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Ishibashi Takaaki (63) of the comedy duo Tunnels updated his YouTube channel on the 3rd. He announced that he had esophageal cancer. Ishibashi said, “I, Ishibashi Takaaki, have an announcement for you,” and confessed, “I haven’t been feeling well since last fall. The cancer is Read More …
For those outside of Japan may find the films just to cheesy or corny, but if you are open to Japanese manzai and can enjoy the humor of Ishibashi and and Kinashi, you may find “Ultraman Zearth” much better than expected. Click here to purchase Read More …
Comedian and Tunnels member Kinashi Noritake (57) will be making his solo debut in his long career. While the comedian has released hit songs as part of Tunnels, this is his first time going solo and his full-length music video of “GG STAND UP!!” feat. Read More …
Comedian and Tunnels member Kinashi Noritake(57) will be making his solo debut in his long career. While the comedian has released hit songs as part of Tunnels, this is his first time going solo. The announcement was made on September 14th at Kishidan Banpaku (which Read More …
We reported last month about the Instagram project that comedian and Tunnels member Kinashi Noritake is doing. Kinashi has posted a series of photos on Instagram of him taking various jobs throughout Japan, may he be a florist, a waitress, a baker, an electrician, a Read More …
Popular TUNNELS comedian Kinashi Noritake is doing something fun and entertaining with his Instagram posts. It first began with an Instagram post on May 25th that he is going away for awhile: View this post on Instagram 答えは15の逃げ馬ではなく1の逃げ馬でした。 #しばらく旅に出ます。 #探さないでください。 #万が一僕を見つけた人はそっと2000円貸して下さい。 A post Read More …
Tunnels (which consists of Ishibashi Takaaki and Kinashi Noritake) is one of Japan’s most, if not, most successful comedy groups. For over 30-years, the group have entertained millions of people on television. And they have a loyal fan base and fan club. It was announced Read More …
One of the longest running Japanese comedy duos is Tunnels which consists of Kinoshita Noritake and Ishibashi Takaaki. The duo were made popular thanks to their comedy variety show “Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita” and at one time 30% of Japanese viewers around Read More …