is a 2022 crime drama/comedy reality show, produced by Netflix and launched on the streaming service on March 8, 2022. It stars the comedy duo Chidori and features a number of Japanese comedians as contestants.
Premise The story is a crime drama which starts at the NF High School, where a precious painting has been stolen from the principal's office. Several times each episode, a character would pose a question to the contestants, who also play roles in the drama and would then drop character and tell a story relevant to the question. In the end of each episode, one or more contestants would be eliminated from the contest and also removed from the plot.
Production Last One Standing was inspired by the "Dramatic Heartbreak King" segments of the variety show , which was also produced by Nobuyuki Sakuma and hosted by Chidori, and aired primarily on TV Tokyo for three seasons from 2016 to 2018.
Reception Last One Standing became Netflix's most popular show in Japan after its premiere. Decider rated the show "Stream It", commenting that it is "fun watching the contestants trying to one-up each other" and contrasted it to the "serious and dramatic" plot. The Times of India rated it 3.5 out of five stars, similarly praised its "entertaining" combination of suspenseful elements with light-hearted humor and suggested it might inspire an Indian adaptation.
Cast
MC Nobu (Chidori)
Observers
Karen Takizawa Shiori Sato (Seasons 1−2) Reina Triendl (Season 1) Manatsu Akimoto (Season 3)
Drama
Season 1 Shotaro Mamiya as Saiki Hikaru Takahashi as Misato Masahiro Higashide as Sudo Koki Okada as Kubota Yuki Morinaga as Sakurai Kaito Yoshimura as Student Nadal as Student Takenori Goto as Iwata Mikie Hara as Teacher Yoshifumi Sakai as Teacher Yoshiyuki Morishita
Episodes
Season 1 NoTitleContestants (first appearances only)Drama cast (first appearances only)Guest observer1So We Meet AgainDaigo (Chidori), Gekidan Hitori, Kazuki Iio (Zun), Minami Minegishi, Takemasa Tsukaji (Drunk Dragon), Toshiyuki Itakura (Impulse), Takushi Tanaka (Ungirls)Shotaro Mamiya Hikaru Takahashi
Takenori GotōKaren Takizawa2An Unforeseen Future3We Can Make It Right4RestartKendo Kobayashi, Yuki Iwai (Haraichi), Kei Mukai (Panther), Tetsuya Morita (Saraba Seishun no Hikari), Takashi Yoshimura (Heisei Nobushi Kobushi), Eiko KanoMasahiro Higashide Hiroaki Okada
Yuki MorinagaShiori Sato5Youthful Days are Gone ForeverHiccorohee, Takashi Watanabe (Nishikigoi), Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, Hironobu Komiya (Sanshiro), Iwakura (Kaerutei), Ahn Mika, Shunsuke Ito (Ozwald), Sāya (Lalande)6Escape from a LabyrinthToshiaki Kasuga (Audrey)Reina Triendl7Repeat MistakesHaruna Kondō (Harisenbon)8The End, and The BeginningKaren Takizawa
See also Murderville
References
External links
Last One Standing on Netflix