So, it seems that many person believe that this man here is a Top Prize Loser on the Japanese version.
Well, as a Millionaire fan from Japan, I would like to point out that he is, in fact, NOT a Top Prize Loser, or even a contestant on Quiz $ Millionaire at all.
His "run" was shown on a Japanese TV show called Trivia no Izumi (The Fountain of Trivia) in a segment called Trivia no Tane (The Seed of Trivia). You can find out more about the show here, but basically, in this particular segment, the viewers submit questions to the show to receive an answer on screen as a trivia. One of which was a Millionaire related question...
A viewer sent Trivia no Izumi the question: "On Quiz $ Millionaire, which one of the four options has become the correct answer the most?". The show found out the answer by watching all the transmitted footage of the show (as of May 13, 2004), which counted up to 173 shows and 7388 questions in total. The result was, from the highest to the lowest; C: 30.9%, B: 27.4%, D: 24.1%, A: 17.6%. Therefore, the option which was the most likely to be the correct answer was C.
Having reached a conclusion, the show decided to try the "strategy" out on the show (not the real show, of course!) and sent the assistant director (Seiji Takeda) as the "contestant". Whatever question the computer throws at him, he would go with option C.
As this was not the actual show, there were no FFFs, no easy-tier or mid-tier questions and he went straight into the final question. This was the question:
| ¥10,000,000 (1 of 1) - Not Timed | |
| In which sporting event of the Olympics did Japan first win a medal? | |
| ⬥ A: Softball | ⬥ B: Judo |
| ⬥ C: Gymnastics | ⬥ D: Tennis |
The host, Mino Monta, hardly finished reading out the options when Seiji said that C: Gymnastics was his final answer, following his "strategy" (he didn't even have to see the options, did he?), but the answer he gave was incorrect. After all, the possibility is a mere 30%, so it was more likely to be wrong than to be right.
You can see the original footage here. It's only available in Japanese, but I'd suggest having a look at it (the Millionaire(-ish) bit starts at around 4 minutes).