Yutaka Furutani

Yutaka Furutani is a consistent contestant on Survivor: REM. He has 6th casting priority, and thus is guaranteed to appear in every season.

In Borneo, Yutaka was considered the first sweetheart, given his feminine and sweet nature. He was also notable for being the last surviving member of the ill-fated Pagong tribe. At the final 8, Yutaka attempted to counter the dominant Tagi Alliance with the help of Osamu Morioka, but Kishou Yamaoka's "alphabet strategy" foiled the counter. An opening emerged when the Tagi Alliance considered turning on flip-flopper Midori Harada, but when the latter won immunity, they turned on him by default.

Borneo
Yutaka was a castaway on the Pagong tribe, a tribe composed primarily of young adults, especially when compared to the rival Tagi tribe. Early on, Yutaka was linked with contestant Mikihiro Yasutake, and fellow Pagong member Osamu Morioka speculated that the friendship had become a romance. Both Hiro and Yutaka adamantly denied there was a romance, though Yutaka joked that "it was all about the sex".

After the two tribes merged into the Rattana tribe, members of Pagong were surprised by Tagi's strategy of voting them out one by one at Tribal Council. After winning a reward, Yutaka proposed a plan to Mori about forming a counter-alliance against the Tagi Four. They targeted the alliance ringleader Tsutomu Wada, but it was foiled when Kishou Yamaoka's alphabet strategy got Mori voted out. Yutaka was the last of the former Pagong members to be voted out. After being voted out, Yutaka told the remaining castaways "Be nice, play fair" before his torch was snuffed. Once he was gone, Tsutomu commented that he was "a wonderful person".

Yutaka originally planned on voting for Tsutomu at the Final Tribal Council, but when he answered poorly to his question and she heard Shieri Yasude's infamous "rats and snakes" speech, he voted for Midori Harada. Midori ultimately lost to Tsutomu in a 4-3 vote.