is a Japanese
television program that airs on Friday nights at 11:17 pm on the
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region.
On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...
channel.
The premise of the show is of a
Detective Agency
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads th ...
which takes requests from the viewers. The 'detectives' on the show go on an investigation, which typically involves searching for people/places, street surveys, local reports, overcoming
fears and experiments. The detective is typically accompanied by the viewer who made the request. The show is based out of the city of
Osaka but frequently involves travel to other parts of Japan. Food-related requests are often brought to the professional celebrity chef Hayashi Hirohito.
Koeda Katsura, a
rakugo
is a form of ''yose'', which is itself a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on a raised platform, a . Using only a and a as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long ...
performer, was a regular comedian on the show for 25 years until an incident referred to as the "pudding affair" occurred, which involved pictures released of Katsura lying in bed partially covered with
pudding
Pudding is a type of food. It can be either a dessert or a savoury (salty or spicy) dish served as part of the main meal.
In the United States, ''pudding'' means a sweet, milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, ins ...
.
[Katsura Koeda ga “purin furin” sōdō ni hajimete genkyū (Koeda Katsura discusses the “pudding affair” incident for the first time). (2014, May 28). Tokyo Sports. Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20170607230818/http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/271632/ une 7, 2017]
Cast
*"Chairman"
**Ryūtarō Kamioka (1988–2000)
**
Toshiyuki Nishida (2001–2019)
**
Hitoshi Matsumoto (2019–present)
*"Secretary"
**Chiaki Matsubara (1988–1989)
**Mari Okabe (1989–2010)
**
Erika Matsuo (2010–2018)
**Saori Masuda (2019–present)
See also
*
Television in Japan
References
External links
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1988 Japanese television series debuts
1980s Japanese television series
1990s Japanese television series
2000s Japanese television series
2010s Japanese television series
2020s Japanese television series
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Japanese variety television shows
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