# Kanpani

Kanpani (関パニ) is a Japanese TV game show where members of the group Kanjani8 tackled different tasks assigned by the unseen president of the company. The show aired every Wednesday on TV Asahi from 01:36 AM to 01:51 AM from 7 October 2009 to 31 March 2010.

## The show

To open each episode, the narrator states that due to the horrible economic situation, a show production team with very low budget seeks help from seven of their ADs, aka the members of Kanjani8. The ADs are to complete the tasks passed down from their president, of the company named KANPANI. On the official website for the show as well as at the beginning of every episode, the message below is also shown:
   KANPANI is the abbreviation of the KANJANI COMPANY, a television production office that specializes in image and music. Everyone of us makes good use of their physical strength, intellect and acting talents to conduct independent inquiry and data gathering. We promptly transmit helpful information and survey results to the society, which you can use even from tomorrow. Moreover, we produce musical program ID, which will meet viewers' needs widely without being caught in a mere entertainment program production. Hereafter, we "KANPANI" will produce the new sensed entertainment program that everybody from kids to adults can enjoy, to make you audience happier.
The truthfulness behind these words remain unknown, but the lack of a background on the set of the show seems to verify the statement claiming a slow budget. The show then begins by stating the task or challenge of the day, which is said to be given by the unseen president. All members must then participate in achieving the goal. So far, none of the tasks had been completed. After the game, a fax is received on the set, with a verdict from the president stating the name and possibly reasons of the member(s) receiving the punishment for the team failure.

## Cast

* Kanjani8 (hosts)
(You Yokoyama | Subaru Shibutani | Shingo Murakami | Ryuhei Maruyama | Shota Yasuda | Ryo Nishikido | Tadayoshi Okura)
* Nakamiti Mihoko (Narrator)

## Broadcasting details

| Episode | Air Date | Theme | Jersey Color | Single Word Message From | Punishment | Notes |
| 01 | 7 October 2009 | 知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW | Red | Nishikido Yokoyama | Poured Flour On | First appearance of Saijou-san. |
| 02 | 14 October 2009 | 未確認商品解明しまSHOW / Let's Investigate This Unidentified Product SHOW | Green | Murakami Maruyama | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 03 | 21 October 2009 | 10分頑張りまSHOW / Let's Do Our Best in 10 Minutes SHOW | Blue | Okura Yasuda | Poured Flour On | It appears Okura was absent due to influenza. |
| 04 | 28 October 2009 | 知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW | Red | All | Poured Flour On | It appears Okura was absent due to influenza. |
| 05 | 4 November 2009 | 鏡文字で答えまSHOW / Let's Answer in Mirror Letters SHOW | Blue | All | Poured Flour On | |
| 06 | 11 November 2009 | 10分頑張りまSHOW / Let's Do Our Best in 10 Minutes SHOW | Blue | Maruyama Shibutani | | |
| 07 | 18 November 2009 | 顔面ディナーSHOW / Face Dinner SHOW | Red | All | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 08 | 25 November 2009 | 身の程を知りまSHOW / Let's Get to Know One's Own Place SHOW | Green | Maruyama | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 09 | 2 December 2009 | 噛まずに言い切りまSHOW / Let's Say It Without Stumbling SHOW | Blue | Maruyama | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | The members discuss that there is a new person carrying out the Harisen punishment. More than one hour of material was recorded. |
| 10 | 9 December 2009 | 知ってどうなる?! 街録クイズSHOW / Man-on-the-street Interview Quiz SHOW | Green | Nishikido | Poured Flour On | Second appearance of Saijou-san. |
| 11 | 16 December 2009 | 世界の激辛料理食べつくしまSHOW / Let's Eat the World's Spiciest Food SHOW | Blue | Okura | N/A | Among Kanjani∞ members the strongest with hot food is Yasuda and the weakest – Shibutani. |
| 12 | 23 December 2009 | 今夜はクリスマススペシャル! はずれくじ避けまSHOW / Tonight is Christmas Special! Let's Avoid Failure Lottery SHOW | White Outfits from "Gift" | All | | Performance of "Fuyu Koi"、"Yuki wo kudasai" and "Minus 100 do no Koi". |
| 13 | 6 January 2010 | ランキング避けまSHOW / Let's Avoid Ranking SHOW | Green | All Maruyama | Poured Water On | |
| 14 | 13 January 2010 | かぶったら負けでSHOW / Repeating Is Losing SHOW | Red | All | Poured Flour On | |
| 15 | 20 January 2010 | 噛まずに言い切りまSHOW / Let's Say It Without Stumbling SHOW | Blue | All Okura | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 16 | 27 January 2010 | プレッシャーに打ち勝ちまSHOW / Let's Overcome Pressure SHOW | Blue | All | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) Poured Water On | |
| 17 | 3 February 2010 | 腹八分目食べまSHOW / Let's Be Moderate in Eating SHOW | Red | Nishikido | Poured Water On | |
| 18 | 10 February 2010 | 一筆で伝えまSHOW / Let's Convey It with a Stroke of a Pen SHOW | Blue | All | Poured Flour On | |
| 19 | 17 February 2010 | 3対3狙いまSHOW / Let's Aim at 3:3 SHOW | Green | All | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | More than 2 hours were recorded. |
| 20 | 24 February 2010 | 身の程を知りまSHOW / Let's Get to Know One's Own Place SHOW | Red | | | |
| 21 | 3 March 2010 | 意外な物を値段当てまSHOW / Let's Guess the Price of Unexpected Products SHOW | Green | | Slapped with Double Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 22 | 10 March 2010 | ありそうな言葉検索しまSHOW | Blue | | Slapped with a Harisen/Double Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 23 | 17 March 2010 | 影絵で表現しまSHOW | Green | | Poured Water On | |
| 24 | 24 March 2010 | センスくらべまSHOW | Blue | | Slapped with a Harisen (Paper Fan) | |
| 25 (Final Episode) | 31 March 2010 | 絵描き歌伝えまSHOW | | | | |

## Tasks/challenges

| Episode | Air Date | Tasks and Challenges | Results | Punishment Received By | Ratings |
| 01 | 7 October 2009 | To guess correctly a specific old man's idea of a "good eat". | Failure | Yokoyama You | 2.5% |
| 02 | 14 October 2009 | Figure out the functions of two unknown commercial products. | Failure | Nishikido Ryo | 3.5% |
| 03 | 21 October 2009 | Finish eating the top 30 favorite items in oden within 10 minutes. | Failure | Nishikido Ryo | 2.2% |
| 04 | 28 October 2009 | Correctly guess a drag-queen's childhood dream. Find the member most popular among the selected drag-queens. | Failure | Yokoyama You | 3.5% |
| 05 | 4 November 2009 | | Success | Yokoyama You (once) Shibutani Subaru (three times) Nishikido Ryo (once) Murakami Shingo (once) | 2.9% |
| 06 | 11 November 2009 | To finish the thirty-one scoops of the top thirty-one most popular ice-cream flavors from Baskin Robbins in ten minutes. | Success | None | 5.3% |
| 07 | 18 November 2009 | Two teams compete to guess correctly the gourmet dishes being presented based solely on the presenter's facial expression. | N/A | Maruyama Ryuhei | 2.7% |
| 08 | 25 November 2009 | To complete a race based on each member's individual ranks drawn from a raffle. | Failure | Shibutani Subaru | 3.8% |
| 09 | 2 December 2009 | As cast members, Kanjani8 must finish a script made of tongue-twisters with no mistake. | Success | Okura Tadayoshi (once) Yasuda Shota (once) Yokoyama You (twice) Maruyama Ryuhei (four times) Murakami Shingo (twice) Nishikido Ryo (once) | 2.8% |
| 10 | 9 December 2009 | | Failure | Maruyama Ryuhei | 3.5% |
| 11 | 16 December 2009 | | Success | None | 4.2% |
| 12 | 23 December 2009 | | | | 1.8% |
| 13 | 6 January 2010 | | N/A | Yokoyama You | 3.2% |
| 14 | 13 January 2010 | | Success | All | |
| 15 | 20 January 2010 | | Success | Okura Tadayoshi (once) Nishikido Ryo (four times) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Yasuda Shota (once) Murakami Shingo (once) Maruyama Ryuhei (once) | |
| 16 | 27 January 2010 | | N/A | Maruyama Ryuhei (twice) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Yokoyama You (three times) Nishikido Ryo (twice) | |
| 17 | 3 February 2010 | | N/A | Okura Tadayoshi | |
| 18 | 10 February 2010 | | Failure | All | |
| 19 | 17 February 2010 | | Failure | Yokoyama You (twice) Yasuda Shota (three times) Nishikido Ryo (twice) Maruyama Ryuhei (once) Okura Tadayoshi (twice) Shibutani Subaru (twice) Murakami Shingo (twice) | |
| 20 | 24 February 2010 | To keep one's face underwater for more than 30 seconds. | Failure | | |
| 21 | 3 March 2010 | To guess whether the suggested price of a product is higher or lower than the real price. | N/A | Yasuda Shota | |
| 22 | 10 March 2010 | | N/A | Yasuda Shota Maruyama Ryuhei Yokoyama You Tadayoshi Okura | |
| 23 | 17 March 2010 | | N/A | Yokoyama You | |
| 24 | 24 March 2010 | | N/A | Shibutani Subaru Murakami Shingo Okura Tadayoshi | |
| 25 (Final Episode) | 31 March 2010 | | | | |

## Music

The opening, ending, and in-between music segments are created and performed live by Kanjani8. Background music for the show comes from Kanjani8's previously released music numbers.