AI product readBypass radiko.jp geolocation restrictions to listen to Japanese radio from any region or overseas
radiko.jp restricts radio streaming to specific Japanese regions based on IP geolocation. Users outside their registered area (or overseas) cannot listen to stations from other regions. Rajiko solves this by using the Android authentication flow with spoofed GPS coordinates instead of IP-based location checks, allowing access to all Japanese radio stations.
User installs extension and optionally selects a Japanese region in the popup. When visiting radiko.jp, the extension automatically intercepts auth requests and injects spoofed GPS coordinates for the selected area, bypassing geo-restrictions. User can then play any station. For recording, user clicks the record button in the popup during live playback. For timeshift downloads, user navigates to a timeshift program page and clicks the download button.
Geo-unlock radiko.jp to listen to any Japanese regional radio station liveSelect and switch between Japanese regions/areas via popup menuRecord live radio streams and save as audio filesDownload timeshift (time-free) programs for offline listeningBonus features: bypass NHK Radio geo-blocking, modify User-Agent for recochoku.jp, fix TVer issues on Linux/Android
- Target users
- Japanese radio listeners outside their registered region in Japan / Overseas Japanese radio fans who want to access radiko.jp / Users who want to record or download radiko radio content
- The source code is available and well-documented with a detailed README, making analysis reliable. No server-side code needed verification. The only area of mild uncertainty is whether the timefree30 feature (which requires radiko premium login on the website) could be considered a paid feature of the extension—but since it requires radiko.jp's own premium subscription and the extension merely passes through the existing session cookie, it is properly classified as a destination_service feature, not an extension paid feature.
MonetizationNo paid features detected
The extension itself is completely free and open-source (GitHub: github.com/jackyzy823/rajiko). There is no payment UI, no subscription mechanism, no Stripe or other payment platform integration, and no features gated behind payment. The 'premium' references in the code (modules/auth.js line 8: 'Auth token generated with premium radiko_session cookie can access the tf30 resource') refer to radiko.jp's own premium subscription plan for timefree30 content—a destination service feature, not an extension feature. The Ko-fi link in the popup (pages/popup.html line 70) is a voluntary donation link for the developer, not a payment requirement for extension features. The 'subscribe' and 'premium plan' keywords detected in the heuristic are from the store description mentioning Ko-fi sponsorship and radiko's premium plan, neither of which constitute paid features within the extension itself.
- Confidence
- 95
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- No
- Reason
- The extension's core functionality—bypassing radiko.jp geolocation restrictions to listen to live radio and download basic timeshift content—requires NO login. The extension programmatically generates random device info and auth tokens via radiko's Android auth API (auth1/auth2) without any user account (modules/auth.js lines 35-60). All 'auth' and 'token' references in the code are about radiko's API authentication flow, not user login. There is no login form, no account creation, and no sign-in UI in the extension. The only login-related mention is an optional case: to download 'timefree30' content (a radiko premium-only feature), the user must be logged into their own radiko.jp account via the website—but this is logging into the destination service, not the extension itself, and it is optional for a specific advanced feature.
8月11日使用好像失效了,是不是和radiko网页改版有关系?8月4日时还可以用, 广播页面不能显示,多刷几次一瞬间看见不在该国不能使用试听3分钟。 如果可能的话改进一下谢谢。用了firefox游览器一切正常,难道时谷歌游览器的问题?都是最新版本,谢谢,我用Firefox吧
好用 谢谢~
This works perfectly, thanks so much!!!
I don't know who you are but you're a god and I'm so happy.
太牛逼了!
There are 2 new radio channels (JOYFM, AFM) added to radiko today (April 1st). The extension cannot play them.
2023/04/25投稿 本日radiko.jp公式TOPページ(https://radiko.jp)にアクセスしたところ、ページ左上にあるradikoのロゴの右側にローマ字で都道府県名が表示されるようになりました。 [R]ボタンを押してエリア設定をしても、希望の都道府県に設定できなくなっています。 ちなみに、昨日(2023/04/24)までは拡張機能『rajiko』の機能がONになっていれば、radikoロゴの右側は都道府県名が表示されず空白で、「R」ボタンでエリア選択した都道府県の放送局がTOPページに表示されていました。 radiko.jpが「radiko埋め込み3分シェアラジオ機能」というサービスを開始したので、radikoの配信サーバーのシステム変更が影響しているのでしょうか? Chrome版rajiko、firefox版rajiko両方とも確認してみましたが、症状は変わらないです。
最初はエリアを変えていましたが、最近エリアを変更しなくても常に全国聴けるようになりました!笑 バグ?ですかね?便利ですのでこのままでいいです。あと録音機能はなくなってしまったのでしょうか・・・。
本当に最高です。 いままでフリーのVPNを時間をかけて探してツールを使ってダウンロードするのにすごい時間をかけていましたが、これのおかげで1分くらいですぐにダウンロードできるようになりました。 強いて言うならタイムフリーのダウンロードのタイトルをラジオのタイトルにしてほしいです。それ以外は本当に最高です!
Thats great!! thanks. This is super useful