HTB’s late-night show “Suiyoubi Dōdeshō” marks 30 years since it first went on air, in the early hours of October 10. An Asahi Shimbun article reports that the low-budget local show — in which Yo Oizumi and Takayuki Suzui go on absurd misadventures via night buses and mopeds — has spread its fanbase nationwide through streaming and DVD sales, with new episodes still being produced irregularly today. On 5ch, reactions were split: alongside comments praising the show’s appeal were voices distancing themselves from the fan culture known as “hanshi” (“clansmen”), as well as old-school-fan observations noting that online streaming had already begun back in 2001.
Asahi Shimbun, October 9, 2026, 6:00 AM
“Suiyoubi Dōdeshō,” the late-night variety show Hokkaido Television Broadcasting (HTB) aired as a regular program from 1996 to 2002, marks 30 years since it first went on air late on October 9 (in the early hours of October 10).
Actors Yo Oizumi and Takayuki Suzui go on absurd misadventures at home and abroad, riding night buses, ferries, and mopeds — sometimes trading insults and rambling away with directors Tadahisa Fujimura and Masamichi Ureshino. That “laid-back” content caught on, and despite being a low-budget show from a local station, it built a nationwide fanbase through streaming and other means, with new episodes still being made irregularly today. The latest installment is expected to air and stream sometime around spring 2027.
Source: asahi.com / Original article here
The other one I forget the name of — the one where Toshiyuki Nishida or Matsumoto was the host, or editor-in-chief, or secretary-general, or whatever that role was.
I get why Hokkaido locals cling to it, but is it really big nationwide?
Behind-the-scenes staff shouldn't be hogging the spotlight.
I'm not into the whole "hanshi" (self-styled 'clansmen') label or that fan scene.
Same.
I watched it live back in the day, and it just feels off to me now.
That one's every bit as pointless too.
Can't wait to see it.
Knowing when to bow out matters.
Didn't need anything after that either — from Africa onward it was just a plain travel show, or them just sitting around doing nothing.
I was shocked seeing Hige bawling his eyes out at the finish line in Vietnam.
That really was the perfect grand finale.
A lot of households still didn't even have broadband back then.
I remember looking into DRM removal just so I could save the video onto my local hard drive.
As for the people who smugly act like they hate seeing this show's stickers on cars — it just sounds like they're going out of their way to find something to complain about.
I barely see those stickers anymore these days anyway.
I still spot one once in a while.
Feels like an endangered species at this point.
and they said, "There's a monster in Hokkaido — even nationally famous talent can't beat him there."
That's what led to the segment on the Nainai show where they went to meet Yo Oizumi.
I have a vague memory of him being on Utaban around 2000, going back and forth with Ishibashi.
Wasn't he already appearing on TV before that, though?
and it doesn't turn into straight-up bullying, because the guys setting it up go through the same misery right alongside him.
The Korea trip was so brutal it's hilarious.
"The Last Supper!" → nobody can eat it → the "Misters" go dead silent → end.
Something like — after seeing the first Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage work fine even without Suzui, they figured it was better to step back.
Like how they hyped up something as trivial as falling off a moped into "the such-and-such incident" — I was completely blank-faced watching that.
Hokkaido has its own distinct culture, so it's complicated.
Even with bands, local artists sometimes draw bigger crowds than big-name acts, and plenty of acts who blow up in Hokkaido flop completely once they move to Tokyo.
Everything after that is just padding.
I still think "Jungle Revenge" is entertaining.
It starts getting shaky from the Europe episodes on.
And having Oizumi — a guy who was only a so-so name in Tokyo — was just the right fit for it.
That's because Lawson convenience stores sold the DVDs and merch nationwide.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Suiyoubi Dōdeshō” was a local late-night show that HTB aired as a regular program from 1996 to 2002. Rather than national broadcast, what stands out is how it built a nationwide fanbase through streaming and DVD/merch sales at Lawson stores. Even after the regular run ended, new episodes have kept being made irregularly, with the latest installment expected around spring 2027. What split opinion in the thread wasn’t really the show itself, but the intensity of the fan culture known as “hanshi” (“clansmen”) — longtime fans in particular voiced discomfort with the nickname and that fan scene’s vibe, while others made old-school-fan observations, like the fact that the Yukon-arc streaming already existed back in 2001, showing the show had spread online even before broadband was common. One thing readers might get wrong: this show wasn’t national from the start — its popularity grew by word of mouth from a local station first, with national broadcast and streaming only catching up later.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread ““Suiyoubi Dōdeshō” Turns 30 This Year — Why It Built Such a Rock-Solid Fandom.”
