This is a list of Japanese comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

s—known in Japanese as お笑い芸人 (owarai geinin), お笑いタレント (owarai tarento), or simply 芸人 (geinin)—and their group names. This page uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense.

For more information on modern Japanese comedy, see owarai

Owarai

is 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...

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Names on this page are listed in English

English language

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 alphabetical order according to family name

Family name

A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...

 or group name, where applicable.

A

• Akai Plutonium 赤いプルトニウム
• Sanma Akashiya
  Sanma Akashiya
  is a Japanese TV comedian and actor simply known as Sanma. His real name is . His talent agency is Yoshimoto Corporation.Together with Beat Takeshi and Tamori, Sanma is said to be one of the "Big Three" tarento of Japan. Sanma's nickname is . He is known for his ability to endlessly carry a...
  
   明石家さんま
• Sayaka Aoki
  Sayaka Aoki (comedian)
  is a Japanese TV star and comedienne from Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture . Both of her parents are primary school teachers. After graduating from Nagoya Gakuin University, she began her comedienne career. One of her co-workers is Hidekazu Nagai.-Career:* Aoki is a daughter of two elementary school...
  
   青木さやか
• Hiroyuki Amano 青野敏行
• Ameagari Kesshitai
  Ameagari Kesshitai
  , also known simply as Ameagari, is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Hiroyuki Miyasako and Tōru Hotohara . They are from Osaka and, like most other comedians from the kansai region, are employed by Yoshimoto Kōgyō....
  
   雨上がり決死隊
• Tōru Hotohara 蛍原徹
• Hiroyuki Miyasako 宮迫博之
• America Zarigani アメリカザリガニ
• Chū Arai 荒井注
• Ari to Kirigirisu アリtoキリギリス
• Masanori Ishi'i 石井正則
• Yoshiyuki Ishizuka 石塚義之
• Hiroiki Ariyoshi 有吉弘行
• Goe Asagoe 浅越ゴエ
• Asakusa Kid 浅草キッド
• Asarido あさりど
• Fumihiro Horiguchi 堀口文宏
• Naru Kawamoto 川本成
• Asian アジアン
• Azusa Babazono 馬場園梓
• Miho Sumida 隅田美保
• Kiyoshi Atsumi
  Kiyoshi Atsumi
  Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor....
  
   渥美清
• Audrey
  Audrey (owarai)
  , is a Japanese owarai duo of as boke and as tsukkomi, formed in 2000. The duo has won 2nd place in the M-1 Grand Prix 2008 competition. As of February 2009, the duo belongs to the management company K Dash Stage Co., Ltd.- Biography :...
  
   オードリー
• Masayasu Wakabayashi 若林正恭
• Toshiaki Kasuga
  Toshiaki Kasuga
  is a Japanese owarai best known as the boke half of a popular owarai duo Audrey　 alongside Masayasu Wakabayashi . He is 176 cm tall and weighs 84 kg according to the Audrey's official website provided by their agency K Dash stage. However, he has been gaining weight lately...
  
   春日俊彰
• Kimimaro Ayanokōji 綾小路 きみまろ
• All Hanshin Kyojin オール阪神・巨人

B

• Bad Boys バッドボーイズ
• Baka Rhythm バカリズム
• Bakushō Mondai
  Bakusho Mondai
  is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Yūji Tanaka and Hikari Ōta under the entertainment agency, Titan Inc. The comedians first met when they were students in the Department of Fine Arts at Nihon University, and they formed Bakushō Mondai in 1988 after dropping out of school...
  
   爆笑問題
• Yūji Tanaka
  Yuji Tanaka
  is a Japanese comedian. He is best known as half of the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai along with Hikari Ōta. He also played Mike in the Japanese dub of the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. and Br'er Fox in the Japanese dub of the Disney movie Song of the South -References:...
  
   田中裕二
• Hikari Ōta
  Hikari Ota
  is a Japanese television comedian.He is most famous as one half of the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai along with Yūji Tanaka, where he acts as the boke.- Unique character :...
  
   太田光
• Bananaman バナナマン
• Osamu Shitara 設楽統
• Yūki Himura 日村勇紀
• B&B
• Batsu-GUN ×-GUN バツグン
• BB Gorō BBゴロー
• B Course Bコース
• Beat Kiyoshi ビートキヨシ
• Beat Takeshi
  Takeshi Kitano
  is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic...
  
   ビートたけし
• Beem ビーム
• Beethoven ヴェートーベン
• Bibiru Ōki ビビる大木
• Bic Smallun ビックスモールン
• Black Piner SOS ブラックパイナーSOS
• Black Mayonnaise ブラックマヨネーズ
• BOOMER
• Borero ぼれろ
• Brothers ブラザース
• Buffalo Gorō バッファロー吾郎
• Akihiro Kimura 木村明浩
• Motohiro Takewaka 竹若元博
• B21 Special B21スペシャル
• Hiromi ヒロミ
• Mister Chin ミスターちん
• David Itō デビット伊東

C

• Canaria カナリア
• Charanporan ちゃらんぽらん
• Kōjin Ōnishi 大西浩仁
• Makoto Tomiyoshi 冨吉真
• Charlie Hama チャーリー浜
• Chīmonchōchū チーモンチョーチュウ
• Chidori 千鳥
• Chihara Kyōdai 千原兄弟
• Seiji Chihara 千原靖史
• Junior Chihara 千原ジュニア
• Chōhan Korokoro 丁半コロコロ
• City Boys シティボーイズ
• Makoto Ōtake 大竹まこと
• Kitarō きたろう
• Shigeru Saiki 斉木しげる
• Choplin チョップリン
• Chō Shinjuku 超新塾
• Koriki Chōshū
  Koriki Choshu
  is a Japanese comedian. He is most famous for his act in which he mocks a famous Japanese professional wrestler Riki Chōshū due to his resemblance...
  
   長州小力
• Cross Punch クロスパンチ
• Conte Aka Shingō コント赤信号
• Takayasu Komiya 小宮孝泰
• Lasa-R Ishii ラサール石井
• Masayuki Watanabe 渡辺正行
• Conte Gojūgo Gō コント55号
• Jirō Sakagami 坂上二郎
• Kin'ichi Hagimoto
  Kinichi Hagimoto
  is a Japanese comedian.He is active as a stage performer, emcee, and manager of the amateur Ibaraki Golden Golds of the Japanese Baseball Association ....
  
   萩本欽一
• Conte Leonard コント・レオナルド
• Conte Yamaguchi-kun and Takeda-kun コント山口君と竹田君
• Comedy No.1 コメディNo.1
• Toshio Sakata 坂田利夫
• Gorō Maeda 前田五郎
• Kazutoyo Koyabu 小籔千豊
• Core コア
• COWCOW
• Crazy Cats クレージーキャッツ
• Cream Stew
  Cream Stew (comedy duo)
  Cream Stew is the name of a Japanese comedy duo, Japanese comedy kombi consisting of two comedians, Shinya Ueda and Teppei Arita . Originally from Kumamoto city, the pair first met in high school when Arita and Ueda found a common interest in pro wrestling...
  
   くりぃむしちゅー
• Teppei Arita 有田哲平
• Shinya Ueda 上田晋也
• Croquette コロッケ
• Hiroshi Takigawa 瀧川 広志
• Cunning
  Cunning (Owarai)
  Cunning was a Japanese comedy duo from Fukuoka Prefecture. Cunning consisted of the pudgy, short-tempered Takanori Takeyama , and the rail-thin Tadayuki Nakashima . Known for his bursts of extreme anger, though said to be much more sedated off-camera, Takeyama is the boke of the unit...
  
   カンニング
• Takanori Takeyama 竹山隆範
• Tadayuki Nakashima 中島忠幸
• Cocorico
  Cocorico
  Cocorico may refer to:* The Brazilian TV program, Cocoricó* The French art magazine, Cocorico * The Puerto Rican soda drink, Coco Rico* A Japanese comedy act, Cocorico...
  
   ココリコ
• Shōzō Endō 遠藤章造
• Naoki Tanaka 田中直樹

D

• Dachō Club ダチョウ倶楽部
• Ryūhei Ueshima 上島竜兵
• Jimon Terakado 寺門ジモン
• Katsuhiro Higo 肥後克広
• Daian ダイアン
• Dainoji ダイノジ
• Hikaru Daita だいたひかる
• Dangerous デンジャラス
• Darling Honey ダーリンハニー
• Tetsurō Degawa
  Tetsuro Degawa
  is a Japanese comedian.- Character :Representative of the so-called "reaction entertainers." In vocational school, he was a classmate of Masato Irie and Utchan Nanchan, the owarai comedy duo.He is known for his thick voice...
  
   出川哲朗
• Dokidoki Camp どきどきキャンプ
• DonDokoDon
• Keiji Hirahata 平畠啓史
• Tomomitsu Yamaguchi 山口智充
• Downtown
  Downtown (owarai)
  is a Japanese comedy duo from Amagasaki, Hyōgo consisting of and . Formed in 1982, they are one of the most influential and prolific kombi in Japan today...
  
   ダウンタウン
• Hitoshi Matsumoto
  Hitoshi Matsumoto
  , or Matchan as he is commonly known, is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada...
  
   松本人志
• Masatoshi Hamada
  Masatoshi Hamada
  is a Japanese comedian best known as the tsukkomi half of the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Hitoshi Matsumoto. His nickname is Hama-chan , and is married to Natsumi Ogawa...
  
   浜田雅功
• Do-yo どーよ
• The Drifters ザ・ドリフターズ
• Dronz Ishimoto ドロンズ石本
• Drunk Dragon ドランクドラゴン
• Duncan ダンカン

E

• Edomurasaki 江戸むらさき
• Egashira 2:50
  Egashira 2:50
  is a Japanese comedian born on July 1, 1965 whose home town is Chiyoda, Saga Prefecture. His nickname is "Ega-chan" .A 2005 Oricon and 2002 - 2008 Nikkei Entertainment! poll named him as the most annoying comedian in Japan because of his obscene and vulgar comedic style...
  
   江頭2:50
• Egumi 笑組
• Elec Comic エレキコミック
• Ichirō Yatsui やついいちろう
• Susumu Imadachi 今立進
• Elephant Jon エレファントジョン
• Energy エネルギー
• Ken'ichi Enomoto 榎本健一

F

• Football Hour
  Football Hour
  Football Hour is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of and , both from Osaka. They are performers for the entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo.- Members :...
  
   フットボールアワー
• Terumoto Gotō 後藤輝基
• Nozomu Iwao 岩尾望
• Akira Fuji'i ふじいあきら
• Takashi Fujii
  Takashi Fujii
  , born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of Matthew's Best Hit TV , born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs...
  
   藤井隆
• FUJIWARA
  Fujiwara (owarai)
  FUJIWARA is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto and Takayuki Haranishi . They are from Osaka and, like most other comedians from the kansai region, are employed by Yoshimoto Kōgyō.- Members :...
  
  
• Takayuki Haranishi 原西孝幸
• Toshifumi Fujimoto 藤本敏史
• Ryō Fukawa
  Ryo Fukawa
  is a Japanese comedian. He belongs to Watanabe Entertainment. On television he generally takes minor roles and is characterized by his child-like temperament and boyish looks. He is also a member of the owarai group, No Plan....
  
   ふかわりょう

G

• Garage Sale ガレッジセール
• Hiroki Kawada 川田広樹
• Gorie
  Gorie
  , better known as ' or ' or ', is a Ryukyuan comedian, variety show host, seiyū, film director, and musician. He often appears in drag as a schoolgirl character. He is member of the owarai group Garage Sale. He has collaborated with Jasmine Ann Allen and Joann Yamazaki and they released 3 singles...
  
   ゴリ
• Garittochū ガリットチュウ
• Yoshinari Fukushima 福島善成
• Takehiro Kumagai 熊谷岳大
• THE GEESE
• Gekidan Hitori 劇団ひとり
• Go-ban Roku-ban 5番6番
• Gokuraku Tombo
  Gokuraku Tombo
  , meaning Heavenly Dragonfly was a manzai comedy duo consisting of and . Members of the Yoshimoto Kogyo entertainment conglomerate, they performed on the Fuji TV variety show Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! Their main act was based on arguing and fighting in public....
  
   極楽とんぼ
• Kōji Katō 加藤浩次
• Kei'ichi Yamamoto 山本圭壱
• Gōkyū 号泣
• Goriken ゴリけん
• Grunge グランジ
• Taka Guadalcanal ガダルカナル・タカ
• Guitar Zamurai
  Yoku Hata
  Yōku Hata is a stand up comedian in Japan. He rose to popularity in 2004 with his character "The Guitar Zamurai " on the program The God of Entertainment . Dressed in a yukata, his skit always follows the same form...
  
   ギター侍 (a.k.a Yōku Hata
  Yoku Hata
  Yōku Hata is a stand up comedian in Japan. He rose to popularity in 2004 with his character "The Guitar Zamurai " on the program The God of Entertainment . Dressed in a yukata, his skit always follows the same form...
  
   波田陽区)
• Ginshari 銀シャリ

H

• Kin'ichi Hagimoto 萩本欽一
• Hallelujah ハレルヤ
• Hamakān ハマカーン
• Achako Hanabishi 花菱アチャコ
• Hanawa
  Hanawa
  (real name is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga city. He plays the bass guitar.He rose to fame in Japan for a comical song about Saga Prefecture and its oddities.-External links:* *...
  
   はなわ
• Hana Engine 鼻エンジン
• Hajime Hana
  Hajime Hana
  was a Japanese actor. He was the leader of the comic jazz band The Crazy Cats, which featured such talent as Hitoshi Ueki and Kei Tani, and which starred in a series of film comedies and in TV variety shows such as "Shabondama Holiday." He won the award for best actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon...
  
   ハナ肇
• Akimasa Haraguchi 原口あきまさ
• Harigane Rock ハリガネロック
• Harisembon ハリセンボン
• Haru Ichi-ban 春一番
• Hawking Aoyama ホーキング青山
• Kikuzo Hayashiya 林家喜久蔵
• Kikuhime Hayashiya 林家きく姫
• Pāko Hayashiya 林家パー子
• Pē Hayashiya 林家ペー
• Sanpei Hayashiya
  Sanpei Hayashiya
  Sanpei Hayashiya was a Japanese Rakugo comedian. His trademark line was "Sō nansu, okusan! " Shozo Hayashiya is his son.-References:...
  
   林家三平
• Shōzō Hayashiya (9th)
  Shozo Hayashiya (9th)
  , formally known as is a Japanese rakugoka, tarento and voice actor. He is an associate professor of humanities at Josai International University. He is the son of Sanpei Hayashiya.-Radio:*Hayashiya Shōzō no Sengaku Banrai...
  
   九代目 林家正蔵
• Kampei Hazama 間寛平
• Hebi Ichigo へびいちご
• Heisei Nobushikobushi 平成ノブシコブシ
• Haro ハロ
• Hello Bye-bye ハローバイバイ
• Hello Keisuke ハローケイスケ
• Kōji Higashino 東野幸治
• Hibiki 響
• Hideyoshi ヒデヨシ
• High Heel ハイヒール
• Hiroshi
  Hiroshi (Owarai)
  , real name , is a Japanese comedian famous for his dismal stand-up act.Originally a member of a kombi called Babies , he started working as a host in Tokyo under the host name Ken Saegami when Babies dissolved...
  
   ヒロシ
• Masami Hisamoto
  Masami Hisamoto
  , is a Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento from Osaka, Hirano Ward, belonging to the Wahaha talent agency. She is also, as of 2007, the head of the fine arts department of Soka Gakkai International...
  
   久本 雅美
• Hokuyō 北陽
• Mihoko Abukawa 虻川美穂子
• Saori Itō 伊藤さおり
• Home Team ホーム・チーム
• Honjamaka ホンジャマカ
• Hidehiko Ishizuka 石塚英彦
• Toshiaki Megumi 恵俊彰
• Hori ホリ
• Hoshi Saint Louis 星セント・ルイス
• Takuya Hoshino 星野卓也
• Hosshan ほっしゃん。
• Hurricanez はりけ～んず

I

• Rakkyo Ide 井手らっきょ
• Hikaru Ijūin 伊集院光
• Chōsuke Ikariya
  Chosuke Ikariya
  was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the Owarai comedy group The Drifters. His nickname was .-1931–1962: Early career:Chōsuke Ikariya was born with the name of on November 1, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. During the war his family moved from their home in Sumida, Tokyo to the countryside...
  
   いかりや長介
• Kōji Imada 今田耕司
• Ima Ikuyo/Kuruyo 今いくよ・くるよ
• Impulse インパルス
• Toshiyuki Itakura 板倉俊之
• Atsushi Tsutsumishita 堤下敦
• Mā Inoue 井上マー
• Tatsuo Inoue 井上竜夫
• Instant Johnson インスタントジョンソン
• Inu ga Nyā to Naita Hi イヌがニャーと泣いた日
• Ishibashi Hazama イシバシハザマ
• Yasushi Ishida 石田靖
• Rusher Itamae ラッシャー板前
• Asako Itō いとうあさこ
• Esper Itō エスパー伊東
• Itsumo Kokokara いつもここから
• Kazunari Yamada 山田一成
• Hidenori Kikuchi 菊地秀規
• Shū Izumi 和泉修
• Izumo no Okuni 出雲阿国

J

• Jalism ジャリズム
• Atsumu Watanabe 渡辺鐘
• Shigenori Yamashita 山下しげのり
• Jelly Beans Collection ジェリービーンズ・コレクション
• Jichō Kachō
  Jicho Kacho
  is a Japanese comedy unit consisting of two , and . Sometimes also known as , they are one of the most popular owarai kombi coming from Yoshimoto Kōgyō in Tokyo. Their name literally means "Vice manager, Section manager", and is a reference to the titles of two visitors at the bar in which they...
  
   次長課長
• Jun'ichi Kōmoto 河本準一
• Satoshi Inoue 井上聡
• Tomonori Jinnai 陣内智則
• Jipangu Jōriku Sakusen ジパング上陸作戦
• Jishaku 磁石
• Jōdans ジョーダンズ
• Junction ジャンクション

K

• Kankara カンカラ
• Kannazuki 神奈月
• Karateka カラテカ
• Karika カリカ
• Kasaihōchiki 火災報知器
• kasumi kaho かすみ果穂
• Tsurutarō Kataoka 片岡鶴太郎
• Cha Katō 加藤茶
• Kunikazu Katsumata 勝俣州和
• Katsumi Sayuri かつみ♥さゆり
• Koeda Katsura 桂小枝
• Sanshi Katsura 桂三枝
• Utamaru Katsura 桂歌丸
• Zakoba Katsura 桂ざこば
• Yasushi Kawabata 川畑泰史
• Kunihiro Kawashima 川島邦裕
• Daidō Kido Color キドカラー大道
• Kigurumi Piero きぐるみピエロ
• Kikaisenshi Shissō Boat 喜界船士 失踪ボ～ト
• Koishi Kimi 喜味こいし
• Killing Sense キリングセンス
• Yūichi Kimura 木村 祐一
• King of Comedy キングオブコメディ
• King Kong キングコング
• Yūta Kajiwara 梶原雄太
• Akihiro Nishino 西野亮廣
• Kirin 麒麟
• Knights ナイツ
• Nobuyuki Hanawa 塙宣之
• Nobuyuki Tsuchiya 土屋伸之
• Kendō Kobayashi ケンドーコバヤシ
• Yoshio Kojima
  Yoshio Kojima
  is a Japanese comedian famous for appearing only in a small bathing suit, during both performances and interviews. Among his well-known catchphrases are Sonna no kankei nee and Oppapī , an abbreviation of "Ocean Pacific Peace",...
  
   小島よしお
• Kokoriko ココリコ
• Shōzō Endō 遠藤章造
• Naoki Tanaka 田中直樹
• Keita Komera 小米良啓太
• Kojima, Yoshio 小島よしお
• Kometsubu Shakyō 米粒写経
• Koumedayū 小梅太夫
• Kukurin きくりん
• Masashi Kumada くまだまさし
• Kazuo Kuwabara 桑原和男
• Kuwabata Ohara クワバタオハラ
• Rie Kuwabata 桑波田理恵
• Seiko Ohara 小原正子
• Nobuyoshi Kuwano
  Nobuyoshi Kuwano
  Nobuyoshi Kuwano is a Japanese television performer, former member of Rats & Star. His nickname is "Kuwa-man" . In Rats & Star, he took charge of the trumpet and vocal...
  
   桑野信義
• Kyaīn キャイ～ン
• Hiroyuki Amano 天野ひろゆき
• Udo Suzuki
  Udo Suzuki
  , also known as Udo, is a Japanese musician and comedian. He used to be a member of the Japanese band UltraCats and is a member of the owarai group .- External links :* - See also :* List of Japanese comedians...
  
   ウド鈴木
• KYAN×KYAN キャン×キャン

L

• Let's Go Sam-biki レッツゴー三匹
• License ライセンス
• London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō
  London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go
  London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō are a Japanese comedy duo that originally performed manzai-style stand-up, but now are mainly known for their TV appearances and as hosts of a handful of off-the-wall variety shows...
  
   ロンドンブーツ1号2号
• Atsushi Tamura 田村淳
• Ryō Tamura 田村亮
• Love Couple ラブカップル

M

• Macha-macha (a.k.a. Maja) まちゃまちゃ (摩邪)
• Ken Maeda 前田健
• Shinji Maggy マギー審司
• Paul Maki ポール牧
• Shinji Maki
  Shinji Maki
  is a Japanese comedian who plays the ukulele.- History :Shinji was born in Meguro, Tokyo on 26 September 1934. His real name is . His appearance in the live vaudevillian show, "Shirouto Yose" featuring amateur entertainers established his career as an independent comedian...
  
   牧伸二
• Masuda Okada ますだおかだ
• Keisuke Okada 岡田圭右
• Hidehiko Masuda 増田英彦
• Kick Matsumoto 松本キック
• Kunihiro Matsumura 松村邦洋
• Bannai Matsuo 松尾伴内
• Messenger メッセンジャー
• Tamotsu Kuroda 黒田 有
• Masakazu Aihara 會原 雅一
• Michael マイケル
• Yasue Michi 未知やすえ
• Kenichi Mikawa
  Kenichi Mikawa
  is a Japanese singer and TV personality, known for his outspoken views and style.Mikawa was born in Suwa, Nagano as . He recorded a number of hit songs as a male enka singer in the 1960s and 1970s. The most well-known of his songs include "Sasoriza no Onna" and "Yanagase Blues"...
  
   美川憲一
• Yaji Minamino 南野やじ
• Mizutama Reppū Tai 水玉れっぷう隊
• Daisuke and Hanako Miyagawa 宮川大助・花子
• Monkikkī モンキッキー
• Mori San-chū 森三中
• Kazuko Kurosawa 黒沢宗子
• Tomoko Murakami 村上知子
• Miyuki Ōshima 大島美幸
• Moriman モリマン
• Hisaya Morishige
  Hisaya Morishige
  was a Japanese actor and comedian. Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, he graduated from what was known under the old education system as Kitano Middle School , and subsequently attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchuria...
  
   森繁久彌
• Moro Moro'oka モロ師岡
• Mr. Bald Mr.ボールド
• Mr. Okure Mr.オクレ
• Shōji Murakami 村上ショージ
• MYMY まいまい
• Miyuki Torī 鳥居みゆき

N

• Yakan Nabe なべやかん
• Hidekazu Nagai 長井秀和
• Pretty Nagashima プリティ長嶋
• Nagare Boshi 流れ星
• Nakagawake 中川家
• Mari Nakajima 中島マリ
• Kōji Nakamoto 仲本工事
• Nakata Kausu Button 中田カウス・ボタン
• Kin'ni-kun Nakayama なかやまきんに君
• Kōta Nakayama 中山功太
• Naname 45° ななめ45°
• Nankai Candies 南海キャンディーズ
• Ryōta Yamasato 山里亮太
• Shizuyo Yamasaki 山崎静代
• Nasu Nakanishi なすなかにし
• Nasubi なすび
• Nego Six ネゴシックス
• Neko Hiroshi 猫ひろし
• Neptune
  Neptune (Owarai)
  is a three-man Japanese conte group consisting of two boke, , and - usually referred to as , and one tsukkomi, . Their trio name comes from the Kinnikuman character, Neptuneman.-History:...
  
   ネプチューン
• Jun Nagura 名倉潤
• Taizō Harada 原田泰造
• Ken Horiuchi 堀内健
• The Newspaper ザ・ニュースペーパー
• Nibun'nogo ニブンノゴ!
• Ni-chō Kenjū 2丁拳銃
• Nickelback ニッケルバック
• Ninety-Nine ナインティナイン
• Takashi Okamura
  Takashi Okamura (comedian)
  is a Japanese comedian and one half of the owarai duo Ninety-nine , playing the "comic stooge" or boke of the group. His nicknames range from "OkatakaLeader" to "Okachan"...
  
   岡村隆史
• Hiroyuki Yabe
  Hiroyuki Yabe
  is a Japanese comedian.He is one of the popular duo Ninety-nine with Takashi Okamura, who are one of Yoshimoto Kogyo's most successful acts. Yabe is considered the straight man in the duo. Yabe also plays Luigi in the Japanese Hot Mario Bros advert campaign.Born in Osaka, Yabe played soccer in his...
  
   矢部浩之
• Kiyoshi Nishikawa 西川きよし
• Norio Nishikawa 西川のりお
• NON STYLE ノンスタイル
• Naoko Nozawa 野沢直子

O

• Takashi Obitani 帯谷孝史
• Ogi Yahagi おぎやはぎ
• Hiroaki Ogi 小木博明
• Ken Yahagi 矢作兼
• Local Oka ローカル岡
• Ijirī Okada イジリー岡田
• Ōkami Shōnen オオカミ少年
• Ōki Kodama Hibiki 大木こだま・ひびき

• Ichirō Ōkuma 大隈いちろう
• Jimmy Ōnishi ジミー大西
• Or Cs オアシズ
• Kayoko Ōkubo 大久保佳代子
• Yasuko Mitsu'ura 光浦靖子
• Oriental Radio
  Oriental Radio
  Oriental Radio , also known as Ori Raji , is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori under the entertainment agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo.Atsuhiko and Shingo met while working as part time operators at a vehicle accident reception desk...
  
   オリエンタルラジオ
• Atsuhiko Nakata 中田敦彦
• Shingo Fujimori 藤森慎吾
• Othello
  Othello (Owarai)
  , is a female Japanese comedy duo who, once famous for their manzai act, are now both popular television talents and appear frequently on Japanese variety shows....
  
   オセロ
• Tomoko Nakajima 中島知子
• Nahomi Matsushima 松嶋尚美
• Oxygen オキシジェン
• Hideo Ōyama 大山英雄

P

• Pa-kkun Ma-kkun パックンマックン
• Pakkun
  Patrick Harlan
  Patrick Harlan is a gaijin tarento, member of the comedy duo Pakkun Makkun, and one of the hosts of the late-night English television show Eigo de Shabera Night in Japan...
  
   パックン
• Makkun マックン
• Patapata Mama パタパタママ
• Patch Work パッチワーク
• Punk Bū Bū パンクブーブー
• Parachute Butai パラシュート部隊
• Peace ピース
• Zenjī Peking ゼンジー北京
• Penalty ペナルティ
• Wacky ワッキー
• Hide ヒデ
• Pink no Denwa ピンクの電話
• Pirates パイレーツ
• The Plan 9 ザ・プラン9
• Plus Minus プラスマイナス
• POISON GIRL BAND
• Pū & Mū プー&ムー
• Puppet Muppet パペットマペット

R

• Rahmens
  Rahmens
  is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Jin Katagiri and Kentarō Kobayashi . The pair first met in Tama Art University, Tokyo. They started out as a konto group in 1996. They are known in the US as Mac and PC in the Japanese "Get a Mac" advertisement. They starred in the "Japanese Tradition"...
  
   ラーメンズ
• Jin Katagiri
  Jin Katagiri
  is a comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Kasukabe High School and Tama Art University. Outside of Japan, he is most well known for playing the PC in the "Get A Mac" advertising campaign in Japan. He is a member of the Rahmens owarai comedy...
  
   片桐仁
• Kentarō Kobayashi
  Kentaro Kobayashi
  is a Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director, and manga artist. Outside of Japan, he is most well known for directing and acting in "" videos , and for playing the Mac in the "Get A Mac" advertising campaign in Japan. He is a member of the Rahmens owarai comedy duo...
  
   小林賢太郎
• Randys ランディーズ
• Razor Ramon
  Razor Ramon
  Razor Ramon may refer to:* Scott Hall, wrestler who performed under the ring name "Razor Ramon" from 1992-1996** Rick Bognar, Canadian wrestler, portrayed Hall's "Razor Ramon" gimmick for a short-lived 1996 revival; also known as "Fake Razor Ramon"...
  
   レイザーラモン
• Hard Gay
  Masaki Sumitani
  is a Japanese comedian, retired professional wrestler and tarento , best known under his performing name of , which he adopted the name from the original wrestler Razor Ramon...
  
   (a.k.a. HG, Masaki Sumitani) レイザーラモンHG (住谷正樹)
• Real Gay (a.k.a. RG, Makoto Izubuchi) レイザーラモンRG (出渕誠)
• Real Kidz りあるキッズ
• Regular レギュラー
• Kōta Matsumoto 松本康太
• Akihiro Nishikawa 西川晃啓
• REM Iro レム色
• Ritton Chōsa-dan リットン調査団
• Robert ロバート
• Ryūji Akiyama 秋山竜次
• Hiroshi Yamamoto 山本博
• Hiroyuki Baba 馬場裕之
• Rocket-dan ロケット団
• Rookie Shin'ichi ルーキー新一
• Rokkotsu Mania Rまにあ
• Route 33 ルート33
• Rozan ロザン

S

• Saburoku Monkeys 360°モンキーズ
• Sakai Kunio Tōru 酒井くにお・とおる
• Frankie Sakai
  Frankie Sakai
  was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician.-Career:From his days at Keio University, Sakai worked as a jazz drummer at American Army camps during the Occupation of Japan, often doing comic routines with his music...
  
   フランキー堺
• Masaaki Sakai
  Masaaki Sakai
  is a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show Monkey.- Biography :...
  
   堺正章
• Jirō Sakagami
  Jirō Sakagami
  was a Japanese comedian, actor, and singer.-Career:Sakagami was born in Kagoshima Prefecture but spent most of his childhood in Manchukuo. Winning an NHK song contest at age 19, he headed to Tokyo to try to make a name in the entertainment business, eventually training as a comedian at the Asakusa...
  
   坂上二郎
• Dandy Sakano
  Dandy Sakano
  Dandy Sakano is a Japanese comedian, best known for his flamboyant clothing and "Gets" catch phrase.A former noodle shop owner, Sakano began his comedy career in 1996...
  
   ダンディ坂野
• Toshio Sakata 坂田利夫
• Sakamoto-chan 坂本ちゃん
• Kazuyuki Sakuma 佐久間一行
• Sakurambo Booby さくらんぼブービー
• Sambyōshi 三拍子
• Sampei 三瓶
• San-yūtei Enraku 三遊亭圓楽
• San-yūtei Rakutarō 三遊亭楽太郎
• Sandwich Man サンドウィッチマン
• Savanna
  Savanna (Owarai)
  Savanna are a Japanese comedy duo consisting of and . Both attended Ritsumeikan University High School and created the manzai team as a joke during their years at Ritsumeikan University, having first met in the school's judo club. They then decided to join Yoshimoto Kogyo as a professional kombi...
  
   サバンナ
• Sayumi Hikari さゆみ・ひかり
• Tsutomu Sekine 関根勤
• Sentaku Basami せんたくばさみ
• Shaka シャカ
• Shampoo Hat シャンプーハット
• Koidemizu 小出水
• Tetsuji てつじ
• Shanghai Doll 上海ドール
• Rie Shibata 柴田理恵
• Ichinosuke Shimada 島田一の介
• Shinsuke Shimada
  Shinsuke Shimada
  is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. In 1991 he directed the film Kaze, Slow Down.-References:...
  
   島田紳助
• Tamayo Shimada 島田珠代
• Yōhichi Shimada 島田洋七
• Jōji Shimaki 島木譲二
• Akira Shimizu 清水 アキラ
• Ken Shimura
  Ken Shimura
  , is a Japanese comedian and actor. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show "Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama"....
  
   志村けん
• Shinagawa Shōji 品川庄司
• Hiroshi Shinagawa 品川祐
• Tomoharu Shōji 庄司智春
• Shio Koshō 塩コショー
• Shizuru しずる
• Shō Hunting 笑ハンティング
• Nikaku Shōfukutei 笑福亭仁鶴
• Shōhei Shōfukutei 笑福亭笑瓶
• Tsurube Shōfukutei 笑福亭鶴瓶
• Atom Shukugawa
  Atom Shukugawa
  is a Japanese comedian from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Hiroyuki Tanaka and the screen name's "Shukugawa" derives from the name of a river running through Nishinomiya...
  
   夙川アトム
• Shōwa Noiru Koiru 昭和のいる・こいる
• Smiley Kikuchi スマイリーキクチ
• Sonomanma Higashi そのまんま東
• Speed Wagon スピードワゴン
• Jun Itoda 井戸田潤
• Kazuhiro Ozawa 小沢一敬
• Streak ストリーク
• Tomu Suetaka 末高斗夢
• Summers
  Summers (Owarai)
  Summers are a Japanese comedy duo under Horipro Inc., a large talent management company in Tokyo. Frequent guests on many Japanese variety and quiz shows, they are probably most famous as guests on the late night conte show, Uchimura Produce...
  
   さまぁ～ず
• Kazuki Ōtake
  Kazuki Otake
  ' , also known as Otake, is Japanese comedian. He is former member of Japanese band UltraCats and current member of owarai group Summers.- References :...
  
   大竹一樹
• Masakazu Mimura 三村マサカズ
• Shinji Suwa すわ親治

T

• Saburō Taihei 大平サブロー
• Shirō Taihei 大平シロー
• Taizō たいぞう
• Taka and Toshi タカアンドトシ
• Junji Takada
  Junji Takada
  , also known by the nicknames , and "TJ", is a Japanese actor and comedian.-External links:*...
  
   高田純次
• Bū Takagi 高木ブー
• Casey Takamine ケーシー高峰
• Takeshi Gundan たけし軍団
• Take2
• Tamori
  Tamori
  is a Japanese celebrity. His real name is and the screenname Tamori is an anagram of his surname. He was born on 22 August 1945 in Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture....
  
   タモリ
• Kei Tani
  Kei Tani
  was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the City Slickers with Frankie Sakai in 1953...
  
   谷啓
• Tanoshingo 楽しんご
• Kenji Tamura たむらけんじ
• Tanaka-Kōsaka 田中上阪
• Yoshie Tanoue 田上よしえ
• Masashi Tashiro
  Masashi Tashiro
  is a former Japanese television performer and the founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor vocalist for Rats & Star, and later on made himself a name as a TV entertainer in Japan...
  
   田代まさし
• Tashiro 32 田代32
• Danshi Tatekawa 立川談志
• Tekken 鉄拳
• Tenshin 天津
• Tent テント
• Tetsu and Tomo
  Tetsu and Tomo
  Tetsu and Tomo are an owarai duo. They have made appearances on variety shows such as Bakushou. Tetsu usually dresses in red and Tomo in blue. Their act has been around since at least 2001, and is generally musical in nature...
  
   テツandトモ
• TIM
  TIM (Owarai)
  TIM is the name of a Japanese comedy unit . The unit consists of Red Yoshida and Golgo Matsumoto . They are most famous for their antics on the owarai show Uchimura Produce, as well as various children's shows such as Tensai Terebikun MAX...
  
  
• Red Yoshida レッド吉田
• Golgo Matsumoto ゴルゴ松本
• Time Machine San-gō タイムマシーン3号
• TKO
• Takehiro Kimoto 木本武宏
• Takayuki Kinoshita 木下隆行
• Tobi'ishi Renkyū 飛石連休
• George Tokoro 所ジョージ
• Tōkyō Dynamite 東京ダイナマイト
• Tōkyō 03 東京03
• Cozy Tomita コージー冨田
• Tommys トミーズ
• Tonny Tani トニー谷
• Tomochika 友近
• Tomoike Nakabayashi 友池中林
• Tomonori Jinnai 陣内智則
• Total Tenbosch トータルテンボス
• The Touch ザ・たっち
• Minoru Torihada
  Minoru Torihada
  Minoru Torihada is a male Japanese comedian who claims to come from Sakhalin. His assumed surname, Torihada means "goosebumps"...
  
   鳥肌実
• Toro Salmon とろサーモン
• Oniyakko Tsubaki 椿鬼奴
• Shirō Tsubuyaki つぶやきシロー
• Shigeo Tsujimoto 辻本茂雄
• Edamame Tsumami つまみ枝豆
• Tunnels
  Tunnels (owarai)
  The are an owarai duo with a long history composed of Tokyo born and . Both of them attended where Ishibashi, the taller of the two, participated in baseball, and Kinashi participated in soccer....
  
   とんねるず
• Takaaki Ishibashi
  Takaaki Ishibashi
  is a Japanese owarai artist, singer and actor.Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, Ishibashi moved to Narimasu, Itabashi after his father's bankruptcy in his first grade at an elementary school. He attended Teikyo Junior & Senor High School and is best known as a member of Tunnels with his partner...
  
   石橋貴明
• Norisuke Kinashi 木梨憲武
• Tutorial チュートリアル
• Tenjikunezumi 天竺鼠

U

• Katsunori Uchiba 内場勝則
• Hitoshi Ueki
  Hitoshi Ueki
  was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting. His film credits stretch from 1960 to 1995.Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana...
  
   植木等
• Kōichi Ukawa 烏川耕一
• Unbalance アンバランス
• Ungirls アンガールズ
• Takushi Tanaka 田中卓志
• Yoshiaki Yamane 山根良顕
• UN JASH アンジャッシュ
• Ken Watabe 渡部建
• Kazuya Kojima 児嶋一哉
• U-ji Kōji U字工事
• Untouchable アンタッチャブル
• Hidetsugu Shibata 柴田英嗣
• Hironari Yamazaki 山崎弘也
• Up-down アップダウン
• Takumi Takemori 竹森巧
• Hiroki Abe 阿部 浩貴
• U-tchan Nan-chan ウッチャンナンチャン
• Teruyoshi Uchimura
  Teruyoshi Uchimura
  , half of the Japanese comedy duo Utchan Nanchan, is one of the most famous and influential comedians in the owarai community. His nickname is Utchan , and his partner, Kiyotaka Nanbara, is known as Nanchan. He was born on July 22, 1964 in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. Though he has worked for years as a...
  
   内村光良
• Kiyotaka Nanbara
  Kiyotaka Nanbara
  is a Japanese comedian known as a member of the manzai duo Utchan Nanchan along with Teruyoshi Uchimura. He is the boke of the two.-Career:...
  
   南原清隆
• Utopia ゆーとぴあ

Y

• Hanako Yamada 山田花子
• Hōsei Yamasaki 山崎邦正
• Passion Yara
  Passion Yara
  is a Japanese comedian. He is perhaps best known for the angry, passionate chest-beating in his comedy routine....
  
   パッション屋良
• Yarusenasu やるせなす
• Yasei Bakudan 野性爆弾
• Yasu-Kiyo やすきよ
• Yasushi Yokoyama 横山やすし
• Kiyoshi Nishikawa 西川きよし
• Shin'nosuke Yasuo 安尾信乃助
• Yasuda Dai Circus
  Yasuda Dai Circus
  is a Japanese comedy trio, consisting of , HIRO, and . The three are much less about traditional skit or story based stand-up humor , choosing instead to focus on physical humor and a loud, boisterous style that resonates with most manzai audiences...
  
   安田大サーカス
• Yoiko
  Yoiko
  is a Japanese comic duo duo from Osaka working for Shōchiku Geinō, the second largest comedy talent agency in Japan following Yoshimoto Kōgyō.Yoiko are known otakus, even appearing on the variety show LINCOLN cosplaying as Char Aznable and Amuro Ray of the Gundam anime series and taking Downtown to...
  
   よゐこ
• Masaru Hamaguchi
  Masaru Hamaguchi
  is a Japanese comedian and actor. People have affectionately given him nicknames i.e. Gucchyon, Hamaguchyon, Hamaguche, Masaru-san, Massaru, etc.- Profile :Together with his screen partner, Shinya Arino, Hamaguchi is part of the comic duo, Yoiko....
  
   濱口優
• Shin'ya Arino 有野晋哉
• Yokoyama Hot Brothers 横山ホットブラザーズ
• Entatsu Yokohama 横浜エンタツ
• Knock Yokoyama
  Knock Yokoyama
  Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese comedian and politician.Born Isamu Yamada in Kobe, he adopted his current stage name while directing the Manga Trio manzai troupe from 1959 to 1968...
  
   横山ノック
• Hiro Yoshida 吉田ヒロ
• Yujiro
• Itoshi Yumeji 夢路いとし
• Yurioka Chō Tokkyū ユリオカ超特Q
• Yūtarō ゆうたろう

See also

• List of Japanese celebrities
• List of Japanese people