Last year, we told you that MTV was looking for a Japanese game show host. They found their host in Zero Kazama for MTV’s new show Silent Library. Here’s more about the show:

Modeled after a Japanese game show, “Silent Library” will test the composure, endurance and determination of six friends who will have to watch as “one of their own” is subjected to unbelievable challenges ranging from brushing one’s teeth with wasabi to having their face held in the path of the dreaded slapping machine.

Within each episode of “Silent Library,” a team of six friends will draw cards to determine who must step up to the plate to endure the next “test.” The teammate who unluckily draws the skull and crossbones card will have to complete the task at hand to the satisfaction of the host and moderator of Silent Library. Should a teammate not last long enough as they perform the stunt or should their friends seated beside them break the one rule of the library, silence, they’ll lose out on winning big cash prizes.

MTV Silent Library premieres June 15, 2009.

MTV Silent Library – Trailer