Quiz $ Millionaire

Quiz $ Millionaire (Japanese: クイズ$ミリオネア Kuizu $ Mirionea), is a Japanese game show that is based off of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. In order to win the ¥10,000,000 they have to answer 15 questions correctly to win it. It was first aired on April 20, 2000 and hosted by Monta Mino.

In 2009, the series became the first international version of Millionaire to adopt the clock format from the US version of the show. Contestants now have time limits for each question: 30 seconds each for questions 1 - 9, 1 minute each for questions 10 - 12, and 3 minutes each for questions 13 - 15. Usage of lifelines temporarily pauses the clock. However, unlike the US version, the remaining time after giving an answer for that question is void. Contestants who exceed the time limit on a given question without giving a "final answer" are forced to walk away with whatever winnings they have at they point.

Lifelines
In show three lifelines used:
 * 50:50 (フィフティ・フィフテ, Fifuti Fifuti). The computer randomly removes two wrong answers.
 * Phone-a-Friend, also Telephone (テレフォン, Terefon). Four friends are in the other room.
 * Ask the Audience, also Audience (オーディエンス, Ōdiensu). The audience takes in hand and click on the answer. Results are displayed in percent.

Seasons
In total, for 13 seasons, 306 episodes were aired. From April 20, 2000 to March 29, 2007 (episodes 1-291), the episodes were aired regularly, and from May 3, 2007 to January 2, 2013 (episodes 292-306) were broadcasted specials only.
 * Season 1 (14 episodes, April 20, 2000 - August 31, 2000)
 * Season 2 (42 episodes, September 7, 2000 - August 9, 2001)
 * Season 3 (45 episodes, September 6, 2001 - August 29, 2002)
 * Season 4 (45 episodes, September 5, 2002 - August 28, 2003)
 * Season 5 (39 episodes, September 4, 2003 - August 26, 2004)
 * Season 6 (43 episodes, September 2, 2004 - August 25, 2005)
 * Season 7 (41 episodes, September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006)
 * Season 8 (26 episodes, September 7, 2006 - August 30, 2007)
 * Season 9 (3 episodes, September 23, 2007 - March 27, 2008)
 * Season 10 (4 episodes, September 18, 2008 - April 1, 2009)
 * Season 11 (2 episodes, September 15, 2009 - March 9, 2010)
 * Season 12 (2 episodes, December 7, 2010 - March 31, 2011)
 * Season 13 (1 episodes, January 2, 2013)

The first Fastest Finger First
On April 20, 2000, in first episode first FFF question was it is:

The right order was DABC. The first fastest contestant was 36-years-old Mitsuko Shin Takahashi (5,31 seconds) from Tokyo. He won ￥1,000,000.

The very first question was:

In addition to him in the episode 25-years-old Yūko Nakajima from Chiba (won ￥1,000,000) and unknown player were appeared.

Two FFF questions fails
1. August 17, 2000:

The right order was BADC.

2. July 22, 2001:

The right order was DCAB.

Super Millionaire
Super Millionaire was like Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire? in USA in 2004. Two episodes aired. In 1st episode Top Prize was ¥20,000,000, in 2nd was ¥10,000,000.

In order to earn the top prize, the contestant must correctly answer the 10 questions instead of 15. On questions 1-5 there are 4 options, and on questions 5-10 were 2 options. On the last two questions a contestant can't take the money, and also there are no minimum amounts.

In Super Millionaire (Japanese: スーパー＄ミリオネア) the money trees were changed.

In first episode the celebrities Toshirō Yanagiba (柳葉 敏郎), Kōji Ishizaka (石坂浩二), Yoshizumi Ishihara (石原良純), Hiroshi Shinagawa (品川祐), Ayako Nishikawa (西川史子), Sayaka Aoki (青木さやか) and Mona Yamamoto (山本モナ) were appeared.

In second episode the celebrities Oyakata Takanohana (貴乃花親方), Tetsuya Takeda (武田鉄矢), Sumiko Fuji (富司純子), Kamejirō Ichikawa (市川亀治郎), Ryūji Miyamoto (宮本隆治), Kazuo Tokumitsu (徳光和夫), Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (四代目 市川 猿之助) and Rie Shibata (柴田理恵) were appeared.

Clock format (2009-2010)
On September 15, 2009 show with updates returned to the air. Now the player has a time limit on each question. If the time allotted to the question expired, it is considered that the player has withdrawn the money. If the time has not expired, it is added to the time bank:
 * 1-9 questions - 30 seconds (1/2 minute)
 * 10-12 questions - 60 seconds (1 minute)
 * 13-14 questions - 180 seconds (3 minutes)
 * 15 question - Time Bank (no more than 3 minutes)

On January 2, 2013, a special episode of the game was released with some updates. The graphic design was updated and the studio was improved. The time limit (clock) for the response was removed.

Ratings of Specials

 * August 17, 2000 (Celebrity Special) - ?
 * April 5, 2001 (Celebrity Special) - ?
 * April 4, 2002 (Celebrity Special) - ?
 * June 27, 2002 - ?
 * January 2, 2003 (New Year Special) - ?
 * May 6, 2003 (Newlyweds Special) - ?
 * July 21, 2005 (Parent and Child Special) - ?
 * December 26, 2005 - ?
 * August 31, 2006 - ?
 * May 3, 2007 (Parent and Child Special) - 11%
 * July 5, 2007 (Celebrity Special) - 13,1%
 * August 30, 2007 - 13,1%
 * September 23, 2007 - 11,5%
 * December 23, 2007 (Super Millionaire) - 9,2%
 * March 27, 2008 (Super Millionaire) - 11,7%
 * September 18, 2008 - 13,3%
 * December 9, 2008 - 10,1%
 * January 30, 2009 - 14,7%
 * April 1, 2009 - ?
 * September 15, 2009 - 13,0%
 * March 9, 2010 - 15,3%
 * December 7, 2010 - 13,0%
 * March 31, 2011 - 9,8%
 * January 2, 2013 - 6,8%

Celebrity Specials

 * On August 17, 2000 was first tournament. 16 celebrities (depending on the times, there were times when there were few) participated, the top ten of the written exams, who tried in advance tried quizzes at the V5 studio. People under 11th were able to participate in the final selection after completing one challenge, supplementing one person in descending order of the written test results. Not to mention sorting passers, there were also people who finished without being able to go straight to the V5 studio. In the newly established V5 studio challenger and all of the residuals in the supplementary room "Shuffle Chance" aiming at the center seat is set up, there is also the case that it will be broadcasted in the end of two weeks in the "Extended Battle", with two parts arranged quickly. There was also a competition for all quizzes participating.
 * On April 4, 2002 the celebrities Yoshiko Miyazaki (won ¥1,000,000), Aiko Satō (won ¥100,000), Yoshie Ichige (¥0, incentive prize), Erika Yamakawa (won ¥100,000), Eiko Koike (¥0), Tsutomu Sekine (won ¥1,000,000), Kano sisters (won ¥1,000,000) and Masakazu Mimura (won ¥1,000,000) were appeared.

Children Specials
On September 6, 2001, September 4, 2003 and August 26, 2004 were three episodes where kids appeared.

Parodies
A lot of parodies are made because this program has a very high degree of completeness, and the fountain sink holds a clear image and it is easy to imitate. Takashi Okamura, host of "Quiz $ Mageionaire" (Mecha Ike Lee!). Also on the 27th hour television in 2004 (Koji Imaja) also appeared, Mino Mamota was Mr. Masahiro of "Quiz $ Smarionaire", host of "Quiz $ Schlionea", host Ami in "Quiz $ Amilione" (Papapapa Puffy) etc. All hosts show off for real reasons or better. "Shurianea" in the Wannai R & R Special of April 2002, there was a case where Mino's grandfather himself appeared.

Top Prize Winners

 * Yasuyuki Kunimitsu - ¥10,000,000 (July 27, 2000)
 * Yoshiaki Nagata - ¥10,000,000 (August 10, 2000)
 * Naoko Imao - ¥10,000,000 (November 2, 2000)
 * Hiroshi Hase - ¥10,000,000 (November 23, 2000)
 * Kazuyuki Nose - ¥10,000,000 (February 15, 2001)
 * Kotaro Kobayashi - ¥1,000,000 (September 6, 2001)
 * Katsuhiro Minamigawa - ¥1,000,000 (September 6, 2001)
 * Hitomi Sakamoto - ¥10,000,000 (December 13, 2001)
 * Akifumi Kikuchi - ¥10,000,000 (June 27, 2002)
 * Michiko Eguchi - ¥10,000,000 (August 1, 2002)
 * Naomi Nagata - ¥10,000,000 (November 14, 2002)
 * Shōko Mishima - ¥10,000,000 (May 8, 2003)
 * Sayu Tanabashi - ¥500,000 (September 4, 2003)
 * Natsumi Kataoka - ¥500,000 (September 4, 2003)
 * Daichi Suzuki - ¥10,000,000 (September 18, 2003)
 * Tsuyoshi Shinjo - ¥10,000,000 (January 2, 2004)
 * Jō Kihara - ¥500,000 (August 26, 2004)
 * Takafumi Horie - ¥10,000,000 (December 30, 2004)
 * Kazuko Hosoki - ¥10,000,000 (December 30, 2004)
 * Masaaki Sakai - ¥10,000,000 (April 7, 2005)
 * Yasuo Tanaka - ¥10,000,000 (April 7, 2005)
 * Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima - ¥10,000,000 (April 21, 2005)
 * Tomohisa Kikuchi - ¥10,000,000 (April 28, 2005)
 * Toshihiko Hamada - ¥10,000,000 (May 26, 2005)
 * Kotaro Koizumi - ¥10,000,000 (January 2, 2006)
 * Yūko Asano - ¥10,000,000 (March 23, 2006)
 * Junko Nozoe - ¥10,000,000 (June 29, 2006)
 * Keiko Ōi - ¥10,000,000 (July 27, 2006)
 * Dai Tamesue - ¥10,000,000 (September 14, 2006)
 * Bandō Mitsugorō X - ¥10,000,000 (October 5, 2006)
 * Dewi Sukarno - ¥10,000,000 (October 26, 2006)
 * Misako Konno - ¥10,000,000 (February 15, 2007)
 * Shōsuke Tanihara - ¥10,000,000 (July 5, 2007)
 * Sumiko Fuji - ¥10,000,000 (March 27, 2008)
 * Kazuo Tokumitsu - ¥10,000,000 (March 27, 2008)
 * Takeshi Kitano - ¥10,000,000 (January 30, 2009)
 * Hikari Ōta - ¥10,000,000 (April 1, 2009)
 * Mana Ashida - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2013)

¥7,500,000 winners

 * Kazuyoshi Yamawaki (July 13, 2000)
 * Sadae Miyazaki (September 7, 2000)
 * Hiroshi Aoyagi (November 16, 2000)
 * Kenichi Takemura (October 3, 2002)
 * Tetsuya Watari (200?)
 * Masaki Kyomoto (200?)
 * Kunio and Masayuki Murai (200?)

¥5,000,000 winners

 * Tomohiro Nishiyama (May 11, 2000)
 * Kaori Sai (May 25, 2000)
 * Shigeru Hori (February 2, 2001)
 * Tsuneaki Shirako (April 26, 2001)
 * Akiyo Masuda (May 3, 2001)
 * Issei Ienaga (May 10, 2001)
 * Yoshiteru Nanbara (June 28, 2001)
 * Ikuko Okudaira (July 26, 2001)
 * Osamu Koromo Otani (November 24, 2001)
 * Koji Moto Buchi (December 20, 2001)
 * Hidenori Honjo (January 31, 2002)
 * Takeshi Watanabe (February 7, 2002)
 * Shuji Misumi (February 28, 2002)
 * Keiji Shinke (June 6, 2002)
 * Masato Tanaka (June 27, 2002)
 * Shinji Otsuka (September 12, 2002)
 * Seiji Usuki (October 24, 2002)
 * Tadao Sano (November 21, 2002)
 * Osamu Kuroki (December 12, 2002)
 * Makiko Nakamura (February 6, 2003)
 * Mamiko Nakanishi (February 20, 2003)
 * Akio Seto (February 27, 2003)
 * Toshi Kai (March 13, 2003)
 * Eisuke Shimada (June 5, 2003)
 * Akitaka Umeda (June 12, 2003)
 * Chiemi Mori (June 19, 2003)
 * Gorgo Matsumoto (June 19, 2003)

¥2,500,000 winners

 * Kozuenashi Ueno (May 25, 2000)
 * Shinichi Taidou (August 31, 2000)
 * Hidetoshi Takeno (September 7, 2000)
 * Yuki Shimizu (November 16, 2000)
 * Akiko Ito (February 22, 2001)
 * Chimi Chin (February 28, 2002)
 * Hisako Hara (October 17, 2002)
 * Hiroaki Kokubu (November 21, 2002)
 * Mariko Suzuki (December 12, 2002)
 * Saori Yuki (January 2, 2003)
 * Pinko Izumi (January 2, 2003)
 * Yoshihiko Kaneda (January 30, 2003)
 * Naotaka Takemoto (February 6, 2003)

¥1,500,000 winners

 * Tomomi Motomura (December 20, 2001)
 * Sachie Murata (December 20, 2001)
 * Oyakata Otake (March 6, 2003)

Top Prize Losers

 * LaSalle Ishii - ¥1,000,000 (October 12, 2000) (15th question wrong)
 * Kuniko Asagi - ¥1,000,000 (April 5, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Kyoko Toyoshima - ¥1,000,000 (August 2, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Tatsumi Takuro - ¥1,000,000 (October 18, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Yasuhito Sema - ¥1,000,000 (November 8, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Yōko Mashita - ¥1,000,000 (November 15, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Masaki Numuta - ¥1,000,000 (November 22, 2001) (15th question wrong)
 * Musoyama Masashi - ¥1,000,000 (April 3, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Ken Watanabe - ¥1,000,000 (May 2, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Shizuka Kawamoto - ¥1,000,000 (July 18, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Saburo Kitajima - ¥1,000,000 (October 3, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Tatsuya Yamaguchi - ¥1,000,000 (November 14, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Yoshiharu Kamino - ¥1,000,000 (December 19, 2002) (15th question wrong)
 * Musoyamo Masashi - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Yutaka Take - ¥1,000,000 (April 3, 2003) (15th question wrong)
 * Kenji Mouri - ¥100,000 (September 4, 2003) (15th question wrong)
 * Rina Oooka - ¥100,000 (September 4, 2003) (15th question wrong)
 * Tsunemi Kusakabe - ¥1,000,000 (December 18, 2003) (15th question wrong)
 * Kyoto Kano - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Masami Sato - ¥1,000,000 (May 6, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Fujita Tomoko - ¥1,000,000 (May 27, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Keito Tokuda - ¥1,000,000 (July 8, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Tomoki Matsuoka - ¥100,000 (August 26, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Masashi Mori - ¥1,000,000 (September 2, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Yuri Takano - ¥1,000,000 (September 30, 2004) (15th question wrong)
 * Ushikubo Etsuko - ¥1,000,000 (January 20, 2005) (15th question wrong)
 * Wakanohana Masaru - ¥1,000,000 (October 6, 2005) (15th question wrong)
 * Cherish - ¥1,000,000 (November 10, 2005) (15th question wrong)
 * Akiko Yoshinoji - ¥1,000,000 (November 17, 2005) (15th question wrong)
 * Sakura Yokomine - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Haruo Kitamura - ¥1,000,000 (January 19, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Masahiko Tsugawa - ¥1,000,000 (March 23, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Masai Maya - ¥1,000,000 (July 13, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Yū Hayami - ¥1,000,000 (August 31, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Yoshiyuki Kôzu and Meiko Nakamura - ¥1,000,000 (November 23, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Kenji Eda - ¥1,000,000 (November 30, 2006) (15th question wrong)
 * Senichi Hoshino - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Hidekazu Nagai - ¥1,000,000 (February 22, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Yakkun Sakurazuka - ¥1,000,000 (March 8, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Taketoyo - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Kanokyoko - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Masaru Hanada - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Sakura Yokomine - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Haruo Kitamura - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Tsugawa Masahiko - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Senichi Hoshino - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)
 * Hideo Higashikokubaru - ¥1,000,000 (March 29, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Shiro and Takaaki Ito - ¥1,000,000 (May 3, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Shiro Asano - ¥1,000,000 (July 5, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Kazuya Maruyama - ¥1,000,000 (August 29, 2007) (15th question wrong)
 * Ayako Nishikawa - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (10th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Ryūji Miyamoto - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (10th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Takeshi Kitano - ¥1,000,000 (September 18, 2008) (15th question wrong)
 * Yuji Tanaka - ¥1,000,000 (April 1, 2009) (15th question wrong)
 * Maruwaka Yasuyo - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (15th question wrong)

Biggest Losers

 * Masahide Sakamaki - ¥1,000,000 (May 18, 2000) (14th question wrong)
 * Yakumi Tsuru - ¥1,000,000 (January 11, 2001) (14th question wrong)
 * Masato Yamamoto - ¥1,000,000 (March 22, 2001) (14th question wrong)
 * Akifumi Kikuchi - ¥1,000,000 (July 5, 2001) (14th question wrong)
 * Ototake - ¥1,000,000 (January 10, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Takahiro Omori - ¥1,000,000 (January 17, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Yousu Anaga - ¥1,000,000 (January 31, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Junko Kaneko - ¥1,000,000 (June 27, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Mari Inoue - ¥1,000,000 (June 27, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Kyo Kimura - ¥1,000,000 (July 18, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Ya Izumimoto - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Kyouko Kanou - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Miho Ishikawa - ¥1,000,000 (February 20, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Seiichi Itsumi - ¥1,000,000 (March 6, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Kimiko Hayashi - ¥1,000,000 (May 15, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Yoji Okubo - ¥1,000,000 (May 15, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Ayako Kobayashi - ¥1,000,000 (May 22, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Atsuya Furuta - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yoshiko Miyazaki - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Shoji Kokami - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Terao Tsunemi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Toshihiko Koga - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Seibun Matsuzawa - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Manami Fuji - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yuichi Nakagaichi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Masahiro Fukuda - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Shingo Tsurumi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Hideaki Omura - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Hirotaka Ishihara - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yasuko Ikenobo - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yaeko Umezu - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yu Hayami - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tsutomu Iwamoto - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kyoko Hamaguchi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Junko Yaginuma - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Miho Takagi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Takao Horiuchi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yaku Mitsuru - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Maju Ozawa - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Miyako Takagi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yoshitake Tanaka - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kazuyo Matsui - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Junko Mihara - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Junichi Ishida - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yoshizumi Ishihara - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tarahiro Otobu - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Takanohana Okata - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kaga Mariko - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tate Hiroshi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Sada Masashi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Takeda Tetsuya - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Ishizaka Koji - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Hiroyuki Amano - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Cha Katō - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Takuro Morinaga - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tadahiro Nomura - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Fumie Suguri - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kaoru Sugita - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tomio Umezawa - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Noriko Fujita - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Shigeki Mashima - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Katsue Fumi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Masanobu Takashima - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Takanori Jinnai - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yasuo Daichi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kunishige Kamamoto - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tsutomu Sekine - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Nakai Masahiro - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Miki Miyazaki - ¥1,000,000 (April 4, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Unknown Player - ¥1,000,000 (May 23, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Unknown Player - ¥1,000,000 (October 24, 2002) (14th question wrong)
 * Unknown Player - ¥1,000,000 (February 6, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Unknown Player - ¥1,000,000 (December 11, 2003) (14th question wrong)
 * Ichikawa Ebizō - ¥1,000,000 (September 7, 2006) (14th question wrong)
 * Kurosawa Yuu - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Wada Akiko - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Mori Masako - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Sugimoto Aya - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Maruyama Shigeki - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Koike Eiko - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Shingo Fujimori - ¥1,000,000 (200?) (14th question wrong)
 * Mimura Masakazu - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Osushi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Tahara Soichiro - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yoshizumi Ishihara - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (9th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Ichikawa Ennosuke IV - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (9th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Daisuke Naito - ¥1,000,000 (September 18, 2008) (14th question wrong)
 * Takeshi Kitano - ¥1,000,000 (September 18, 2008) (14th question wrong)
 * Atsuko Takahata - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Aki Yoshiro - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Daigo - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Hidenori Kaneda - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Setsuko and Motoya Izumi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Kano Sisters (Kyoko and Mika Kano) - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Naomi Akimoto - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Atsushi Harada and Shinya Owada - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Yukiji Asaoka and Mayuko - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Hajime Funada and Hata Megumi - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Momoko Sakura - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Shinaya Marusaki - ¥100,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Ayaginunatsu Ito - ¥1,000,000 (20??) (14th question wrong)
 * Ichikawa Ebizo - ¥1,000,000 (January 2, 2013) (14th question wrong)

¥1,000,000 Winners

 * Mitsuko Shin Takahashi (April 20, 2000)
 * Yuko Nakajima (April 20, 2000)
 * Aiko Tsuchiya (May 11, 2000)
 * Takayuki Yoshida (May 11, 2000)
 * Tadayuki Furudate (May 25, 2000)
 * Akiko Takahashi (July 13, 2000)
 * Yasuki Araya (August 31, 2000)
 * Isao Tanaka (September 14, 2000)
 * Koji Matoba (October 19, 2000)
 * Masashi Nakayama (February 8, 2001)
 * Masae Kudo (February 15, 2001)
 * Kazuki Otake (February 22, 2001)
 * Shi Seiwa (March 15, 2001)
 * Hamako Tomita (March 22, 2001)
 * Kiichi Takagi (April 26, 2001)
 * Ibuki Gozen (April 26, 2001)
 * Sho Goto (May 3, 2001)
 * Hiromitsu Fukuchi (May 10, 2001)
 * Emiko Hiraga (July 5, 2001)
 * Hiroshi Uehara (July 12, 2001)
 * Yasuo Goto (July 26, 2001)
 * Tomohiro Abe (August 2, 2001)
 * Shinya Sato (August 2, 2001)
 * Tomotaka Miki (September 20, 2001)
 * Masanobu Ando (November 15, 2001)
 * Hitomi Kumagai (November 15, 2001)
 * Taiji Sera (November 22, 2001)
 * Tomohiro Tsuji (November 29, 2001)
 * Reiko Nakazawa (January 10, 2002)
 * Yasuhiro Usami (January 17, 2002)
 * Mayumi Ito (January 17, 2002)
 * Oosuke Asai (January 17, 2002)
 * Miwako Yamakawa (January 24, 2002)
 * Takahiro Kitaoka (January 24, 2002)
 * Shinya Miura (January 24, 2002)
 * Yoshiko Miyazaki (February 4, 2002)
 * Tsutomu Sekine (February 4, 2002)
 * Mika Kano (February 4, 2002)
 * Masakazu Mimura (February 4, 2002)
 * Kotoonna Sudo (May 2, 2002)
 * Kotomi Sutou (May 2, 2002)
 * Toshihiro Noake (June 6, 2002)
 * Yoko Kandori (June 6, 2002)
 * Takahiro Omori (June 27, 2002)
 * Takuro Tatsumi (June 27, 2002)
 * Junichi Ishida (June 27, 2002)
 * Kyoko Toyoshima (June 27, 2002)
 * Yoshizumi Ishihara (July 6, 2002)
 * Shintaro Ishihara (July 6, 2002)
 * Masato Takahashi (July 11, 2002)
 * Toshio Oshita (July 11, 2002)
 * Masami Ogawa (July 11, 2002)
 * Daijo Kasahara (August 1, 2002)
 * Nari Takanomakoto (August 15, 2002)
 * Hironori Saito (August 15, 2002)
 * Chie Ishikura (September 12, 2002)
 * Pītā (Peter) (October 3, 2002)
 * Keisuke Takano (October 24, 2002)
 * Osamu Sato (October 24, 2002)
 * Hiroaki Mazaki (October 24, 2002)
 * Hiroshi Kitano (December 12, 2002)
 * Sa Asaseiryu (January 2, 2003)
 * Yoshiko Mita (January 2, 2003)
 * Uchi Unomori (January 23, 2003)
 * Miki Wakashi Otsu (January 23, 2003)
 * Yasuo Yamashita (January 23, 2003)
 * Yoshihide Kurimoto (January 23, 2003)
 * Yoshikatsu Hashimoto (January 30, 2003)
 * Daijiro Hashimoto (January 30, 2003)
 * Masahiko Sakai (February 6, 2003)
 * Takashi Suzuki (February 13, 2003)
 * Miki Tagashira (February 13, 2003)
 * Michiko Tanaka (February 13, 2003)
 * Noriko Yamauchi (February 27, 2003)
 * Yasuyuki Maekawa (February 27, 2003)
 * Yukiko Koike (March 6, 2003)
 * Kaori Shirai (March 13, 2003)
 * Satoko Ito (March 13, 2003)
 * Toyohiro Furuta (May 15, 2003)
 * Takanori Obata (May 22, 2003)
 * Haru Tsuyoshi Honda (May 22, 2003)
 * Wataru Ishikawa (June 12, 2003)
 * George Wallace (June 12, 2003)
 * Yasushi Sato (June 19, 2003)

¥750,000 Winners

 * Kishiko Nagano (February 7, 2002)
 * Yuichi Miyata (February 27, 2003)

¥100,000 Winners

 * Mayumi Abe (May 18, 2000)
 * Toshi Ka Tsukamoto (May 18, 2000)
 * Nobuko Araki (August 31, 2000)
 * Haru Nakazaki (September 14, 2000)
 * Yoichi Kusaka (September 14, 2000)
 * Emi Gafari (September 14, 2000)
 * Nobuteru Ishihara (October 19, 2000)
 * Hajime Onishi (November 16, 2000)
 * Megumi Ota (January 11, 2001)
 * Mitsuru Yaku (January 11, 2001)
 * Mizue Imamura (January 11, 2001)
 * Masashi Oboshi (January 11, 2001)
 * Yoko Gaya (February 15, 2001)
 * Ryoko Noto (February 22, 2001)
 * Suehiro Kakinuma (February 22, 2001)
 * Hiroyuki Tanaka (March 15, 2001)
 * Umiko Takeda (March 15, 2001)
 * Mitsuo Sumi (March 15, 2001)
 * Keiko Fuse (March 22, 2001)
 * Miyuki Yamamoto (May 3, 2001)
 * Hiromi Miyamoto (May 10, 2001)
 * Akira Yamamoto (June 21, 2001)
 * Hiromi Go (June 21, 2001)
 * Ryota Sugiura (June 21, 2001)
 * Kumiko Hodohara (June 21, 2001)
 * Kaori Sakamoto (June 28, 2001)
 * Kiyomi Takayasu (July 12, 2001)
 * Tetsuya Shimakage (July 12, 2001)
 * Chiaki (July 12, 2001)
 * Demon Kogure Excellency (July 26, 2001)
 * Yusuke (July 26, 2001)
 * Tomokatsu Cho (August 2, 2001)
 * Hayato Nomura (September 20, 2001)
 * Minako Kadowaki (September 20, 2001)
 * Maggie (November 15, 2001)
 * Yoko Inoue (November 22, 2001)
 * Eiichi Sugama (November 22, 2001)
 * Taijiyu Ishikawa (November 29, 2001)
 * Atsushi Horiie (November 29, 2001)
 * Akiko Higuchi (November 29, 2001)
 * Saori Ito (December 13, 2001)
 * Yasutaka Masudate (December 13, 2001)
 * Seijin Oe (January 10, 2002)
 * Kaoru Yokoyama (January 10, 2002)
 * Aoi Kimura (January 31, 2002)
 * Arita Teppei (February 7, 2002)
 * Aiko Sato (April 4, 2002)
 * Erika Yamakawa (April 4, 2002)
 * Eiko Koike (April 4, 2002)
 * Fusayo Ando (May 2, 2002)
 * Kazu Ono (May 2, 2002)
 * Shinji Uchiyama (May 2, 2002)
 * Yoshihiro Hamada (July 18, 2002)
 * Chu Matsuda (August 15, 2002)
 * Yuka Kawashima (August 15, 2002)
 * Hiromi Kadono (September 12, 2002)
 * Gats Ishimatsu (October 3, 2002)
 * Akira Ogi (October 3, 2002)
 * Koichi Hamada (October 3, 2002)
 * Nozomi Kimura (November 21, 2002)
 * Kiyoko Suisenji (January 2, 2003)
 * Tomoko Kobayashi (February 6, 2003)
 * Miki Ando (February 13, 2003)
 * Toshihiko Ikemizu (February 20, 2003)
 * Hiroko Iwahara (May 8, 2003)
 * Wataru Matsuoka (May 22, 2003)
 * Yoshie Okuyama (June 5, 2003)
 * Shinji Urayama (June 5, 2003)
 * Azusa Tsuchiya (June 12, 2003)
 * Masao Sen (June 19, 2003)

¥0 Winners

 * Yoshihiko Shiroyama - ¥0 (May 18, 2000) (3rd question wrong)
 * Yoshio Seitō - ¥0 (July 13, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Yoshizumi Ishihara - ¥0 (August 17, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Hiroshi Mita - ¥0 (September 14, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Hōsei Yamazaki - ¥0 (October 19, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Yumiko Yamamoto - ¥0 (November 2, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Kazuki Enari - ¥0 (November 9, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Rie Oh - ¥0 (December 4, 2000) (3rd question wrong)
 * Tomoe Shinohara - ¥0 (January 2, 2001) (4th question wrong)
 * Somegorō Ichikawa - ¥0 (January 2, 2001) (2nd question wrong)
 * Suehiro Kakinuma - ¥0 (February 22, 2001) (4th question wrong)
 * Ken Horiuchi - ¥0 (April 5, 2001) (5th question wrong)
 * Sayaka Yamaguchi - ¥0 (April 19, 2001) (4th question wrong)
 * Tomoaki Nakanishi - ¥0 (June 28, 2001) (4th question wrong)
 * Tsuneo Shoji - ¥0 (December 20, 2001) (4th question wrong)
 * Yoshiharu Kamino - ¥0 (December 20, 2001) (5th question wrong)
 * Keizō Tsuji - ¥0 (January 24, 2002) (5th question wrong)
 * Kayoko Kazeno - ¥0 (February 28, 2002) (2nd question wrong)
 * Misa Sato - ¥0 (May 9, 2002) (5th question wrong)
 * Takahiro Kitaoka - ¥0 (June 27, 2002) (4th question wrong)
 * Tetsurō Tanba - ¥0 (October 3, 2002) (5th question wrong)
 * Hideo Nakamura - ¥0 (May 29, 2003) (4th question wrong)
 * Masanori Murakawa (The Great Sasuke) - ¥0 (May 29, 2003) (4th question wrong)
 * Junko Furukawa - ¥0 (October 23, 2003) (4th question wrong)
 * Atsuko Yasuda - ¥0 (December 11, 2003) (5th question wrong)
 * Yūichi Satō - ¥0 (January 22, 2004) (4th question wrong)
 * Muga Tsukaji - ¥0 (February 19, 2004) (4th question wrong)
 * Eiji Hagiwara - ¥0 (April 22, 2004) (4th question wrong)
 * Haruo Fujita - ¥0 (May 13, 2004) (4th question wrong)
 * Katashi Yui - ¥0 (September 16, 2004) (2nd question wrong)
 * Hirokatsu Kinoshita - ¥0 (December 16, 2004) (3rd question wrong)
 * Masaki Kyomoto - ¥0 (April 7, 2005) (2nd question wrong)
 * Miyuki Imori - ¥0 (October 26, 2006) (1st question wrong)

Super Millionaire

 * Ayako Nishikawa - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (10th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Kōji Ishizaka - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (5th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Yoshizumi Ishihara - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (9th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Sayaka Aoki - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (8th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Toshirō Yanagiba - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (8th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Mona Yamamoto - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (8th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Hiroshi Shinagawa - ¥0 (December 23, 2007) (6th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Kamejirō Ichikawa - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (9th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Ryūji Miyamoto - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (10th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Ichikawa Ennosuke IV - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (9th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Tetsuya Takeda - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (7th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Rie Shibata - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (7th question wrong, Super Millionaire)
 * Oyakata Takanohana - ¥0 (March 27, 2008) (6th question wrong, Super Millionaire)

¥? Winners

 * Kanichi Kurita (May 10, 2001)
 * Hiroyuki Kanebako (December 16, 2004)
 * Norio Nishikawa (December 16, 2004)
 * Ken Matsuda (December 16, 2004)

Special Editions
In addition, Visiware and Sony Pictures Television have released an app based on the program's format for iOS and Androiddevices. Mino introduced the app during the special that aired on January 2, 2013. The app allows home viewers to play the game simultaneously, being asked the same questions featured on the show.
 * Board game by Takara Tomy released on September 27, 2001
 * Electronic game by Takara Tomy released in November 29, 2001
 * PlayStation game by Eidos Interactive released on December 20, 2001
 * PC game for Windows by Eidos Interactive released on December 20, 2001
 * "Quiz $ Millionaire exciting party" ("クイズ$ミリオネア わくわくパーティー") for PC and PlayStation, by Eidos Interactive, released on November 28, 2002
 * Book "Complete Capture! Quiz $ Millionaire" ("完全攻略! クイズ$ミリオネア", Kanzen kōryaku kuizu mirionea), the original release by Fusosha on March 20, 2002, ISBN 4594034381
 * PC game for Windows "Quiz $ Millionaire Wakuaku Party" (クイズ$ミリオネア わくわくパーティー) by Eidos Interactive released on December 12, 2002
 * PC game for PlayStation by Eidos released on April 24, 2003.
 * Game for Plus e (Eidos · Fuji Television Vision, distributed in 2003)

Catchphrases

 * The host in the show often pronounced the phrase like this: fainal ansaa? (Japanese: ファイナルアンサー!?).

Legal action

 * In an interview, the contestant, who participated in February 21, 2002 episode, said that his answer to the 14th question was incorrect, and audience are fools. He won ￥1,000,000. He decided to file a lawsuit for ￥6,500,000 in the Shizuoka District Court.

On October 7, 2003 (10 month and 7 days later), the Shizuoka District Court rendered a verdict in favor of the show, standing on their side and finding that the answer in the question was correct (it is a town, 34 literature out of the 33 document has the name of the town listed and certified), and dismissed his claim. As a result, the plaintiff (contestant) lost the case.

Trivia

 * Total number of Top Prize winners: 38.
 * Total number of Top Prize losers: 55.
 * Total number of empty-handed contestants: 34 (without Super Millionaire).
 * The oldest contestant is 93-years-old Hisako Hara. She also the oldest contestant in Japan and International WWTBAM. Also one of oldest contestants are Yoshiyuki Kōzu (74-years-old) and Meiko Nakamura (72-years-old) (on November 16 and 23, 2006 appeared).
 * The youngest contestant is 16-years-old Enari Kazuki (November 9, 2000).
 * Nagisa Katahira is the first contestant, who reached the 14th question, took the money and won ¥5,000,000 (the biggest winning).
 * LaSalle Ishii is the first contestant, who answered the Top Prize wrong. This episode was watched by 30,1% of viewers (the record at that time).
 * Kazuyuki Nose is the first Top Prize winner in 21th century.
 * Mana Ashida is the youngest Top Prize winner (8-years-old).
 * Yumiko Yamamoto is the first empty-handed female contestant.
 * Miyuki Imori is contestant only, who answered the 1st question wrong.
 * On May 11, 2000 on ¥5,000,000 question 38-years-old Takayuki Yoshida lifeline used, the 63% of audience voted for wrong answer, and 14% is right (also 14% twice on May 2, 2002). On June 28, 2001 on 4th question Tomoaki Nakanishi lifeline used, 52% of audience voted for incorrect answer, 18% were right (Question: Which is the lyrics of a nursery rhyme "Seagull's sailor" followed by "white hat, white shirt"? with A: White shoes - 52%, B: White clothes - 18%, C: White umbrella - 8% and D: White cloud - 2%, and right answer was B). Also on September 7, 2006, Ebizō Ichikawa on 14th question had 70% audience, who voted for wrong answer after the using of lifeline, 5% is right (question: What language is the origin of the word "Japan" meaning Japan, originally derived? with A: Dutch - 25%, B: Chinese - 5%, C: Portuguese - 70%, D: French - 0%). Contestant "50:50" lifeline used, A and B choices were remain.
 * For the first time a very high rating was acquired by the episode of October 26, 2000. This episode was watched by 20,2% of viewers.
 * The lowest payout amount in the history of regular matches was broadcasted on June 21, 2001.
 * On January 16, 2003 the contestant to 13th question all three lifelines saved.
 * The show also was attended by players who have retained lifelines to the final question: on August 2, 2001 and on December 12, 2002 contestants 50:50 lifeline used. The Phone-a-Friend lifeline were used by contestants on September 30, 2004 and March 23, 2006 (after using Ask the Audience lifeline). The Ask the Audience lifeline on final question were used by contestants on February 1, 2001, on January 16, 2003 and on March 23, 2006.
 * Also in the show the players appeared, who answered correctly and didn't use a lifeline: on January 16, 2003, on March 9, 2006, on March 23, 2006, on May 18, 2006, on September 7, 2006, on October 5, 2006 and on March 29, 2007 episodes.
 * Also players appeared, who after using 50:50 lifeline answered incorrectly the 14th question (on May 23, 2002, on October 24, 2002, on February 6, 2003 and on December 11, 2003), the 13th question (on March 20, 2003) and the 12th question (on June 2, 2005).
 * On May 25, 2005 contestant Keiko Masuda on 8th question the Ask the Audience lifeline used, 100% voted for correct answer.
 * On November 24, 2005 the top two answers is 50:50 and the mass disappearance, the 12th question (40%, 38%, the total of 78% answers disappears at 50:50).
 * The maximum difference between the first place and the correct answer of the audience was 49%, 13th question (1st place 63%, correct answer 14%) (May 11, 2000). The minimum difference between the top two answers of the audience is 0%, and the 9th question (44% in both top 2 answers) (September 16, 2004). The minimum difference between the 1st and the bottom of the audience is 22% (1st place is 35%, 4th place is 13%) (January 16, 2003).
 * On September 18, 2008 episode the celebrity contestant Takeshi Kitano twice appeared. In first time he answered the Top Prize question wrong. In second time, at his request, all the lifelines were replaced by three "Phone-a-Friend" lifelines. Despite this, the host allowed him to use the "Ask the Audience" lifeline. He answered the 14th question wrong. In third time, on January 30, 2009 he appeared again and won Top Prize. Takeshi Kitano is the celebrity only, who thrice appeared in show.
 * A 15-minute video clip of the first Millionaire and Kyoko Kunimitsu (Real Player) is posted on the Croatian version official website. For details, open the Croatian version HP from the external link below and you can watch it by selecting "Japanu" in "o kvizu" → "Pogledajte kako je osvojen milijun u".
 * Musoyama Masashi appeared on the show and had seen the Top Prize question twice. Both of them he answered them wrong.
 * Kazuya Maruyama appeared on the show twice, but, once he had seen the Top Prize question and got it wrong, once he took ¥5,000,000.

Accepted conventions
In Wikipedia is following conventions:
 * RE - Regular match
 * SP - Special episode
 * EX - Exhibition match
 * RE (SP) - Special project that was broadcast on regular frame.
 * EX (RE) - Exhibition match (broadcast on regular frame)
 * SPM - Super Millionaire
 * DO - Contestant took the money
 * NG - Contestant answered the it question wrong