Weakest Link Uikesutorinku: Hitori-gachi no Hosoku

### Catchphrase

ウィーケストリンクと決定しました。\_\_君、退場! (U~īkesutorinku to kettei shimashita. \_\_-kun, taijō!)

### Language

Japanese

***Weakest Link Uikesutorinku: Hitori-gachi no Hosoku*** (Japanese: ウィーケストリンク☆一人勝ちの法則, literally: ***Weakest Link: The Law of One-Man Victory***) was the Japanese version based on the Weakest Link. It was hosted by Shirō Itō and aired for one series on Fuji Television from April 8th until September 16th, 2002. This series had a top prize of ¥16,000,000.

Episode 1

* Tamao Sato (さとう珠緒, Winner)
* Masumi Okada† (岡田眞澄, Runner Up)
* Eiko Koike (小池栄子, 3rd Place Out)
* Kenji Kohashi (小橋賢児, 4th Out)
* Yone Kamio (神尾米, 5th Out)
* Dewi Sukarno (デヴィ・スカルノ, 6th Out)
* Shingo Yanagisawa (柳沢慎吾, 7th Out)
* Kensaku Kishida (岸田健作, 8th Out)

Episode 2

* Tenmei Kano (加納典明, Winner)
* Junichi Ishida (石田純一, Runner Up)
* Kaori Manabe (眞鍋かをり, 3rd Place Out)
* Naomi Kawashima† (川島なお美, 4th Out)
* Keiko Takeshita (竹下景子, 5th Out)
* Hikaru Ijuin (Ken Shinooka) (伊集院光, 6th Out)
* Tamao Sato (さとう珠緒, 7th Out)
* Hirohide Yakumaru (薬丸裕英, 8th Out)

Episode 3

* Emi Hashino (はしのえみ, Winner)
* Wakana Munakata (棟方わかな, Runner Up)
* Taro Yanamoto (山本太郎, 3rd Place Out)
* Masako Lendl (レンドル和子, 4th Out)
* Tetsuro Takehisa (武久哲朗, 5th Out)
* Shizuko Mogi (茂木静子, 6th Out)
* Kazuki Tanaka (田中一樹, 7th Out)
* Hiroyuki Tani (谷寛之, 8th Out)

Episode 4

* Yasuaki Sakamoto (坂本泰明, Winner)
* Yoshizumi Ishihara (石原良純, Runner Up)
* Tsutomu Sato (佐藤勉, 3rd Place Out)
* Akiko Arakawa (荒川章子, 4th Out)
* Miki Shimono (下野美貴, 5th Out)
* Kyodo Sasaki (佐々木教道, 6th Out)
* Noriko Shoji (東海林のり子, 7th Out)
* Yoshiko Yanagida (柳田佳子, 8th Out)

Episode 5

* Takashi Matsuo (松尾貴史, Winner)
* Motoko Obayashi (大林素子, Runner Up)﻿
* Mayuko Takata (高田万由子, 3rd Place Out)
* Aiko Sato (佐藤藍子, 4th Out)
* Norikazu Otsuka (大塚範一, 5th Out)
* Gamon Kaai (河相我聞, 6th Out)
* Uno Kanda (神田うの, 7th Out)
* Kei Shimizu (清水圭, 8th Out)

Episode 6

* Reiko Nishimoto (西本麗子, Winner)
* Yutaka Kimura (木村豊, Runner Up)
* Azumi Kadota (門田あずみ, 3rd Place Out)
* Akira Kameyama (亀山章, 4th Out)
* Shigeru Yazaki (矢崎滋, 5th Out)
* Shigeko Goto (五島滋子, 6th Out)
* Hikaru Kawamura (川村ひかる, 7th Out)
* Ken Aoki (青木健, 8th Out)

Episode 7

* Tetsuya Yabuki (矢吹哲也, Winner)
* Shinji Yamashita (山下真司, Runner Up)
* Hirofumi Moriya (森谷廣文, 3rd Place Out)
* Kiriko Isono (磯野貴理子, 4th Out)
* Yoshiko Shinozaki (篠崎芳子, 5th Out)
* Makiko Namiki (並木真規子, 6th Out)
* Shinji Sugano (菅野真二, 7th Out)
* Yumi Nagaoka (長岡由美, 8th Out)

Episode 8

* Mariko Inai (稲井まり子, Winner)
* Hidekazu Sugano (菅野秀和, Runner Up)
* Sandayu Dokumamushi (毒蝮三太夫, 3rd Place Out)
* Nanako Fujisaki (藤崎奈々子, 4th Out)
* Etsuko Ito (伊藤悦子, 5th Out)
* Eiko Aoki (青木栄子, 6th Out)
* Yasuhiko Sanwa (三和靖彦, 7th Out)
* Hirofumi Tsukamoto (塚本弘史, 8th Out)

Episode 9

* Takuro Tatsumi (辰巳琢郎, Winner)
* Taro Ito (伊藤太郎, Runner Up)
* Kuni Takenaka (竹中邦温, 3rd Place Out)
* Maiko Kikuchi (菊池麻衣子, 4th Out)
* Sunplaza Nakano-Kun (サンプラザ中野くん, 5th Out)
* Koji Matsui (松井康史, 6th Out)
* Emijun Okubo (大久保エミジュン, 7th Out)
* Midori Kamata (蒲田みどり, 8th Out)

Episode 10

* Tomoko Kokura (小倉智子, Winner)
* Iwao Tsurutani (鶴谷巌, Runner Up)
* Eiko Murata (村田栄子, 3rd Place Out)
* Miho Matsuura (松浦美穂, 4th Out)
* Otsuki Fumihiko (大槻文彦, 5th Out)
* Shinya Fukuda (福田真也, 6th Out)
* Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢年雄, 7th Out)
* Moe Yamaguchi (山口もえ, 8th Out)

Episode 11

* Kuniko Asagi (麻木久仁子, Winner)
* Yusuke Sugiura (杉浦裕介, Runner Up)
* Tanami Kodama (児玉珠美, 3rd Place Out)
* Chinatsu Sato (佐藤千夏, 4th Out)
* Mariko Kaga (加賀まりこ, 5th Out)
* Kazuhiro Ishikawa (石川和宏, 6th Out)
* Kazuhisa Nakayama† (中山和久, 7th Out)
* Kunikazu Katsumata (勝俣州和, 8th Out)

Episode 12

* Mikiko Hirota (廣田幹子, Winner)
* Kazuma Mori (森一馬, Runner Up)
* Kim Lija (キム・リジャ, 3rd Place Out)
* Tsutomu Murakami (村上勤, 4th Out)
* Yoko Akino (秋野暢子, 5th Out)
* Mineko Nishikawa (西川峰子, 6th Out)
* Sonomanma Higashi (Hideo Higashikokabaru) (そのまんま東, 7th Out)
* Noriko Kuranaga (倉永紀子, 8th Out)

Episode 13

* Miwa Sato (佐藤美和, Winner)
* Kayomi Todokoro (都所かよみ, Runner Up)
* Hayashiya Kobuhei (Hayashiya Shōzō IX) (林家こぶ平, 3rd Place Out)
* Shinji Kawanabe (川鍋伸治, 4th Out)
* Yukihide Takekawa (タケカワユキヒデ, 5th Out)
* Kyoko Hattori (服部享子, 6th Out)
* Ryo Hosaka (保坂亮, 7th Out)
* Kent Derricott (ケント・デリカット, 8th Out)

Episode 14

* Kumiko Mori (森公美子, Winner)
* Kuniko Yamada (山田邦子, Runner Up)
* Midori Satsuki (五月みどり, 3rd Place Out)
* Hiroko Hayashi (林寛子, 4th Out)
* Fuyuki Moto (モト冬樹, 5th Out)
* Taka Gadarukanaru (ガダルカナル タカ, 6th Out)
* Yoshikazu Ebisu (蛭子能収, 7th Out)
* Ryo Fukawa (ふかわりょう, 8th Out)

Episode 15

* Maiko Kikuchi (菊池麻衣子, Winner)
* Midori Satsuki (五月みどり, Runner Up)
* Noriko Shoji (東海林のり子, 3rd Place Out)
* Hiroko Hayashi (林寛子, 4th Out)
* Mayuko Takata (高田万由子, 5th Out)
* Naomi Kawashima† (川島なお美, 6th Out)
* Aiko Sato (佐藤藍子, 7th Out)
* Nanako Fujisaki (藤崎奈々子, 8th Out)

Episode 16

* Ryoko Fujieda (藤枝真由美, Winner)
* Kaito Kijima (木嶋海人, Runner Up)
* Kimio Nakayama (中山公夫, 3rd Place Out)
* Akiko Abu (阿武晶子, 4th Out)
* Yu Hayami (早見優, 5th Out)
* Shingo Yamashiro† (山城新伍, 6th Out)
* Toru Yamazaki (山咲トオル, 7th Out)
* Sachiko Konno (金野佐知子, 8th Out)

Episode 17

* Akiko Tamura (田村亜紀子, Winner)
* Midori Iwahashi (岩橋みどり, Runner Up)
* Hiromi Makihara (槙原寛己, 3rd Place Out)
* Yasuka Tajima (田島寧子, 4th Out)
* Takanori Hatakeyama (畑山隆則, 5th Out)
* Kumi Nakada (中田久美, 6th Out)
* Yasutaro Matsuki (松木安太郎, 7th Out)
* Hirofumi Kaneyama (金山裕文, 8th Out)

Episode 18

* Shiho Uchiyama (内山志保, Winner)
* Becky (ベッキー, Runner Up)
* Hideaki Kitajima (北島秀明, 3rd Place Out)
* Koichi Sakurai (桜井紘一, 4th Out)
* Yasuko Mitsuura (光浦靖子, 5th Out)
* Kumiko Hoshino (星野久美子, 6th Out)
* Kuniyuki Fukasawa (深沢邦之, 7th Out)
* Ryusuke Miyoshi (三好竜介, 8th Out)

Episode 19

* Toru Emori (江守徹, Winner)
* Miho Shiraishi (白石美帆, Runner Up)
* Mariya Yamada (山田まりや, 3rd Place Out)
* Sayaka Yoshino (吉野紗香, 4th Out)
* Midori Utsumi (うつみ宮土理, 5th Out)
* Chiaki (千秋, 6th Out)

Episode 20

* Yoshie Kashiwabara (柏原芳恵, Winner)
* Akira Nishikino (錦野旦, Runner Up)
* Mako Ishino (石野真子, 3rd Place Out)
* Toshikazu Fukawa (布川敏和, 4th Out)
* Sanae Jyounouchi (城之内早苗, 5th Out)
* Junko Mihara (三原じゅん子, 6th Out)

Episode 21

* Junichi Ishida (石田純一, Winner)
* Kunikazu Katsumata (勝俣州和, Runner Up)
* Kaori Manabe (眞鍋かをり, 3rd Place Out)
* Becky (ベッキー, 4th Out)
* Yoko Akino (秋野暢子, 5th Out)
* Ryo Fukawa (ふかわりょう, 6th Out)

Episode 22

* Masakazu Mimura (三村マサカズ, Winner)
* Michiko Shimizu (清水ミチコ, Runner Up)
* Masao Komatsu (小松政夫, 3rd Place Out)
* Suidobashi Hakase (水道橋博士, 4th Out)
* Tsurube Shofukutei (笑福亭鶴瓶, 5th Out)
* Hiroyuki Miyasako (宮迫博之, 6th Out)
* Jun Nagura (名倉潤, 7th Out)
* Ryo Fukawa (ふかわりょう, 8th Out)