is a Japanese comedy duo (owarai kombi

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...

) consisting of 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...

  and 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...

 . The pair first met in Tama Art University, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. They started out as a konto (conte:comic short plays) group in 1996. They are known in the US as Mac and PC in the Japanese "Get a Mac

Get a Mac

The Get a Mac campaign is a television advertising campaign created for Apple Inc. by TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the company's advertising agency, that ran from 2006 to 2009...

" advertisement. They starred in the "Japanese Tradition" video series directed by Kobayashi (e.g. "sushi", "dogeza"), which was originally made for a Japanese audience. The series has become popular outside Japan via the internet, with some anonymous people making English subtitles for them.