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    Manzai (漫才) is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture comparable to double act comedy. Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi)—a...
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    Matsumoto was part of a manzai trio called "Koma Daisanshibu" with two of his classmates, Itō and Morioka. One day, Matsumoto's manzai partner, Itō, had an...
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  • costumes and location as opposed to Manzai. It is possible for any number of people to act in a conte while Manzai is traditionally done with two people...
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  • in a tankōbon volume. They were serialized in Jump Square. "Manzai and Inheritance" "Manzai and Wishes" Danny Guan of Game Rant included Show-ha Shoten...
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  • industry before they officially debuted as a comedy duo. Seiya performed manzai on television in elementary school and also had appearances on television...
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    sometimes romanized as "The Two Beats"). This sort of duo comedy, known as manzai in Japan, usually features a great deal of high-speed back-and-forth banter...
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  • Favorite Room Catalog お好みルームカタログ 1746 02-27 Ayatrix アヤトリックス 1747 03-12 Manzai Master ひみつ道具大募集優秀賞作品 まんざいし 1748 03-19 Go! Partule Corps 行け!パトルール隊 1749 03-26...
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  • The Manzai Comics (also known as The Comedy Team) is a manga series written by Atsuko Asano and illustrated by Hizuru Imai. In Japan it is published by...
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    Nichijou, and Tadakuni from Daily Lives of High School Boys. Everyman Foil Manzai Shifreen, Lawrence J. (1977). "The "New Wave" of Standup Comedians: An Introduction"...
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  • and radio personality. He rose to fame in the 2000s as one half of the manzai comedy duo The Nankai Candies. Outside Japan he is best known as one of...
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    usually made in a closed fashion. It is most traditionally used as part of a manzai act, in which the straight man (tsukkomi) smacks the funny man (boke) in...
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  • School. They won the Excellence Awards at the 35rd and 37th NHK Kamigata Manzai Contest in 2005 and 2007. Daigo and Nobu were high school classmates and...
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  • appearances on King of Conte for their conte and M-1 Grand Prix and The Manzai for their manzai. They reached the semi-finals for King of Conte 6 years in a row...
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  • Grand Prix (オートバックス 〜M-1グランプリ〜, Ōtobakkusu Emu-wan Guranpuri), is an annual Manzai competition planned by Shinsuke Shimada and run by Yoshimoto Kogyo. The...
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  • established. Yoshimoto helped shape the manzai comedic style after World War II, and the kanji that used for the word manzai were introduced by Yoshimoto in 1933...
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  • tsukkomi of the manzai duo, Yoiko, with his partner Shinya Arino. Hamaguchi and Arino were classmates that graduated high school and formed a manzai duo in 1990...
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  • NHK Kamigata Manzai Contest (2003) - Excellence Award The 32nd Kamigata Comedy Grand Prix (2003) - Newcomer Award The 39th Kamigata Manzai Grand Prix (2004)...
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    focus on manzai. They left for Tokyo in 2005 and rose to prominence with their Hakata dialect in their performances, also winning The Manzai competition...
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  • SungWon Cho (English) A wild boar who plays the boke (funny man) of the manzai comedy duo Homosapiens. He works part-time at a cabaret club to make ends...
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    Akane-banashi Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Fallen Words Kyōgen Manzai Stand-up comedy Tanaka, Sakurako (1993). Talking through the text : Rakugo...
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    Osaka Shochiku-za, close to Namba station, kabuki can be enjoyed as well as manzai. At Shin Kabuki-za, formerly near Namba and now near Uehommachi area, enka...
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  • of Tokyo Shinjuku's Kabukichō. The night begins with a bank robbery by a manzai duo of amateur masked gunmen, and the disappearance of ten billion yen belonging...
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    Generalissimo Takada’s Monster Army. In early 2006, he started working with manzai partner Izubuchi again, with Izubuchi taking the name Razor Ramon RG ("RG"...
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    Macchietta, 19th-century Italian comedy Rakugo, Japanese one-man comedy Manzai, Japanese double act comedy Owarai, Japanese stand-up comedy The Clown's...
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  • November 19, 1972 in Moriguchi, Osaka. Plays the tsukkomi and writes all their Manzai material. He is the younger brother of the two and is referred to as just...
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    talents have been finding sudden fame after a gag or skit became popular. Manzai (漫才), a traditional form of Japanese comedy that became the basis of many...
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  • You Cry aired from July to September 2022. Young Wai-Wai (ヤングワイワイ) is a manzai group that represents Kansai region. Yayoi Sakamoto (阪本 やよい, Sakamoto Yayoi)...
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  • Japanese comedian and actor from Konohana-ku, Osaka. He is the boke of the manzai duo, Yoiko, with his partner Masaru Hamaguchi. He is best known as the star...
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    live theatres. From 2008 to 2012, Wagyu gained popularity through various manzai and comedy competitions, making it to the semi-finals in the M-1 Grand Prix...
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  • comic duo mainly performs manzai, with some conte now and then. Their most common style follows the standard shabekuri manzai convention of separating...
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