ItalianoGACKT’S PERSONAL CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES HAVE EXTENDED TO 51 BUT… HE EXPERIENCED THE HUMILIATION OF BEING ERASED FROM THE SCREEN.
Singer GACKT took part in the ABC, Tv Asahi channel’s “Genoujin Kakuzuke Check～ Do top-class artists have the knowledge of ‘Wa’ special”, on April 4 (7：00～9：48 p.m.). 
He extended his personal record of ‘Possessed common knowledge’ from 48 to 51. However, due to the collective responsibility rule he was downgraded to the level “Not worth showing their face”, ending up being erased from the screen. It was a surreal conclusion to hear only his complaining voice say “What have I come here for….”
GACKT’s participation in the ‘New year special’ aired on New Year’s Day where he had reached the record of 48 consecutive right guesses, and his alopecia areata problem resulting from the pressure caused by the program had become hot topics. This time he took on this three checks: “The Knowledge of playing the Kozutsumi”, “The knowledge of manners in Japanese-style meals, Brewing good Japanese tea” and “The knowledge of the Origami of the Crane”, demonstrating his top-class ability as undefeated king even in the knowledge of the ‘Wa’.
Took part in the program (Alphabetical order) Aibu Saki, Izumi Pinko, Ichikawa En’nosuke, GACKT, Kusabue Mitsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Takata Mayuko, Hakata Daikichi, Hashimoto Daijiro, Yusuke Santamaria. All ten artists had to take on checks as one team, and for each check if artists were unable to make it through the ‘Clear-line of knowledge’ (3 people out of 5 had to succeed) prepared by the host, Hamada Masatoshi, the rank of all artists would be lowered.
Since artists with “no common knowledge” like Yusuke, that ended up with a complete failure, came one after another they were rapidly downgraded from Top-class → Normal → Second rate → Third rate to Lookalike level and, since they were unable to make it through the final check, in the end they were all erased from the screen.
Source: oricon.co.jp
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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