U-NEXT will begin selling the “DOWNTOWN Monthly Pack” from Saturday, November 1st. New content from Downtown’s Hitoshi Matsumoto will be released sequentially.
U-NEXT Co., Ltd. Press release: October 30, 2025 To Members of the Press U-NEXT will begin selling the “DOWNTOWN Monthly Pack” from Saturday, November 1st. New content featuring Downtown’s Matsumoto Hitoshi will be released sequentially.
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(Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tenshin Tsutsumi), a subsidiary of the USEN & U-NEXT Group, will begin selling the “DOWNTOWN Monthly Pack” on Saturday, November 1st. This pack will offer newly selected content from DOWNTOWN . DOWNTOWN (Downtown Plus) is a new paid streaming service from the comedy duo Downtown, launched by Yoshimoto Kogyo on November 1, 2025. This service, which received a great response upon its launch, will now also be available on U-NEXT as a “DOWNTOWN Monthly Pack,” starting with new original content produced and starring Matsumoto Hitoshi. Some of the content to be streamed is as follows. Scheduled Content “Ogiri Grand Prix” A new Ogiri competition hosted by Matsumoto Hitoshi. The comedians themselves create the themes. Ogiri experts put their pride on the line in an unprecedented Ogiri battle. “Downpla Voice” A new type of sleep-inducing audio content brought to you by Hitoshi Matsumoto. The humorous exchanges with guest comedians will help you achieve a quality night’s sleep. “7:3 Talk” A new talk show in which Matsumoto Hitoshi invites guests to talk while performing “a certain task.” While focusing on the task, he engages in candid conversation with the guest. “If You Hit the Core, You Lose! The Fruitless Story Tournament” The Fruitless Story Tournament, a storytelling festival where participants compete with boring stories, has begun. Forbidden to make the audience laugh, the participants look confused. As they fumble, the comedians’ fruitless stories clash. *Downtown’s past performances and live streaming content will not be available. “DOWNTOWN Monthly Pack” [Availability Start Date] November 1st (Sat) 10:00 PM [Price] 770 yen per month (tax included) (C)DOWNTOWN U-NEXT U-NEXT is the video streaming service with the largest number of titles available for unlimited viewing*. Enjoy over 400,000 titles, including movies, dramas, and anime. You can also watch live music and stage
performances, as well as the world’s top sports, including soccer, golf, and martial arts, in real time. We also offer over 1.21 million manga and books, providing a genre-bending entertainment experience that seamlessly combines video, books, sports, and live performances in one app. By integrating with Paravi in July 2023, we’ll offer an even more compelling service with a large lineup of dramas and variety shows from TBS and TV Tokyo. U-NEXT Inc. is a group company of U-NEXT HOLDINGS Inc. (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Uno Yasuhide). U-NEXT: https://video.unext.jp U-NEXT SQUARE: https://square.unext.jp *Researched by GEM Partners as of July 2025 Survey of foreign films, Japanese films, foreign dramas, Korean & Asian dramas, domestic dramas, and anime on major domestic
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