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 TV game show where members of the group Kanjani8 tackle different tasks assigned by the unseen president of the company. The show began airing on October 07, 2009, and continues to air every Wednesday on TV Asahi

TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

 01:36AM to 01:51AM.

The Show

To open each episode, the narrator states that due to the horrible economic situation, a show production team with very low budget seeks help from seven of their ADs, aka the members of Kanjani8. The ADs are to complete the tasks passed down from their president, of the company named KANPANI.
On the official website for the show as well as at the beginning of every episode, the message below is also shown:

KANPANI is the abbreviation of the KANJANI COMPANY, a television production office that specializes in image and music. Everyone of us makes good use of their physical strength, intellect and acting talents to conduct independent inquiry and data gathering. We promptly transmit helpful information and survey results to the society, which you can use even from tomorrow. Moreover, we produce musical program ID, which will meet viewers' needs widely without being caught in a mere entertainment program production. Hereafter, we "KANPANI" will produce the new sensed entertainment program that everybody from kids to adults can enjoy, to make you audience happier.

The truthfulness behind these words remain unknown, but the lack of a background on the set of the show seems to verify the statement claiming a slow budget.
The show then begins by stating the task or challenge of the day, which is said to be given by the unseen president. All members must then participate in achieving the goal.
So far, none of the tasks had been completed.
After the game, a fax is received on the set, with a verdict from the president stating the name and possibly reasons of the member(s) receiving the punishment for the team failure.

Cast

• Kanjani8 (Hosts)

(You Yokoyama | Subaru Shibutani

Subaru Shibutani

is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and lyricist. He is also the lead singer of Japanese male idol group Kanjani Eight, which debuted with modern enka. Shibutani was already a singer in his own right before the group's debut, immensely popular among Johnny's Jr. fans as the top Kansai Jr...

 | Shingo Murakami

Shingo Murakami

, also known as Hina, is Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is also a member of Japanese boy band Kanjani Eight.-Discography:-Drama:*1999: Kowai Nichiyōbi*1999: Mamachari Detective*2001: Neverland*2004: Hagure Keiji Junjoha...

 | Ryuhei Maruyama

Ryuhei Maruyama

, is a member of the popular Japanese boyband Kanjani8. He is also a morning show co-host on Kansai TV and a TV actor.- Biography :Maruyama's career as a Johnny's idol has interesting beginnings...

 | Shota Yasuda

Shota Yasuda

is a member of the popular Japanese male idol unit Kanjani8 of Johnny & Associates. He is the group's guitarist, and one of its main rappers. He was previously guitarist of Kansai Johnny's Jr unit V.WEST before it was absorbed to form Kanjani8.-History:...

 | Ryo Nishikido

Ryo Nishikido

is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Johnny & Associates boy band Kanjani Eight and was a member of boy band NEWS.- Biography :Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer. Nishkido belongs to two...

 | Tadayoshi Okura

Tadayoshi Okura

is a Japanese idol, singer and actor. He is from Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan. He's a member of popular boys band under Johnny & Associates called Kanjani8 .-Biography:He respects Go Morita from V6, he is the reason that Okura joined Johnny & Associates....

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• Nakamiti Mihoko (Narrator)

Broadcasting Details

Episode	Air Date	Theme	Jersey Color	Single Word Message From	Punishment	Notes
01	October 07, 2009	知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW	Red	Nishikido Yokoyama	Poured Flour On	First appearance of Saijou-san.
02	October 14, 2009	未確認商品解明しまSHOW / Let's Investigate This Unidentified Product SHOW	Green	Murakami Maruyama	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)
03	October 21, 2009	10分頑張りまSHOW / Let's Do Our Best in 10 Minutes SHOW	Blue	Okura Yasuda	Poured Flour On	It appears Okura was absent due to influenza.
04	October 28, 2009	知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW	Red	All	Poured Flour On	It appears Okura was absent due to influenza.
05	November 4, 2009	鏡文字で答えまSHOW / Let's Answer in Mirror Letters SHOW	Blue	All	Poured Flour On
06	November 11, 2009	10分頑張りまSHOW / Let's Do Our Best in 10 Minutes SHOW	Blue	Maruyama Shibutani
07	November 18, 2009	顔面ディナーSHOW / Face Dinner SHOW	Red	All	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)
08	November 25, 2009	身の程を知りまSHOW / Let's Get to Know One's Own Place SHOW	Green	Maruyama	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)
09	December 02, 2009	噛まずに言い切りまSHOW / Let's Say It Without Stumbling SHOW	Blue	Maruyama	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)	The members discuss that there is a new person carrying out the Harisen punishment. More than 1 hour of material was recorded.
10	December 09, 2009	知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW	Green	Nishikido	Poured Flour On	Second appearance of Saijou-san.
11	December 16, 2009	世界の激辛料理食べつくしまSHOW / Let's Eat the World's Spiciest Food SHOW	Blue	Okura	N/A	Among Kanjani∞ members the strongest with hot food is Yasuda and the weakest - Shibutani.
12	December 23, 2009	今夜はクリスマススペシャル! はずれくじ避けまSHOW / Tonight is Christmas Special! Let's Avoid Failure Lottery SHOW	White Outfits from "Gift Gift (Kanjani Eight song) "GIFT" is the triple single release by the Japanese boyband Kanjani8. This release is three singles making up their 11th, 12th, and 13th single. It spanned across three days during Christmas week. Each release two different songs on each one, except for Green which has three songs, with album art... "	All		Performance of "Fuyu Koi Gift (Kanjani Eight song) "GIFT" is the triple single release by the Japanese boyband Kanjani8. This release is three singles making up their 11th, 12th, and 13th single. It spanned across three days during Christmas week. Each release two different songs on each one, except for Green which has three songs, with album art... "、"Yuki wo kudasai Gift (Kanjani Eight song) "GIFT" is the triple single release by the Japanese boyband Kanjani8. This release is three singles making up their 11th, 12th, and 13th single. It spanned across three days during Christmas week. Each release two different songs on each one, except for Green which has three songs, with album art... " and "Minus 100 do no Koi Gift (Kanjani Eight song) "GIFT" is the triple single release by the Japanese boyband Kanjani8. This release is three singles making up their 11th, 12th, and 13th single. It spanned across three days during Christmas week. Each release two different songs on each one, except for Green which has three songs, with album art... ".
13	January 06, 2010	ランキング避けまSHOW / Let's Avoid Ranking SHOW	Green	All Maruyama	Poured Water On
14	January 13, 2010	かぶったら負けでSHOW / Repeating Is Losing SHOW	Red	All	Poured Flour On
15	January 20, 2010	噛まずに言い切りまSHOW / Let's Say It Without Stumbling SHOW	Blue	All Okura	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)
16	January 27, 2010	プレッシャーに打ち勝ちまSHOW / Let's Overcome Pressure SHOW	Blue	All	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) Poured Water On
17	February 03, 2010	腹八分目食べまSHOW / Let's Be Moderate in Eating SHOW	Red	Nishikido	Poured Water On
18	February 10, 2010	一筆で伝えまSHOW / Let's Convey It with a Stroke of a Pen SHOW	Blue	All	Poured Flour On
19	February 17, 2010	3対3狙いまSHOW / Let's Aim at 3:3 SHOW	Green	All	Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)	More than 2 hours were recorded.
20	February 24, 2010	身の程を知りまSHOW / Let's Get to Know One's Own Place SHOW	Red
21	March 03, 2010	意外な物を値段当てまSHOW / Let's Guess the Price of Unexpected Products SHOW	Green		Slapped with Double Harisen (Paper Fan)
22	March 10, 2010	ありそうな言葉検索しまSHOW	Blue		Slapped with a Harisen/Double Harisen (Paper Fan)
23	March 17, 2010	影絵で表現しまSHOW	Green		Poured Water On
24	March 24, 2010	センスくらべまSHOW	Blue		Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan)
25 (Final Episode)	March 31, 2010	絵描き歌伝えまSHOW

Tasks/Challenges

Episode	Air Date	Tasks and Challenges	Results	Punishment Received By	Ratings
01	October 07, 2009	To guess correctly a specific old man's idea of a "good eat".	Failure	Yokoyama You	2.5%
02	October 14, 2009	Figure out the functions of two unknown commercial products.	Failure	Nishikido Ryo	3.5%
03	October 21, 2009	Finish eating the top 30 favorite items in oden within 10 minutes.	Failure	Nishikido Ryo	2.2%
04	October 28, 2009	Correctly guess a drag-queen's childhood dream. Find the member most popular among the selected drag-queens.	Failure	Yokoyama You	3.5%
05	November 04, 2009		Success	Yokoyama You (once) Shibutani Subaru (three times) Nishikido Ryo (once) Murakami Shingo (once)	2.9%
06	November 11, 2009	To finish the thirty-one scoops of the top thirty-one most popular ice-cream flavors from Baskin Robbins in ten minutes.	Success	None	5.3%
07	November 18, 2009	Two teams compete to guess correctly the gourmet dishes being presented based solely on the presenter's facial expression.	N/A	Maruyama Ryuhei	2.7%
08	November 25, 2009	To complete a race based on each member's individual ranks drawn from a raffle.	Failure	Shibutani Subaru	3.8%
09	December 02, 2009	As cast members, Kanjani8 must finish a script made of tongue-twisters with no mistake.	Success	Okura Tadayoshi (once) Yasuda Shota (once) Yokoyama You (twice) Maruyama Ryuhei (four times) Murakami Shingo (twice) Nishikido Ryo (once)	2.8%
10	December 09, 2009		Failure	Maruyama Ryuhei	3.5%
11	December 16, 2009		Success	None	4.2%
12	December 23, 2009				1.8%
13	January 06, 2010		N/A	Yokoyama You	3.2%
14	January 13, 2010		Success	All
15	January 20, 2010		Success	Okura Tadayoshi (once) Nishikido Ryo (four times) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Yasuda Shota (once) Murakami Shingo (once) Maruyama Ryuhei (once)
16	January 27, 2010		N/A	Maruyama Ryuhei (twice) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Yokoyama You (three times) Nishikido Ryo (twice)
17	February 03, 2010		N/A	Okura Tadayoshi
18	February 10, 2010		Failure	All
19	February 17, 2010		Failure	Yokoyama You (twice) Yasuda Shota (three times) Nishikido Ryo (twice) Maruyama Ryuhei (once) Okura Tadayoshi (twice) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Murakami Shingo (twice)
20	February 24, 2010	To keep one's face underwater for more than 30 seconds.	Failure
21	March 03, 2010	To guess whether the suggested price of a product is higher or lower than the real price.	N/A	Yasuda Shota
22	March 10, 2010		N/A	Yasuda Shota Maruyama Ryuhei Yokoyama You Tadayoshi Okura
23	March 17, 2010		N/A	Yokoyama You
24	March 24, 2010		N/A	Shibutani Subaru Murakami Shingo Okura Tadayoshi
25 (Final Episode)	March 31, 2010

Music

The opening, ending, and in-between music segments are created and performed live by Kanjani8.

Background music for the show comes from Kanjani8's previously released music numbers.

External links

• Kanpani Official website (Japanese)