AKBINGO! is a Japanese comedy television series that premiered on Nippon TV on October 1, 2008. It ended on September 24, 2019. It stars Sakura, Yui Yokoyama, Haruka Shimazaki and Atsuko Maeda.
AKBINGO! is a long-running variety show featuring Japanese idol group AKB48. Its opening theme song was the AKB48 single "Aitakatta" until 2016, when it was changed to an instrumental jingle. In each episode, members from AKB48, and sometimes its sister groups, participate in a series of games and activities. The show was hosted by owarai comedy duo Bad Boys, Omizo Kiyoto and Sata Masaki, until they were replaced by Woman Rush Hour, Muramoto Daisuke & Nakagawa Paradise, in July 2016. The show ai ...
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Premise
AKBINGO! is a long-running variety show featuring Japanese idol group AKB48. Its opening theme song was the AKB48 single "Aitakatta" until 2016, when it was changed to an instrumental jingle. In each episode, members from AKB48, and sometimes its sister groups, participate in a series of games and activities. The show was hosted by owarai comedy duo Bad Boys, Omizo Kiyoto and Sata Masaki, until they were replaced by Woman Rush Hour, Muramoto Daisuke & Nakagawa Paradise, in July 2016. The show aired on "late night" Wednesdays until it was moved to "late night" Tuesdays in April 2013.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
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Supporting cast
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Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 563 episodes.
Season
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
Season 1 14
October 1, 2008
December 31, 2008
Season 2 51
January 1, 2009
December 30, 2009
Season 3 51
January 6, 2010
December 29, 2010
Season 4 52
January 5, 2011
December 28, 2011
Season 5 52
January 4, 2012
December 26, 2012
Season 6 53
January 2, 2013
December 24, 2013
Season 7 50
January 7, 2014
December 23, 2014
Season 8 51
January 6, 2015
December 22, 2015
Season 9 51
January 5, 2016
December 27, 2016
Season 10 51
January 10, 2017
December 26, 2017
Season 11 50
January 10, 2018
December 25, 2018
Season 12 37
January 8, 2019
September 24, 2019
Season 2008 0
October 1, 2008
December 31, 2008
Season 2009 0
January 8, 2009
December 30, 2009
Season 2010 0
January 6, 2010
December 29, 2010
Season 2011 0
January 5, 2011
December 28, 2011
Season 2012 0
January 4, 2012
December 26, 2012
Season 2013 0
January 2, 2013
December 24, 2013
Season 2014 0
January 7, 2014
December 23, 2014
Season 2015 0
January 6, 2015
December 22, 2015
Season 1 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKPEDIA, Ohori's Road to Solo Debut Ending performance: Amai Kokansetsu by Ohori Megumi.
October 1, 2008
2
Find the Real Thing, Ohori's Road to Solo Debut Find the Real Job! Players: Oshima Mai, Noro Kayo, Kawasaki Nozomi, Akimoto Sayaka.
October 8, 2008
3
Find the Real Thing Find the Real Menu Item! Players: Satou Yukari, Oota Aika, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko. Ending performance: Oogoe Diamond by AKB48.
October 15, 2008
Season 2 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
New Year Dokkiri - 2009
January 1, 2009
2
Idoling!!! 0ji29fun: Missing48 vs Idoling!!!
January 8, 2009
3
Missing48 vs Idoling!!!
January 15, 2009
Season 3 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKB48 2010 Winter Clothes Collection
January 6, 2010
2
Gourmet Report, 48 Second Sentai AKRanger, Phrase Museum
January 13, 2010
3
AKB Profiling
January 20, 2010
Season 4 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
New Year Dokkiri - 2011 (1)
January 5, 2011
2
New Year Dokkiri - 2011 (2)
January 12, 2011
3
AKBINGO! Promotional Campaign
January 19, 2011
Season 5 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2012 (1)
January 4, 2012
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2012 (2)
January 11, 2012
3
Ikemen High School, Phrase Museum
January 18, 2012
Season 6 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2013 (1)
January 2, 2013
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2013 (2)
January 9, 2013
3
AKB Profiling, Phrase Museum
January 16, 2013
Season 7 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (1)
January 7, 2014
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (2)
January 14, 2014
3
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (3)
January 21, 2014
Season 8 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKB48 2015 New Year's Clothes Collection
January 6, 2015
2
Who is at the top of AKBingo Gakuen!?
January 13, 2015
3
Lucky Girl Ranking 2015 (1)
January 20, 2015
Season 9 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKB48 2016 New Year Clothes Collection
January 5, 2016
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2016 (1)
January 12, 2016
3
Lucky Girl Ranking 2016 (2)
January 19, 2016
Season 10 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2017 (1)
January 10, 2017
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2017 (2)
January 17, 2017
3
It's Unfair Here, AKB!
January 24, 2017
Season 11 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2018
January 10, 2018
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2018
January 16, 2018
3
Staff Surveys
January 23, 2018
Season 12 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2019
January 8, 2019
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2019
January 15, 2019
3
Kyun-1 Grand Prix 2019
January 22, 2019
Season 2008 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKpedia, Ohori's Road to Solo Debut
October 1, 2008
2
Find the Real Thing, Ohori's Road to Solo Debut
October 8, 2008
3
Find the Real Thing
October 15, 2008
Season 2009 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Idoling!!! 0ji29fun, Missing48 vs Idoling!!!
January 8, 2009
2
Missing48 vs Idoling!!!
January 15, 2009
3
Clueless Girls Top 7, Maeda Atsuko Thanks Fans
January 21, 2009
Season 2010 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKB48 2010 Winter Clothes Collection
January 6, 2010
2
Gourmet Report, 48 Second Sentai AKRanger, Phrase Museum
January 13, 2010
3
AKB Profiling
January 20, 2010
Season 2011 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
New Year Dokkiri - 2011 (1)
January 5, 2011
2
New Year Dokkiri - 2011 (2)
January 12, 2011
3
AKBINGO! Promotional Campaign
January 19, 2011
Season 2012 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2012 (1)
January 4, 2012
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2012 (2)
January 11, 2012
3
Ikemen High School, Phrase Museum
January 18, 2012
Season 2013 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2013
January 2, 2013
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2013
January 9, 2013
3
AKB Profiling, Phrase Museum
January 16, 2013
Season 2014 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (1)
January 7, 2014
2
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (2)
January 14, 2014
3
Lucky Girl Ranking 2014 (3)
January 21, 2014
Season 2015 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
AKB48 2015 New Year's Clothes Collection
January 6, 2015
2
Who is at the top of AKBingo Gakuen!?
January 13, 2015
3
Lucky Girl Ranking 2015
January 20, 2015
Release
Original network/platform
Nippon TV
First aired
October 1, 2008
Last aired
September 24, 2019
Runtime
30 minutes
Status
Ended
Schedule
Tuesday at 01:19:00