Tobi (host)

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686 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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Unpacking Japan · What Japanese comedy school is REALLY like · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

You're no longer in school.

You're a signed combi.

Does it mean you suddenly have like regular TV appearances?

You go on shows.

What exactly does it mean to be signed?

and you said you gave up on kanji yo you should see my my notebook man it's it's romaji it's it's alphabets but in japanese one bit per month and for all these shows and performances and you get sent to all these auditions and hopefully basically some tv show picks you up for this or that and that's how you kind of go up the ranks of manzai little by little it's it's yeah it's

When we talked to Nick.

Oh, Nick, yeah.

He said, and I'm paraphrasing here, something along the lines of the goal of Manzai is to stop doing Manzai.

In a sense that you want to go that far up that you get picked up for commercials and such, but that you don't have to do this grind of doing those monthly shows, all the small performances, all the auditions, but that you kind of get so far on top of that ladder from N1 that you can make a living from all the things that are around it and don't have to do that.

Would you agree with that?

So you wanted to make it to the quarterfinals of M1.

How far did you make it?

I'm not a funny person.

I don't think I will have the humor it takes to make it anywhere close to.

Nah, man.

Maybe I have to go to Watanabe Comedy School first and learn the rules.

Yeah, I need a chef.

You're good to go, man.

I'll be the bouquet, maybe.

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