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Ishibashi Takaaki of the comedy duo Tunnels appears in a web video commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of the confectionery snack, “Ottotto” which was released on March 18th. Ishibashi has been the commercial character for 14 years, and has been doing it since Read More …
Tunnels comedian Ishibashi Takaaki (58) will be appearing on NHK’s “Sunday Sports 2020” on August 30th, his first appearance on NHK in 20 years. The last time Ishibashi had appeared on NHK was for the 2000 NHK “Kohaku Uta Gassen”. The announcement was made on Read More …
If Tunnels comedian Ishibashi Takaaki (58) is testing the waters with YouTube, his experiment is definitely working. Since creating his YouTube channel five days ago, his first video has surpassed two million views, while his second video posted on Monday has received 1.3 million views. Read More …
Yesterday’s announcement was that Tunnels comedian Kinashi Noritake was going to make his solo music debut. Today’s announcement is that Tunnels comedian Ishibashi Takaaki (57) will be forming a new music unit “B Pressure” alongside Yaen’s Hirayama Teruchika and Kannami Norihito and the producer will 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 …