Last One Standing | |||||
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Kanji | トークサバイバー!~トークが面白いと生き残れるドラマ~ | ||||
Literal meaning | Talk Survivor! ~Survive The Drama with Interesting Stories~ | ||||
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Created by | Nobuyuki Sakuma [1] | ||||
Written by | Ryoichi Tsuchiya | ||||
Directed by | Hayato Kawai | ||||
Presented by | Nobu (Chidori) | ||||
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Executive producer | Shinichi Takahashi ( Netflix) | ||||
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Network | Netflix | ||||
Release | March 8, 2022 |
Last One Standing ( Japanese: トークサバイバー!~トークが面白いと生き残れるドラマ~, Hepburn: Tōkusabaibā! ~Tōku ga omoshiroi to ikinokoreru dorama~, transl. Talk Survivor! ~Survive The Drama with Interesting Stories~) is a 2022 crime drama/ comedy reality show, produced by Netflix and launched on the streaming service on March 8, 2022. It stars the comedy duo Chidori and features a number of Japanese comedians as contestants.
The story is a crime drama which starts at the NF High School, where a precious painting has been stolen from the principal's office. Several times each episode, a character would pose a question to the contestants, who also play roles in the drama and would then drop character and tell a story relevant to the question. In the end of each episode, one or more contestants would be eliminated from the contest and also removed from the plot. [2]
Last One Standing was inspired by the "Dramatic Heartbreak King" segments of the variety show Neo Battle Variety: King-chan , which was also produced by Nobuyuki Sakuma and hosted by Chidori, and aired primarily on TV Tokyo for three seasons from 2016 to 2018. [3]
Last One Standing became Netflix's most popular show in Japan after its premiere. [4] Decider rated the show "Stream It", commenting that it is "fun watching the contestants trying to one-up each other" and contrasted it to the "serious and dramatic" plot. [2] The Times of India rated it 3.5 out of five stars, similarly praised its "entertaining" combination of suspenseful elements with light-hearted humor and suggested it might inspire an Indian adaptation. [5]
No | Title [6] | Contestants (first appearances only) | Drama cast (first appearances only) | Guest observer |
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1 | So We Meet Again | Daigo (Chidori), Gekidan Hitori, Kazuki Iio (Zun), Minami Minegishi, Takemasa Tsukaji (Drunk Dragon), Toshiyuki Itakura (Impulse), Takushi Tanaka ( Ungirls) |
Shotaro Mamiya
Takenori Gotō |
Karen Takizawa |
2 | An Unforeseen Future | |||
3 | We Can Make It Right | |||
4 | Restart | Kendo Kobayashi, Yuki Iwai ( Haraichi), Kei Mukai (Panther), Tetsuya Morita (Saraba Seishun no Hikari), Takashi Yoshimura ( Heisei Nobushi Kobushi), Eiko Kano |
Masahiro Higashide
Hiroaki Okada Yuki Morinaga |
Shiori Sato |
5 | Youthful Days are Gone Forever | Hiccorohee, Takashi Watanabe (Nishikigoi), Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, Hironobu Komiya (Sanshiro), Iwakura (Kaerutei), Ahn Mika, Shunsuke Ito (Ozwald), Sāya (Lalande) | ||
6 | Escape from a Labyrinth | Toshiaki Kasuga ( Audrey) | Reina Triendl | |
7 | Repeat Mistakes | Haruna Kondō ( Harisenbon) | ||
8 | The End, and The Beginning | Karen Takizawa |