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TV Tokyo’s October 1 broadcast of ‘Tabi Bara: Local Bus Transfer Showdown Trip — Territory Battle 18′ featured the show’s largest-ever route, spanning three prefectures: Tochigi, Saitama, and Gunma. Yosuke Taigawa’s team (Nozomi Tomita, Champions’ Osaki) faced off against Fumito Kawai’s team (Maria Makino, Kosuke Hagino) for the first time in a year. On 5ch’s live-commentary thread, fans buzzed with anticipation over former Morning Musume ’14 member Maria Makino’s performance, along with detailed speculation about the bus routes and terminal stops.
What people said
Crossing three prefectures for the first time ever! The stage: 123 municipalities across Tochigi, Saitama, and Gunma! Taigawa vs. Kawai, their first rematch in a year
▽Top-notch sushi from a landlocked prefecture ▽Huh!? A mysterious UFO encounter
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Airing Thursday, October 1 at 6:25 PM
🚌Local Bus Transfer Showdown Trip
#TerritoryBattle Round 18⚔ Tochigi, Saitama, Gunma — North Kanto 3-Prefecture Conquest SP🚌
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The first 'Territory Battle' in a year is the show's biggest ever!
Which team will claim victory on this ultra-tough route spanning three prefectures!?
【Team Taigawa】
Yosuke Taigawa, Nozomi Tomita, Champions' Osaki (billed as 'Japan's funniest')
【Team Kawai】
Fumito Kawai, Maria Makino, Kosuke Hagino
Comments have arrived from both team leaders✨
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/202609/5858.html
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTYFmkBbUAAfert.jpg:orig#.jpg
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 6:25 PM
TV Tokyo
TVO
Biwako Broadcasting
Nara Television
TV Wakayama
TV Aichi
TVh
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
TSC TV Setouchi
Live stream
https://tver.jp/live/tx
Once the bus trip wraps up, announcer Kitagawa makes her WBS debut at 10:00 PM — check it out if you're interested
Huh, TV Tokyo's really hyping this up
Oh! Simulcast across the TV Tokyo network?
if she's not on the same team as Yosuke Taigawa she should be fine
has gotten so rule-heavy it's hard to follow
wonder how the ratings are doing
the tag-game version wasn't so great
Now that Makino's graduated, she should gracefully disappear from the 'wolf pack' already (slang reference, context unclear)
playing parent and child with Takahashi, right?
Mayurika's povo commercial using 'Chokotto Love' (a Morning Musume song)
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1790836983/
https://sora.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/livetx/1790832533/
In this thread,
ID:AoL6uUC30
has been posting screencaps
Just one so far
http://livetest.net/load/20261001-182942-554.jpg
It's pretty close from Sano Bus Terminal
you can walk there
I think the bus Maria-chan's group rode ended its route at Sano Bus Terminal
All I'm seeing are bus-trip posts, no sightings at ZOZO Marine — maybe she's not there this time?
Maria's usually not watching her own shows live anyway, she's at the ballpark instead
though she ends up on camera there too, so it's kind of an industry taboo in disguise lol
Because she wants to be praised and praised and praised over and over for going to see it
I don't think there was a bus going further from Ashikagashi Station
Well then, go post over there instead
What about Sunday's cooking segment?
Being that nitpicky just gets you disliked
Didn't they cross the line though?
Background and Key Points
‘Local Bus Transfer Showdown Trip’ is a long-running popular series starring Yosuke Taigawa and Fumito Kawai as regulars, and this installment marks the 18th entry in its ‘territory battle’ format. For the first time in the show’s history, the route crossed three prefectures — Tochigi, Saitama, and Gunma — as Team Taigawa and Team Kawai faced off for the first time in a year. Team Kawai includes Maria Makino, a former Morning Musume ’14 member who graduated from the group in 2023, and most of the thread was devoted to anticipation for her athleticism, speculation about the bus transfer routes, and on-the-ground sightings. Some unsubstantiated speculation about cast members’ private lives and beliefs also appeared and has been excluded from this article. The complaint that the local-bus-trip format’s rules have become ‘complicated and hard to follow’ may also be lost on readers unfamiliar with the series.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread ‘■ Maria Makino ■ TV Tokyo’s ‘Tabi Bara: Local Bus Transfer Showdown Trip — Territory Battle 18, Tochigi/Saitama/Gunma Showdown’ ■ 18:25–21:50 ■‘.
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