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is a Japanese comedy duo, referred to as an '' owarai kombi'', consisting of
Jin Katagiri is a comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Kasukabe High School and Tama Art University. Outside Japan, he is most well known for playing the PC (opposite Kentarō Kobayashi who plays the Mac) ...
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Kentarō Kobayashi is a Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director, and manga artist. Outside Japan, he is most well known for directing and acting in "" videos (e.g. ""), and for playing the Mac (opposite Jin Katagiri who plays the PC) in the "Get ...
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Formation

Katagiri and Kobayashi met as students and formed a
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group in 1996 while studying printmaking at
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. They became popular on a national scale after appearing on the
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in 1999. Thereafter, Rahmens generally appeared for live performances on stage rather than on televised programs. Kobayashi reported that he personally was motivated more toward stage performance because the idea of being a TV celebrity was unappealing, and did not want people coming to see him simply because of his TV presence. Of the pair, Kobayashi is generally responsible for scriptwriting and stage direction behind the group's performances. Their last live performance was in June 2009 during their "TOWER" tour.


Notable performances

Rahmens appeared in a regional "
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" ad campaign produced by
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, where Katagiri portrays the PC, and Kobayashi portrays the Mac. These advertisements were similar in some respects to content in ads featuring
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and
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, but some noted subtle differences in the duo's body language and tone from other "Get a Mac" commercials that were intentionally done for the sake of appealing to a Japanese audience, where ads that directly compare brands are generally not well received. Rahmens was also featured in a series of short films called "The Japanese Tradition." The films were directed by
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with screenplay done by Kobayashi. These films were comedic explanations of customs related to various topics such as
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and apologizing.


Performances

* First performance, "Hakoshiki ox Type in 1998Kamiyama, A & Yamada, N.(2009). A study on relationship between sketch comedy and laughter : case study: the sketch comedy of Rahmens onto to warai no kankei ni tsuite no kousatsu: Rahmens no konto wo daizai ni site Toyama University Journal of the Faculty of Human Development and Science, 3(2), 177-187. https://toyama.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=713&file_id=18&file_no=2 * Second performance, "Hakoshiki Dainisyu econd Box Type in 1998 * Third performance, "Hakoyo Saraba. oodbye Box Type in 1999 * Forth performance, "Kanzen Rippoutai~PERFECT CUBE~ erfect Cube in 1999 * Fifth performance, "home" in 2000 * Sixth performance, "FLAT" in 2000 * Seventh performance, "news" in 2001 * Eighth performance, "Tsubaki amellia in 2001 * Ninth performance, "Kujira
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in 2001 * Special performance, "Zero no Hakoshiki ox Type of Zero in 2001 * Tenth performance, "Suzume parrow in 2002 * Very special performance, "RMS1" in 2002 * Eleventh performance, "CHERRY BLOSSOM FRONT 345" in 2002 * Twelfth performance, "ATOM" in 2003 * Thirteenth performance, "CLASSIC" in 2005 * Fourteenth performance, "STUDY" in 2005 * Fifteenth performance, "Arisu
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in 2007 * "RAHEMENS PRESENTS 'GOLDEN BALLS LIVE'" in 2007 * Sixteenth performance, "TEXT" in 2007 Throughout all the performances, Kobayashi wrote and directed the script. For each performance, they performed six to ten skits for about an hour and a half. Their skits are considered to be exited in between comedy and theater, different from a complete comedy or a complete theater. The characteristics of their skits include repeating words with the same sound but different meanings, each focusing on sound or meaning, making use of the audience's understanding of the setting of the skit, and changing individual characters and their way of performing. Their skits are made up of various elements, which create synergies and exist.Ida, K. (2013). Methodology of Laughter: Kentaro Kobayashi Research arai no houhouron: Kobayashi Kentaro kenkyuu Expressive Culture, 7,108-134. https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/il/meta_pub/G0000438repository_111E0000020-7-7


References

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