Why Did You Come to Japan?
| Why did you come to Japan? | |
|---|---|
 TV Tokyo interviewers at Narita Airport in December 2013 | |
| Also known as | YOUは何しに日本へ？ |
| Presented by | Osamu Shitara and Yūki Himura (Bananaman) |
| Voices of | |
| Narrated by | Bobby Ologun |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | June 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Why did you come to Japan? (YOUは何しに日本へ？ Yū wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e?) is a Japanese television programme presented by Osamu Shitara and Yūki Himura, a comedy duo known as "Bananaman". It is a regular programme on TV Tokyo on Monday evenings.[1] The show was first broadcast in the form of two pilot shows in June and October 2012, before becoming a regular broadcast late on Wednesday nights from January 2013.[2] Due to its popularity, it was moved to the prime time evening slot on Mondays from April 2013.[2][3] In the programme, a team of interviewers go around various airports in Japan, with Narita International Airport as their main reporting hub, and ask non-Japanese arrivals "Why did you come to Japan?". They then attempt to follow the interviewees on their journeys around Japan, in a process called mitchaku shuzai (密着取材, lit. "close-contact reporting"). A question posed for departees is, "What souvenir did you buy?" Besides interviewing people at airports, another skit tries to find non-English teaching foreigners in randomly chosen cities throughout Japan.
The show is narrated by Nigerian-born TV personality Bobby Ologun, with additional voiceovers provided by Daniel Kahl and Carolyn Kawasaki.[citation needed] The programme has featured coincidental encounters with celebrities at the airport, including British actor Benedict Cumberbatch[4] and American former baseball player Leron Lee.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "『YOUは何しに日本へ？』が4月から放送時間90分に拡大でゴールデン進出！MCは引き続きバナナマン ｜ テレビ関連ニュース [テレビドガッチ]". Dogatch.jp. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ a b Hirai, Kei. "『YOUは何しに日本へ？』なぜ人気なのか プロデューサーを直撃「キーワードは愛」" (in Japanese). MSN Topics. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "「日本が好きだから」外国人たちの思いに日本の魅力を振り返る『YOUは何しに日本へ？』の多幸感". Excite News (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ 14回目の放送は・・・ [14th broadcast]. Back number broadcast 26 August 2013 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ 16回目の放送は・・・ [16th broadcast]. Back number broadcast 16 September 2013 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo Corporation. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Why did you come to Japan?. |
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Why Did You Come to Japan? on IMDb
