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Mari Annu
Mari Annu is a Japanese actress, talent, and singer born in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Her real name is Fukumura Devi (福村デヴィ), nee Wasanti Devi Shesu (ワサンティデヴィ・シェス). She is the president of the Ayurveda Heritage Association and is affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo (吉本興業).…
Tsutsumishita Atsushi
Atsushi Tsutsumishita (堤下 敦, Tsutsumishita Atsushi, born 9 September 1977, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese comedian. He performs tsukkomi in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura. Tsutsumishita is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency. (Source:…
Boya Saburo
Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music. His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was…
Katsura Bunshi VI
Katsura Bunshi VI is a Japanese TV presenter and rakugo artist. His former stage name was Katsura Sanshi. Sanshi received this name from his shisho (master) and one of the celebrated postwar Kamigata Rakugo greats, Katsura Bunshi V. Sanshi's "san" came from, originally, being Bunshi's third deshi (pupil),…
Miyata Yoyo
Miyata Yoyo was a Japanese actor born in Mikawa, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His real name was Iwashita Nobuo (岩下信夫). He graduated from Kumamoto Technical High School in 1929. After working with Miss Wakana's troupe, he became an exclusive performer for Yoshimoto Kogyo in 1938. In 1942, he moved…
Utsumi Toppa
Utsumi Toppa, born Kimura Sadayuki (木村貞行) in Utsumi, Minamiuwa, Ehime, Japan, was a Japanese manzai performer. He was the younger brother of screenwriter Misho Kingo (御荘金吾) and the husband of singer Maeshima Setsuko (前島節子). Toppa graduated from Naniwa Commercial School (浪華商業学校)…
Imamura Genpei
Imamura Genpei was born Onodera Yukio on June 15, 1910 in Kaminarimon, Asakusa, Tokyo (now know Taito, Tokyo). He used a variety of kanji for his stage name during his career. He belonged to Empire Kinema, Shinko Kinema, Yoshimoto Kogyo, and Moulin Rouge Shinjukuza and presided over the Imamurahara…
Shimizu Kinichi
Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…
Matsumoto Jumpei
Matsumoto Junpei is a Japanese producer, director, and screenwriter from Nagasaki Prefecture. He made his directorial debut with "Mada, Ningen" (まだ、人間). He is also a published author, with his first novel being "Planets" (惑星たち), and a producer for the anime "Shadowverse" and "Shadowverse…
Shimizu Kei
Keita Shimizu, born in Uji, Kyoto, Japan, is simply known as Kei Shimizu. He is a Japanese comedian who is represented by the talent agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo. After graduating from Doshisha Kori Junior and Senior High School, he graduated from Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce by going on to internal…
