Cream Stew (くりぃむしちゅー) is the name of a Japanese

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kombi consisting of two comedians, Shinya Ueda (上田晋也) and Teppei Arita (有田哲平). Originally from

Kumamoto city is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ...

, the pair first met in

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when Arita and Ueda found a common interest in

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. Both of them attended Waseda and Rikkyo Universities, but dropped out to pursue comedy. More than 15 years later, Ueda and Arita are popular personalities on

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, and can be seen performing daily, often on multiple shows in one day, sometimes on different

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simultaneously. As with many Japanese ''kombi'', one of the comedians is referred to as the boke, and the other the

tsukkomi The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) are related to ''owarai'' (Japanese comedy). Many of these terms may be used in areas of Japanese culture beyond comedy, including television and radio, music. Some have b ...

. As the ''boke'', Arita is loud and prone to strange comments, while Ueda (sometimes called ''tempa'', see note) is the more reasonable of the two, often criticizing Arita's remarks while setting up further jokes and often providing Arita with a one-man audience (even when nobody else is laughing). Ueda also distinguishes himself from most tsukkomi as the king of unchiku (うんちく), or the ability to lecture on about something that the speaker's audience really has no interest in whatsoever.

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Cream Stew are currently listed as regulars on the following programs: *くりぃむナントカ (Cream Something, ''Kuriimu Nantoka'') on

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*痛快!明石家電視台 ( Akashiya TV) on

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*ドリームビジョン (Dream Vision) on

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*ズバリ言うわよ! (I'm gonna say it straight!, ''Zubari iu wa yo!'') on TBS *知ってみて得するバラエティシルシルミシル (The Variety Show to Know, Watch and be useful ''Shirushiru Mishiru'') on

*タカトシ×くりぃむのペケ×ポン ( Takatoshi×Cream's Pekepon) on

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*銭形金太郎 (''Zenigata Kintarō'') on

　 *世界一受けたい授業 (The most useful class in the world, ''Sekai Ichi Uketai Jugyō'') on

　 *おしゃれイズム (Style-ism, ''Oshare-izumu'') on

(Ueda) *しゃべくり007 (Seven men who like talking, ''Shabekuri-seven'') on

*キャッシュキャブ (

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) on

*くりぃむクイズミラクル9 (Cream Quiz Miracle 9) on

Notes

天パ (''tempa'', from the word-phrase 天然パーマ, ''ten'nen paama'', meaning 'natural perm') is a nickname given to many Japanese (usually males) who are born with naturally curly hair.

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External links

Cream Stew Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cream Stew Japanese comedy duos People from Kumamoto Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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