Start with “Handshake Event” if you want a taste of Gerardon's characters. If you want the biggest YouTube hit, it's the skit about a reclusive student who looks so authoritative that everyone mistakes him for a father. Those are different answers to different questions.
Why the renewed buzz?
On October 17, 2026, the duo Gerardon—Attack Nishimoto and Kamichii—won Japan's King of Conte competition. Their first routine, “Drunk,” scored 671 points. Their final routine, “Magic Bar,” scored another 671, for 1,342 overall. A nationally televised win gave viewers an excuse to rediscover a huge back catalogue and share their personal favorites.
A typical Gerardon premise sounds broken before anyone says a word: a student is mistaken for someone's dad; two people at a matchmaking meeting discover they're utterly unsuitable as romantic partners and promptly become friends. The premise gets the first laugh. Performance makes it worse—in the best possible way.
Ten most-viewed uploads
These are cumulative views of uploads on the official Gerardon YouTube channel, rounded from the Yutura chart dated October 15, 2026, at 1:18 p.m. Japan time. They measure viewing, not votes for the funniest routine. One item is a music video rather than a sketch.
| Rank | Video, described in English | Approximate views |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reclusive student mistaken for a father | 15.49 million |
| 2 | Two incompatible matchmaking dates become friends | 11.66 million |
| 3 | Handshake Event | 10.31 million |
| 4 | Internet café “free plan” misunderstanding leads to bankruptcy | 9.52 million |
| 5 | Kisaragi Maron: “Strawberry Shortcake” music video | 8.64 million |
| 6 | Cousin who has never grown out of childhood | 8.32 million |
| 7 | Pretending to be head office to scold a rude store clerk | 7.90 million |
| 8 | A role-reversed parody of detective series Aibou | 7.23 million |
| 9 | Accidentally deleting thesis data when Mom walks in | 7.02 million |
| 10 | Fooling around on a weekend shift until the boss appears | 6.88 million |
“Handshake Event,” released back in 2018, is also a gateway to the recurring fictional idol Kisaragi Maron. Its cultural role cannot be reduced to its view count.
My funniest-skits ranking
1. Handshake Event. An idol meeting her devoted fan somehow becomes a collision between two highly specific personalities. Every second of awkward proximity matters.
Matchmaking: both say no. The date fails instantly—then becomes a surprisingly successful conversation. Romance leaves the room; comedy walks in.
Magic Bar (King of Conte 2026). A seemingly familiar venue turns bizarre through a wildly assured character, physical comedy and escalating surprises.
Student mistaken for a father. Nishimoto looks so authoritative that a simple mistaken identity becomes an entire comic universe.
Drunk (King of Conte 2026). Both people believe the other is drunk. Both are sober. Both act increasingly drunk to accommodate the other. Congratulations: mutual consideration has become a public nuisance.
Internet café bankruptcy. Misreading “free plan” is a tiny error with catastrophic billing potential.
The unchanged childhood cousin. Childhood behavior is cute in a memory. Meet it in an adult body and things get unsettlingly funny.
8. Weekend office chaos. The boss's arrival converts private mischief into instant consequences.
This is an editorial recommendation, not a poll. It favors clean premises, escalation and satisfying reversals, not just raw views.
Three videos for a first-time viewer
Watch Handshake Event for the characters, Matchmaking for the reversal, then the 2026 award-winning “Magic Bar” for what the current duo can do onstage.
The most-viewed upload isn't automatically the funniest. Gerardon's secret is that everyone behaves as though their completely ridiculous world is perfectly normal. They take nonsense seriously so you don't have to.
Sources: TBS official competition page; FANY winner interview, Oct. 18, 2026; Yutura channel ranking. The precise skit attached to an individual viral social post was not independently identified.
