Season 2 Plot
Sixteen top comedians form eight new duos, battling for the next Golden Combi. Brutal challenges and relentless demands from celebrity guests push them to their limit! 200 audience members vote off the "least funny combi" at each stage in this ultimate improv showdown! Who will be crowned the funniest new Golden Combi and claim the ten-million-yen prize?
THE GOLDEN COMBI Season 2 aired on November 21st, 2025.
Season 2 Episodes
1. The Least Funny Combi Will Be Eliminated
The improv battle to decide the funniest new combi and win 10 million begins! Sixteen of your favorite comedians come together to form eight new comedy combis! In the first stage, they must perform a completely original interrogation room sketch, then improvise a scene with guest stars, actors Susumu Terajima, Yoshiko Miyazaki, and Marika Matsumoto. Which combi will bring the laughs?
2. Comedy Meets Legends! Improv Showdown with Norika Fujiwara, Takanohana, Sachiko Kobayashi & More
Second and Third Stages test improv as combis face surprise guests, revealed as the door opens: Sachiko Kobayashi, Norika Fujiwara, Tatsuya Ueda, Mr. Maric, Takanohana, and Kokoro Terada. With no prep, they must improvise instantly. A brutal prompt awaits: "XX is the one-day manager for the store's campaign. Now explain how it works." Amid legends and wildcards, only the Golden Combis can survive!
3. Kento Nakajima's Unreasonable Hell! The Combis are Pushed to Tears!
A hellish Fourth Stage awaits in this next challenge, with Kento Nakajima as the guest assassin! Nakajima acts as the comedians' interviewer for a new job, making unreasonable demands for doing tag-team impersonations, making up company policy, and more. After this hell, Meisa Kuroki joins the Fifth Stage: make a 100-million-yen deal with a secret agent. Who will make it to the Semifinals?
4. The Semifinal Death Match! Wakana Matsumoto Turns Up the Heat with Extreme Demands!
The consolation stage begins! Chaos reigns and laughter erupts as the combis face a brutal challenge: dueling their partners in costume, improvising unique characters with no time to prepare. Which combi will make a comeback? In the Semifinals, the remaining four combis are pushed to their breaking point! Wakana Matsumoto appears as a yakuza boss, unleashing a stage full of absurd demands!
5. The Next Golden Combi Is Born!
In the Final Stage, the three remaining duos tackle the hardest prompt in a park set, where star actors Shotaro Mamiya and Juri Tanaka of SixTONES await them: "Join this breathless, tense scene and make it funny!" After surviving fierce battles, the duos unleash the ultimate improv, bringing the house down! Who will be crowned the funniest new Golden Combi and claim the ten-million-yen prize?
