Korenande Shoukai


Korenande Shoukai is a Japanese children's musical puppet variety show that airs on NHK Educational TV. The setting is the general store "Korenande Shoukai". Each episode has a variety of sketches, songs, animation, and dialogue. The main characters include Jay, Kiwi, Bulbul, and Madanai. It debuted on 4 April 2016 and ended on 31 March 2022.
The show airs Monday through Friday from 7:35 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., and again on Tuesdays from 5:35 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. It currently airs on TV Japan on Mondays through Fridays from 8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. where it is known as Chatty Jay's Sundry Shop. This show was also on aired on Sundays from April in 2018 to March in 2021.

Premise

As a variety show, each episode is a stand-alone sketch and follows roughly the same pattern: Jay will bring an interesting item into the shop, and Bulbul and Kiwi will ask about it. The episode will then focus on the particular item, such as an old-fashioned iron, or a ship in the bottle, as Jay explains what the item is, how to use it, or where it came from. The episodes also contain two or three songs. The songs are sometimes sung in the shop, but other times the camera shifts locations or the show completely switches to animation. Songs may be directly related to the object being discussed, such as "Happy End" during the episode where Jay brings in a laughing bag, but mostly they are just fun and catchy songs, such as "I Want to Be an Idol".
The show also features a variety of short segments which are not present in every episode. Examples include "Korenandapedia" where a voice-over that gives the encyclopedic information for the episode's interesting item, and "Nodo Jii Man" which depicts the super hero Nodo Jii Man who fights using the power of music with the help of his sidekick Nodo Pink.

Characters

Source:
;Jay
;Bulbul
;Turkey
;Kiwi
;Madanai
;Mice

Original songs

Many of the songs used in the show tie directly into a particular episode. Even after that episode has aired, the song may be used again in subsequent episodes as a way of filling time. Some of them are in the CD and DVD.
  • What is This? What is That?
  • Birds are clever
  • Seven gods
  • Mag Cup Song
  • I made it
  • Dice
  • Make up
  • It's ok
  • Introducing Korenande Shoukai
  • Farewell to Snacks
  • Time to Eat
  • Let's wash your clothes
  • What Color is the Sky
  • I Want to Be an Idol
  • Let's See a Good Dream
  • Happy End
  • I Like Books
  • The song of books
  • Face
  • You Can Do It!
  • Loving Doughnuts
  • Enormous Dream
  • Dog
  • To Grandpa
  • Let's Meet at the Sea
  • Like Mary Poppins
  • Upper Sky
  • The World Spins Around Me
  • The Song Singing About Free-time
  • The Maneki Neko Samba
  • Eat Properly
  • Iron so hot
  • make Rap
  • Cute Photogenic
  • Life of a Dinosaur
  • Sighing Bossa Nova
  • Together
  • Keep a Secret Song
  • Losing the Way
  • Zodiac Tango
  • Various Bonba
  • Let's Write a Character
  • For a Little Bit More
  • Jungle Expedition
  • Guiro-guiro
  • cooking
  • six legs' rock in roll

Production

  • Creator - Kei Shimoyama
  • Music - Satoru Shionoya
  • Choreography - Kenichi Honma
  • Puppeteers - Haruka Yamada, Keiko Kajima
  • Art Directors - Ryuuji Fujieda, Machiko Miroko
  • Production Company - 81 Produce
  • Studio - NHK