Tokyo Friend Park 2
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Tokyo Friendly Park 2 is a Japan
ese game show
that premiered in April 1994 on the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (TBS). TFP2 airs on Monday nights roughly from 6:55 - 7:54 JST in Japan.
s and Big screen televisions to new vehicles (typically a Land Rover
). As with most Japanese game shows, the contestants usually entail people who are already celebrities in Japan such as singers, comedians, models (idols), actors, etc.
The contestants are organized in one team and compete in several mini games throughout the show.
For each mini game they clear, the team will be awarded with a coin that can be used to win prizes at the end. And if they clear all given mini games, they get the Grand Slam Prize, which is mostly a trip for each person to Disneyland Paris.
. Each show features a few mini games that are selected on a seemingly rotational basis from a library of games. However, there are a few games that occur each week. In every show, the team is awarded coins based on how well they do in each mini game. At the end, teams will be given a set of darts (one dart for each coin they've won) that they can throw at a spinning dart board to try to win prizes. The spinning board is cut into a pie fashion similar to the wheel on The Price is Right
.
Mini games have preset benchmarks that teams must meet in order to win coins. Teams that do exceptionally well (for example, teams that may clinch an early mini-game win) can be awarded extra coins in order to exchange for extra darts at the end of the show for more tries at the prizes if they accomplish certain feats in the mini-games (exceptionally high scores, etc.). For example, in Wall Crash, a coin may be awarded when the team reaches 140 points. If this happens early in the game, the host may offer extra coins if the team can earn another 140 points with their remaining tries.
each week so they are given a handicap of a ridiculous costume
that hinders their ability to play. The first team to 7 wins, and if the contestant team wins they gain an extra coin.
The dart board is divided like a pie graph; a center circle is gray, while the outside is divided into many colored sections. A very small section stands for a new car for each participant while the other sections size are equally and each represent a prize that was chosen by each participants. If the dart hits the board, the board will stop and the contestant will win the prize shown.
If the participant misses the board or if the dart bounces off, the contestant will win nothing. Prizes range from a high variety of electronics to a Land Rover
. If the contestant's dart lands in the gray center circle, or in one of the gray sections around the outside, the contestant will win a tawashi
(a sponge, the show's joke prize). If the thrown dart misses the board and lands somewhere else (like the background or the floor), the participant's name will be written on the place it landed.
Japan
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ese game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
that premiered in April 1994 on the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (TBS). TFP2 airs on Monday nights roughly from 6:55 - 7:54 JST in Japan.
Format
A preset number of contestants (typically 4) compete for prizes that range from Foot baths, Massage chairMassage chair
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s and Big screen televisions to new vehicles (typically a Land Rover
Land Rover
Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...
). As with most Japanese game shows, the contestants usually entail people who are already celebrities in Japan such as singers, comedians, models (idols), actors, etc.
The contestants are organized in one team and compete in several mini games throughout the show.
For each mini game they clear, the team will be awarded with a coin that can be used to win prizes at the end. And if they clear all given mini games, they get the Grand Slam Prize, which is mostly a trip for each person to Disneyland Paris.
Games
The mini game format is very similar to that of The Price is RightThe Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed...
. Each show features a few mini games that are selected on a seemingly rotational basis from a library of games. However, there are a few games that occur each week. In every show, the team is awarded coins based on how well they do in each mini game. At the end, teams will be given a set of darts (one dart for each coin they've won) that they can throw at a spinning dart board to try to win prizes. The spinning board is cut into a pie fashion similar to the wheel on The Price is Right
The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed...
.
Mini games have preset benchmarks that teams must meet in order to win coins. Teams that do exceptionally well (for example, teams that may clinch an early mini-game win) can be awarded extra coins in order to exchange for extra darts at the end of the show for more tries at the prizes if they accomplish certain feats in the mini-games (exceptionally high scores, etc.). For example, in Wall Crash, a coin may be awarded when the team reaches 140 points. If this happens early in the game, the host may offer extra coins if the team can earn another 140 points with their remaining tries.
Wall Crash
This is a game in which contestants will dress in a velcro suit and run towards a mini-trampoline, which will launch them towards a velcro wall. The objective of the contestant is to jump as high as they can to gain the highest position on the wall as possible. The higher the contestant can reach on the wall, the more points they will garner for their team; there are point scoring zones on each side of the wall, and a contestant scores points for the highest zone they get each hand in; however, if a hand is completely in the center "NG zone," no points are awarded for that hand. A coin is awarded to the team if and when they accumulate a preset number of points (the formula is 50 points per player, minus 15 for each woman on the team), with a minimum of 200 points for a team of men, or 140 for a team of women); each player is permitted one attempt, however, a team is given at least 4 attempts, so that if a team of 3 contestants plays the game, one jumps twice, and if a team of 2 contestants plays, each contestant jumps twice. The top corners of the wall have two large red rectangles marked "CLEAR!"; and if a player gets either hand to stick at least partly within the rectangle, they automatically win the coin. Famous Japanese pop group Morning Musume competed in 2000Quiz! Body and Brain
This game takes 2 players. The first runs on a treadmill and the other is asked a number of trivia questions. The host will ask a question that will require the trivia expert to list a few answers (for example, ”Name 5 of the seven dwarfs."). When the timer starts, the runner will start running on a treadmill. Once he is up to a certain speed, the other contestant can start listing possible answers as long as the runner can maintain that speed. Both contestants will have a limited amount of time to get up to speed and successfully answer a question. If the team can successfully complete 6 out of 10 questions, they win a coin.Wild Wild Duck
In this game, 2 players compete. Both players stand on a platform; one player runs in place on this platform, stepping on two actuators to make the platform move forward to the first of two islands. The players then take turns kicking acorn-shaped soccer balls at three targets. When all of the targets are completely knocked over, two golf clubs pop out of the island. The players then ride another platform to the second island in the same way as the first, where they take turns driving golf balls at a target; when a golf ball hits the target, the course is complete. The team has a total of 60 seconds to complete the course to earn a coin. The time is represented by a motorized duck moving along the course (hence the name) popping balloons when there are 30, 15, and 10 seconds left; if the duck reaches the finish line and pops the final red balloon, the team has failed.Fool on the Hill
The first participant listens to a section of the melody of a song on the headphones, and thereafter is required to match the melody to the music pads in front of him by hitting on the right "note" pads at the right time. if he hits the right note pad at the right time, the note will sound, if not, nothing will be played. The 2nd player is then asked to identify the song based on the notes that the first player manages to hit at the right time. The second player gets four chances to identify each song, and if he/she fails on an attempt, the first player tries to play the song again before the second player's next attempt. If the second player identifies a song on the first try, the team earns 40 points. The second try is worth 30 points, the third try is worth 20 points, and the fourth try is worth 10 points. To win a coin, the team needs to earn 80 points across 4 songs.Boon Boon Bowling
One player is given a ball attached to the ceiling with a rope, so that it swings back to the player when he or she throws it. The player tries to hit targets with the ball; seven will knock over oversized bowling pins (hence the name), three more (smaller and bowling pin-shaped) are set up on a rotating turntable. The player has 60 seconds to hit all 10 targets to win a coin, and the team has a total of 3 attempts.Flash Saurus
This is also a 2-player game. One player will pump air into a vertical tube using what resembles a bicycle tire pump, while another player stands on an approximately 1 meter ledge. When the object inside the tube reaches the top, a series of track lights will come towards the player standing on the ledge. It is then his job to jump off the ledge in such a way that he will land on the ground below precisely when the track lights reach his platform. The faster the first player can pump air to get the object to the top of the vertical tube the slower the lights will travel, allowing a better chance the second player will trap the track lights below; The timer counts up to a maximum of 30 seconds, with the light's speed increasing after 8, 13, 18, and 23 seconds. The team has 8 attempts, and 3 successful trials wins them a coin. If a team of more than two players is competing, then each player (other than the player operating the pump) has their own platform, and all players must trap their lights to be successful. In such an event, the team's goal may be reduced.Never Wipe Out
In this game, one player will stand on a platform that sways from side to side like a teeter-totter. In front of them is an attached giant platformed board that moves with the teeter-totter. A ball is dropped from the top and the player must use the teeter-totter and gravity to navigate the ball all the way to a basket at the bottom of the maze. To make the challenge more difficult, a motorized platform moves the basket back and forth at the bottom. If the ball falls off the edges, the player loses. The team has 6 tries to get a ball into the basket at the bottom, and a single successful attempt will award the team a coin.Delisoba Gold
The team plays a video game in which the object is to drive a moped to the end of a course. Two of the participants sit on the moped at a time; one is the driver, the other holds a stack of packages. The bottom package has an electronic device that will throw the packages off the stack if the driver crashes; the team must re-stack the packages before continuing. The team has a total of 4 minutes to complete the course; either two pairs of participants play for 120 seconds each, or three pairs play for 80 seconds each. If the team completes the course, they win a coin.Hyper Hockey
This is always the last competitive game in the show. A comedy duo known as Honjamaka competes against the team to win a coin. The comedy duo both play air hockeyAir hockey
Air hockey is a game for two competing players trying to score points in the opposing player's goal.-Equipment:Air hockey requires an air-hockey table, two player-held mallets, and a puck....
each week so they are given a handicap of a ridiculous costume
Costume
The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances...
that hinders their ability to play. The first team to 7 wins, and if the contestant team wins they gain an extra coin.
Darts
At the end of each show, participants can choose between taking the coins (worth 100,000 yen each) or trading their coins in for darts; most contestants trade their coins for a dart each. Participants will then throw their darts at a large spinning dart-board.The dart board is divided like a pie graph; a center circle is gray, while the outside is divided into many colored sections. A very small section stands for a new car for each participant while the other sections size are equally and each represent a prize that was chosen by each participants. If the dart hits the board, the board will stop and the contestant will win the prize shown.
If the participant misses the board or if the dart bounces off, the contestant will win nothing. Prizes range from a high variety of electronics to a Land Rover
Land Rover
Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...
. If the contestant's dart lands in the gray center circle, or in one of the gray sections around the outside, the contestant will win a tawashi
Tawashi
The is a Japanese traditional scrubbing brush to wash off the dirt. The typical tawashi is Kamenoko Tawashi.-Kamenoko Tawashi:The is a kind of tawashi made of fiber of a hemp palm. Because the Kamenoko Tawashi is hard, durable and waterproof, it is suitable for washing kitchen equipment,...
(a sponge, the show's joke prize). If the thrown dart misses the board and lands somewhere else (like the background or the floor), the participant's name will be written on the place it landed.
Guests
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| 1995.10.02 | SMAP SMAP SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori... |
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| 1996 | V6 V6 (band) V6 is a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995 with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995... |
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| 1997 | TOKIO Tokio (band) Tokio is a Japanese rock/pop band formed by Johnny & Associates that debuted in 1994. It is made up of five men who were signed with Sony Music Entertainment from 1994 to 2001, with Universal Music Japan from 2001 to 2008, and are now signed under J Storm, a label owned by Johnny & Associates... |
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| 2000 | Morning Musume Morning Musume , sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs... |
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| 2001 | Morning Musume Morning Musume , sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs... |
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| 2003.01.02 | SMAP SMAP SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori... |
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| 2003.10.06 | TOKIO Tokio (band) Tokio is a Japanese rock/pop band formed by Johnny & Associates that debuted in 1994. It is made up of five men who were signed with Sony Music Entertainment from 1994 to 2001, with Universal Music Japan from 2001 to 2008, and are now signed under J Storm, a label owned by Johnny & Associates... |
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| 2005.09.26 | V6 V6 (band) V6 is a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995 with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995... |
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| 2006.10.23 |
(from Kisarazu Cat's Eye Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies:Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series .-Synopsis:... ) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2006.12.25 |
(from Hana Yori Dango 2) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2007.10.08 |
(from Utahime) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2008.03.03 |
(from Kurosagi Kurosagi is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as . It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!.The series was... The Movie) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2008.03.31 | Arashi Arashi is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii... |
Wall Crash | |
| 2008.06.30 |
(from Maou) |
Wall Crash, Never Wipe Out! | |
| 2008.07.21 |
(from ROOKIES Rookies (manga) is a Japanese shōnen manga written and illustrated by Masanori Morita. The series was featured on Weekly Shōnen Jump during its original run from 1998 to 2003. The series was licensed for release in France by Edition Tonkam and in Italy by Star Comics, where it was featured in the magazine Express... ) |
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| 2008.10.06 |
(from Ryusei no Kizuna Ryusei no Kizuna is a novel by the famous mystery writer Keigo Higashino and also a Japanese television drama adapted from the novel. The novel was released on March 5, 2008, after being serialized in Weekly Gendai from September 16, 2006 until September 15, 2007... ) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2009.07.23 |
(from Orthros no Inu Orthros no Inu is a TBS Japanese television drama, which stars Hideaki Takizawa and Ryo Nishikido. The series aired on July 24, 2009.-Plot synopsis:Ryuzaki Shinji who possesses a "God Hand", the power to heal wounds and illnesses just by touching the patient, is in fact a dark introvert who does not reveal his... ) |
Wall Crash | |
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| 2010.02.11 |
Kazuya Kamenashi , often called Kame, is a Japanese idol, singer–songwriter, actor, television personality, producer, radio host and occasional model. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12 and was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of... Yuya Tegoshi is a member of Japanese boy band NEWS and its subgroup Tegomass, both under Johnny & Associates.-Career:Tegoshi entered Johnny's Jimusho during December 2002. He participated in various Johnny's Junior activities for eleven months before becoming a member of NEWS in 2003... Hiroki Uchi is a Japanese idol singer, songwriter, actor and model. He was born in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Biography:Uchi Hiroki auditioned for Johnny & Associates on May 1999, at the age of twelve... Seishiro Kato is a Japanese child actor.He debuted when he was 13 months old. He became recognized after his breakthrough role as Higuchi Yoroku in Tenchijin the 2009 edition of NHK Taiga Drama. Currently, he is actively appearing in many TV dramas, films, and TV commercials... (from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) |
Wall Crash | |
| 2010.09.20 | Hideaki Takizawa Hideaki Takizawa is a Japanese actor and member of the J-pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa from Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, when he reached the age of 20, he debuted with Tsubasa Imai in the group Tackey & Tsubasa under the record label Avex Trax. That same year, he graduated from Johnny's Junior. Tackey & Tsubasa have released... & Johnny's Jr. Johnny's Jr. is a part of Johnny & Associates that focuses only on boys who have not yet officially debuted either with a unit or as a solo act. The juniors are mostly younger than 30, with the exception of Sano Mizuki.- A.B.C-Z : is a part of Johnny & Associates that focuses only on boys who have not yet... |
Go! Uphill, Panic Ringoskii 2, Wild Wild Duck, Hyper Hockey | |
| 2010.11.22 | Tackey & Tsubasa | Wall Crash, Never Wipe Out!, Deli Soba Gold, Quiz! Body and Brain, Hyper Hockey | |
| 2010.11.29 | Kara (band) Kara (band) Kara is a popular South Korean girl group signed with DSP Media . The band name Kara comes from the Greek Word "chara" Kara (Hangul: 카라, Japanese: カラ, often stylized as KARA) is a popular South Korean girl group signed with DSP Media (DSP). The band name Kara comes from the Greek Word "chara" Kara... |
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| 2010 | Supernova (band) | ||