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60min or 120min
KANJANI's Screening ‡
This is an variety show that features "screening" in its guessing games. The hosts are members of "KANJANI‡", a Japanese male idol group. There are two types of screening:KANJANI screening the winner from the challengers or a member of KANJANI himself becoming a challenger to be screened.
"Karaoke-match" is the most awesome challenge, Professional singers are challenged by an amateur singer, at times a super talented child. Another game "Taiko Drum Master" is drummers' battle taking place on a drummer evaluating game machine. KANJANI's drummer Tadayoshi takes on a challenge from professional drummers that represent Japan. It is another serious match of hyper tension. Other popular guessing-games include guessing dragged-up men among beautifully dressed ladies, or mothers dressed like children among grade-school children. KANJANI members who give wrong guesses are shot with frozen shower from a bazooka. Viewers can enjoy the screening together with KANJANI.

Food
25min x over 100ep
2003-
The Kingdom of Ingredients
Every day, we spend time considering what to eat or how to prepare different kinds of ingredients to fit our daily needs.
Each ingredient has story, with different histories and cultures. Plus, each ingredient needs varying amounts of time in order to be prepared.

It is through this journey in time and ingredients that we will find not only a better understanding of ourselves, but also of our positions in history.



Detective, Comedy
ySeason1z 60min x 6ep
ySeason2z 60min x 8ep
2010-2013
Yabe Kenzo, Assitant Police Inspector
A spin-off of the popular TV drama "TRICK". The protagonist is Kenzo Yabe, an assitant police inspector. Kenzo loves money and power, and is unreasonably strict towards people in a weaker position than him. Not only that, he has a major complex towards his receding hairline, and is always concerned about how his wig is set.
Katsuhisa Namase, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Shihori Kanjiya, Nobuo Kyo, Mikie Hara

Travel, Game
30min x 21ep, 60min x 1ep
KAKOKU
Kakoku means "harsh". Prize-money is rewarded if challengers overcome harsh conditions.

The Indonesian and Nepal versions are features as a match race between two teams. They are given instructions in the local languages but the only way they can communicate is in Japanese or by gestures. Their accommodation is cheap local lodgings and provided food is the same local snack for every meal. They have chances to get the hints at times although they have to overcome hard challenges to get them.
The version in Japan includes a challenge of finding the opposing player within a time-limit via a photo clues sent to them.

Love, Relationship
8 episodes x 55 minutes
Spring, 2010
Kaoruko, Empress of the Night
This is a story of a friendship and a rivalry between two young girls who meet in Tokyo and go on to work at a renowned night club in Ginza. The two girls are also searching for a parent and each have the same clue: the name Kaoruko. Model-turned-actress Mirei Kiritani stars in the series.

Mirei Kiritani, Tomoka Kurokawa, Sayuri Kokusho, Sachie Hara, Yuichi Nakamura, Shingo Kazami, Kenichi Endo, Hisako Manda
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