It has been announced that the New Year's special "San & Taku" (Fuji TV) starring Sanma Akashiya and Takuya Kimura will be broadcast from 2:50 pm on January 1, 2026. This will be the 24th consecutive year that the show has aired since 2003.
"Sanma and Taku" is a special variety show that has been aired mainly around New Year's since 2003. Sanma and Kimura decide what they want to do together through conversation, and then, with the motto of "doing what you say right away," they take on a variety of challenges.
The previous episode, which aired on January 1st of this year, saw him travel to Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture, which had been hit by flooding and is currently working to rebuild and recover, and run errands to help out.
As in previous years, the show will feature a condensed mix of studio talk and on-location footage. During the studio talk, Sanma and Kimura will reveal precious anecdotes that can only be heard on this program, and the two busy men will look back on 2025.
