Wednesday Downtown

Synopsis

Everybody has theories that they personally cling blindly to regardless of proof or scientific validity. In this entertaining information program, a host of celebrities present their cases for pet theories to studio guests by any means be it academic argument or laughably “out there” logic. Can their theories gain acceptance? Or will they be discarded as pop science that only adds confusion to the world? Find out through exhaustive examination including on-location experiments!

About 483h to watch every episode. An estimate: 483 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

Main cast

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  Masatoshi Hamada
  Self - Host
  483 episodes

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  Hitoshi Matsumoto
  Self - Panel Member
  460 episodes

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  Toshifumi Fujimoto
  Panel member
  29 episodes

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  Kenji Tamura
  Presenter
  28 episodes

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  Tomonori Jinnai
  Presenter
  17 episodes

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  Shigeo Takahashi
  Self - Presenter
  17 episodes

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  Kazutoyo Koyabu
  Self - Presenter
  16 episodes

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  Eiji Kotoge
  Presenter
  14 episodes

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  Shōhei Osada
  Presenter
  12 episodes

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  Shun Matsuo
  Presenter
  12 episodes

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  Akira Kawashima
  Presenter
  12 episodes

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  Takayuki Haranishi
  Presenter
  11 episodes

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  Kendo Kobayashi
  Panel member
  10 episodes

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  Bakarhythm
  Panel member
  10 episodes

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  Kasuga Toshiaki
  Panel member
  9 episodes

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  Shoji Tomoharu
  Presenter
  8 episodes

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  Terumoto Gotō
  Presenter
  7 episodes

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  Kazuya Shimasa
  Self - Presenter
  6 episodes

Seasons

• 20142014 · 25 episodes
• 20152015 · 34 episodes
• 20162016 · 34 episodes
• 20172017 · 39 episodes
• 20182018 · 37 episodes
• 20192019 · 38 episodes
• 20202020 · 42 episodes
• 20212021 · 41 episodes
• 20222022 · 41 episodes
• 20232023 · 43 episodes
• 20242024 · 42 episodes
• 20252025 · 44 episodes
• 20262026 · 23 episodes
• Specials2023 · 1 episode