Oriental Radio (オリエンタルラジオ), also known as Ori Raji (オリラジ), is a Japanese

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duo consisting of Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori under the

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agency,

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. Atsuhiko and Shingo met while working as part-time operators at a vehicle accident reception desk. While attending university, following Atsuhiko, Shingo followed and joined

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. In April 2005, they debuted on their first television show, ''TBS Genseki''. They became famous with their ''Buyūden'' act in 2006. Oriental Radio made it into the semi finals at the 2005

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. Their entertainment agency didn't allow them to participate in the consolation match. They entered M-1 Grand Prix again in 2007, making it to the semi finals again but lost. However, they were able to participate in the consolation match this time, but they didn't win to make it to the finals. Oriental Radio are currently regulars on

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on Fridays. They released their first DVD on March 12, 2008. On December 23, 2015, they released a song "Perfect Human" under the name RADIO FISH. After the performance on the TV program "Engei Grand Slam", it went viral and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard

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and No. 1 on Japanese

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chart. It also gained 71,291,995 views on

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Members

* , born September 27, 1982, in

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* , born March 17, 1983, in

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Filmography

Movies

*''Heidi'' (Voice only) - Atsuhiko as goat, Shingo as butler. *

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(Voice only) * TAXi4 (Voice only) - Atsuhiko as Daniel *'' Tamagotchi: The Movie'' (Voice only) - Atsuhiko as Atchi, Shingo as Shingotchi *''Tsugaru 100 nen Shokudo'' - Atsuhiko as the founder of Ohmori Restaurant, Shingo as the fourth. *''Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival'' (Voice only) - Atsuhiko as Odoren, Shingo as Utaen *'' Saber + Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki'' (Voice only) - Shingo as Revice Equipment

Television

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'' (Voice only, Special Issue) - Shingo as Revice Equipment, Vistamps *''

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'' (Voice only) - Shingo as Chic, Revice/Live/Evil/Jeanne Equipment, Vistamps

Discography

Singles

*STAR (2015) *TONIGHT (2015) *GOOD BYE (2015) *SUMMER TIME (2015) *PARADISE (2015) *PERFECT HUMAN (2015) *WONDERLAND (2016)

Albums

*PERFECT HUMAN (2016)

Awards

References

External links

Oriental Radio official Site

Yoshimoto Kogyo's official profile on Oriental Radio

Fujimori Shingo's BlogNakata Atsuhiko's Blog

Oriental Radio Oriental Radio (オリエンタルラジオ), also known as Ori Raji (オリラジ), is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori under the entertainment agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo. Atsuhiko and Shingo met while worki ...

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