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duo ( kombi) consisting of and who have performed in a number of television shows. They are employed by

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and are mostly active in

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Members

* Takashi Yoshimura (吉村崇) Born September 16, 1980 in

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. Plays the '' boke''. Graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Teine High School. The main writer of the unit's material is Yoshimura for both ''

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'' and ''

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''. * Kenta Tokui (徳井健太) Born July 9, 1980 in Chiba, raised in Betsukai, Nemuro, Hokkaido. Plays the ''

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''. Graduated from Hokkaido Betsukai High School. After divorcing his previous wife, ''

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'' reported in June 2022 that Tokui married musician and model

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earlier that spring.

History

In the 5th generation class of Yoshimoto New Star Creation, Yoshimura and Tokui formed the '' kombi'' in 2000. Before their formation, Yoshimura had already been in 7 different units before and Tokui had been in 4, all of which were dissolved. In 2005, Heisei Nobushi Kobushi formed an informal comedy group with Hiking Walking,

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, and Ishibashi Hazama called ''La Golisters'' on the variety program ''Toryumon F''. Activities of ''La Golisters'' were infrequent as the group has not been active since 2010. Heisei Nobushi Kobushi had a breakthrough in 2006 in the TV program ''Yarisugi Koji'' hosted by

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and Koji Higashino. Yoshimura's armpit '' neta'' gag was a huge success and brought the unit to popularity. In July of the same year, their personal live show at the ''LUMINE the Yoshimoto'' theater sold out in the first 5 minutes (around 500 tickets), the fastest in the theater's history. Yoshimura in particular rose to popularity and is one of the most active comedians in television as of 2019. Tokui did not gain the same amount of traction as Yoshimura, and the unit gets more work as separate talents than together.

References

External links

Official Profile at Yoshimoto

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