Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle
Title card
Starring	Takeshi Kitano Hayato Tani
Narrated by	Shizuo Miyauchi Runpei Masui
Composers	Tadakazu Onodera Noriaki Sato
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	133 (original)[1] 8 (revival)
Producers	Kunihiko Katsura Eiichi Misumi
Running time	47 minutes
Production company	TBS
Network	JNN (TBS)
Release	2 May 1986 – 19 October 1990
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	21 April – 28 April 2023

Takeshi's Castle (Japanese: 風雲!たけし城, Hepburn: Fūun! Takeshi-jō) is a Japanese equivalent show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese clown Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a figure who sets up difficult bodily challenges that players (or a unpaid army) must conquer in command to attain him in his castle.

The display became a cult television hit about the world.^[2] It was extremely influential in earth popular culture, inspiring a genre of game shows involving bodily challenges and achy entertainment, as fine as another media. On 2 April 2005, a particular live "revival" was broadcast for TBS's 50th commemoration celebrations. A reboot of the display was released on Amazon Prime Video on 21 April 2023.^[3] German-Japanese performer Subaru Kimura joined the returning Tani as co-leader of the contestants.^[4]

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The first display engaged between 86 and 142 contestants whom General Tani (Hayato Tani) "forced" into a sequence of elimination-style bodily challenges, which were akin to those established in It's a Knockout. At the end of all episode, the contestants who survived all challenges faced off immediately against Takeshi and his armed forces in one final assault on his castle, alongside the goal of claiming it for Tani.

The sequence featured extended landscaping of a fixed evidence at TBS-owned Midoriyama (Green Mountain) Studios in Yokohama, Kanagawa. The environment included ample man-made lakes and detailed imperishable obstacles. The final regular event aired on 14 April 1989, followed by 4 one-off specials until 19 October 1990. A particular revival took location fair exterior the TBS Building for the network's Spring All-Star Thanksgiving Festival on 2 April 2005, featuring Lake of the Dragon God and Gibraltar Strait. In 2004, the website "Takeshi Mania" published an hurt catalog of display participants. The publishing company afterward admitted fabricating the catalog in an attempt to "make a small fun".^[5] While insignificant injuries were reported, few to no important injuries occurred on the show.^[6]

A broad range of challenges were used throughout the former of Takeshi's Castle. Depending on their fame and comfort of preparation, several challenges occurred lone formerly or twice, during others took location in practically all episode. Many challenges engaged falling into h2o or mud upon failure.

• Border Wall – A lofty two-faced soapy incline that contestants need to climb. Several ropes are attached the top, which participants can use to climb. Once a contestant makes it complete the wall, they glide downward the another flank into a small trench of water.
• Wall to Freedom Becomes Far – Contestants visage ten gates alongside eight doors. One or two doors are made of paper, during the remaining doors are blocked by wooden plates or comprise of document alongside a net rearward it. Once contestants create it through the tenth wall, they must sift through a ample vat of flour to discover a colored tennis domain to win the challenge.
• You Can't Continue on an Empty Stomach – Several buns encased in synthetic bags are hanging from a rope. To win, contestants must catch onto a bun alongside their mouth, whilst their arms are affixed to their sides by either an inflatable rubber circle or a ample murphy sack.
• Boundary Roulette – Contestants must choose a disk alongside assorted imaginable descriptions, specified as numbers ranging from 0 to 36, "Black," "Red," "Odd," or "Even." Once selected, they sit downward at the corresponding place of a roulette table. A elephantine roulette rotor is spun, and the outcome of the rotation determines who volition be eliminated.
• First Fortress – Contestants must ascend an extremely narrow and steep staircase holding h2o pistols, all during ensuring that a document circle attached to their helmets remains intact from the Takeshi Gundan, who additionally have h2o pistols and targets of their own.
• Devil's Domain – A maze composed of either four-sided or six-sided rooms is laid out in a 4x3 rectangle (5x4 whenever playing alongside three guards). Contestants navigate the maze during avoiding the guards to attain the goal. Some doors guide to a pond of h2o that contestants power autumn into, constituting a loss.
• Dragon God's Pond – Contestants must cross a lake via about twenty-five stones. Some of these stones are affixed to the flat of the lake by lone a chain, which sinks whenever stepped on. In first versions, a assortment of Wall to Freedom was placed on the another flank of the lake. Contestants must choose one of four doors, two of which are made of paper, during the another two are solid. Breaking through a document entrance results in a win.
• Heaven and Hell – Contestants must use a cord to sway throughout a muddy pit alongside the goal of landing on a platform. A afterward version, renamed New Heaven and Hell, required contestants to acquire momentum by operating downward a pathway and afterward swinging in a semi-circle to district on a platform.
• Beach Boys and Gals – Contestants must journey a surfboard and traverse multiple obstacles. Originally, contestants jumped complete multiple Styrofoam obstacles (designed to appearance akin an axolotl) and ducked under obstacles (designed to appearance akin a shark's mouth). This difficulty was afterward scrapped and reintroduced as Spinning Beach Boys and Gals, which was played multiple feet complete h2o alongside a surfboard attached to a rotating arm. The goal was to remain on the surfboard and attain the complete platform, which was made to appearance akin a tropical island.
• Bridge Over The Battlefield – Contestants must shove themselves onto a board, afterward move alongside a rolling track to attain an arrow at the end. If they shove too hard, they volition autumn off the track into the water. If their shove is too soft, they may undershoot the arrow, and a defender volition shove them off the track.
• Revolving Comaneci – The contestant must cross two planks rotating counterclockwise, alongside one flank of the site covered by mattresses that volition shove the contestant off. As a result, contestants need to attain the center of the plank before continuing.
• Boinging Pompokolin – Contestants are attached to a harness complete a mud pit and are pulled alongside a cable in the air. They must afterward lesser themselves to get a ball, which can be thrown into a pot at the end of the mud pit.
• Corinth Pon – Contestants are placed into a transparent domain and pushed downward a elephantine pachinko machine. Their goal is to attain the base of the commission during avoiding the skull boxes scattered alongside the board, which would form a loss.
• Horse Race Challenge – Contestants deteriorate equine costumes alongside their feet covered by rollerblades. On the General's signal, contestants must competition to the complete row during overcoming three increasingly higher hurdles.
• Hello Mr. Turtle – Contestants must cross ten turtle-shaped platforms to attain the finish. After a while, a defender volition commencement chasing them in an attempt to shove contestants off their platforms.
• Sumo Pon – Five sumo wrestlers are shown to the contestants, who volition afterward diagram a domain from a box. The ball's color determines who they must defeat in sumo wrestling to win.
• It's an Earthquake Grandpa! – While wearing gray wigs and garments traditionally worn by Japanese elders, contestants must kneel on a heap of foam blocks and keep their positions during a small earthquake is simulated in the room.
• Runaway Train of Death – Contestants sit on a mat and are pushed downward a sloped track into water. Their aim is to jump onto a lily pad at the sides: a ample wobbly one on the remaining and a smaller but additional stable one on the right.
• Thud Calligraphy – Contestants must blaze a crossbow onto a small wheel, which determines the Japanese character they need to draw. Using an oversized brush, they have 30 seconds to diagram their character on the designated area of a wet slope.
• Adventure Zone – Contestants must conquer an obstacle way akin to a video equivalent during a robot on top of the backdrop construction moves along. Contestants are victorious if they attain the end of the way unless the aforementioned robot finishes first. Should this happen, the contestant is disqualified, and a defender normally throws them into water.
• The Longest Yard – Contestants must transport a football throughout a playing site during defenders wearing ample foam football costumes try to forestall them from doing so. If a contestant is pinned to the dirt by a defenders, they endure the round.
• Daruma-San has Fallen Down – Based on a well-known Japanese children's game, contestants must ascend a elevation during wearing oversized daruma costumes. A defender waits at the top of the hill. His rear is turned to the contestants during he chants "だるまさんがころんだ"!After finishing his chant, he turns around. Contestants are disqualified if the defender spots them moving or if they autumn downward the hill. Reaching the top of the elevation signifies victory.
• Flat Chest – While wearing a pale bodysuit alongside velcro on the front, contestants must sway complete a lake to rod onto a Velcro partition on the another side.
• Condor Takes Flight – Wearing an oversized hawk costume, contestants are led downward a zipline complete the ground. Their goal is to capture a plush rabbit midway through alongside their feet, afterward throw it onto the nest at the end of the track.
• Roller Game – Contestants must cross a ample pond by operating complete seven rolling pins placed at uneven heights. These pins rotate on an axis, making it difficult for contestants to keep them stationary.
• You Can't Save the Ball – Contestants tap a domain into a elephantine pachinko machine. They must afterward catch a bowl, run downward a staircase, and delay on a narrow ledge for the domain to attain them, during General Tani gives them directions on anywhere the domain is at the moment. As the domain arrives, they jump into a mud pit to capture it in their bowl.
• Study the Cards Game – While wearing oversized hand costumes, five contestants vie against five of Takeshi's Gundan. At the commencement of all round, Michiru Jo recites a mathematical issue or a inquiry alongside a numerical answer. Contestants must decide the accurate answer and afterward autumn onto it.
• You Too are Masaru Uno-Kid – While wearing oversized ballgame participant costumes, contestants must capture a ballgame that is being batted in the air. This equivalent is played multiple times alongside the identical group.
• Aquatic Volleyball – Contestants must mark three points in a equivalent of volleyball against their opponents. The equivalent takes location on a mat floating on water. They may be faced alongside three imaginable opponents: Takeshi's guards, a female volleyball team, or women in swimwear.
• Straits of Gibraltar – General Tani fires a dreary domain at the contestants, who are position on a wobbly bridge. Once they capture the ball, the contestants must traverse throughout the extend during Takeshi's Gundan blaze cannonballs at them. If they successfully capture a aureate domain and attain the another side, they obtain 1,000 yen.
• You! Sound That Bell! – Contestants are sitting on a mat, afterward are pushed downward a track into the water, alongside a slanted phase in the center. Once the phase is reached, the contestant must ascend the incline in command to circle a chime at the top.
• Gah! I Don't Know! – Contestants sit on a circular disc on a rolling track. They are pushed downward the track and shown multiple signs forming a mathematical problem. When they attain the end of the track, they must province the resolution aloud. Answering incorrectly or failing to provision an answer causes the end of the track to collapse, dropping the contestant into a tub of flour or, in afterward versions, mud.
• Star Bowling – Contestants must choice one of ten playing cards (numbered 1 through 10) to decide their position. Contestants are afterward placed into oversized bowling pin costumes alongside their ankles taped together. They must remain position during a ample foam bowling ball is rolled at them. If a contestant falls over, they lose.
• Hell Pull – Contestants choose one of five colored ropes, the ends of which are obstructed by a ample wall. Contestants volition afterward act a equivalent alongside whoever or any is holding the contrary end of their rope.
• Ball Run – Contestants must ascend a steep incline during Takeshi's guards rotate downward differently-sized boulders. They can use multiple gaps in the walls to evade them, but using a gap causes it to close.
• Stab and Be Stabbed – In a difficulty modeled following the famous children's equivalent Pop-up Pirate, contestants sit on a elephantine cask and choose one of six slots. Michiru Jo slides a blade into the selected slot. Choosing among the two trapped slots volition logic the barrel's top to tip over, which forces the contestant to glide downward a incline into a pond. The goal is to choice three slots correctly (four in its first-ever playing).
• Pie Hit Ending – First contestants must throw a die, resolute how far distant they volition be from a sequence of six holes, which they need to rod their caput out of. Once they are settled in, a expert volition throw a pie at them, alongside the contestant winning if the pie misses.
• Ladder Lottery of Difficult Times – Contestants must choose one of five doors, afterward prosecute the way until they attain a junction akin to a ghost leg. Once they attain the end of the path, they must ascend a set of stairs and descend downward a slide. If they choose the accurate slide, they volition glide into safety. An incorrect choice drops them into mud.
• Combinations of Love – Played in pairs, contestants must choose between equal or odd. While wearing oversized cubes costumes, they are rolled downward a incline one at a time, and the sum of the two cubes rolls must equivalent alongside whichever choice the brace chose at the beginning.
• You Jumped, Congratulations! – Contestants must rod vault complete a pond from a elevated phase to district onto a small platform.
• Dash Over the Mud, Youth – Simulating a ballgame game, the pitcher throws a domain that the batter purposely misses. Once the catcher catches the ball, contestants must run from archetypal to second basis during traversing a ample strand of mud to evade being tagged out.
• Rush Out, Youth! – Contestants delay rearward saloon doors in forefront of a mud pit. On the General's whistle, Michiru Jo shoots a football domain in the air, and the contestants must run into the mud pit to capture the ball.
• Man Eating Holes – The penultimate difficulty for most of the sequence run. The contestants must jump into one of five ample holes in the ground, two of which are being guarded by either Makoto Dainenji or Katsuo Tokashiki, and the final three foremost to Takeshi's castle. Usually, Dainenji and Tokashiki are dressed in costumes and execute a skit previous to the game's start.

In first episodes, the contestants stormed the castle in a short-range water gun assault. Later episodes introduced carts alongside document rings and eventually lasers and light-sensitive targets. If the contestant's gun penetrated the document circle or hit the sensor on Takeshi's cart (which was defended by weapons specified as a ample h2o gun and a laser-armed plane), Takeshi's cart would deactivate, and the castle was "taken," and the equivalent won. During the water-gun version, if Takeshi was defeated, all living players divided the award between them. In the laser-gun version, the participant who stopped Takeshi won 1 million yen (which, at the time, was approximately equal to US$8,000 or £5,000 sterling).^{[citation needed]}

In the Amazon Prime reboot, the finale equivalent "Yabusame" had the remaining contestants playing against BANANAMAN, Lord Ueda, Lord Neomi, Lord Watanabe, and kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, who played on Count Takeshi's behalf. The contestant rides throughout a track in a pod firing tennis balls into the chimney of their opponent's pod. The guardian of the castle shoots rear at the document mark on the contestant's pod alongside larger balls. If the castle guardian breaks the contestant's document target, the contestant is out. If a participant lands a domain in the chimney of the defender, the contestant wins a myriad yen. If nobody is defeated, it is considered a diagram alongside no victories.

Takeshi's Castle challenges used a broad assortment of well-known songs from movies, tv shows, video games, anime, and another sources.

• Count "Beat" Takeshi (ビートたけし; Kitano, delivered 18 January 1947) – The lord of his castle and eventual mark of the competition. He additionally made commentary on the events.
• Takeshi Doll – During a prolonged duration whenever Takeshi was forbidden to appear on tv (his penalty for an act of aggression against reporters and photographers from a controversy magazine), among the Takeshi Gundan filled in by wearing his gown and a elephantine paper-mâché Takeshi head, akin to ones worn by sports squad mascots.
• Saburo Ishikura (石倉三郎, delivered 16 December 1946) – Chief Retainer of Takeshi's Castle. He provided commentary alongside Takeshi.
• Sonomanma Higashi (real name Hideo Higashikokubaru, delivered 16 September 1957) – Originally chief of the Takeshi Gundan. He replaced Ishikura as the adviser of the Takeshi's castle in the center of the sequence run.
• Takeshi's Gundan (Defense Troops) (たけし軍団) – The Count's guards, seen in the Kart Battle and another challenges, who wore pale or green. When Higashi became Takeshi's new advisor, Omori Utaemon took complete as the leader. Other members included Matsuo Bannai, Tsumami Edamame, Yurei Yanagi, Rakkyo Ide, Great Gidayu, Dankan, Third Nagasima, Rusher Itamae, Taka Guadalcanal, Hakase Suidobashi, Sintarou Mizushima and "Loyal" Tadajij Kikuchi.
• General Tani (Hayato Tani) (谷隼人, delivered 9 September 1946) Led the contestants through the challenges set by Count Takeshi. His real-life wife, Kikko Matsuoka (born 11 February 1947), appeared in an event resulting in a comedic battle between the couple.
• Tani's Assistant – On global specials (involving non-Japanese players), General Tani was assisted by Eliska Nochelli who served as his translator. Chuck Wilson additionally acted as his aide in two global specials.
• Junji Inagawa (also known as Jyunji Inagawa) (稲川淳二, delivered 9 September 1946), Akira Sakamoto (born 31 July 1949), and Shingo Yanagisawa (柳沢慎吾, delivered 6 March 1962) – Three of the Battlefield Reporters nevertheless there were many more. They normally wore safari outfits.
• Kibaji Tankobo (丹古母鬼馬二, delivered 4 January 1950) and Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi (ストロング金剛, 25 December 1940 – 31 December 2021) – Two physically imposing guards most celebrated for featuring in the "Devil's Domain" challenge. Kibaji normally wore a lengthy red wig, during Strong was bald, and they painted their faces to additional intimidate contestants. In supplement to frightening and chasing the contestants in the "Devil's Domain", Tankobo and Kobayashi additionally smeared black, sticky coat all complete the contestants that they caught in the maze. Tankobo and Kobayashi were considered to be two of Takeshi's finest henchmen.
• Brad Lesley, a.k.a. "Animal" (亜仁丸レスリー, 11 September 1958 – 27 April 2013) – American ballgame player. His chief job was to humiliate and frighten the contestants in any imaginable way, normally dressed as a samurai, complete alongside a sword. Animal has additionally been seen in a green sumo suit, spider costume, Fred Flintstone–style outfit, a ballgame uniform and a Las Vegas–era Elvis Presley jumpsuit costume.
• Michiru Jo (城みちる, delivered 18 November 1957) – One of the few guards to have been engaged from the extremely archetypal event and until the display finished, he normally wore a distinctive pink outfit. Jo was a Japanese pop singer in the 1970s.
• Yoroi/Ritter Chuu – He was a sixteen-foot lofty samurai who tried to keep players from reaching the goals in multiple games.
• Makoto Dainenji (大念寺誠) and Katsuo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷勝男, delivered 27 July 1960) – Makoto, a karate master, and Katsuo, a boxing victor in Japan, were the "Man Eating Holes" guards, normally wearing outrageous costumes. Katsuo additionally served as the referee in the "Sumo Pong" game.
• Masanori Okada (岡田正典, delivered 19 October 1953) – Usually seen in the equivalent "Bridge on the Battlefield", he would jump out of the h2o to shove the contestants into the beverage if they unsuccessful to attain the target. Okada additionally played in the "Devil's Domain" and another games as well. Also known as the "Sea Goblin" in Japan and was a boxer in the 1970s.
• Umanosuke Ueda, (上田馬之助, 20 June 1940 – 21 December 2011) – This assured guard, a erstwhile wrestler in genuine life, appeared in "Devil's Domain", "Sumo Pong", "The Longest Yard" and "Gibraltar Strait".
• Youshichi Shimada (島田洋七, delivered 10 February 1950) – A defender who was normally seen in the games "Drama-San is falling Down" in overalls akin to those worn by Dennis the Menace, and in "Rotating Beach Boys & Gals" dressed as a female Native American nicknamed "Pocahontas" who would shove contestants into the h2o if they missed the surfboard.
• Shoji Kinoshita and Shoichi Kinoshita – Better known as "Popcorn" (ポップコーン, delivered 1 January 1959), these identical twin actors, well-known in Japan, were commonly seen wearing rainbow ponchos and bowler hats. They additionally wore ballgame uniforms and another humorous costumes, appearing in the equivalent "Donbura Koko" anywhere they would try and put the contestants off by chanting a extremely annoying chant "Donbura, Donbura, Donbura" as fine as "Gibraltar Strait" and another games.
• Shinoburyo (忍竜, delivered 19 July 1951) – Sumo wrestler in Japan who appeared in the equivalent "Sumo Pong".
• Large Fuji (26 August 1958 – 14 October 2012) – Replaced Shinoburyo in the afterward episodes as the purple sumo combatant in "Sumo Pong".
• Konishiki Doll – Only seen in "Sumo Pong" and formerly in "Pulling Hell". The Konishiki Doll was among the Defense Troops dressed in a ample costume which is meant to resemble Konishiki Yasokichi, among the largest sumo wrestlers to always live.
• Noboru "Shin" Suganuma (すがぬま伸, delivered 5 July 1952) – Loyal associate of Takeshi's Gundan, who wore red and who was a pathetic sumo wrestler in "Sumo Pong".
• Ritsuko Nakayama (中山 律子, delivered 12 October 1942) – Also known as Refreshing Ritsuko-Ritsuko, she is a expert bowler in Japan who appeared in the "Star Bowling" game.
• Yutaka Enatsu – A real-life Japanese ballgame player, he made a visitant appearance as the pie thrower in "Pie End-Hit" in a sole episode.
• "Ordinary" Oki Bondo (大木凡人, delivered 1 July 1949) – The emcee of the karaoke bar in the "Street Corner TV" game.
• Koji Sekiyama (関山耕司, 22 May 1924 – 27 April 2013) – Karaoke bar owner who decided whether contestants' chanting was fine adequate to advancement through to the next round. Later replaced by Nobuo Yana.
• Nobuo Yana (born 13 August 1935) – Replaced Koji Sekiyama as the karaoke bar owner afterward in the sequence and decided whether a contestant had sung fine adequate to advancement through to the next round.
• Takayuki Yokomizo (born 2 August 1963) – Bouncer in the karaoke bar who violently withdrew contestants from the construction if Sekiyama (later Yana) decided that their chanting was not fine enough.
• Geisha Girls or Bunny Girls – Led by Miyuki Ono, they helped contestants in multiple games and additionally helped Takeshi and his adviser in wit skits. Other known girls included Harumi Tomikawa, Mika, Mina Morishima, Sawada, and Mitsumi Yokota. Sometimes, whenever Junji and Shingo were off the display for another commitments, one of them served in the Battlefield Reporter's role.
• Shizuo Miyauchi (宮内鎮雄, 24 January 1945 – 14 January 2022) – Commentator for the first sequence in Japan. Retired from TBS in 2005 following operating as a commentator for multiple decades.
• Ultraman – Appeared in the display on multiple occasions. The archetypal was to assistance the young contestants through a figure of the challenges in the "Kids Only" special. The second was as a replacement for General Tani (for unidentified reasons). The third juncture was in the "Monster Special", alongside alongside another members of the "Ultra Brothers". (Due to a licensing dispute, the "Monster Special" event of the American type MXC was heavily edited upon its publish on DVD, alongside all Ultraman characters removed.)

Original Japanese version	American type (MXC)	Philippine version	UK version	Spanish version	Indian version	Vietnamese version
Count "Beat" Takeshi/ Takeshi Doll	Vic Romano/Uncool Not-so-Hip Vic Romano/Zeppo the Waterhead	Master Takeshi	Count Takeshi/Man In The Paper Mache Head	Takeshi/Mini Takeshi	Count Takeshi	Lãnh chúa Takeshi
Sonomanma Higashi	Kenny Blankenship	Bisita I		Junior	Chotu
Hayato Tani	Captain Tenneal	Master Kapitan	General Lee (original/revival (Sometimes))/General Tani (revival)	Napoleon (1990–95)/General Tani (2006–07)	General Lee	Tướng quân Shakrito
Junji Inagawa	Guy LeDouche		The Man alongside the Toffee Apple	Pepe Livingstone	Shikari Shambhu
Michiro Jo	Danny Glans/Jimmy Junk/Sugar Ramos Phiss/Golden Shower Boy/Barry Sosa/Spin		Captain Japan/Cowardly Custard	Pinky Winky	Choos Lee
Popcorn	Em on Em/Babe and Ruth/Bud and Pud/Green Gobblers (Hedda and Choda)/Jesse and Jackson/Huff and Huff		The Rainbow Warriors/Japanese Thompson Twins/Pop & Corn(sometimes)	Duo Pirata	Changu Mangu
Tani's Assistant/Chuck Wilson	Pey'once/Howie Dean	Bisita II	Corporal Kirsty	General Tano	Chotu
Yoroi Chuu/Jumbo Max	Skanky/Fisty	Boy Kamao	Boxing Monster/Honey Monster	Pequeño Samurai	Ravan
Youshi Shimada	Chief Otto Parts/Professor G Spot/Professor N. Marian/Marty	Boy Tulak	Dennis The Menace/Pocahontas	Chuky/Muchahontas	Pocahontas/ Semu Singh
			Craig Charles	Juan Herrera & Miguel Ángel Coll (1990–95)/Fernando Costilla & Paco Bravo (2006–07)	Javed Jaffrey

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In Arab countries the display was called Al Hisn (Arabic: الحصن, lit. 'The Fort'). It initially aired in the mid to delayed 1980s anywhere it became a cult hit.^[7][8] The display was syndicated to multiple TV stations throughout distinct countries, which was a average custom at the period for localized abroad programs. Various community stations re-run the display on non-specific occasions. Other than the voice-over commentary and the opening/closing themes, the episodes were mostly retained as initially aired in Japan. The commentary was provided by Lebanese tv character Riad Sharara, afterward afterward by Jamal Rayyan.^[7][8] The Arabic type was produced and distributed by Amman-based business Middle East Art Production and Distribution (الشرق الأوسط للإنتاج والتوزيع الفني).

In 2017 the Saudi Arabian Sports Authority signed a agreement alongside TBS to build a Saudi-inspired Takeshi's castle in Riyadh, the archetypal event of which aired on 25 September 2019 on MBC 1.^[9][10][7]

An edit of the display was produced by The Comedy Channel. It had hosts in the local studio and was redubbed. This has since been cancelled and/or finished. The display was hosted by two housemates from series two of Australian Big Brother Shannon Cleary and Nathan Morris. It additionally featured a crossdressing Geisha female named Beryl. Some episodes featured a particular visitant third host, including Greg Fleet. Highlights appeared in Australia on the tv program World's Weirdest TV. The American type MXC currently pretensions on Fox8 (an Australian cable network). The Australian author and reviewer Clive James was formerly a community fig contestant on the first show.

Starting on 19 November 1989,^[11] a type was aired by Rede Globo, called Olimpíadas do Faustão (Portuguese for "Faustão's Olympics"), as an insert in Fausto Silva's Sunday-afternoon assortment display Domingão do Faustão. In 1994, competitor SBT copied that version, and a lawful act by Globo and SBT stopped the broadcasting.^[12] On 1 June 2008, SBT Keshi remake reappeared on TV, now licensed, remaking Faustão's known games (as Bridge Ball and The Run Way), not-seen in Globo games (as Skittles and Ride the Wave), and first games (cross a balance beam following spin, or cross a small extend using a crank-kart). The games are a section named "Gincana"^[13] in the Programa Silvio Santos.

It was shown by the name Takešiho hrad (Czech), alongside comedic voice-over by two Czech comedians. The commentary was mostly fictional. The display was famous among young viewers.^{[citation needed]} The Czech TV conduit additionally broadcast the display to Slovak Republic anywhere it gained several popularity^{[citation needed]} as well. In 2011 was Takešiho hrad broadcast on conduit Prima Cool alongside a new single-voice commentary.

The Danish TV position TV 2 Zulu bought the entitlements to air the Challenge type in Denmark, thus making the Danish broadcast identical to that in Britain.

On 7 January 2008, the tv conduit Jim started airing the UK type of the program. The comments are subtitled in Finnish. The display is titled Hullut japanilaiset (The Crazy Japanese)

A shortened type stated a comedic^{[citation needed]} voiceover by comedians Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine has been shown on the W9 TV conduit since October 2006, in a program called Menu W9 (which additionally presented a shortened type of Sushi TV on its archetypal season, now replaced by Sasuke). It has been additionally broadcast on the conduit M6 which shown 2 episodes per day at 6.50 p.m from Tuesday to Friday. The voices were those of the delayed athletics presenter Thierry Roland and Moon Dailly.

A dubbed type of the display aired on DSF in 1999. This type was released on a DVD box set alongside 12 selected episodes. Two additional volumes were planned but were presumably canceled. A German dubbed type of the 2002 UK edit pretensions from 3 July 2007, on RTL II. There additionally exists an adaptation called Entern oder Kentern (engl.: Board or Capsize) alongside nearly the identical games but pirates as antagonists and celebrities as Team Captains. This type was aired on RTL in summer 2007. Shorter versions of episodes alongside comical commentary air on Comedy Central.

A type aired from 2005 to 2009 on Skai TV by the name Το κάστρο του Τακέσι (Takeshi's Castle). It has been dubbed by Kostas Papageorgiou and Akindynos Gkikas.

In first 2022, the Hungarian type of Comedy Central started to broadcast the Indonesian show, redubbed alongside stand-up comedians Péter Elek and Péter Janklovics who lean to cognize nothing concerning the aim of the game, thus fortify the comic circumstances of the display fair akin in the Czech version. However, following the premiere, repeats are aired in CET nighttime only.^[14]

A shortened type of the display aired on Pogo on 1 March 2005, alongside Hindi commentary by Jaaved Jaaferi.^[15] Jaaferi's commentary was praised for its humour, and this risen the show's popularity. It additionally featured visitant commentators specified as Raju Srivastav, Sunil Pal, Navin Prabhakar, and Ahsaan Qureshi.^[16] The display aired on Pogo until January 2019.

Amazon Prime Video's 2023 reboot of Takeshi's Castle was released on 2 November 2023, featuring the sound of Bhuvan Bam as his character "Titu Mama" from BB Ki Vines, taking complete as the new commentator, replacing Jaaved Jaaferi. Bhuvan spent four months dubbing and penning the manuscript for the show, alongside several promotional videos filmed in September.

The first Japanese display was being re-broadcast (with Indonesian dubs) on RCTI from December 1989 to December 1992, TPI from 2002 to 2007 (with most reruns) and GTV in 2013 and 2014. In 2017, MNCTV acquired the licence to remake the display which was afterward known as Takeshi's Castle Indonesia (a.k.a. Benteng Takeshi Indonesia) alongside a expansive award of IDR 100.000.000,-. After two prosperous seasons, the display was initially planned to act its third period in 2018; however, because of a medication case involving Reza Bukan (the mold of King Takeshi at that time) the initiate of the third period was delayed until mid-2019.

The chief mold of Takeshi's Castle Indonesia includes Fero Walandouw (as the Captain), Nabila Putri, Poppy Sovia, and Desy JKT48 (as Vice-Captains in Season 1, 2, and 3 respectively), Lee Jong Hoon (as the Reporter), and Reza Bukan and Kenta (as King Takeshi in period 1–2 and 3 respectively).

It was aired by the name Masir-e Talaa'ee (Persian: مسیر طلایی) (when translated it method "Golden Path"), on Iran's Channel 3 in 2009 and 2010. It was hosted by Morteza and Mostafa Hosseini, the brothers of the displaced person presenter Mohammad Hosseini.

Renamed Mai dire Banzai (Never Say: Banzai!) it archetypal aired in 1989 on Italia 1. A reedited type interspersed alongside clips of another Japanese gameshow called Za Gaman, it was stated a comedic voiceover by Gialappa's Band, who changed Kitano's and Saburo Ishikura's names to Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi, historically Swiss Italian judges in Games Without Frontiers. They additionally renamed in absurdist comical ways the another figures of the display akin calling the in-game newsman 'Pokoto Pokoto', the huge-headed counterfeit Takeshi being called 'Mashiro Tamigi', the martially-attire'd presenter 'General Putzerstofen' and so on. Gialappa's Band making fun of the duty-bound, stoic stereotype of Japan, described the games and tasks as traditional Japanese past-times and thus fairly mundane and humdrum by Japanese standards, introducing a veil of non-sequitur to the display which is lacking in English tongue versions.

The display gained new fame in the 2000s, whenever it started being broadcast on assorted moon and terrestrial channels alongside the first heading and using the half-hour episodes of the UK shortened version, alongside autonomous voiceover (superimposed to the motionless audible Japanese track) done by assorted Italian comedians. As of 2008, this type is broadcast on GXT alongside the voiceover done by Trio Medusa (previously the display was commentated on by Marco Marzocca alongside Stefano Sarcinelli and motionless before by duo Lillo & Greg); shortly following it was re-aired by local broadcasters and by K2. From 10 January 2011, the sequence is re-transmitted in Italy on Cartoon Network and the voiceover is done by Roberto Stocchi and Francesca Draghetti.

The display was aired by the name Takeši pilis, featuring Fumito Tomoi (a Japanese individual living in Lithuania at the time), who dubbed the display in a humorous way alongside his damaged Lithuanian. The display was extremely popular.^{[citation needed]}

The Japanese type was aired complete NTV7 in first 2000s, although edited to be shortened to fractional an hour. The broadcast was added alongside Malay overdub commentary (the first Japanese audio track is motionless audible in background). Sometimes in before versions, the parts that were not overdubbed are subtitled in Malay. The display was known as Istana Takeshi in Malaysia.

As of June 2010, the display is airing again using the American version alongside Malay subtitles on TV9 but motionless called Istana Takeshi alternatively of MXC, but as 2024 TV3 airing American version alongside Malay subtitles on 5.30pm Malaysia time.

On 7 March 2026, this display volition airing for this program alongside Malay subtitles on Astro Ria but motionless called Istana Takeshi alternatively of MXC or Most Extreme Elimination Challenge for twice episodes rear to rear on Saturday at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

The Japanese type on Azteca 13 of TV Azteca in 1993 and Azteca 7 of TV Azteca was aired in Mexico, which, akin the Spanish, has its own stories and invented by giving voices teams.

Due to the achievement of the American edits of Banzuke and Ninja Warrior/Sasuke on Azteca 7, on 4 May 2015, the program was broadcast by Canal 5 of Televisa, under the name Castillo Takeshi and narrated by two presenters from Televisa using the British edit as basis for their own edit. Possibly because of the upscaling from PAL to HD, it had a mediocre norm image, making it appearance equal older than it was. It took the period slot anywhere ABC's Wipeout had been broadcast since 2014. After fair three weeks, the display was replaced by ABC's Wipeout, which has had a longer additional prosperous run on Mexican TV.

The British cut of the display aired on 15 August 2009, on Comedy Central, alongside Dutch voice-over provided by sports commentator Ronald van Dam and actor/comedian Ruben van der Meer.

Takeshi's Castle Thailand in its UK format commenced airing on 22 March 2018, alongside commentary by actress/singer Katja Schuurman and singer Pepijn Lanen.^[17]

It was archetypal shown on IBC in 1990 as a Filipino-dubbed show. Later episodes contained interludes attempt on a studio alongside actors Anjo Yllana as Takesh and Smokey Manoloto as "Iwakura" providing the commentary alongside a gravelly Japanese accent, which was afterward dropped in favor of their natural voices. The Filipino manufacturing squad additionally developed on their relationship, alongside Iwakura frequently trying to trick Takeshi on multiple occasions. One event which caused the contestants' triumph was equal written as Takeshi's worst nightmare; whenever Iwakura eventually wakes him up, Takeshi is so traumatized that he asks to call off a scheduled taping. Makers of the malt beverage brand Ovaltine created an in-show mini competition as part of a merchandise endorsement agreement in 1991. In this version, the names stated to most of the challenges are translated from their first Japanese specified as "Devil's Maze" for the Honeycomb and Square Mazes, "Flying Mushroom" for Mushroom Trip, and "Sumo Wrestling" for Sumo Rings.

The IBC episodes of Takeshi's Castle were afterward rerun on SBN during 1993 and 1994. The display was not edited as before at IBC.

Takeshi's Castle enjoyed a revival in the Philippines on 2 October 2006. This period around, comedians Joey de Leon and Ryan Yllana (Anjo's younger brother) provision the commentary as fictional characters shogun Shintaro "Taru" Gokoyami who is Takeshi's right-hand man and sumo wrestler Kakawate Takehome, the chief of the Takeshi Gundan, fictional in the awareness that there are no specified characters in the first cast. Initially, the two provision play-by-play commentary, but they as fine as several added characters reduced themselves to skits and commentary in between clips of the show. Later, as part of Q's archetypal anniversary, Anjo eventually appeared alongside the new cast, reprising his function as "prince" Takeshi.

Due to Takeshi's Castle's rivalrous ratings, the administration of GMA Network decided to move the display from QTV in an evening slot, now to the first midday weekend slot of GMA. Takeshi's Castle was aired on a weekly basis as opposed to the weekdays airing on Q, and was aired before Eat Bulaga on Saturdays and before SOP on Sundays. This was done to addition and enhance the ratings of the succeeding shows. Takeshi's Castle started to air on GMA on 23 December 2006, alongside identical hosts. The display aired its final event on 9 May 2007, and following a lengthy interrupt of TV experience, Joey and Ryan assumed new personalities as Master GT (later Tirso Potter) and Captain B respectively. It was temporarily replaced by Just Joking which starred additionally Joey De Leon and Ryan Yllana and another casts. On 13 August 2007, Takeshi's Castle returned on air formerly again alongside all new episodes and Mike "Pekto" Nacua (Cookie), John Feir (Belli) and Love Añover (replacement whenever either Cookie or Belli was not in) rotate into commentators. The display aired at Saturdays 11:30 a.m. before Eat Bulaga!, and Sundays 11:15 a.m. before SOP Rules.

On GMA's local networks, a Cebuano-dubbed display aired on GMA Cebu and Davao from Saturdays and Sundays in the dawn titled Takeshi's Castle Wala Gyud sa Isaysay Banzai! (Never Say Banzai!).

A type called Nunca Digas Banzai (Portuguese for "Never Say Banzai", according to the Italian name for it, Mai Dire Banzai) aired on SIC starting in 1994, anywhere it reached several popularity.^{[citation needed]} Voiceovers were provided by two hosts, José Carlos Malato and João Carlos Vaz. Takeshi and Ishikura were renamed "Fujimoto" and "Fujicarro" (a perform on the Portuguese words for "[motor]bike" and "car" using the Japanese term Fuji), and the Portuguese hosts made no attempt to construe the actuality of the show, alternatively using the contestants as surrogates for the satirical comments concerning Portuguese community figures, in a akin manner to MXC.

The sequence were featured in Ren TV project display The Best Shows of the World (Лучшие шоу мира) in the first 2000s and because of affirmative community reply were aired on the regular basis on its own, named Takeshi Kitano's Castle (Замок Такеши Китано). Show was translated and aired on 2x2 conduit as "Japanese amusements" (Японские забавы) during 2011–2012 and again in 2013 and 2014. The format of the display is the translated commentary type of UK adaptation.

Secondly, in 2020 – display Gold of Gelendzhik (Золото Геленджика) aired on ТНТ channel, according to Takeshi Kitano's Castle format. The act of this display takes location in the retreat town of Gelendzhik in the Krasnodar Territory on the Black Sea coast. The rules of the equivalent and challenges are akin to the first Japanese show, but alongside several changes, in particular, the Final Challenge was borrowed from another Japanese display in which participants need to ascend slippery stairs and obtain the prize.

Show started alongside showing on FOX TV in January 2010 named Takeši.

The display debuted in 1993 on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Channel 8. This display started in 2025 on Mediacorp Suria

During 2011 and 2012, it was Takešiho hrad broadcast on conduit Joj Plus alongside a single-voice Slovak commentary.

The display was broadcast regular on the Sony MAX channel, Channel 128 on DStv. It was the condensed type of the first sequence alongside commentary provided by Craig Charles. It began broadcasting in 2009 and was a huge hit alongside viewers. Due to its fame the display has been aired to a broader spectators on SABC 2.

The program aired in the 1990s as Humor amarillo (when translated it method "Yellow Humour" or "Yellow Comedy") on TV conduit Telecinco. Comedians Juan Herrera and Miguel Ángel Coll (son of José Luis Coll) commented on the images; this type of the display has achieved cult position and there are several fansites and web petitions for returns. In fact, the Spanish type created several conditions now acquainted to either Takeshi's Castle or Humor amarillo, akin "El Laberinto del Chinotauro" (literally The Chinesetaur Labyrinth, name for any of the maze challenges), "Los Cañones de Nakasone" (parody of "Guns of Navarone" Spanish title), "Las Zamburguesas" (for Skipping Stones),"Gacela Thompson" ("Thompson Gazelle"), a pathetic businessman character, and "Chino Cudeiro" (the Chinese Cudeiro, as the name started to be assigned whenever appeared a participant alongside a red T-shirt alongside the inscription "Cudeiro, Galicia, España"^[18]), the name assigned to a random participant that continually "dies", among the most famous characters in Spain.

On 28 January 2006, a second type dubbed by Fernando Costilla and Paco Bravo premiered on Spanish TV conduit Cuatro. They have shown all among the first Japanese episodes, alongside the final one being shown on 9 June 2007, ending alongside a particular communication by the Spanish commentators. The 2006 type is currently being rebroadcast on the Telecinco-owned conduit Energy.^{[needs update]}

These two versions had in average that it was naturally assumed that the dubbing was entirely unrelated to the first dialogues, to the item that sometimes the references to the genuine competition were really few. The commentators could rotate the contestants into mushroom seekers, or group looking for a new apartment. Alongside the spectacular hits suffered by the contestants and the show's particular aesthetic, this helped boost its popularity.

A type called 100 Wars, 100 Victories (Chinese: 百戰百勝) on CTS and was according to the first series. It featured four teams competing for small prizes in games.

Takeshi's Castle was dubbed and shown on Channel 5 between 1988 and 1995. The heading was changed to Hod, Mun, Ha (โหด มัน ฮา), or "Cruel, Thrilling, Fun".

In 2007, the unedited first sequence alongside bilingual soundtrack (Thai & Japanese) was aired on X-ZYTE conduit on TrueVisions cable TV all Sunday and rerun multiple times throughout a week.

In 2014, Channel 7 (Thailand) and Heliconia H Group bought the entitlements to remake the show. "โหด มัน ฮา Takeshi's Castle Thailand" archetypal aired on 20 July, alongside a new event airing most Sundays. The show's format is identical to the one used in the first show, but alongside a few insignificant changes. Shogun Takeshi (Note Chernyim) has kept Princess Woosenko (Woonsen Virithipa Pakdeeprasong) as a captive in his castle. General Shahkrit (Shahkrit Yamnarm) attempts to rescue the princess from the castle by sending his armed forces of contestants through Shogun's challenges (remade challenges contain Slippery Wall, Avalanche, Honeycomb Maze, Skipping Stones, Slip Way, Sumo Rings, Wet Paint, and Tug Of War), and the final remaining contestants battle against Shogun's guards in the Showdown. Any winners obtain the 1,000,000 Thai-baht prosperity prize, the prosperity award is rolled complete to the next event if there are no winners.

Later on, the display reduced the figure of competitors to 20, and afterward 12 in current shows. With the rules format changing, the competitors don't get eliminated throughout the show, but alternatively activity as a team. The competitors are given, by Shogun Takeshi, 10 carts and the Shogun has no defender carts at the commencement of the episode. The competitors afterward perform 5 challenges before the Showdown. In the archetypal challenge, normally engaged all the competitors playing at the identical time, all sole competitors must continue the challenge, during the consequent challenges needs at most 5 passes to be credited as a win. Winning a difficulty volition logic the circumstance remaining unchanged, during losing the archetypal difficulty takes one cart distant from the competitors squad and one cart added to Shogun's squad in Showdown. In consequent challenges, one car is taken distant and added to Shogun's squad if small than 5 competitors passed, two cars are taken if small than 3 competitors passed. In current shows, alongside 12 competitors, two cars are taken distant if small than 3 competitors passed, during 3 passes are credit alongside a win, and no cars are taken away. Losing a difficulty additionally results in a penalty for the competitors in assorted ways, normally messy and painful. In Showdown, the squad sends out two competitors per one cart they have to battle alongside Shogun's guards. Succeeding in Battle awards all competitors a portion of 5,000,000 baht prosperity prize, but the award is remain the identical in all episodes.

The Turkish type of the display was in development.

The display was aired on QTV conduit as Laughter alongside Takeshi Kitano (Реготня з Такеші Кітано) during 2008–2010.

The display was archetypal introduced to British audiences in the delayed 1980s, whenever it was featured semi-regularly as part of LWT's Tarrant on TV, in which broadcaster Chris Tarrant showcased a assortment of different tv programmes from about the world. One of the series' former hosts, Clive James, appeared in an first Japanese event as an global contestant – alongside rearward the scenes footage shown as part of his two-part ITV documentary ...in Japan in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Takeshi's Castle would rotate into improved known afterward whenever a condensed type of the first series, commentated by Craig Charles, premiered on Challenge on 9 November 2002, regularly dominating the top ten programmes on the conduit all week.^{[citation needed]}

The UK format did not prosecute the first Japanese format – alternatively presenting all sequence of games as humorous martial challenges foremost to the final equivalent wherein remaining contestants tried to storm the Castle. A representative event of the Challenge format of Takeshi's Castle had concerning eight games, followed by the Final Showdown. After all challenge, a 'Ridiculous Replay' was shown, highlighting the most entertaining attempt. Challenge edited out the wit sketches in the first Japanese type to authorize additional games to be shown during the half-hour block.^{[citation needed]} During the series, Charles coined the term "Keshi Heads" to depict avid fans of the show.^[19]

More sequence were commissioned and shown complete the next few months, culminating in a sequence of hour-long specials in the Autumn of 2003, and a particular highlights show, The A-Z of Takeshi's Castle, broadcast on 1 January 2004, which showed several of the finest clips of the finest games as the final first sequence finale. On 3 September 2005, MXC aired for the archetypal period in the UK on Challenge.^{[citation needed]}

On 9 May 2007, The Paul O'Grady Show had their own mini Takeshi's Castle challenge, including 'Knock Knock', 'Bite the Bun', a "Bridge Ball" adaptation called 'Balancing Act' and the 'Slippery Wall'. The UK TV sequence returned to Challenge following a hiatus on 7 September 2009 alongside a modified beginning sequence (to fit alongside Flextech rebranding to Virgin Media Television).^{[citation needed]}

In February 2010, a run was launched by fansite Keshi Heads in an attempt to bring a brand new sequence of Takeshi's Castle to Challenge inside its tenth commemoration twelvemonth on the conduit (November 2012–13). It was suggested by campaigners that these new episodes would characteristic never-before-seen games (previously entirely cut from another episodes), and characteristic five Japanese episodes new to the UK, including the Pilot and an International Special which have never been seen on TV since their first airings in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 December 2012, Challenge announced that they had signed a agreement for "unseen bits of Takeshi's Castle". The new series, named Takeshi's Castle Rebooted, which aired from 8 to 29 March 2013, featured games and episodes suggested by the Keshi Heads website in their campaign. Despite Craig Charles agreeing to come back for the new series, Challenge brought in Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom) as the new voiceovers. Hayato Tani additionally filmed display links for the new series.^{[citation needed]}

A new sequence of Takeshi's Castle aired on Comedy Central, initially alongside Jonathan Ross as voiceover.^[19] This type used footage from the Thailand series,^[20] and afterward the Indonesian version. Ross was afterward replaced by Roman Kemp as presenter in 2018, alongside Martin Kemp, Chris Hughes, Georgia Toffolo, Georgia Kousoulou, Tommy Mallett and Vick Hope as visitant co-hosts for one week each, this period apparent in the border of the screen.^[21] Kemp was followed by Guz Khan in 2019, alongside guests including Basil Brush and Joey Essex,^[22] and afterward Stephen Bailey in 2020 for the Indonesian type of the show, alongside guests Chris Kamara, Joey Essex, Scarlett Moffatt, Basil Brush, Judi Love, Charlotte Dawson, Matt Richardson and Ollie Locke.^[23]

The British type of the 2023 reboot of the show, named Romesh and Tom Take Takeshi's Castle, was commentated by Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis, and was released on Amazon Prime Video on 30 August that year.^[24][25] This was the archetypal British type of the display that displayed complete episodes of the Japanese display alongside its first format and graphics, as fine as complete participant introductions.^[24]

In the United States, Takeshi's Castle was used as the video footage for the display MXC (subtitled Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) on Spike TV, which substituted the first audio alongside comical dubbing and commentary in English which is entirely unrelated to the first conversation and narrative of Takeshi's Castle. The display has additionally been broadcast in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Thailand and Indonesian versions of the show, using the Comedy Central UK dub, aired in the US on G4, starting in delayed 2021.

Two attempts were made to Americanize the format:

• On 28 July 1990, Fox aired a particular half-hour type of the first display premise entitled King of the Mountain which was packaged by Fox Square Productions and was hosted by John Mulrooney and Judy Toll. This type used the identical games, but had lone 10 competitors and no costumed characters to impede the players' progress. This American attempt lone taped two pilots (one on 24 July 1988), and lone the aforementioned was aired. Footage from the two of these pilots were used in event 106 of Takeshi's Castle.
• On 16 June 1993, CBS aired the second attempt, entitled Storm the Castle. This hour-long version, which was packaged by Vin Di Bona Productions and hosted by Michael Burger and Nely Galán, pitted 30 families against all another and against well-known monsters (such as Beetlejuice) in a quest to win $15,000. Unlike Mountain, Storm had several exclusive games not seen anyplace else. Storm, akin Mountain, lone lasted a sole special. Future NFL participant Christian Fauria appeared alongside his family as contestants.

The Vietnamese display Đại Náo Thành Takeshi produced under license, alongside the archetypal event airing 25 March 2017 in primetime on VTV3.^[26] The program features celebrated Vietnamese artists, alongside warlords Takeshi played by Trấn Thành and Sharkito by Trương Thế Vinh, and Princess Woonsenko played by Diễm My 9X. Challenges in the archetypal event included Slippery Wall, Slip Way, Honeycomb Maze, and Final Fall. The Show Down in forefront of the castle takes location in boats armed alongside h2o spray nozzle weapons and document disc targets. After the airing of the 13 episodes filmed, the display was mostly criticized by the deficiency of ingenuity of the hosts and another factors.^[27]

Takeshi's Castle was extremely influential on popular culture about the world, inspiring a genre of equivalent shows involving bodily challenges and achy entertainment. The bodily difficulty equivalent display format of Takeshi's Castle has inspired many equivalent shows internationally, alongside famous examples including Sasuke (Ninja Warrior), American Ninja Warrior, Ninja Warrior UK, Wipeout, Total Wipeout, Hole in the Wall, and Ultimate Beastmaster. The reality television franchise I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! additionally incorporates Takeshi's Castle akin bodily challenges. British clown Alex Horne has stated Takeshi's Castle was among the inspirations for Taskmaster. Stuart Heritage of The Guardian argues that the Tough Mudder endurance events may have additionally been inspired by Takeshi's Castle.^[28]

British GQ compared the "silly sets and near awkwardness" of Floor Is Lava (2020) to "the belly-laugh slapstick of Japanese equivalent shows" specified as Takeshi's Castle.^[29] The 2021 equivalent display Frogger, according to Konami's 1981 arcade game of the identical name, has additionally drawn comparisons to Takeshi's Castle.^[30][31] In 2023, The Guardian asserted that the video equivalent Fall Guys was "Takeshi's Castle in all but name."^[24]

In a 2021 LADbible poll, Takeshi's Castle was voted the traditional UK TV equivalent display that audiences young female the most.^[32] In 2023, there was nostalgia for Takeshi's Castle in Japan.^[33]

A Nintendo Famicom (NES) equivalent alongside the identical name was released in 1987 by Bandai. It required the use of the Family Trainer (Power Pad) to perform its eight challenges. It was played on the twelfth event of GameCenter CX.^[34] A sequel called Fūun! Takeshi Jō Two was released in 1988 alongside distinct challenges.^{[citation needed]}

A J2ME mobile equivalent according to the second Spanish language dubbed type of Takeshi's Castle, called Humor Amarillo: El Juego-Móvil was developed and released by Gameloft in 2008.^[35]

The casting of Takeshi Kitano in the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale was a citation to his before function as the presenter of Takeshi's Castle, to add a awareness of possible realism to the film's extreme battle royale equivalent display concept.^[36]

Video equivalent developer Mediatonic cited Takeshi's Castle as an inspiration rearward the famous battle royale game Fall Guys (2020).^[37]

In March 2026, TBS debuted new crossover spinoff format called Musou that blended the format of Takeshi's Castle and another TBS bodily gameshows specified as Sasuke, Kunoichi, Sports Danshi Grand Prix, DOORS and Tokyo Friend Park.^[38]

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