Kishou Yamaoka

Kishou Yamaoka is a consistent contestant on Survivor: REM. He has 2nd casting priority, and thus is guaranteed to appear in every season.

In Borneo, Kishou was known for his odd "alphabet strategy", basing his vote from the alphabetical arrangement of his fellow cast members' names, which accidentally helped the Tagi Alliance in eliminating the competition from the rival Pagong tribe. When the intended target Midori Harada won immunity at the final five, Kishou was voted out for being the alliance outsider.

Borneo
Kishou's claim to fame was initially creating a ridiculously long (not to mention heavy) fishing pole he called "Superpole 2000." His invention became useless when Tsutomu Wada revealed to be an experienced fisherman, duping Kishou in the process. Despite being one of the stronger members of Tagi, he and Ronia Kimura were often unsuccessful in camp life, and Kishou even spent time making a bowling alley much to Shieri Yasude's annoyance. He was uncomfortable with the voting element of the game, which meant Tsutomu, Kaori Funai, Eri, and Midori Harada excluded him from their alliance, and they voted out Ronia without him knowing about it.

He became more famous for his "alphabet voting" strategy, in which he cast his votes based on the order of contestants' names in the alphabet. He later claimed that he chose the system as a way to vote off members of the opposing Pagong tribe, whose names were all earlier alphabetically than his own tribe, while appearing to do so in a non-deliberate manner. Kishou accidentally eliminated Mikihiro Yasutake and Osamu Morioka in the game using his strategy. With this, the five Tagi members who entered the merge became the final five. With the intended target, Midori winning immunity and being the only outsider of the core Tagi alliance, Kishou was unanimously eliminated.

As a juror, Kishou cast his vote for Tsutomu, believing he was the least objectionable between him and Midori.