Heisei Nobushi Kobushi
Heisei Nobushi Kobushi (平成ノブシコブシ, Heisei Nobushi Kobushi) is a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Takashi Yoshimura (吉村崇) and Kenta Tokui (徳井健太) who have performed in a number of television shows. They are employed by Yoshimoto Kogyo and are mostly active in Tokyo.
Heisei Nobushi Kobushi | |
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Pseudonym | ex-name: Kobushi to Zangi (コブシトザンギ) |
Native name | Heisei Nobushi Kobushi (平成ノブシコブシ) |
Years active | 2000– |
Employer | Yoshimoto Kōgyō |
Genres | Manzai |
Members | |
Members
- Takashi Yoshimura (吉村崇) Born September 16, 1980 in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.[1] Plays the boke. Graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Teine High School.[2] The main writer of the unit's material is Yoshimura for both manzai and conte.
- Kenta Tokui (徳井健太) Born July 9, 1980 in Chiba,[3] raised in Betsukai, Nemuro, Hokkaido.[1] Plays the tsukkomi. Graduated from Hokkaido Betsukai High School.[2] After divorcing his previous wife, Shūkan Bunshun reported in June 2022 that Tokui married musician and model Ena Fujita earlier that spring.[4]
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, Peace, and Ishibashi Hazama called La Golisters on the variety program Toryumon F.[5] 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 Koji Imada 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
- "平成ノブシコブシ プロフィール|吉本興業株式会社". profile.yoshimoto.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- "土曜プレミアム|2011-02-12(土)放送 TVでた蔵". TVでた蔵. WireAction Inc. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- "「破天荒を超えた存在」ノブコブ吉村が相方徳井を評価". お笑いナタリー. Natalie. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- "ノブコブ徳井健太(41)の再婚相手は「今、一番脱げるシンガーソングライター」(31)だった". Shūkan Bunshun (in Japanese). 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- "ラ★ゴリスターズとは?". ラ★ゴリスターズオフィシャルHP. Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
External links
- Official Profile at Yoshimoto
- Yoshimura (@hnkyoshimura) - Twitter
- Tokui (@nagomigozen) - Twitter