Hiroki Yasumoto and Chiaki Kobayashi Try Wadaiko for the First Time, Repeatedly Performing Their "Fake Rivalry Act," Viewers Comment "What Cute Brothers"

On ABEMA, "Say You To Yo Asobi Monday [Hiroki Yasumoto × Chiaki Kobayashi] #23" was broadcast on Monday, November 3, 2025 (national holiday) at 10 PM.

This time, as a special program for "Culture Day," the broadcast date, a segment titled "Learning Taiko and Going Do-do-don-don" was conducted to learn about taiko, a traditional Japanese culture, and the two took on the challenge of wadaiko for the first time.

Hiroki Yasumoto and Chiaki Kobayashi Experience Wadaiko for the First Time! Their "Fake Rivalry Act" Explodes During Passionate Lessons

In commemoration of "Culture Day," this broadcast implemented "Culture Day Project! Learning Taiko and Going Do-do-don-don." The instructor who appeared was Issai, a wadaiko performer with performance experience in 17 countries around the world. Various wadaiko drums, large and small, were brought into the studio, and first, a lesson on the structure and history of taiko began.

Among the three drums lined up—the nagado-daiko made by hollowing out a single zelkova tree, the okedo-daiko made by joining wooden boards together in a barrel shape, and the shime-daiko which has the thickest skin and produces the highest sound—Yasumoto immediately asked a blunt question: "Which one is the most expensive among these?" When Issai answered "nagado-daiko" while explaining, "The price is approximately 1 million yen. But that's actually cheap for taiko drums, and when they get bigger, they can cost tens of millions of yen," surprised voices overflowed from the two: "Ehhh!? Really!?" "Kaaaaa!"