1、2、Play by Toshinobu Kubota（J-Pop Hub）

SBS Japanese's music segment J-Pop Hub is broadcast on Thursdays. Credit: stdemi/Getty Images

The first artist featured this year in this segment is Toshinobu Kubota. He performed at the 2025 Kohaku Uta Gassen.

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Koji Asano, a Melbourne-based Japanese voice actor and musician, hosts music segment J-Pop Hub for SBS Japanese. He picked '1、2、Play' by Toshinobu Kubota for his 164th episode.

You can listen to both the segment and the song, will be broadcast on January 8, through our online catch-up service. Valid for one week after broadcast.↓

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/japanese/ja/radio-program/japanese/jo9zl1us4

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