Wednesday Downtown: 2025
Season 12 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 Wednesday Downtown Season 11.
- 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 12 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 8, 2025 · 45 min
New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 1 Without his knowledge, participants are asked to choose numbers from 1 to 6 in their daily lives... and the events that occur on the
Episode 2
Jan 15, 2025 · 45 min
New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 2 Kuro-chan's New Year's Real Life Sugoroku" - Filmed secretly and played for three months! Will Kuro-chan be able to reach the goal s
Episode 3
Jan 22, 2025 · 45 min
New Year's Kuro-chan Real Life Sugoroku Part 3 The goal of the "Real Life Sugoroku" game was "Proposal"! Can Kuro-chan propose to his girlfriend of two years, Richie, and put an e
Episode 4
Jan 29, 2025 · 45 min
2024 Preview Prank The "King of Being Pranked the Most in 2024" will face the annual "1-Week Warning Prank" Preaching and telling ghost stories are both scary, so it's possible to
Episode 5
Feb 5, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game Tournament Round 1 Match 3 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Round 1, Match 3: "Chihara Junior vs. Fujimoto Toshiaki" Find the comedian duo from approximately 3
Episode 6
Feb 19, 2025 · 45 min
Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation Part 1 A long-term prank is pulled on Hyoroku, a man whose true face no one has ever seen... to put his personality and character to the test!
Episode 7
Feb 26, 2025 · 45 min
Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation Part 2 The final check on Hyoroku's character: "Hyoroku and Kenken's Winter Vacation" concludes... Through his strange cohabitation with his h
Episode 8
Mar 5, 2025 · 70 min
Appearance Rate Ranking We calculated the "Wednesday rate" of each cast member's total TV appearances and created a "Wednesday Downtown Appearance Rate Ranking"! Who is the No. 1
Episode 9
Mar 12, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game Tournament Round 1 Match 4 The fourth match of the first round of the "Electric Chair Game" tournament: "Koji Imada vs. Koji Higashino." The theory that women
Episode 10
Mar 19, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game Tournament Semifinal Match 1 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Semifinal Match 1: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Okano Yoichi." The theory that it's impossible to predict
Episode 11
Mar 26, 2025 · 45 min
"Emergency Live Broadcast" Everyone's Theory Submission Special An emergency live broadcast of "Everyone's Theory Submission Special"! We're soliciting theories from viewers that
Episode 12
Apr 9, 2025 · 45 min
Everyone's Theories Special The theory that if you're told to "buy 2 or 3," you should buy 3. The theory that if you cut squid into squares, it's almost like nata de coco. The the
Episode 13
Apr 16, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game Tournament Semifinal Match 2 "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Semifinal Match 2: "Chihara Junior vs. Imada Koji." The theory that railway enthusiasts are so sp
Episode 14
Apr 23, 2025 · 45 min
Bare-handed moped chicken race "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Final: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Chihara Junior." The theory that a honey trap can be used again a year later if you inv
Episode 15
Apr 30, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game Tournament Finals "Electric Chair Game" Tournament Final: "Koyabu Kazutoyo vs. Chihara Junior" ▼ The theory that a honey trap can be used again a year later if
Episode 16
May 7, 2025 · 45 min
Grand Prix 2025 Who is the funniest comedian in 30 seconds? The 5th champion will be decided in a tournament featuring 40 comedy acts! Judges: Hikaru Ijuin, Kazutoyo Koyabu, Gekid
Episode 17
May 14, 2025 · 45 min
A real prank on the substitute MC You can't go home until you've memorized the names of all the cats in the cat house. Offers to comedians who would never normally be asked to fil
Episode 18
May 21, 2025 · 46 min
Sushi Battle 2nd Generation Tsutomu Sekine Championship. You can either stack the sushi plates you eat in your own territory or throw them at your opponent's plates! The team that
Episode 19
Jun 4, 2025 · 45 min
Tenkaippin's "Rich" or "Light" Ramen Gamble The idea that Yuko Ogura's stance is "Korin Star really exists, but I'm pretending it was just a character because of pressure" is terr
Episode 20
Jun 11, 2025 · 46 min
Next Generation Reaction King Discovery Tournament. We're holding a tournament to discover the next generation of reaction kings! Young comedians with no prior prank experience wi
Episode 21
Jun 18, 2025 · 46 min
Indians name change prank Comedians Indians are asked to change their group name by a Native American-looking group... an unexpected protest prank.
Episode 22
Jun 25, 2025 · 45 min
Masked Man Journey: Elimination if Identity is Revealed, Part 3 A masked man's journey where contestants try to guess each other's identities...and are eliminated if their identit
Episode 23
Jul 9, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that it's possible to gain weight on a deserted island - Part 1 The "Can You Gain Weight on a Deserted Island?" Theory: A weight-gain competition where contestants eat
Episode 24
Jul 16, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that it's possible to gain weight on a deserted island - Part 2 A 24-hour desert island weight gain challenge with a loser-eliminates rule! The second round is... Kishi
Episode 25
Jul 23, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that every town has its own memorable old man. Based on the theory that "every town has its own quirky old man," we gathered information from comedians about the quirky
Episode 26
Jul 30, 2025 · 45 min
Kuro-chan, if he woke up by a river and his deceased father was on the other side, he would think he was on the brink of death. A "school song reverse calculation quiz" where you h
Episode 27
Aug 6, 2025 · 25 min
Even during a sermon, personal safety is still the top priority. If you were in danger while being lectured by a senior colleague, how long would you continue to endure the lectur
Episode 28
Aug 13, 2025 · 45 min
Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors. Based on "Janken Glico"... If you lose, you have to eat all the food on the card you played! A competitive eating psychological battle "Full St
Episode 29
Aug 20, 2025 · 45 min
National Highway Ramen Marathon 3 The "National Highway Ramen Marathon": You must eat a bowl of ramen every time you pass a ramen shop. Popular comedian rankings among junior and
Episode 30
Aug 27, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that comedians can perfectly react to situations that mirror their own jokes if they happen in reality - Part 3 The theory that comedians could perfectly deliver a punc
Episode 31
Sep 3, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that if you walk to the foot of Mt. Fuji picking up fallen hairs along the way, you can make winter clothing out of those hairs and climb Mt. Fuji in that state. The th
Episode 32
Sep 10, 2025 · 45 min
GPS Ball Scramble Use location information to find the seven GPS balls scattered across the land! Who will collect all the balls and have their wish granted?
Episode 33
Sep 24, 2025 · 45 min
The theory that comedians who specialize in making witty remarks are always in the mood to make them retort, even in their daily lives (Part 3) You can't go home until you find tw
Episode 34
Oct 1, 2025 · 45 min
Everyone's Theories Special The theory that if you soak one hand in soy sauce for a day to create a "soy sauce poisoned hand," you won't need soy sauce when eating sushi. The theo
Episode 35
Oct 8, 2025 · 45 min
Street Look-alike Guessing Contest Find someone who looks like a celebrity in town and present them to your partner! A team battle where you can't go home until you guess who the
Episode 36
Oct 15, 2025 · 45 min
Theory Doubt We're holding a card game called "Theory Doubt" to determine whether it's a true theory that's been verified in the past, or a false theory that hasn't been broadcast
Episode 37
Oct 22, 2025 · 45 min
Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors Match 2 If you lose, you have to eat all the food on the card you played! The eating psychological battle "Full Stomach x Rock-Paper-Scissors" M
Episode 38
Nov 5, 2025 · 45 min
Paper airplane x high dive catch Can you throw a paper airplane from a 10-meter diving board and dive in yourself, catching it before it hits the water? Beach flags: Even if you c
Episode 39
Nov 12, 2025 · 45 min
Silent Kuro-chan "Silent Kuro-chan" follows Kuro-chan for a week after he undergoes surgery for vocal cord polyps and is unable to speak. The program prepares 10 challenges for hi
Episode 40
Nov 19, 2025 · 45 min
If you hear from a senior colleague that they were pranked like this the other day, and then a few days later you find yourself in the exact same situation, you'll probably act in
Episode 41
Nov 26, 2025 · 45 min
Electric Chair Game: Gekidan Hitori vs. Tsuda Atsuhiro The 11th Parody Song Ultimate Tournament! This time's judges are active professional wrestlers. Electric Chair Game 2025 Ope
Episode 42
Dec 3, 2025 · 45 min
Detective Tsuda "Long Sleeves" Special To commemorate the nomination of "Please give me long sleeves" for the Buzzword of the Year award, we will be airing "Detective Tsuda 'Long
Episode 43
Dec 10, 2025 · 73 min
Detective Tsuda Episode 4 ~The Electric Trap and the 100-Year Prayer Part 1 During the filming of the "Electric Chair Game," Gekidan Hitori dies... His opponent, Tsuda, steps up t
Episode 44
Dec 17, 2025 · 73 min
Detective Tsuda, Episode 4: The Electric Trap and a 100-Year Prayer Part 2 Atsuhiro Tsuda and Minamikawa travel 100 years back in time via a time machine to investigate the myster