Last One Standing Season 4

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This is the fourth season of Last One Standing, a Netflix comedy series from Japan in which comedians step into a full-fledged drama and are eliminated on the spot if they fail to get laughs in talk scenes that begin without a script. In Japan, the season is being released as Talk Survivor! DEAD or LAUGH (トークサバイバー！DEAD or LAUGH).

Netflix plans to release all 8 episodes of this season exclusively worldwide starting Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The series has so far released season 1 on March 8, 2022, season 2 on October 10, 2023, and season 3, billed as its “final chapter,” on September 3, 2024, under the title Talk Survivor! Last of Laugh (トークサバイバー！ラスト・オブ・ラフ); this new season follows on from those. Season 1 featured 24 comedians, and its school-set drama segment featured Shotaro Mamiya, among others. On Netflix in Korea, the series is listed through season 3 under the Korean title 토크 서바이벌: 토크가 재밌어야 살아남는 드라마 (roughly, “Talk Survival: The Drama Where You Survive Only If Your Talk Is Funny”). This season again has series creator Nobuyuki Sakuma as planner, director and producer, with Kengo Takimoto as director and Ryoichi Tsuchiya as writer. It is produced by UNITED PRODUCTIONS with production cooperation from Yoshimoto Kogyo.

The comedians compete using stories from their own lives as their weapon, and anyone who isn’t funny is eliminated on the spot. A full-fledged drama plays out until an unscripted talk battle suddenly begins. This season’s talk battles feature 29 comedians of different career lengths and generations. Participants include Kukki! (Yasei Bakudan), Muga Tsukaji (Drunk Dragon), Kazunobu Kubota (Toro Salmon), Takashi Watanabe (Nishikigoi) and Hiccorohee, while Toshl, Koji Higashino and Atsuhiro Tsuda (Diane) make surprise appearances.

The drama segments that serve as the stage for the talk feature Hiroe Igeta, Mahiro Takasugi, Yuto Nakajima, Win Morisaki, Rio Uchida, Takashi Fujii, Dean Fujioka and Eiichiro Funakoshi, among others. Chidori’s Daigo turns up in a series of roles, including the owner of a fish shop in a working-class neighborhood, the manager of a Korean-style bar and an Edo-period samurai. Chidori’s Nobu hosts, and Shiori Sato and Karen Takizawa appear as witnesses who watch over the talk battles.

The theme song is “Hanataba” (Bouquet), performed by Sambomaster, who have provided the series’ music, together with Aina The End. “Hanataba” was the theme song of season 1, and this time it is released as a new version under the name “Hanataba Sambomaster to Aina The End” (花束 サンボマスターとアイナ・ジ・エンド), with lyrics and music by Takashi Yamaguchi. Netflix Japan released the main trailer, the key art and the list of participating comedians together.

Drama Lineup editors · Fact-checked against: lp.p.pia.jp, united-p.co.jp, about.netflix.com, youtube.com, netflix.com, media.netflix.com · 2026-10-24