Football Hour
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Football Hour is a Japan
ese comedy
duo (kombi) consisting of and , both from Osaka
. They are performers for the entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
duo (kombi) consisting of and , both from Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
. They are performers for the entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate, with its headquarters based in Osaka. It was founded in 1912 as a traditional theatre, and has since grown to be one of the most influential companies in Japan, employing most of Japan's popular owarai talent, producing and promoting the shows they...
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Members
- Terumoto Gotō (後藤 輝基) Born June 18, 1974 in Higashiyodogawa-ku, OsakaHigashiyodogawa-ku, Osakais one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city.The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku is 181,535....
. Plays the tsukkomi.
- Nozomu Iwao (岩尾 望) Born December 19, 1975 in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, OsakaHigashisumiyoshi-ku, Osakais one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Train stations:JR West*Kansai Main Line : Tobu-shijo-mae Station*Higashisumiyoshi-ku is also close to stations on the Hanwa Line, , and in Abeno-ku.Kintetsu...
. Plays the boke. In Yoshimoto Kōgyō's annual "Ugliest Yoshimoto Kōgyō Entertainer" awards, he won first place three years in a row (2002-2004) and has since been ineligible for voting. Iwao himself does not consider himself to be unattractive.
Achievements
- 21st ABC (Asahi Broadcasting CorporationAsahi Broadcasting Corporationis a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...
) OwaraiOwaraiis a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. The word owarai is the honorific form of the word warai, meaning "a laugh" or "a smile". Owarai is most common on Japanese variety shows and the comedians are referred to as owarai geinin or owarai tarento...
Newcomer Grand prix - Best Rookie Award, 2000 - 31st NHKNHKNHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
Kamigata ManzaiManzaiis a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture, which usually involves two performers —a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed...
Contest - Best Rookie Award, 2001 - 32nd NHK Kamigata Manzai Contest - Best Rookie Award, 2002
- 37th Kamigata Manzai Award - Best Rookie Award, 2002
- 31st Kamigata Owarai Award - Best Rookie Award, 2002
- 1st MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting SystemMainichi Broadcasting Systemis a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network , National Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...
, Inc.) The Rising Generation Award - Winner, 2003 - 32nd Kamigata Owarai Award - Topic Award, 2003
- 3rd Autobacs M-1 Grand PrixM-1 Grand Prix, was an annual Manzai competition planned by Shinsuke Shimada and run by Yoshimoto Kogyo. The supporter Asahi Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the final live throughout Japan via All-Nippon News Network in December.-The way to be the Champion:...
- Winner, 2003 - 39th Kamigata Manzai Award - Winner, 2004
- 33rd Kamigata Owarai Award - Best Technique Award, 2004