After Mizusawa Yume's mother becomes ill and passes away, she finds a picture of a man holding a baby in her mother's keepsake box. On the back of the picture it says "Loving Papa and Yume, at Raku no Yu." Yume has never known or even seen a picture of her father, but she believes that this guy must be him. Also in the box there is a lighter with the initials RM. After she finds that the "Raku no Yu", is a 'sento' (public bath) in Shibuya, Tokyo, she's off to meet her long lost father and to get as much money out of him as possible. The debts her mother left her after her death left nothing for Yume. Yume blames her father for her mother's death because if it wasn't for him she wouldn't have had to work so hard and wouldn't have gotten ill and died young. Once she arrives in Tokyo and finds 'Raku no Yu' she finds a name plaque with the inscription Mannaka Rokku, so she is sure this is the place.

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.

Hello Pro! TIME (ハロプロ!TIME) was a TV show showcasing the members of Hello! Project replacing Bijo Gaku. Each week, different girls were selected to take a camera around and film various subjects. This show aired on TV Tokyo.

Yorosen! (よろセン!; I am cool teacher, a slang shortening of Yoroshiku sensei!) was a late-night daily Japanese education TV program featuring Hello! Project members as teacher and students. It aired on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2008 to March 27, 2009 (weekdays only) with a running time of about 7 minutes. Yorosen! was the replacement for Berikyuu!, and was later itself replaced by Bijo Houdan. Yorosen! showcased the 3 main groups of Hello! Project: Morning Musume., Berryz Koubou, and ℃-ute. Each episode ended with a segment by Mano Erina.

Bijo Gaku (美女学) was a Hello! Project and UP-FRONT WORKS TV show that replaced Bijo Houdan, including Morning Musume., Berryz Koubou, ℃-ute, Mano Erina and S/mileage, airing on TV Tokyo. While its predecessor Bijo Houdan focused on learning from various well-established female experts through a talk show format, Bijo Gaku focused on doing the same, but through extracurricular activities, and experiencing the activities themselves.

Variety talk music show.

A Japanese TV drama starring a full Hello! Project cast. The drama also featured Sakurada Dori, and former Hello! Project members Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Ishikawa Rika, Kikkawa Yuu and Saho Akari. A mathematics genius girl Machida Nina (Tanaka Reina) starts in a new school and attempts to find her elder sister who vanished from said school one year ago. The story, developed with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Olympiad in Japan, set at a specialized math school, where Tanaka Reina and Michishige Sayumi both take on the roles of “Suugaku Joshi” (“math girls”). Naturally, the show incorporates various mathematical functions and formulas into the story and dialogue.