We all love a good game show that tests our wits, keeps us on the edge of our seats… or just make
us ROTFL! And you know who makes the wildest game shows? Our folks from the Land of the Rising Sun!
You’ve seen one those wacky clips of contestants doing anything and everything
for that coveted price, but just how far are they willing to go to give audiences a good
laugh? Let’s find out in these 10 Weirdest and Most Shocking Japanese Game Shows!
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outlandish, and out-of-this-world fun facts! Let’s see if you can keep a straight face
while watching our number one pick because they’re pulling no punches!
Contestants, come on down! #10: AKBingo!
This variety show was named after the popular Japanese girl group AKB48, and ran for a solid
11 years until they bid farewell on-air in September of 2019. Judging from the title alone,
you’d probably expect to see a bunch of girls playing an
innocent game of Bingo. Well, it’s not really as simple as that.
In one of the segments, the girls from AKB48 play a game of dodgeball. The catch? Those who
get hit will have to face a penalty that only gets crazier as the game progresses.
From getting electrocuted while having to eat or drink something…
Smelling nasty 3-day old socks…
To blowing a whole bug into each other’s mouths! Ugh, it’s just absolutely gnarly!
If you thought this was cringeworthy, wait ‘til you see our number one pick.
You can virtually feel the contestants’ pain!
#9: Brain Wall You may have seen the international versions
of this game but the OG human tetris-style game titled Brain Wall was a segment in a Japanese game
show called “The Tunnels’ Thanks to Everyone. “ The gameplay is simple. Contestants dressed in
spandex have to fit themselves into the cutout on the approaching wall to win. If you think
that sounds easy, think again! Just look at all the insane poses the players have to do!
This one looks pretty easy to nail… if only the hole was big enough!
Sometimes, you don’t even know anymore whether the showrunners actually
want anyone to win this darn game at all!
Perhaps the only winners at Brain Wall are the viewers who can’t stop laughing!
#8: Slippery Stairs The title is self-explanatory
in this one. The players, who are dressed like a low-rent version of the Power Rangers,
have to race to the top of a steep, slippery staircase. And I’m telling you, even if you
have the strongest legs on the planet, that won’t help you win this one giant slimy mess of a game!
Watching the players climb up in slow-mo has never been this suspenseful… and oh so painful to watch!
But you know what even more painful? Just when players
get to the top and reach into the treasure chest…
Either the staff adds more grease into the stairs… Or the contestants pull each other back down!
Here’s to hoping no player needed actual stitches after they have all of us in stitches!
#7: Candy or Not Candy We’ve all been told as
kids not to stuff our mouths with random stuff. So imagine being an adult and having
to sink your teeth into hats, tables, and shoes, to see if they’re actually edible!
That’s the simple premise of this Japanese game show where celebrities
have to use their mouths to test whether something is real… or just sweet candy!
And because the Japanese game show gods are so freaking awesome, contestants wouldn’t know the
difference just by looking at the random objects because the sweet treats look so darn real!
Let’s see if you can actually guess which of these are candy or not!
Imagine having to put this door knob in your mouth and risk swallowing all the
germs and bacteria if it was the real thing! This lady probably didn’t wanna accept the
fact that she just stuffed her face with a real calendar that she just went all out with it!
This guy couldn’t believe his luck after realizing that the shoe was actually made of chocolate!
This man however, wasn’t as lucky. Yuck! #6: Tore!
If you fail in this game show, you either run the risk of falling from a cliff…
Or become a human mummy! The Japanese game show “Tore!” looks like the ‘90s
kids’ game show “Legends of the Hidden Temple” on steroids! Contestants need to answer the riddles
correctly… or suffer grave consequences. In this segment, for every wrong answer,
a couple of bricks will push the players into a deep abyss! Ooh, that’s looks pretty deep!
Just watch as the contestants hold on for dear life!
In another segment of the show, the players need to strategize and work together to get
to the top of the inclined wall… if they don’t wanna slide down to their death! Or at least
into a cushioned mat from 6 feet high. But the craziest consequence has to be
this one, where contestants are slowly bandaged like a mummy!
Did they steal these gigantic toilet papers from the Titans or something?
#5: Dero! Escape rooms have never been this nerve-wracking!
This game show called Dero! features various rooms where players need to solve different puzzles
in order to get out. Fail to answer all of them before the time runs out,
and suffer a painful, albeit fake, death. From getting sandwiched in between walls…
Falling off of retracting planks… To being squeeze to kingdom come…
This show has no shortage of zany ways to torture their contestants
and keep viewers on the edge of a heart attack!
Especially whenever this creepy guy in a paper bag pops up!
#4: Spread Your Legs At this point, we already know that
Japanese game shows can get a little sadistic. But geez, this one certainly takes the torture cake.
There are no puzzles, no riddles nor any tasks to accomplish.
Just a leg stretcher and a numbered spinning wheel. All the players have
to do is outstretch the competition! Be the first to give and you lose.
The teams take turns spinning the wheel, and whichever number the wheel lands on
corresponds to the number of turns the wheel on the leg stretcher gets cranked.
The fact that it’s mostly girls in tiny skirts who play this game might raise some
eyebrows although to be fair, they all seem to be having a family-friendly good time. I
guess no gymnasts are allowed here. #3: Let’s Go to the End of the World
If you think you’re as fearless as Bear Grylls, then this show is right up your alley.
Think Amazing Race meets Fear Factor and you get this bonkers show
that will test your nerves to the core! This game show follows contestants as
they travel around the world, where they have to face death-defying
challenges at every stop on their tour. In one challenge, a girl dressed in a kimono
gets chased by a hungry komodo dragon with a piece of steak dangling from her dress!
In this one, after a player is placed inside a glass box, a massive grizzly bear is released!
Just look at that curious bear sniffing and trying to break the freaking box!
Perhaps the only thing scarier than the bear is this girl’s eyebrows.
#2: Human Slip N Slide This one might be a bit too
NSFW, but it seems there’s nothing’s too racy for Japanese gamemasters.
In one segment, a gaggle of girls in itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny bikinis
lay side by side as a middle aged man in nothing but tight speedos attempts to cross
the slippery sea of women by crawling over them!
Uh, what just happened there? In another segment,
two guys go head-to-head as the scantily clad women place
apples inside their underpants! Whoever gets the most apples inside their boxers wins.
But wait ‘til you see what happens to the losing contestant!
I guess it’s a sleazy man’s idea of a win-win? Before we go to our number 1 pick, do us a solid
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#1: Gaki No Tsukai
We’ve covered some weirdly shocking game shows on this list. But imagine taking all those and
putting them in one variety show. There’s no preparing for the painful moments and hilarious
antics of this show called Gaki No Tsukai. Some of their side-splitting segments would
have you cringe in pain for the players. One of the most popular ones is a segment
called the Batsu Game. The players have to sit through pranks and skits without cracking up.
The segment called the Wall of Boxes involves contestants sitting on top of stacks of boxes.
They have to stay on top of the stack while random people try to tumble the tower down.
Another game called Chinko Machine has six men
answering pop culture questions. If they get it wrong, a paddle device will then flip
up to smack them right in the nuts. Wait what? That ought to make a man out of them!
So, which of these shows left you scratching your head in
utter confusion? Tell us about it in the comments section below.
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