Minoru Torihada
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Minoru Torihada (鳥肌実 ''Torihada Minoru'') is a male
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
ese comedian who claims to come from
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. His assumed surname, Torihada means "goosebumps" ("tori" meaning "
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" or class
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, "hada" meaning "
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). He has an
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channel called "Torijajiira Hōsō" (トリジャジーラ放送, or Torijazeera Broadcast), a parody of
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.


Biography

The central concept of his act is that Torihada claims to be an extreme right-winger and a supporter of imperialism and militarism. According to essayist Mike Rogers writing in 2005, he was "the first Japanese comedian to venture into taboo subjects like the
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and make a mockery of
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Filmography


Bibliography

*''廃人玉砕''


Discography

*''Tourism (トリズム)'' (2004) *''鳥肌黙示録'' (2001) *''鳥肌実'' (2001)


References


External links


Official website (in Japanese)
Torihada, Minoru Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Owarai-stub