is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...

''. The agency mainly associates itself with acts and entertainment under the ''

Kamigata Kamigata (上方) was the colloquial term for a region today called Kansai (''kan'', barrier; ''sai'', west) in Japan. This large area encompasses the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The term is used particularly when discussing elements of Edo ...

'' culture.

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America Zarigani is a Japanese comedy duo formed in 1994 by Tetsuya Yanagihara (born September 1, 1972) and Yoshiyuki Hirai (born March 12, 1973). Appearances * '' Sakiyomi Jan Bang!'' * Shiseido (Uno) * ''Kochikame'' * ''Reborn!'' * Jewel Pet * Natsume Yujin ...

(Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai) *

Masuda Okada is a city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on August 1, 1952. As of December 2021, the city has a population of 44,976. As of December 2019, the city has a population of 46,209. As of March 2017, the city has a popula ...

(Hidehiko Masuda, Keisuke Okada) * TKO (Takehiro Kimoto, Takayuki Kinoshita) *

Yasuda Dai Circus is a Japanese comedy trio, consisting of , HIRO, and {{nihongo, Kuro-chan, クロちゃん. The three are much less about traditional skit or story based stand-up humor (which is common in Japanese comedy), choosing instead to focus on physical ...

(Yasuda Dancho, Kuro-chan, HIRO) *

Yoiko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in fifteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

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Masaru Hamaguchi is a Japanese comedian and actor. Profile Together with his screen partner, Shinya Arino, Hamaguchi is part of the comic duo, Yoiko. He is well known for his fishing skills learned while doing the variety show ''Ikinari Ougon Densetsu'' jp ...

, Shinya Arino)

Solo

* Kintalo * Buruma Konno *

Kenji Moriwaki is a Japanese comedian and radio personality. Moriwaki is represented with Shochiku Geino. He graduated from Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School, Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School, Rakuminami High School, and Momoyama ...

* Shōfukutei Tsurube II

Other tarento

Chiemi Hori , better known as , is a Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer represented by Horipro, and later Shochiku Geino is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd a ...

(singer, actress) *

Atsushi Oyagi (born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino. Career Hailing f ...

(former

rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

player) *

Masakatsu Funaki is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), ...

(actor, wrestler)

Former talents

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

(Tomoko Nakajima, Mahomi Matsushima)

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Entertainment companies of Japan Japanese talent agencies Mass media companies established in 1958 1958 establishments in Japan Shochiku