Dengeki Taishō


Dengeki Taishō is a Japanese radio program broadcast by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Radio Osaka, and Tokai Radio Broadcasting which first aired in October 1994, and is produced by ASCII Media Works. The program airs late at night on the weekend ranging between either 1:00-1:30 AM, 1:30-2:00 AM, or 2:00-2:30 AM depending on the broadcasting channel. The program contains any news updates related to ASCII Media Works and light novels published under their light novel imprint Dengeki Bunko. Additionally, radio dramas air on the program based from light novels under Dengeki Bunko. Listeners can send in post cards to the program which may end up being read on the air, and any questions asked by listeners via the postcards are answered.

History

Dengeki Taishō first aired in October 1994 and was originally started to work in connection with MediaWorks' light novel award, the Dengeki Novel Prize, which was first held in 1994. After MediaWorks started their male-oriented light novel imprint Dengeki Bunko in June 1993, the first round of the contest was held the following year, which awarded the Gold Prize to Kyoichiro Takahata for his novel Criss Cross: Konton no Maoh. Due to this, the original title for the radio program was Dengeki Taishō Criss Cross, but this was changed in April 1995 to Dengeki Daisakusen, and then again in April 1996 when it was changed to the current title. While primarily being an informational program, radio dramas also air on Dengeki Taishō based from light novels under Dengeki Bunko. The show has been through a series of different hosts, each time working as a pair and the hosts change frequently. The longest time a host continued with the show was with Taiki Matsuno between January 1999 and September 2003. As of April 2013, the host pair is Natsuki Hanae and Erika Yazawa. For the broadcast on November 4, 2006, the program's title temporarily reverted to the previous Dengeki Daisakusen and was hosted by three previous hosts—Mayumi Tanaka, Rumi Kasahara, and Taiki Matsuno—the first two of which were the hosts during the time the show was actually called Dengeki Daisakusen.

Hosts

  1. Kotono Mitsuishi
  2. :During this time, the program aired every Sunday between 9:00-9:30 PM.
  3. Rumi Kasahara and Mayumi Tanaka
  4. :From April 1995 onwards, the program aired late at night around 1:00 or 2:00 AM.
  5. Hideo Ishikawa and Yūko Nagashima
  6. Tetsuya Iwanaga and Miki Nagasawa
  7. Mae Kuribayashi and Taiki Matsuno
  8. Taiki Matsuno and Sayaka Yoshino
  9. Kanako Irie and Taiki Matsuno
  10. Masumi Asano and Masaya Matsukaze
  11. Takayo Kashiwagi and Masakazu Morita
  12. Rina Akiyama and Masakazu Morita
  13. Rina Akiyama and Hiroki Yasumoto
  14. Rina Akiyama and Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  15. Hiroaki Miura and Risa Yoshiki
  16. Natsuki Hanae and Erika Yazawa

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