Saturday, 17 September 2011

Cosplay Bus tour Series

The bus series usually includes the main cast plus some of the producers or guests cosplaying or dressing up in drag and playing mini games in a bus going around popular Tokyo locations.

Kiki Series

Kiki series is part from Gaki no Tsukai project,in Kiki Series usually 5 members of Gaki no Tsukai always play there. There are 28 different episodes in Kiki Series.



Batsu Game

A Batsu game (罰ゲーム, batsu gēmu), meaning "penalty game", is a common element in Japanese owarai stage comedy and variety shows. The name comes from batsu (罰, batsu), meaning both "punishment" and "X", as in an incorrect answer.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Dynamite Shikoku

Dynamite Shikoku's wrestling matches (Dynamite being a character played by Endō). During the "No Laughing" batsu games, he says his name over and over in different variations (sometimes singing it) while the cast try to sleep. ("Kon'ya ga yama da" means "Tonight is crucial" in Japanese, but Yamada intentionally mispronounces, breaks up, or makes strange mutations of the phrase, such as "Hon'ya ga yama da", translated as "The Bookstore is crucial", etc.).

Ayako Nishikawa

Ayako Nishikawa (西川 史子 or にしかわあやこ Nishikawa Ayako, 5 April 1971) is a Japanese female TV star as a tarento and comedienne and a cosmetic surgeon. She is unusual in Japan in that she is willing to appear on television, as professional doctors generally show some hesitancy to appear.

Chiaki

Chiaki (千秋?), Full name Chiaki Fujimoto (藤本 千秋 Fujimoto Chiaki, born October 26, 1971), is a Japanese tarento whose career ranges from singing, baby clothes designing, to voice-acting etc.

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Yamasaki Hosei

Hōsei Yamasaki (山崎 邦正 Yamasaki Hōsei) is a Japanese solo comedian and a member of Yoshimoto Kogyo’s extensive owarai lineup. He is best known for being one of the five members (and the only solo comedian) of Downtown Gaki no Tsukai’s regular cast. His role on the show is usually divided up between the suberi-kyara and the ijime-kyara. He plays the piano in his spare time, and his musical talent has been the focus of the Yamasaki Producer series wherein he composes pieces and has the other members perform them.
Outside of Gaki no Tsukai, he has released two books, a CD single of his signature "Yamazaki Ichi-ban!" song, and has appeared in several Yoshimoto Kogyo compilations and DVD releases. Yamasaki also works on radio station.

About Cocorico

Cocorico (ココリコ Kokoriko), also romanized as Coq au Rico, is a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Shōzō Endō (遠藤 章造 Endō Shōzō) and Naoki Tanaka (田中 直樹 Tanaka Naoki). They are best known for making up the cast of the popular and long-running variety show, Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!.
It is unclear whether Cocorico or Coq au Rico is the official romanization when referring to the kombi. While "cocorico" is the correct French spelling, their namesake spells it "coq au rico." The former is the romanization most often used in the English-speaking fandom

Members

  • Shōzō Endō Born July 13, 1971 in Toyonaka, Osaka. Plays the tsukkomi. Married tarento Chiaki in 2002, but divorced in late 2007. Has one daughter, Iroha, born in 2003. Friends with Naoki Tanaka.
  • Naoki Tanaka Born April 26, 1971 in Toyonaka, Osaka. Plays the boke but is the leader, and writes all of their material. Married actress Shie Kohinata in 2003 and has two sons, born in 2004 and 2008.
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History


Saturday, 10 September 2011

About Downtown

 Downtown (ダウンタウン) is a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) from Amagasaki, Hyōgo consisting of Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本 人志) and Masatoshi Hamada (浜田 雅功). Formed in 1983, they are one of the most influential and prolific kombi in Japan today.[1] They are best known for their stand-up acts, hosting numerous Japanese variety shows (such as Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! and Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ) and their sarcastic, short-tempered stage personas.
As a result of their massive popularity and the relative domination of their employer, Yoshimoto Kōgyō, the Kansai dialect (in which both performers usually speak) has come to be associated with Japanese comedy (owarai) as a whole.

1.Members
Masatoshi Hamada (浜田 雅功)
Born May 11, 1963 in Naniwa-ku, Osaka and raised in Amagasaki, Hyōgo. Plays the tsukkomi. Married to actress Natsumi Ogawa with two sons. Also known as "Hama-chan" (浜ちゃん). His quick temper, displays of schadenfreude, and tendency to whap people on their heads are notorious in the owarai world. He is often described as "sadistic". Was referred to as Hama-chon by Matsumoto earlier in his career.
Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本 人志)
Born September 8, 1963 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo. Plays the boke. Also known as "Matchan" (松ちゃん). Absurdism, sarcasm, and a blunt, ill-tempered persona make up his comedic style. Deadpan is his forté, but he can slip into exaggerated reactions as well. He is the "M" or masochistic of the duo and was referred to as Mattsun by Hamada while they were young. 
2.Background




1.What is "Downtown Gaki no Tsukai"?

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!! Dauntaun no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, lit. "Downtown's 'This is no task for kids!!'") is a Japanese variety show hosted by the popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown. This TV program began broadcasting on October 3, 1989, and is a popular comedy show in Japan.

2.Cast

-Regular cast

  • Downtown Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本人志 Matsumoto Hitoshi) and Masatoshi Hamada (浜田雅功 Hamada Masatoshi))
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  • Hōsei Yamasaki (山崎邦正 Yamasaki Hōsei) - He has been part of the regular cast since 1995.
  • Cocorico Naoki Tanaka (田中直樹 Tanaka Naoki) and Shōzō Endō (遠藤章造 Endō Shōzō)) - They have been part of the regular cast since 1997.

-Former Regular Cast

  • Jimmy Ōnishi (ジミー 大西) - He left the regular cast in 1996 to pursue a painting career. He has subsequently made several appearances in parody instructional videos that are used in the "No-Laughing" batsu games since 2005 until the latest batsu in 2010. In the videos, he either says or does things that are inane/off-the-wall, usually repeatedly, in an attempt to make the cast laugh.

-Semi-regular Cast

  • Kenji Suga (菅 賢治 Suga Kenji) - Chief producer. He often appears in fake posters in the batsu games (see below), and cosplaying.
  • Toshihide Saitō (斉藤 敏豪 Saitō Toshihide) - Set design, assistant director. Usually referred to by his nickname, Heipō (ヘイポー). Several sketches and games are based on his inability to stomach scary things (however silly they may be) and his perverted nature.
  • Hiroshi Fujiwara (藤原 寛 Fujiwara Hiroshi) - Downtown's former manager. He is often seen cosplaying as a female character during batsu games, where he meets up with the cast and guides them through the game. During those batsu games he often makes them laugh by displaying complete incompetence in serious matters and inability to complete a coherent sentence, speaking with a ton of stuttering.
  • Ameagari Kesshitai (Hiroyuki Miyasako (宮迫博之 Miyasako Hiroyuki) and Tōru Hotohara(蛍原徹 Hotohara Tōru)) - A comedy duo that has occasionally joined the regular cast.
  • License (Kazuhiro Fujiwara (藤原一裕 Fujiwara Kazuhiro) and Takafumi Inomoto (井本貴史 Inomoto Takafumi)) - A comedy duo that works at the show and has occasionally joined the regular cast. Fujiwara is also known as "Vacuum Fujiwara" because of his eating ability, which is used as a running gag in some skits.
  • Itsuji Itao (板尾創路 Itao Itsuji) - A member of the comedy duo 130R and former cast member of Downtown's Gottsu Ee Kanji. Usually appears in batsu games.
  • Shōhei Shōfukutei (笑福亭笑瓶 Shōfukutei Shōhei) - A rakugo artist. He is also known for the ショウヘイヘイ!(Shōhei-Hey!) phrase said in the police batsu game.
  • Shoji Murakami
  • Moriman
  • Piccadilly Umeda
  • Egashira 2:50

-Other Cast