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.

Cast

Yuko Nakazawa

Kaori Iida

Natsumi Abe

Kei Yasuda

Rika Ishikawa

Nozomi Tsuji

Ai Takahashi

Makoto Ogawa

Risa Niigaki

Eri Kamei