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Shochiku Geino
is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and ''tarento''. The agency mainly associates itself with acts and entertainment under the ''Kamigata'' culture. Notable talents Comedians Groups *America Zarigani (Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai) * Masuda Okada (Hidehiko Masuda, Keisuke Okada) * TKO (Takehiro Kimoto, Takayuki Kinoshita) *Yasuda Dai Circus (Yasuda Dancho, Kuro-chan, HIRO) *Yoiko ( Masaru Hamaguchi, Shinya Arino) Solo * Kintalo * Buruma Konno * Kenji Moriwaki *Shōfukutei Tsurube II Other tarento *Chiemi Hori (singer, actress) * Atsushi Oyagi (former rugby player) *Masakatsu Funaki (actor, wrestler) Former talents *Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for t ...
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Shochiku Geino
is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and ''tarento''. The agency mainly associates itself with acts and entertainment under the ''Kamigata'' culture. Notable talents Comedians Groups *America Zarigani (Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai) * Masuda Okada (Hidehiko Masuda, Keisuke Okada) * TKO (Takehiro Kimoto, Takayuki Kinoshita) *Yasuda Dai Circus (Yasuda Dancho, Kuro-chan, HIRO) *Yoiko ( Masaru Hamaguchi, Shinya Arino) Solo * Kintalo * Buruma Konno * Kenji Moriwaki *Shōfukutei Tsurube II Other tarento *Chiemi Hori (singer, actress) * Atsushi Oyagi (former rugby player) *Masakatsu Funaki (actor, wrestler) Former talents *Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for t ...
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Shōchiku Geinō
is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and ''tarento''. The agency mainly associates itself with acts and entertainment under the ''Kamigata'' culture. Notable talents Comedians Groups *America Zarigani (Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai) *Masuda Okada (Hidehiko Masuda, Keisuke Okada) * TKO (Takehiro Kimoto, Takayuki Kinoshita) *Yasuda Dai Circus (Yasuda Dancho, Kuro-chan, HIRO) *Yoiko (Masaru Hamaguchi, Shinya Arino) Solo * Kintalo * Buruma Konno *Kenji Moriwaki * Shōfukutei Tsurube II Other tarento *Chiemi Hori (singer, actress) *Atsushi Oyagi (former rugby player) *Masakatsu Funaki (actor, wrestler) Former talents *Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for th ...
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America Zarigani
is a Japanese comedy duo formed in 1994 by Tetsuya Yanagihara (born September 1, 1972) and Yoshiyuki Hirai (born March 12, 1973). Appearances * '' Sakiyomi Jan Bang!'' * Shiseido (Uno) * ''Kochikame'' * ''Reborn!'' * Jewel Pet * Natsume Yujincho * YatterMan * ''Tanken Driland is a Japanese mobile game developed by GREE, Inc. A manga adaptation began serialization in ''Jump Square'' in 2012. An anime series by Toei Animation and TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is ...'' * Professor Layton Series External links Official profile {{DEFAULTSORT:America Zarigani Japanese comedy duos 1972 births Living people ...
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Masakatsu Funaki
is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), and Wrestle-1 (W-1). He is also the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations and non-rehearsed shoot wrestling promotions (following five years after the inception of Shooto but predating America's Ultimate Fighting Championship). Funaki was also Pancrase's biggest star; Josh Barnett described him as the "symbol of Japan", Frank Shamrock labeled Funaki "the golden boy" of Pancrase, and Guy Mezger called Funaki "hands down the smartest and most skilled fighter in Pancrase next to Ken Shamrock". Not only the organization's co-founder and most popular fighter, Funaki was also one of Pancrase's most successful fighters to date, scoring submission victories over numerous MMA champions such as Ken Shamrock, Fra ...
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Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ...
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Atsushi Oyagi
(born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino. Career Hailing from Kyoto, he first played at Fushimi Technical High School Rugby Football Club, trained by Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, who currently serves as OB president. After graduating from high school, he went to Doshisha University. Contributing to his university rugby team's victory in the National University Championship with Seiji Hirao while playing for Doshisha University Rugby Football Club. He became the cornerstone of the same three consecutive victories that would be the first in the history. While studying at Doshisha University, he also studied abroad, at the Canterbury College, Christchurch, Canterbury College in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was pleaded by Seiji Hirao to return playing for Doshisha University Rugby Club while coming back fro ...
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Chiemi Hori
, better known as , is a Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer represented by Horipro, and later Shochiku Geino is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and ''tarento''. The agency mainly associates itself with acts and ente .... Her stage name is . Career Chiemi Hori debuted in 1982, when she was only 14 years old. She steadily gained popularity and was tipped to be one of the most recognised idols in 1984 after producing a string of top 5 hits and starring in a few well-received dramas. In the same year, she was selected to perform in the NHK Red and White Song Festival - a prestigious annual year end programme. However, an exhausted Hori eventually got burnt out, forcing her to quit show business in 1987, at the age of only 20. Hori returned in late 1989, but could no longer match her earlier success. From mid 1990s, she began to host TV pr ...
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Shōfukutei Tsurube II
, born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor. Filmography Film *'' Tokyo Heaven'' (1990) *'' Moving'' (1993) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi *'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) - Tetsuro *''Cape Nostalgia'' (2014) - Tani *''What a Wonderful Family!'' (2016) - doctor (cameo) *''Black Widow Business'' (2016) - Funayama *''Gold Medal Man'' (2016) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 2'' (2017) *''Sakura Guardian in the North'' (2018) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 3'' (2018) *'' The Great War of Archimedes'' (2019) - Kiyoshi Ōsato *''Family of Strangers'' (2019) - Hidemaru Kajiki *''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' (2021) - Ken'ichirō Kawakami *''7 Secretaries: The Movie'' (2022) Television drama *''Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen'' (1985–86) - San *''Hissatsu Masshigura!'' (1986) *''Furuhata Ninzaburō'' (Fuji TV, 1994) - Dai Banzuin *''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' (TBS, 2007) - Watanuki *''Hanzawa Naoki'' (TBS, ...
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Kenji Moriwaki
is a Japanese comedian and radio personality. Moriwaki is represented with Shochiku Geino. He graduated from Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School, Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School, Rakuminami High School, and Momoyama Gakuin University. Moriwaki is a resident of Kyoto. In 2010 he became the Special Advisor to Kyoto Miyama High School. Moriwaki is now married and has one son and daughter. Biography During high school Moriwaki held a number of voluntary planning events in the local live house Blow Down in Hirakata. He passed the ''1st Shochiuku Geino Tarento Audition'' during his second year in senior high school. In the 17 March 1984 Moriwaki joins Shochiku Geino and later in June he debuted in a vaudeville show. Later he became an apprentice to Hayato Wakai. In 1988 Moriwaki and Wakai turn into a duo in ''Zamaa Kankan!'' and the Kansai Local programme ''Kenji Moriwaki no Seishun Vegetable'' in the Kinki area. Later in the 1990s he appeared in dramas a ...
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Buruma Konno
Buruma may refer to: * Buruma, Japanese for bloomers, specifically athletic bloomers * , a character in the Japanese comic series ''Dragon Ball'', by Akira Toriyama * Ian Buruma, pen-name of an author on Japanese culture * Buruma (Baucau), a village in East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
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Kintalo
is a Japanese comedian and impressionist (''monomane tarento''). Her real name is . Kintalo is represented with Shochiku Geino. She is left-handed. Kintalo's catchphrase is . Impressions *Ayaka Nishiwaki (Perfume) *Ami Nakashima ( Dream and E-girls) * Namie Amuro * Shizuka Arakawa * Angelina Jolie *Antonio Inoki *Rina Ikoma ( Nogizaka46) *Satomi Ishihara *Tomomi Itano (AKB48) *Midori Ito * Yōsui Inoue * Aya Ueto *Yuko Oshima (AKB48) *Yoko Ono * Rie Kitahara (NGT48) *Ayame Goriki *Haruna Kojima (AKB48) * Miina Tominaga (as Katsuo Isono in '' Sazae-san'') * Etsuko Kozakura (as Jibanyan in '' Yo-kai Watch'') * Haruka Shimazaki (AKB48) * Aya Sugimoto *Nana Suzuki * Serina *Minami Takahashi (AKB48) *Emi Takei *Mitsu Dan *Taylor Swift * Dewi Sukarno *Yoshimi Tendo * Sumiko Shirakawa (as Hiroshi Nakajima in ''Sazae-san'') * Kana Nishino *Kanna Hashimoto ( Rev. from DVL) * Yū Hayami * Kim Hyo-yeon (Girls' Generation) * Atsuko Maeda (AKB48) *Madonna *Minako Inoue (MAX) *Hibari Misora * ...
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Masaru Hamaguchi
is a Japanese comedian and actor. Profile Together with his screen partner, Shinya Arino, Hamaguchi is part of the comic duo, Yoiko. He is well known for his fishing skills learned while doing the variety show ''Ikinari Ougon Densetsu'' jp:いきなり!黄金伝説. Even though he has seasickness, he persevered and managed to catch all the special fish in the region required in the show. And whenever he was about to eat an item of seafood, he would always look up and give thanks for the food needed to sustain his strength. One of his favorite tag lines is "Tottadō!"Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine when he finally attains something. Hamaguchi has been dating Akina Minami, a gravure idol since 2014. They married each other in May, 2018. Yoiko's Minecraft In yoiko's minecraft survival life (jp: よゐこのマイクラでサバイバル生活 hepburn: ''yoikono maikurade sabaibaru seikatsu)'' Hamaguchi's skin was alex and with his partner arino(steve) they both ...
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