Audrey (owarai)

, is a Japanese owarai comedy duo of as boke and as tsukkomi, formed in 2000. The duo won 2nd place in the M-1 Grand Prix 2008 competition. As of February 2009, the duo belongs to the management company K Dash Stage Co., Ltd.

Biography

Formed under the name of in 2000, Kasuga initially was the ''tsukkomi'' ("straight man") and Wakabayashi the ''boke'' ("funny man"). After almost 6 years of unsuccessful activities, Wakabayashi was one day told by a TV playwright in person that his mate, Kasuga, is as a ''tsukkomi'', and that he had "better look for another mate". When Wakabayashi tried to explain to Kasuga what he had been told, Kasuga "thought he was just joking." Rejecting the idea but swapping their roles instead, they finally started to make first appearances on terrestrial TV broadcasts in 2008. On December 21, 2008, the two made it all the way to the final round of the M-1 Grand Prix of the year from the consolation. After the first session of the final, competed and broadcast live on the same day, they were temporarily in the top position ahead of the other eight duos, but ended up 2nd overall behind NON STYLE.

The manzai performed by Audrey is characterized by Kasuga's trying to shoot ''tsukkomi'' but each time turning out to be terribly off-the-line ''boke'', interrupting Wakabayashi's talks with delayed responses and frequent gags. Wakabayashi, on the other hand, either reacts fast and hard with his ''tsukkomi'' in return, or sometimes just "ignores" him.

In 2009, they were on TV commercials for major global companies such as Toyota Motor, Nintendo and KFC.

Little Toos

On the May 19, 2012 broadcast of ''All Night Nippon'', Wakabayashi decided to call their regular listeners , combining Lady Gaga's fandom name "Little Monsters" and Kasuga's catchphrase, "Toos!" Since then, several Japanese entertainers have proclaimed themselves Little Tooses, such as Hokuto Matsumura, Yugo Kochi, Meru Nukumi, Hikaru Takahashi, and Konoka Matsuda.

Members

;
* Date of Birth: February 9, 1979
* 175 cm 88 kg B101 W83 H98 F28.5 cm
* Birthplace: Tokorozawa, Saitama
* Manzai Role: ''Boke''

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* Date of Birth: September 20, 1978
* 168 cm 60 kg B87 W75 H80 F26.5 cm
* Birthplace: Chūō, Tokyo
* Manzai Role: ''Tsukkomi''
* Writes the material for the unit

Media

TV

Regular
* (ヒルナンデス!) -- Nippon Television (10/5/2011-) *Every Wednesday
* (いきなり! 黄金伝説。) -- TV Asahi (4/15/2010-) *Every Thursday
* (キャンパスナイト･フジ) -- Fuji Television/CX (4/10/2009-)
* (スクール革命!) -- Nippon Television (4/5/2009-)
* (メレンゲの気持ち) -- Nippon Television (4/25/2009-) *Every three weeks
* (ぜんぶウソ) -- Nippon Television (10/3/2009-)
* (森田一義アワー笑っていいとも！) -- Fuji Television (10/9/2009-9/26/2011) *Every Friday
* (オードリーさん、ぜひ会ってほしい人がいるんです。) -- Chūkyō Television Broadcasting (4/8/2012-)
* (AKB_チーム8のブンブン!エイト大放送) -- Nippon Television (1/28/2017-4/1/2017)
*Hiragana Oshi (ひらがな推し) →Hinatazaka de Aimashō（日向坂で会いましょう）-- TV Tokyo (08/4/2018-)

Irregular
* (快盗!!シノビーナ) -- TV Asahi (1/17/2009-)
* (クイズプレゼンバラエティー Qさま!!}) -- TV Asahi

Radio

* (オードリーのシャンプーおじさん) -- Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (4/7/2009-) *Every Tuesday
*All Night Nippon (オールナイトニッポン) -- Nippon Broadcasting System (10/10/2009-) *Every Sunday from 1:00 am

Internet TV

Regular
Sora o Minakya Komaruyo! (そらを見なきゃ困るよ!)
��GyaO Jocky (11/2007-）
Kokuccha! (告っちゃ!)
��GyaO Jocky (5/2007-）
Ainari (あいなり)
��GyaO Jocky (9/2007-10/2007）

��Nikkei Shingaku Navi (3/2008-）

Magazines

*Tokyo Isshukan
*TV Pia

CM

*Nintendo "Nintendo DSi" (2/14/2009-）
*Kaunet (3/2/2009 - ）
*Kentucky Fried Chicken (3/5/2009-)
*Sapporo Brewery "Draft One" (7/2009-)
*DHC "Men's Drug Wax"(9/19/2009-)
*Toyota Motor " Ractis" (10/2009-)
* Benesse Corporation "Shinken Zemi Chugaku koza" (11/2009-)
*Ajinomoto "No Mikata" (11/2009-)

See also

* Owarai
* Manzai

Notes

References

* ''The Asahi Shimbun'', January 25, 2009

External links

K Dash Stage profile

Owarai TV - Audrey

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)