is a Japanese

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headquartered in

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. It was founded in 1993 and focuses on talent management for

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, musical artists and ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...

'' alongside its subsidiary . The main K Dash agency consists of mainly actors and tarento while K Dash Stage emphasizes on managing comedians, variety tarento and theater production. The current CEO, Hideo Matsuda was formerly the manager of veteran comedian

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 Masaaki Sakai is a Japanese actor, singer and martial artist. Born the son of , a famous come ...

Notable talents

K Dash

Tsuyoshi Ihara is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent. Biography Ihara, a third-generation Zainichi Korean by birth, was born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu () to second-generation Zainichi Koreans and grew up i ...

Katsunori Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, K-Dash. Filmography Films TV series Video games Awards and nominations References External links * Official profile Japanese male actors Japanese male si ...

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Yoko Minamino , also known as Nanno (ナンノ), is a Japanese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Saki Asamiya in the second season of the live action ''Sukeban Deka'' television series. Though currently independent, Minamino was previously unde ...

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(Business alliance)

K Dash Stage

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Masayasu Wakabayashi is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, and author. He performs ''tsukkomi'' in the comedy duo Audrey. His partner is Toshiaki Kasuga. He is represented with K Dash Stage. He has a sister who is two years older than him. Wakabayas ...

Toshiaki Kasuga is a Japanese comedian best known as the '' boke'' half of the comedy duo Audrey alongside Masayasu Wakabayashi. On stage, he usually wears a pink vest and white pants. Aside from comedy, he is also known for his participation in sporting event ...

) *Tom Brown (Hiroki Nunokawa, Michio) *

Hi-Hi Hi-Hi is a Japanese comedy (manzai) duo ''( kombi)'' from Saitama prefecture consisting of as boke and as tsukkomi under the entertainment agency, K Dash Stage. Formed in 1998, they are best known for their stand-up acts and TV ''tarento'' ac ...

(Kojiro Ueda, Kazunori Iwasaki) *

Hanawa is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga City. He began his career in 1997 going throughout the 2000s distinguishing himself by use of his bass guitar throughout comedy acts. He rose to fame in Japan during 2003 for a comical song abou ...

*Hamakan (Kenji Hamatani, Shinichiro Kanda) *Akimasa Haraguchi * Suzanne *

Mika Hagi is the 2007 winner of the Miss Nippon contest selected out of 3000 girls held by a diet gym company. The 2007 was her 3rd challenge. She graduated from Mie University in Mie Prefecture. She moved to Tokyo to graduate the graduate school at Rikky ...

Masafumi Akikawa is a Japanese people, Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop. He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast. Biography His single (released 24 M ...

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External links

K Dash Official website

K Dash Stage Official website
Talent agencies based in Tokyo Mass media companies established in 1993 Mass media companies based in Tokyo Entertainment companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 1993 Japanese talent agencies