Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!: Season 30
Season 30 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Season 29.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 30 Progress Shield
#1388 - Shichi Henge - Viking Kotoge
Jan 14, 2018 · 30 min
This Week's Gaki will be another installment of the Shichi Henge series. Kotoge is aiminig for the next record! Will he be able to break it?
#1389 - Sachiko Kobayashi Karuta
Jan 21, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be another Karuta game, this time hosted by famous Japanese singer Sachiko Kobayashi.
#1390 - 2018 New Year's Party
Jan 28, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the annual New Year's Party. To start the party off, Housei will present a certain song dressed accordingly. Like every year, there will also be the Yama-1
#1391 - 2S Talk
Feb 4, 2018 · 30 min
This week will again consist of just the two of Downtown talking about random things. What happened to Matsumoto in Australia? He will also talk about his bells and muscle trainin
#1392 - Ikinari Steak Marathon Part 1
Feb 11, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be another revival of an older segment: the eating marathons. The members will visit Ikinari Steak locations near the Yamanote Line and eat various kinds of s
#1393 - Ikinari Steak Marathon Part 2
Feb 18, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will consist of the second and final part of the Ikinari Steak tour. Until now they have already visited 7 branches of the restaurant chain. The members will have
#1394 - Goodbye, Tsukitei Housei
Feb 25, 2018 · 30 min
We have a sad announcement. This week's episode will be a Goodbye to Tsukitei Housei. Housei, who has been a part of Gaki since the second episode will announce his retirement fro
#1395 - Let's Play World Tabletop Game
Mar 4, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki's title is "Let' have fun with board games from all around the globe". The member's are perplexed by the large number of different board games from many countries.
#1396 - Silent Library 9
Mar 11, 2018 · 30 min
This time's guest player is Yoshihiko Hakamada. To welcome him, this week's installment of the Silent Library features the largest amount of punishments yet. A parade of punishment
SP - Oogiri Daigassen Special
Mar 25, 2018 · 30 min
A special broadcast to revive the Oogiri Daigassen Segment. Matsumoto and Miyazako head two teams and face off in original games. Girolamo and Jimmy Oonishi also make a fuss this t
#1398 - Oogiri Daigassen - Extra Scenes
Mar 25, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will consist of extra scenes from the Oogiri Daigassen Special.
#1399 - Walking Around Best Of & Talk
Apr 1, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will consist of two segment. The first one will be a best of from the 'Walking Around Aimlessly Until Meeting A Celebrity' episodes. The second segment will be tal
#1400 - 1000 Yen Transvestite Meetup
Apr 8, 2018 · 30 min
The members have to use a maximum of 1000 Yen at a 100 Yen Shop to buy a whole transvestite outfit. Comedy Duo Viking is also taking part this time.
#1401 - Downtown Two Man Talk
Apr 15, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki is another Downtown two man talk special. Matsumoto talks about a stunning encounter he had with a taxi driver. There is also a new development in the project of
#1402 - 3rd Ask the Best 3 in a Strange Town
Apr 22, 2018 · 30 min
Via lottery a town has been chosen, that is not known at all for any tourist spots. But there seems to be a certain dish loved by the local people! Also a 'nightmare' will happen t
#1403 - 3rd Ask the Best 3 in a Strange Town Part 2
Apr 29, 2018 · 30 min
The member will ask someone for the number one spot of the town. What is the 'illusive cherry tree'? A major accident will also happen to the show staff! During driving, the member
#1404 - Liars' Hotel
May 6, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will remark the return of the Liars' Hotel segment after one and a half years. The members will hand each other certain ridicilous lies and all have to act like it
#1405 - Improvisational Shinkigeki
May 13, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be an improvisational Shinkigeki. Without any training or preparation, the members will try to do a Shinkigeki-like Perfomance. Each member will be handed a t
#1406 - Future Kukki
May 20, 2018 · 30 min
In this Week's Gaki Yaseibakudan's Kukki will come to visit the members of Gaki No Tsukai from the future and tell them all about how the future will look like. What will the memb
#1407 - 5th Lip-sync Song Show
May 27, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be another installment of Itao's Lip-Sync Song Show. In addition to the regular cast, special guests will join and perform their lip-syncs of famous song fro
#1408 - 5th Lip-sync Song Show Part 2
Jun 3, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the second part of the Lip-Sync show. The build-up reaches it climax! Due to the almost identical looks, whose impersonation of a certain rock singer will
#1409 - 2nd Let's Play World Tabletop Game
Jun 10, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the second installment of the board game meet-up. Once again, a variety of rare board game from all over the world have been gathered. There will be a me
#1410 - 2nd Let's Play World Tabletop Game Part 2
Jun 17, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the second and last part of the Board Game meet up. A nerve-wrecking brick-building game will lead to a very high tower! Another strategy-based occupy ga
#1411 - Downtown's Talk
Jul 1, 2018 · 30 min
Matsumoto will tell us how he always manages to stay away from having some lady scandals. Also, he will extensively tell us his opinion about sportsmanship in the world of athlete
SP - Rendezvous Game
Jul 8, 2018 · 30 min
On this weekend, we will have another Special of the Rendevouz Game. The member and two special guests (Arisu Hirose and Takanori Nishikawa) will try to meet up in Tokyo, only usi
#1412 - Rendezvous Game Special Unaired Scenes
Jul 8, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will consist of scenes that were cut from the special that airs beforehand.
#1413 - Kushikatsu Tanaka Marahon
Jul 15, 2018 · 30 min
This Week's Gaki No Tsuka is another installment of the food chain marathon corner. The member will visit one store of the famous Kushikatsu Tanaka chain in each of the 23 distric
#1414 - Kushikatsu Tanaka Marahon Part 2
Jul 22, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the second part of the Kushikatsu Tanaka Martahon. Every time they move to a new location, their feeling of fulness will come to haunt the member. Also,
#1415 - Young Comedian's Games (Part 1)
Jul 29, 2018 · 30 min
In this week's Gaki, the member will try out original games that have been proposed by young comedians. These games are usually played in the green room or at drinking sessions.
#1416 - Young Comedian's Games (Part 2)
Aug 5, 2018 · 30 min
This weeks Gaki will be the second and last part of the Young Comedian's Original Games Special. They will play a specific version of the Shiritori Game, where one certain word wi
#1417 - 100 Questions Sho Ayanokoji
Aug 12, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be another installment of the 100/500 Questions series. The last time The singer Sho Ayanokoji from the famous Japanese Band "Kishidan" will answer 100 quest
#1418 - 100 Questions Sho Ayanokoji Part 2
Aug 19, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be the continuation of last week's 100 Questions Segment with Sho Ayanokoji. He has thrown off the members by sometimes giving straightforwad answer and some
#1419 - Housei's Romantic Movie
Aug 26, 2018 · 30 min
In this week's Gaki, Housei will try his hand on being a director for romantic movies. Until now he has shown his many talents, including being a music producer. And this week he s
#1420 - Dance to be Posted on SNS
Sep 2, 2018 · 30 min
In this week's Gaki, each member will secretly go into the city and will have to perform a certain dance. The goal is to dance with a lot of energy, until their dancing is reporte
#1421 - Matsumoto 55th Birthday Special
Sep 9, 2018 · 30 min
This week's Gaki will be another birthday special for Matsumoto. The members, Yûichi Kimura and also Chira Junia will talk about the kindness of Matsumoto. Episodes about Matsumoto