Reiji Kawashima Wins the "Say You To Yo Asobi" Blunder Award! Overwhelmingly Selected with 91% of Votes for 51 Announcement Mishaps

On ABEMA, the special program "Say You To Yo Asobi 2025 Grand Year-End Party SP" was broadcast on Wednesday, December 24th, starting at 8:30 PM.

This broadcast, which concluded the 2025 "Yo Asobi," featured 15 MC members: Hiroki Yasumoto, Chiaki Kobayashi, Miyu Irino, Daisuke Namikawa, Taku Yashiro, Kensho Ono, Natsuki Hanae, Tomokazu Seki, Reiji Kawashima, Showtaro Morikubo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Masaya Fukunishi, Yu Serizawa, Maria Naganawa, and Tomoko Kaneda, along with the official character Sobii. In addition to the traditional viewer-voted segment "Say You To Yo Asobi Blunder Award" to determine this year's biggest "blunder," the broadcast was followed by the "Say You To Yo Asobi Grand Year-End Party 2025 After-Party" streamed on "ABEMA PPV," creating excitement that exceeded a total of three hours.

Unprecedented!? The Main MC Wins the "Blunder Award"!

This year's year-end party was broadcast on Christmas Eve and was delivered from a venue decorated in Christmas style. From the opening, cross-day banter unfolded, with viewers responding with comments like "reliably chaotic" and "the visuals are amazing."

In the program's highlight segment, "Say You To Yo Asobi Blunder Award 2025," nominated scenes from each day of the week and the "Connect" broadcasts were introduced. Unique moments from each day were presented one after another, including Hiro Shimono's unusual answers during a word chain game on Tuesday, a scene where Natsuki Hanae collided with a staff member dressed as a horse, and Masaya Fukunishi's answers that exceeded imagination.

Among these, the one that drew particular attention was Reiji Kawashima, known as "the man who stumbles over announcements despite being a voice actor." It was revealed that his cumulative "stumbles during announcements" since April had reached 51 times. Even Hanae, who had previously won the grand prize for "monitor destruction," retorted with a valid point: "You can fool around as much as you want, but you have to at least convey the information!" However, Hiroki Yasumoto fired back with "You're one to talk!" and the studio was enveloped in laughter.

As a result of the viewer poll, the "Blunder Award" was decided in Kawashima's favor with an overwhelming 91% of the votes. Kawashima accepted the award while expressing confusion, saying, "Me!? But I'm the main MC... Is it okay to consider this an honor?"