Golden SixTones
Japanese television variety show
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Golden SixTones (ゴールデンストーンズ; stylized as Golden SixTONES and pronounced "Golden Stones") is a Japanese television variety show produced by Nippon Television. The program features the six-member boy group SixTones. The series premiered in April 2025 and airs weekly on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. JST as a regular program on the Nippon Television network.[1][2]
| Golden SixTones | |
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| ゴールデンストーンズ | |
| Genre | |
| Directed by | Yuta Masuda |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Golden by SixTones |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Production | |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Release | April 6, 2025 – present |
Format
It is a studio-based Japanese variety program featuring members of SixTones as the main participants. The show centers on game-based segments and talk portions involving invited guests. Many segments are structured as competitions in which participants compete for gourmet food rewards. In some competitions, only the winner receives the reward, while in individual or team-based formats, the quantity and toppings of the food vary depending on the outcome.
Recurring segments include Size no Bansan, a game centered on judging whether everyday objects fit within a designated space; Dotai Kyuji, which involves visual perception challenges presented in a sports-themed format; Matsuken Number, a rhythm-based counting game performed to music; Dajare Red Carpet, a fast-paced quiz segment focused on identifying wordplay, and many others.
Cast
Main Cast
Recurring MCs
- Haruna Kondo
- Shingo Fujimori
- Shigeo Takahashi
- Eiko Kano
- Matsui Kemuri
Episodes
Pilot
| Original air date | Guest | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2024 | Kazushige Nagashima, Miki Fujimoto, Shotaro Mamiya | Broadcast as Game of SixTones | [3] |
| January 1, 2025 | Masaki Suda, Haruna Kawaguchi | [4] | |
| March 15, 2025 | Ken Mitsuishi, Riko Fukumoto | Special program before the regular broadcast | [5] |
| March 16, 2025 | Kei Tanaka | [6] | |
| April 2, 2025 | - |
Regular Episodes
| Episode | Original air date | Guest | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | January 1 | Shun Oguri, Yoshiki, Tetsurō Degawa, Kana Kurashina, Koji Yamamoto | New year's 3 hour special | [43] |
| 38 | January 11 | Ryoko Shinohara, Fujiki Naohito, Haru Kashiwagi, Terunosuke Takezai | [44] | |
| 39 | January 18 | Untouchable, Asami Miura | [45] | |
| 40 | January 25 | Toma Ikuta, Sawa Nimura, Mirei Sasaki, Yoshiki, Tetsurō Degawa | [46] | |
| 41 | February 1 | Sho Sakurai, Sho Nakata | [47] | |
| 42 | February 15 | Tasuku Emoto, Kazuki Kitamura, First Summer Uika | [48] | |
| 43 | February 22 | Nao, Ayako Imoto | [49] | |
| 44 | March 1 | Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Yuma Yamoto, Asuka Kudo, Hiroshi Tachi | [50] | |
| 45 | March 15 | Koichi Domoto, Hikakin | [51] | |
| 46 | March 22 | Ryo Narita, Amane Okayama | ||
| 47 | March 29 | TBA | ||
| 48 | April 5 | Masaki Suda, Chisako Takashima | 2 Hour Special |
Production
Golden SixTones was developed by Nippon Television as a new regular variety program following the conclusion of Gyoretsu no Dekiru Sodanjo, which ended in March 2025 after a 23 year run. The program is an expanded and rebranded version of Game of SixTones, a special program that aired in September 2024 and January 2025 and received a positive response, leading to its serialization.[52]
The show is produced by Nippon Television, with Yoshihiro Miyazaki serving as producer. Nippon Television executives positioned the program as a flagship variety series within the network’s Sunday night lineup, airing after The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! and Sekai no Hatemade ItteQ!. The network cited the variety skills and studio presence of SixTones as key factors in assigning the group to the competitive 9:00 p.m. time slot.
The production team has stated that the program emphasizes studio-based games and guest-driven segments, aiming to highlight the group’s chemistry and interaction in a prime-time setting.[1]
Broadcast and distribution
The program airs weekly on Nippon Television every Sunday at 9:00 p.m. JST. In addition to its terrestrial broadcast, episodes are made available for catch-up streaming on Hulu, TVer, and NTV TADA. Beginning with the May 11, 2025 broadcast, the series also became available for catch-up streaming on Netflix, marking the first time a regular variety program produced by Nippon Television has been distributed on the platform. Episodes are released on Netflix sequentially following their television broadcast, with international distribution planned to roll out gradually outside Japan.[53][54]