Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende!! - Cast - Recurring Guests

Recurring Guests

• Ameagari Kesshitai (Hiroyuki Miyasako (宮迫博之, Miyasako Hiroyuki?) and Tōru Hotohara (蛍原徹, Hotohara Tōru?)). A comedy duo that has occasionally joined the regular cast.
• Obaachan Ichigo (おばあちゃん一号?)浅見千代子 (Asami, Chiyoko) and Obaachan Sango (おばあちゃん三号?)三城晃子 (Mishiro, Akiko); literally, Old Lady #1 and Old Lady #3. Two elderly women who often appear in the batsu games, dressed in strange outfits (on one occasion they dressed as t.A.T.u.) or getting the cast into compromising positions. A running gag is that of cast members being forced to French kiss Obaachan Ichigo and Sango under unusual circumstances. Obaachan Sango died of multiple organ failure at the age of 65 on 27 July 2011 00:10.
• David Hossein, known as Konya ga Yamada (今夜が山田 or 今夜がやまだ, literally "Tonight is Yamada"). Former manager of Thane Camus. He played a role as a ringside doctor in Dynamite Shikoku's wrestling matches (Dynamite being a character played by Endō). During the "No Laughing" batsu games, he says "Tonight is crucial" over and over in different variations (sometimes singing it) while the cast try to sleep. "Konya ga yama da" means "tonight is crucial" in Japanese, but Yamada intentionally mispronounces, breaks up, or makes strange mutations of the phrase, such as "Honya ga yama da", translated as "The Bookstore is crucial", etc.
• Africa Chūō TV (アフリカ中央テレビ, Afurika Chūō Terebi?) Director role played by Craig Nine. A film crew consisting of a director, sound man, & camera man, who supposedly come all the way from Africa to suddenly interview cast members. While being interviewed, the director shows cue cards for instructions such as "Show your genitals". The Director also has a tendency to cut people off in the middle of speaking, or making them extend their answers for Yes, No questions. Africa Chūō TV has appeared in various Batsu Games, New Year Specials, & Mori Man Yamazaki Wresting match.
• Hidetoshi Hoshida (星田英利), better known as Hosshan (ほっしゃん。?). Another comedian who makes appearances during the batsu games. His signature trick is sticking things up his nose and coughing it out through his mouth. This gag consistently makes the cast laugh.
• Ayako Nishikawa (西川史子, Nishikawa Ayako?). A former Miss Japan who later became a physician. She makes a guest appearance as Heipō's "date", as the medical examiner in the police batsu game, and as the anesthesiologist in the hospital batsu game. Her roles tend to be sadistic, often used to great humorous effect. She also appeared in an episode where Endō was trying to find a "new" Chiaki through a "Chiaki Audition".
• Chiaki (千秋?). Endō's ex-wife (they divorced in December 2007). Chiaki usually appears in the No-Laughing batsu games, doing something cute and attempting to make the cast laugh. Since the batsu games frequently have the cast stuck in a waiting room or hotel room between skits, another running gag involves Endō being tricked into opening a desk drawer and finding several pictures of his wife in it. (In the No-Laughing High School batsu game, a recording of Endō shouting "Chiaki! I love you!" was played twice while the cast attempted to sleep, and Endō's PE shirt had "Chiaki LOVE" written in pink letters on a pink tag in lieu of his name.) During the Hospital Batsu Game, she appeared as a nurse to give Endō words of encouragement. Endō states that they had talked the night before about whether or not she had any involvement with the game and she lied to him that she didn't. The divorce of the couple has not put an end to her appearances in the batsu games. In segments mainly targeting Endo, she claims to have found a new husband only known as "Shin-Onii", a play on her old nickname for her ex-husband.
• Shin Onii (新おにぃ, Shin Onii?). Chiaki's "new" husband featured in the Hotel No-Laughing game. Although Shin Onii regularly works as an extra, he is known for his notoriously terrible celebrity impersonations during the No-Laughing batsu games. He is also known for his stammer and poor acting in pre-taped sketches during the No-Laughing batsu games.
• Takahiro Matsumoto (松本隆博, Matsumoto Takahiro?). Hitoshi Matsumoto's older brother. He makes occasional appearances in the batsu games, sometimes singing and playing guitar. Not to be mistaken for guitarist Takahiro Matsumoto of the popular rock band B'z. In the Hospital Batsu Game, Hitoshi Matsumoto finds a fake book in his drawer written by his brother, titled "Hitoshi, Do You Remember These?"
• Hanako Yamada (山田花子, Yamada Hanako?). A strange girl who often tries to talk to the cast (much to their dismay) during the No-Laughing games. She often lures them into mistakenly talking to her (such as calling them to her bathroom in the No-Laughing High School game or making them open a car, only to find her terribly drunk and lingering in the back seat in the No-Laughing Police Station game) and will latch onto some part of their body when the victim tries to leave. Her years as a comedienne are often used as a running gag whenever she encounters Endō, as she has been in the entertainment business for a longer period of time.
• Masahiro Chono (蝶野 正洋, Chōno Masahiro?). a retired professional wrestler. He debuted in the High School Batsu and has subsequently been a recurring guest. His signature starting from the Hospital Batsu is to shout "GOD DAMN!" upon introduction or when entering a room. A running gag has Chono smacking Yamazaki violently across the face after Yamazaki has apparently crossed him. Yamazaki is in fact the victim of a setup in these cases. Yamazaki reacts with extreme fear of the slap, usually resulting in screaming and begging, to which invokes a lot of laughter in his coworkers and leading to their own punishments.
• Shōhei Shōfukutei (笑福亭笑瓶, Shōfukutei Shōhei?). A rakugo artist. He is also known for the ショウヘイヘイ! (Shōhei-Hey!) phrase said in the police batsu game. He also appears in person in the hospital and newspaper games.
• Shoji Murakami.
• Moriman.
• Piccadilly Umeda.
• Egashira 2:50.