ABEMA's 10th Anniversary Special '30-Hour Limit Breakthrough Festival' will be broadcast live starting at 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 11th! The special will feature an original segment titled '10 Million Yen if You Make Ichikawa Danjuro Laugh,' where 24 groups of comedians will face off in a 'serious battle of laughter.'

[Information Release] ABEMA 10th Anniversary Special: 30-Hour Limit-Breaking Festival [10 Million Yen if You Make Ichikawa Danjuro Laugh] "ABEMA," the TV of the new future, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, April 11, 2026. To commemorate this milestone, a special program titled "30-Hour Limit-Breaking Festival" will be broadcast live from 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 11, to 10:00 PM on Sunday, April 12. As part of this festival, it has been decided that the segment "10 Million Yen if You Make Ichikawa Danjuro Laugh" will air on Sunday, April 12. The "30-Hour Limit-Breaking Festival" will feature special editions of popular original programs along with numerous challenging projects characteristic of ABEMA. It will broadcast 30 hours of non-stop content that weaves together history and innovation, symbolizing ABEMA's past and future. On the day of the event, the entire ABEMA platform will be treated as a "festival venue," with programming running simultaneously across three channels. Viewers can move freely between channels to experience entertainment that breaks through conventional boundaries. "10 Million Yen if You Make Ichikawa Danjuro Laugh" is an original segment of the "30-Hour Limit-Breaking Festival." In this challenge, comedians confident in their humor will perform their best material within a one-minute time limit. If they succeed in making Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro laugh, they will win a prize of 10 million yen. A total of 24 groups of comedians will participate, including R-1 Grand Prix winners, M-1 Grand Prix finalists, and performers active in various fields. The lineup includes: Imai Raipachi, Wes-P, Oda Ueda, Carnation, Kaname Stone, Kitsune, Green Peace, Buruma Konno, Shishigashira, Akira Shinomiya, Tamayo Shimada, School Zone, Seken Shirazu, Tatsuro, Tom Brown, Champions, Hollywood Zakoshisyoh, Haranishi (FUJIWARA), Mama Tart, La Parfait, Ranjatai, Ri-moko-chan, Lucifer Yoshioka, and Razor Ramon RG. The segment will be hosted by Koji Higashino and Miyu Honda, with the comedy duo Mitorizu (Shintaro Moriyama and Lily) supporting the comedians as they take on the challenge against Ichikawa Danjuro. Will any comedian be able to break the fortress of the man who never laughs and claim the 10 million yen prize—an amount equal to the top prizes in major comedy competitions? Please look forward to this "serious battle of laughter" between Ichikawa Danjuro and 24 groups of comedians with 10 million yen on the line.