The variety show "Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan" (TV Tokyo, Tuesdays 8:54pm) is hosted by entertainer Koji Imada, freelance announcer Akira Fukuzawa, and former member of Sakurazaka46, Yuuka Sugai. The February 10th broadcast saw a first-ever development in the show's history, focusing on ceramic tile paintings by the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (KPM).
The client is a former jewelry designer. He purchased the treasure for 500,000 yen during the bubble economy, but revealed that he no longer has it with him. The client is currently living peacefully after his third marriage, but the treasure remains in his former home where his ex-wife lives after divorcing him 17 years ago.
A client who had jewelry worth 200 million yen stolen on a Shinkansen train and was left with a large debt was asked to pay back the remaining 20 million yen in one lump sum, but his then-wife offered to help with the money instead of asking for a divorce. Since they had been on bad terms for some time, he agreed to the divorce, but since he couldn't contact his ex-wife himself, he asked our staff to retrieve the treasure.
The ex-wife then agreed to an interview without revealing her face or name, saying, "That person (the client) bought it without my permission, so I don't know the details and I have no interest at all." She added, "Rather than returning it to that person, I would like my son to inherit it, and then he can decide whether to sell it or not."
He continued, "I really didn't want to have anything to do with that person anymore, but I thought it would be better if the value was clear if I was going to pass it on to my son, so I agreed to the interview," and asked, "Please bring it back here when you're done."
MC Imada Koji also gave a wry smile, saying, "This is the first time we've seen this in the long history of Kanteidan." The client, who was informed for the first time in the studio that he would not be able to keep the piece even after the appraisal, was disheartened, saying, "I see... What a shame..." The appraised value was 1.8 million yen, far exceeding the client's own valuation of 500,000 yen, and the client was in tears, but Imada made him laugh by encouraging him, "You've finally gotten to see this ceramic tile painting. Come on, say your farewells."
