Wednesday Downtown Season 12, Episode 11: Episode 11

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Episode 1

New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 1 Without his knowledge, participants are asked to choose numbers from 1 to 6 in their daily lives... and the events that occur on the square they land on actually happen to Kuro-chan!

45 min

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Episode 2

New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 2 Kuro-chan's New Year's Real Life Sugoroku" - Filmed secretly and played for three months! Will Kuro-chan be able to reach the goal safely?

45 min

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Episode 3

New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 3 The goal of the "Real Life Sugoroku" game was "Proposal"! Can Kuro-chan propose to his girlfriend of two years, Richie, and put an end to his 48 years of single life?

45 min

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Episode 4

2024 Preview Prank The "King of Being Pranked the Most in 2024" will face the annual "1-Week Warning Prank" Preaching and telling ghost stories are both scary, so it's possible to switch between them midway through.

45 min

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Episode 5

Electric Chair Game Tournament Round 1 Match 3 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Round 1, Match 3: "Chihara Junior vs. Fujimoto Toshiaki" Find the comedian duo from approximately 3000 surnames... Stamp Tower, comedian duo quick-find competition

45 min

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Episode 6

Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation Part 1 A long-term prank is pulled on Hyoroku, a man whose true face no one has ever seen... to put his personality and character to the test! His true identity is finally revealed!?

45 min

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Episode 7

Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation Part 2 The final check on Hyoroku's character: "Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation" concludes... Through his strange cohabitation with his hidden nephew Kenken, the true identity of this enigmatic man is revealed!?

45 min

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Episode 8

Appearance Rate Ranking We calculated the "Wednesday rate" of each cast member's total TV appearances and created a "Wednesday Downtown Appearance Rate Ranking"! Who is the No. 1 celebrity who only appears on Wednesday Downtown?

70 min

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Episode 9

Electric Chair Game Tournament Round 1 Match 4 The fourth match of the first round of the "Electric Chair Game" tournament: "Koji Imada vs. Koji Higashino." The theory that women doing impressions of Keisuke Kuwata is funny... The Women's Kuwata Championship will be held.

45 min

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Episode 10

Electric Chair Game Tournament Semifinal Match 1 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Semifinal Match 1: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Okano Yoichi." The theory that it's impossible to predict the second favorite artist of Nagabuchi fans

45 min

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Episode 11

"Emergency Live Broadcast" Everyone's Theory Submission Special An emergency live broadcast of "Everyone's Theory Submission Special"! We're soliciting theories from viewers that they want us to investigate...and comedians will introduce them live in a radio-style format! Some theories from this broadcast might even be put to the test!?

45 min

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Episode 12

Everyone's Theories Special The theory that if you're told to "buy 2 or 3," you should buy 3. The theory that if you cut squid into squares, it's almost like nata de coco. The theory that you should address astronauts with "san" (Mr./Ms.) and 11 other theories are put to the test all at once.

45 min

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Episode 13

Electric Chair Game Tournament Semifinal Match 2 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Semifinal Match 2: "Chihara Junior vs. Imada Koji." The theory that railway enthusiasts are so specialized that they'll believe any kind of "xx railway" that comes along.

45 min

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Episode 14

Bare-handed moped chicken race "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Final: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Chihara Junior." The theory that a honey trap can be used again a year later if you invite them with "This time for real..."

45 min

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Episode 15

Electric Chair Game Tournament Finals "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Final: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Chihara Junior" ▼ The theory that a honey trap can be used again a year later if you invite them with "This time for real..."

45 min

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Episode 16

Grand Prix 2025 Who is the funniest comedian in 30 seconds? The 5th champion will be decided in a tournament featuring 40 comedy acts! Judges: Hikaru Ijuin, Kazutoyo Koyabu, Gekidan Hitori, Tetsuya Morita, and Bakarhythm

45 min

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Episode 17

A real prank on the substitute MC You can't go home until you've memorized the names of all the cats in the cat house. Offers to comedians who would never normally be asked to fill in for Hamada! The first one to accept will actually become the MC... A real prank on the substitute MC

45 min

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Episode 18

Sushi Battle 2nd Generation Tsutomu Sekine Championship. You can either stack the sushi plates you eat in your own territory or throw them at your opponent's plates! The team that stacks the most plates at the end wins in this new eating contest, "Sushi Battle"!

46 min

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Episode 19

Tenkaippin's "Rich" or "Light" Ramen Gamble The idea that Yuko Ogura's stance is "Korin Star really exists, but I'm pretending it was just a character because of pressure" is terrifying.

45 min

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Episode 20

Next Generation Reaction King Discovery Tournament. We're holding a tournament to discover the next generation of reaction kings! Young comedians with no prior prank experience will be judged with the show's signature pranks! The No. 1 young reaction king will be decided from over 100 entries!

46 min

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Episode 21

Indians name change prank Comedians Indians are asked to change their group name by a Native American-looking group... an unexpected protest prank.

46 min

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Episode 22

Masked Man Journey: Elimination if Identity is Revealed, Part 3 A masked man's journey where contestants try to guess each other's identities...and are eliminated if their identities are revealed - Part 3 ▼If you take the lecture seriously, you can naturally answer all the questions correctly when the same topic comes up in a quiz afterward.

45 min

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Episode 23

The theory that it's possible to gain weight on a deserted island - Part 1 The "Can You Gain Weight on a Deserted Island?" Theory: A weight-gain competition where contestants eat as much of the limited food available on the island—weeds, fish, etc.—as they can! Which duo can gain the most weight in 24 hours?!

45 min

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Episode 24

The theory that it's possible to gain weight on a deserted island - Part 2 A 24-hour desert island weight gain challenge with a loser-eliminates rule! The second round is... Kishitakano vs. Rainbow. If a crab suddenly appears in your room, it's not treated as a luxury ingredient, but as a giant insect.

45 min

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Episode 25

The theory that every town has its own memorable old man. Based on the theory that "every town has its own quirky old man," we gathered information from comedians about the quirky old men who frequented their hometowns when they were children! And the comedians themselves followed up and investigated what these old men are up to now!

45 min

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Episode 26

Kuro-chan, if he woke up by a river and his deceased father was on the other side, he would think he was on the brink of death. A "school song reverse calculation quiz" where you have to find a school using only the lyrics of the school song.

45 min

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Episode 27

Even during a sermon, personal safety is still the top priority. If you were in danger while being lectured by a senior colleague, how long would you continue to endure the lecture?

25 min

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Episode 28

Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors. Based on "Janken Glico"... If you lose, you have to eat all the food on the card you played! A competitive eating psychological battle "Full Stomach x Janken" The theory that there have been zero new hardware store openings since the Reiwa era

45 min

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Episode 29

National Highway Ramen Marathon 3 The "National Highway Ramen Marathon": You must eat a bowl of ramen every time you pass a ramen shop. Popular comedian rankings among junior and senior high school girls: It's the seventh year of the Reiwa era, and surely NON STYLE is no longer ranked.

45 min

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Episode 30

The theory that comedians can perfectly react to situations that mirror their own jokes if they happen in reality - Part 3 The theory that comedians could perfectly deliver a punchline if the same situation as their joke actually happened in real life. The theory that even if you don't speak the same language, you can barely communicate with Chinese people through the exchange of kanji characters

45 min

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Episode 31

The theory that if you walk to the foot of Mt. Fuji picking up fallen hairs along the way, you can make winter clothing out of those hairs and climb Mt. Fuji in that state. The theory that if someone tells you, "If the weather is clear and the conditions are right, you can see Mount Fuji from here," you'll accept it no matter how far away it is.

45 min

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Episode 32

GPS Ball Scramble Use location information to find the seven GPS balls scattered across the land! Who will collect all the balls and have their wish granted?

45 min

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Episode 33

The theory that comedians who specialize in making witty remarks are always in the mood to make them retort, even in their daily lives (Part 3) You can't go home until you find two people the same age as you in a row on the street.

45 min

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Episode 34

Everyone's Theories Special The theory that if you soak one hand in soy sauce for a day to create a "soy sauce poisoned hand," you won't need soy sauce when eating sushi. The theory that you can have siblings in the same grade even if they're not twins, and we'll examine 13 theories all at once.

45 min

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Episode 35

Street Look-alike Guessing Contest Find someone who looks like a celebrity in town and present them to your partner! A team battle where you can't go home until you guess who the look-alike is. A 4-generation relay race where families with a wide range of ages, from children to great-grandmothers, have an advantage...

45 min

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Episode 36

Theory Doubt We're holding a card game called "Theory Doubt" to determine whether it's a true theory that's been verified in the past, or a false theory that hasn't been broadcast! Hamada vs. Kasuga vs. Kazlaser.

45 min

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Episode 37

Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors Match 2 If you lose, you have to eat all the food on the card you played! The eating psychological battle "Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors" Match 2 "Kneeling Endurance Balance Bridge Race" where the prize money increases every second you sit in a kneeling position.

45 min

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Episode 38

Paper airplane x high dive catch Can you throw a paper airplane from a 10-meter diving board and dive in yourself, catching it before it hits the water? Beach flags: Even if you can't see the flag when you turn around, run at full speed once.

45 min

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Episode 39

Silent Kuro-chan "Silent Kuro-chan" follows Kuro-chan for a week after he undergoes surgery for vocal cord polyps and is unable to speak. The program prepares 10 challenges for him! How will he overcome various difficulties without being able to speak?

45 min

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Episode 40

If you hear from a senior colleague that they were pranked like this the other day, and then a few days later you find yourself in the exact same situation, you'll probably act in a way that's very conscious of getting good footage.

45 min

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Episode 41

Electric Chair Game: Gekidan Hitori vs. Tsuda Atsuhiro The 11th Parody Song Ultimate Tournament! This time's judges are active professional wrestlers. Electric Chair Game 2025 Opening Match

45 min

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Episode 42

Detective Tsuda "Long Sleeves" Special To commemorate the nomination of "Please give me long sleeves" for the Buzzword of the Year award, we will be airing "Detective Tsuda 'Long Sleeves' SP"! We'll be showing for the first time the entire sequence of Tsuda finally obtaining the sleeves he's been longing for, which couldn't be included in last year's broadcast!

45 min

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Episode 43

Detective Tsuda Episode 4 ~The Electric Trap and the 100-Year Prayer Part 1 During the filming of the "Electric Chair Game," Gekidan Hitori dies... His opponent, Tsuda, steps up to solve the case, and the curtain rises on "Detective Tsuda Episode 4: The Electric Trap and 100 Years of Prayer"!

73 min

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Episode 44

Detective Tsuda, Episode 4: The Electric Trap and a 100-Year Prayer Part 2 Atsuhiro Tsuda and Minamikawa travel 100 years back in time via a time machine to investigate the mystery surrounding the Edajima family tree. There, they discover that, for some reason, Rika's mother, Ume, married the servant Tamasuke according to the family registry, and that Rika's surname is also "Yamada". Tsuda closes in on the truth of the case from the events that transpired between the two families.

73 min