It has been announced that the variety show "100,000 Yen De Dekiru Kana" (TV Asahi, Mondays at 8pm), starring the comedy duo Sandwichman and the popular group Kis-My-Ft2, will be getting a revamp. Starting with the April 6th broadcast, the show will be renamed "Sandwichman & Kis-My-Ft2's Kindaichi Man" and the content will be more powerful.
"Can You Do It for 100,000 Yen?", which began as a late-night program in October 2017 and was promoted to the Monday prime time slot in 2019, airs a segment on money. In the new program, Kis-My-Ft2 and staff travel to all 47 prefectures of Japan to investigate various questions on the street, such as "What kind of people shop at 24-hour stores late at night?", "Who are the people who live in huge mansions in the countryside?", and "What do people who drink in the daytime do?", and create quizzes, which Sandwichman and the guests answer.
Kis-My-Ft2 has been researching various places by bicycle since the "100,000 yen" era. Member Tamamori Yuta said, "We want to find the person with the biggest gap, such as someone whose appearance and occupation are at odds with each other."
Sandwichman's Date Mikio said, "This is a valuable program in which superstars Kis-My-Ft2 go on location themselves to investigate issues that interest Japanese people. With the renewal of the show, I think it would be fun if we, Sandwichman, could also take part in the investigative location shoots."
TV Asahi producer Mariko Tanaka commented, "We will do our best to cover 'people and things that people in the world are interested in' and 'things that people are curious about but don't usually have the opportunity to ask about'! Not only the staff, but also the members of Kis-My-Ft2 will continue to work hard with us. We hope to deliver information that you won't find by just scouring the internet, and to cheer up the whole of Japan starting on Monday nights! We want to keep making the program more powerful so that we can also go on overseas location shoots as everyone wishes."
◇Comments from Kis-My-Ft2 (titles omitted)
[Senga Kento] In the future, we will be conducting more challenging research, such as the annual income of people in certain occupations, so I think filming on location will become even more difficult. But in return, we will be able to learn more about things we didn't know, so I think it's a really great project. What I'm interested in is the process of dental treatment. I can't see it while I'm receiving treatment, so I wonder what's going on... If possible, I'd like to conduct the research overseas (laughs).
[Miyata Toshiya] I think that by watching this program, I'll be able to learn things I didn't know before, and find interesting things, that will be useful to me. I'm excited that I might be able to become smarter little by little. I love anime, so I'm interested in anime festivals overseas. I'd love to go and cover them in person to see just how passionate people overseas are about Japanese works!
[Yokoo Wataru] I think that depending on the project, it can be really educational, so I would love for children to watch it too. I would be happy if this program could inspire people to choose their future careers! I want to make it a program that inspires dreams like that. I think that this year many Japanese athletes will be active overseas, so I would like to investigate their daily lives, the contents of pre-contract discussions, and the reactions of local fans. I would love to be able to do some overseas location filming (laughs).
[Fujigaya Taisuke] When you think, "Oh, that reminds me, I was curious about that!", different people will have different perspectives. If there's anything that has caught your attention, I'd love for viewers to send it to the show, and I hope it becomes a program that anyone can participate in. Actually, I've never done an investigative location shoot with Sand, so it would be great if that could happen. I've been curious about the moment my favorite snack products are made since I was a child, so I'd like to see it with my own eyes.
[Tamamori Yuta] I'm simply looking forward to learning more about things I didn't know and discovering something new. I also enjoy watching the members' location investigation videos, so I'm excited to see what kind of location shoots will come out of them. I'd like to do my best to investigate as well. Personally, I'd love to find the person on the street who has the biggest gap, such as someone whose appearance and occupation are at odds with one another. I think there will be differences depending on the area you research, and I think it would be interesting to research over the long term.
[Takashi Nikaido] I think it would be fun to do location investigative filming from a wide range of perspectives, such as getting up close and personal with people from a variety of professions and exploring their roots. Personally, I'm curious about the planning meetings for the show I appear on, "Nika Game." They come up with all sorts of crazy ideas (laughs), so I'd love to find out what kind of mood they have in those meetings.
