Nyanko Star (にゃんこスター ''Nyanko Suta'') is a Japanese
comedy
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duo (
kombi) consisting of and . They were formed on May 7, 2017, and in rose to fame in October of the same year when they finished second in the televised
''conte'' competition "''King of Conte''". Nyanko Star is employed by
Watanabe Entertainment.
Members
*Super Sansuke (スーパー3助), real name Ryōta Ichizuri (一釣良太) Born May 3, 1983, in
Sasebo, Nagasaki
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. Plays the ''
tsukkomi
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''.
*Angora Sonchō (アンゴラ村長), real name Ayumi Satō (佐藤歩実) Born May 17, 1994, in
Honjō, Saitama
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Geography
Honjō is lo ...
. Plays the ''
boke''. She graduated from
Waseda University and graduation thesis was on
Takeshi Kitano's work.
Representative work
Skits
*Skipping rope: She skips a rope to a popular song by
Ai Otsuka, but right before the climax, she suddenly abandons the rope and begins to dance with a funny face. He gets annoyed by her behavior but quickly finds himself attracted to it.
*Hula hoop: Ditto
*Umbrella: Ditto
Music
*Go-Sign is One Coin (released from
Avex
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):
Collaboration
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with "Café Latte Fountain Park": Angora Sonchou handled the
lyrics
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and
choreography
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.
Teleplay
*''In the living room'' (
TV Tokyo
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)
Critical reaction
Hitoshi Matsumoto said, "I need some hatefulness to comedians and they have a proper amount of it," and Larry Toda has described them as having great potential.
Shinobu Sakagami, an actor starring in "Mysterious Dog Tonton," said that he could not understand what was funny in their performance.
References
External links
Watanabe pro's official HP
Japanese comedy duos
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