The Series was planned to be scrapped after Kiki Beer due to low ratings but it was continued. The Kiki sketch was parodied by the impressionist Hori in No-Laughing High School, where he impersonate Tanaka and Housei calling out a wrong product. Matsumoto - 7 years, 1 month and 23 days.Hamada - 8 years, 4 months and 9 days.Tanaka - 8 years, 11 months and 10 days.Hōsei - 14 years, 7 months and 23 days.+.Longest gap between wins (as of latest episode - Frozen Fried Rice): Hamada - 2 years, 2 months and 16 days.Matsumoto - 5 years, 1 months and 0 days.Tanaka - 6 years, 0 months and 23 days.Hōsei - 14 years, 7 months and 23 days.Longest gap since most recent win (as of latest episode - Frozen Fried Rice): Special episode, only Matsumoto participated in this segment. Fifth win for Hamada.įourth win for Tanaka. Sekine Tsutomu as substitute for Matsumoto. Heipo as substitute for Hamada due to not feeling well. Heipo as substitute for Hōsei due to a stomach ache. Second win for Matsumoto and Hōsei.įourth win for Hamada. First win for Hamada, Hōsei, Endō and Tanaka.ĭouble prize money. Special episode, Matsumoto needed more than 25 correct to succeed, he only got 8 correct.)Īfter all individual attempts, Matsumoto and Tanaka were given a second, joint attempt.Īfter all individual attempts, the three who failed were given a second, joint attempt. Another point is that the senior members from Downtown has the most wins. In many instances the members (especially Hamada) take cues from their peers when guessing. It is probable that the wins are not 100% honest. The series has been going on, usually at the rate of one to three episodes per year, with the latest airing on 2 January 2019. The first proper Kiki episode, with all members participating and the current rule established, is Canned Coffee a year later. Out of 30 instant noodles he tasted he only get 8 guesses correct. The Kiki series started in 1998 with Matsumoto asserting that he can correctly differentiate instant noodles. Hamada getting darted in the ass by a black demon in Kiki Chocolate Anyone who selects correctly will receive a 100,000 yen prize money, otherwise they take a variety of punishments, such as being hit in the groin by a Chinko Machine or, more commonly, getting slapped or sprayed CO2 gas by a foreigner. Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. After the tasting period, they must find the product they tasted from a selection of 8 to 20 different products of various brands. The Kiki Series (Japanese for "tasting") is a series of competitions where each member tastes a randomly selected product, mostly food and drink but once cigarettes, from many different brands blindfolded. Matsumoto tasting by smearing chocolate on his face in Kiki Chocolate