kenmotsu Kinari Kato Daiki(1) Kenmotsu Kinari(1) Terui Kosuke(5) Abe Yura(2) Abe Yura() Yada Yoshiki(1) 3 Kato Daiki Yada Yoshiki(2) Abe Yura(1) Kenmotsu Kinari(1) Terui Kosuke(1) Yada Yoshiki(2) Park Si-young(3) 4 Abe Yura Abe Yura() Yada Yoshiki(1) Abe Yura(1) Kenmotsu Kinari(1) Terui Kosuke(1) Oh Shin-haeng(3) 5 Park Si-young Park Si-young() Oh Shin-haeng(1) Park Si-young(1) Yada Yoshiki(1) Iizuka Ryoga(3) Goto Yuki(4) 6 Oh Shin-haeng Oh Shin-haeng() Park Si-young(1) Yada Yoshiki(2) Park Si-young(1) Park Si-young() Yanagiya Issa(2) 7 Adam Nagai Adam Nagai() Terui Kosuke(1) Oh Shin-haeng(2) Oh Shin-haeng() Chen Rickey(6) Ono Keito(8) 8 Koshimizu Ren Terui Kosuke(1) Yoo Hyeon-seung(2) Yoo Hyeon-seung() Iizuka Ryoga(4) Yanagiya Issa(3) Abe Yura(6) 9 Terui Kosuke Kumabe Takuto(3) Kumabe Takuto() Yanagiya Issa(10) Yoo Hyeon-seung(1) Goto Yuki(7) Iizuka Ryoga(4) 10 Iizuka Ryoga Yoo Hyeon-seung(5) Adam Nagai(3) Tsuchida Osuke(3) Sugiyama Ryuji(1) Kato Daiki(9) Sugiyama Ryuji(2) 11 Kurahashi Goten Iizuka Ryoga(1) Kurahashi Goten(2) Sugiyama Ryuji(12) Yanagiya Issa(2) Kumabe Takuto(4) Terui Kosuke(7) 12 Kumabe Takuto Koshimizu Ren(4) Iizuka Ryoga(1) Iizuka Ryoga() Tsuchida Osuke(2) Sugiyama Ryuji(2) Hamada Towa(2)
Global Ranker The Global Ranker, calculated through a weighted system of 30% National votes and 70% Sekai votes, was announced at the end of each voting period. If a contestant ranked in the top 12 of the Global Ranker, they would continue onto to the next round even if they would have been eliminated.
In the first two voting periods, no eliminated contestants ranked in the top 12. In the third voting period, two eliminated contestants ranked in the top 12, allowing them to continue onto the next round.
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List of Top 12 Contestants # 5 8 10 11 1 Yada Yoshiki Yada Yoshiki Yada Yoshiki Yada Yoshiki 2 Kato Daiki Kato Daiki Kobayashi Chisato Oh Shin-haeng 3 Abe Yura Abe Yura Abe Yura Kato Daiki 4 Park Si-young Kenmotsu Kinari Oh Shin-haeng Park Si-young 5 Oh Shin-haeng Park Si-young Park Si-young Ono Keito 6 Kenmotsu Kinari Oh Shin-haeng Terui Kosuke Sugiyama Ryuji 7 Yoo Hyeon-seung Terui Kosuke Aonuma Koshiro Abe Yura 8 Adam Nagai Yoo Hyeon-seung Kato Daiki Iizuka Ryoga 9 Koshimizu Ren Hamada Towa Iizuka Ryoga Terui Kosuke 10 Terui Kosuke Koshimizu Ren Koshimizu Ren Goto Yuki 11 Hamada Towa Aonuma Koshiro Yoo Hyeon-seung Yoo Hyeon-seung 12 Kumabe Takuto Tsuchida Osuke Goto Yuki Yanagiya Issa
1st Voting Period The first voting period took place from March 26, 2026, at 23:45 JST (GMT+9), to April 17 at 4:00 JST. Producers were allowed to vote for twelve contestants per day. The top 50 contestants who received the most points would continue onto the next round while the remaining 51 trainees would be eliminated.
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1st Voting Period (Episode 5)RankContestantsPointsRankContestantsPointsVotesOn-SiteVotesTotalVotesOn-SiteVotesTotalNationalSekaiNationalSekai1Kato Daiki1,296,479488,6034091,785,49226Aonuma Koshiro384,186203,900361588,4482Kenmotsu Kinari1,372,025392,0073451,764,37727Kobayashi Chisato342,390232,8043,475578,6703Abe Yura1,051,560501,0724221,553,05428Ogasawara Giuseppe Kei413,742149,834400563,9774Yada Yoshiki939,786590,7284191,530,93329Itakura Yuta402,896156,487349559,7335Oh Shin-haeng939,330472,5293271,412,18730Tanaka Maki454,47973,0193,608531,1066Park Si-young897,732513,6364161,411,78431Imae Rikuto410,63448,7713,442462,8487Terui Kosuke981,058209,7663,5661,194,39132Shinogaya Ayumu307,665135,2493,416446,3308Yoo Hyeon-seung634,710426,3534511,061,51433Yoon Jae-yong224,307197,307402422,0179Kumabe Takuto904,298147,9173,4461,055,66134Yamashita Shu251,103156,7372,710410,55010Adam Nagai749,512298,1313061,047,94935Matsuda Taiga209,257194,6272,378406,26311Kurahashi Goten804,763120,8933,565929,22136Fujimaki Taiga274,222102,710326377,25912Iizuka Ryoga783,434142,348413926,19637Kwak Dong-min259,411113,4693,430376,31113Tsuchida Osuke714,427166,7552,404 883,58738Ishida Ryota285,75335,2883,400324,44114Koshimizu Ren565,502297,3703,466866,33939Okada Yuma237,99563,227315301,53815Hamada Towa515,483268,686374784,54340Sawai Sena235,53456,097304291,93616Ono Keito577,221193,555410771,18741Minamihira Tatsuya210,57760,123343271,04417Goto Yuki493,758180,9642,402677,12542Takahashi Sora200,77364,3743,442268,58918Asaka Kotaro485,986188,343288674,61843Liu Kaichi199,85557,6883,444260,98719Yanagiya Issa554,42193,7443,510651,67544Li Weize133,326120,4643,434257,22420Lee Hyun-jae491,405152,334317644,05745Mori Mei211,73940,894278252,91121Yokoyama Kaname489,111147,7103,473640,29546Ohse Rinto198,10348,6093,479250,19122Archer Uy418,956215,873230635,06047Chuang Jay146,040103,620236249,89623Sugiyama Ryuji517,442107,4692,450627,36248Uno Kaimu215,99730,0002,721248,71924Obayashi Yusei491,658123,0813,447618,18749Nishizaki Shu178,86466,1333,419248,41725Chen Rickey480,239116,014241596,49550Kaneyasu Junsei203,90631,6433,417238,966
2nd Voting Period The second voting period took place from April 23, 2026, immediately after the first voting period's results announcement, to May 8 at 12:00 JST. Producers were allowed to vote for twelve contestants per day. The top 35 contestants who received the most points would continue onto the next round while the remaining 15 trainees would be eliminated.
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2nd Voting Period (Episode 8)RankContestantsPointsRankContestantsPointsVotesOn-SiteVotesTotalVotesOn-SiteVotesTotalNationalSekaiNationalSekai1Kato Daiki1,146,156517,55010,3981,674,10419Aonuma Koshiro439,858366,617356806,8312Abe Yura1,028,801538,71850,3841,617,90420Koshimizu Ren361,952427,809262790,0243Terui Kosuke1,240,023340,77110,4181,591,21321Adam Nagai528,431242,25410,365781,0514Kenmotsu Kinari1,045,520484,31310,3881,540,22122Yamashita Shu493,081232,878405726,3645Yada Yoshiki880,055588,7543021,469,11123Yokoyama Kaname519,064179,861352699,2786Park Si-young923,286506,0793801,429,74624Lee Hyun-jae537,611144,12610,388692,1257Oh Shin-haeng870,135443,8373951,314,36825Yoon Jae-yong458,905217,90010,433687,2398Iizuka Ryoga889,505231,4433031,121,25126Kobayashi Chisato247,892376,91350,327675,1339Yoo Hyeon-seung713,383393,4324151,107,23027Obayashi Yusei518,578141,27010,426670,27510Sugiyama Ryuji876,385218,5603801,095,32528Kurahashi Goten504,118158,540315662,97311Yanagiya Issa897,550175,2173421,073,10929Ogasawara Giuseppe Kei463,370167,013390630,77412Tsuchida Osuke776,690292,0153511,069,05730Ishida Ryota411,066151,89350,350613,31013Chen Rickey869,006114,54750,3941,033,94731Liu Kaichi479,797125,347339605,48314Hamada Towa599,161392,72410,3941,002,27932Okada Yuma467,238126,329369593,93715Kumabe Takuto714,472152,387345867,20433Shinogaya Ayumu328,398219,610284548,29316Goto Yuki660,696199,470336860,50234Tanaka Maki454,27693,291288547,85617Asaka Kotaro589,934166,19660,402816,53335Imae Rikuto468,77474,999341544,11418Ono Keito638,558169,107249807,915 – colspan="6"
3rd Voting Period The third voting period took place from May 14, 2026, immediately after the second voting period's results announcement, to May 22 at 16:00 JST. Producers were allowed to vote for two contestants per day. The top 20 contestants who received the most points would continue onto the next round while the remaining 15 trainees would be eliminated. Two eliminated contestants ranked in the top 12 of the Global Ranker, totaling the number of surviving contestants to 22.
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