Golden SixTONES: 2026
Season 2 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 Golden SixTONES Season 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
SP
Apr 5, 2026 · 95 min
Guests Masaki Suda and Chisako Takashima join for a two-hour special in which they play the size-perception game, the rhythm game and more.
Episode 45
Apr 12, 2026 · 46 min
Actor Anne Watanabe and comedian Haruna Kondo join the show to compete alongside SixTONES in games relying on their sense of size and rhythm.
Episode 46
Apr 19, 2026 · 46 min
Jun Shison and Neru Nagahama join for the ramen and falling-object games, with Kyomoto giving a series of amusing answers during the latter.
Episode 47
Apr 26, 2026 · 46 min
The guys are joined by Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Chocolate Planet and Minami Ishikawa to guess puns on the red carpet and take on a new rhythm game.
Episode 48
May 3, 2026 · 46 min
Guest Kaori Sakamoto joins the guys to play a dazzling brain-training rhythm game and test their ability to identify rapidly spinning objects.
Episode 49
May 10, 2026 · 46 min
Cast members of the live-action film "Sakamoto Days," including Ren Meguro and Fumiya Takahashi, take on games of categories and rhythm-based memory.
Episode 50
May 17, 2026 · 46 min
Actor Toshiaki Karasawa and comedy duo Time Machine Sangou join SixTONES to play the size-perception and rhythmic song-guessing games.
Episode 51
May 24, 2026 · 46 min
Tomoya Nakamura, Gekidan Hitori and Hironari Yamazaki join SixTONES for the pun-guessing game and a new game based on identifying AI-generated images.
Episode 52
Jun 7, 2026 · 46 min
Actor Kento Kaku and SixTONES play games that test their sense of size and ability to spot spinning objects, and also take on the Sorajiro challenge.
Episode 53
Jun 14, 2026 · 46 min
MEGUMI, Eiko Kano and Eiji Kotoge join the guys to guess if sheer persistence can conquer impossible tasks, then play the rhythmic song-guessing game.
Episode 54
Jun 21, 2026 · 46 min
Guests Honami Suzuki and Shinya Kote discern crucial moments in various clips, then struggle to spot a hidden muscleman in a new workout-themed game.
Episode 55
Jun 28, 2026 · 46 min
SixTONES and guest Akina Nakamori head to Korea for the size-perception game, the Sorajiro challenge, and the falling-objects game.
Episode 56
Jul 5, 2026 · 46 min
Sae Okazaki, Tetsuji Tamayama and Nozomi Sasaki join SixTONES for puns on the red carpet, then dance the limbo while guessing upside-down images.
Episode 57
Jul 12, 2026 · 46 min
Kanna Hashimoto, Nishikigoi and Kemuri Matsui join SixTONES to guess if persistence conquers impossible tasks, then identify rapidly spinning objects.
Episode 58
Jul 19, 2026 · 46 min
Guest stars Haruka Fukuhara, Natsuki Deguchi and Kinnikun Nakayama compete in an intense eraser hunt as well as a game of size perception.
Episode 59
Jul 26, 2026 · 46 min
SixTONES, Gekidan Hitori and Hironari Yamazaki each captain a team of comedians in minigames that test their sense of scale and concentration.
Episode 60
Aug 2, 2026 · 46 min
Ken Matsudaira, Yudai Chiba and Ayami Nakajo dance along to a brain-training rhythm game. Also, the Minions test everyone's sense of direction.
Episode 61
Aug 9, 2026 · 46 min
Guests Takahisa Masuda, Seiya, Kana Kurashina and Mai Shiraishi face off with the guys in a battle of puns and try to spot muscle-bound comedians.
Episode 62
Aug 16, 2026 · 46 min
Mio Imada and Tasuku Emoto join the guys to attempt to overcome seemingly impossible tasks, then compete to spot rapidly spinning objects.
Episode 63
Aug 23, 2026 · 44 min
Teruyoshi Uchimura, Asami Miura, Kyoko Yoshine and other guests join SixTONES for an ensemble performance, plus a telethon simulation.
SP
Aug 29, 2026 · 74 min
Golden SixTONES Family Showdown Special aired as a late-night segment during 24-Hour TV 49.
Episode 64
Aug 30, 2026 · 46 min
The special episode was a live broadcast from Ryogoku Kokugikan immediately after 24-Hour TV, following the completion of charity runner Mari Hoshino's marathon.
SP
Sep 6, 2026 · 45 min
Special episode to commemorate the release of movie The Swan and the Bats
Episode 65
Sep 6, 2026 · 46 min
The Golden SixTONES cameras infiltrate 24-Hour Television. Following SixTONES, who served as the charity partners, the show will document them closely, giving viewers an inside loo
Episode 66
Sep 20, 2026 · 46 min
An unusual duo, Hiroshi Tamaki & Narumi Takahashi, make an appearance, with aespa making their first guest appearance.
Episode 67
Sep 27, 2026 · 46 min
Sota Fukushi, Ryohei Otani, and Kenichi Takito appear as guests. The episode includes a pun-based quiz featuring Sara Shida, with A5-rank beef tongue as the prize, as well as a dyn
SP
Oct 11, 2026 · 71 min
A 90-minute special in collaboration with Nippon TV’s new Saturday drama, Hakone Ekiden: Our Story. The guests are the cast of the drama, Yo Oizumi and Tomohisa Yamashita.
Episode 68
Oct 18, 2026 · 46 min
Shotaro Mamiya and Atsuhiko Nakata, who returns from Singapore for his first appearance alongside his Oriental Radio partner Fujimori. They take on a brain-training pun battle and
Episode 69
Oct 25, 2026 · 46 min
A special episode featuring a star-studded trio of actors, with challenges involving fitting objects into specific spaces and testing their sizes. Ryosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe