A Winner is someone who stormed Takeshi's Castle in the show down, in order to do that, a player must shoot Takeshi's dodgem on target until either a hole appears on the paper rings or when smoke appears on the dodgem. If an episode ends with Takeshi's cart being disarmed, 1 Million yen (around £6,000 today) is given away. During the water cart version, the prize is divided evenly between all of the finalists. During the light-gun version, the player who shoots Takeshi's Cart receives the entire prize. There were 8 episodes that ended in a win, some of them were spotted by Craig Charles and some of them he didn't mainly because Takeshi's cart is close to the contestants cart and he thought Takeshi shot the contestant.

Episodes with Final Showdown Winners Edit

Episode 31 (UK S2 EP9, The only winners with the Takeshi doll)

Episode 78: Parent & Child special (UK S4 EP22)

Episode 88 (UK Special 5)

Episode 99: Regional Special (UK S1 EP39)

Episode 113: Parent & Child special (UK S1 EP18, Craig did not spot that winner)

Episode 118 (UK S1 EP21, Craig did not spot that winner)

Episode 123 (UK S1 EP26, First winner Craig spotted)

Episode 124: College Girls special (General Tani's win, UK S1 EP27, Craig did not spot that winner)

Disqualified winners Edit

Episode 9: Because the gun stabbed Takeshi's cart and not got shot by water (UK S2 EP5, Craig did say it was a winner)

Episode 20: Takeshi's cart got stuck on the grass (UK S3 EP18)

In Takeshi's Castle Rebooted, General Tani said there were 9 winners altogether even though it's actually 8.