Kiyotaka Nanbara
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Kiyotaka Nanbara | |||||
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Born | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan | 13 February 1965||||
Occupation | Comedian | ||||
Years active | 1985–present | ||||
Agent | Maseki Geinosha | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 南原 清隆 | ||||
Hiragana | なんばら きよたか | ||||
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Kiyotaka Nanbara (南原清隆, Nanbara Kiyotaka) (born 13 February 1965, in
Career
In 1985, while attending the
He decided to perform with Uchimura as a manzai duo and was given the name "Utchan, Nanchan" by his teacher, Keiko Utsumi. They appeared on The Birth of a Comedian! show (お笑いスター誕生!!). The next year they won the competition and received the "New Duo" award. In 1992 Utchan Nanchan won the Japanese Academy Award for "Best New Actors" for their role in the movie Cult Seven (七人のおたく). In 1999 they crossed the English Channel on their TV show, Utchan Nanchan's Urinari.
Nanbara had his first job as host in the
On the 1998 television program The Real Side of Un'nan (in the episode broadcast on October 28, 1998 on TBS Television), personalities claiming to have experienced the Mariko Aoki phenomenon—including Nanbara, Maako Kido, Seiko Ito and Keisuke Horibe - carried out extensive tests that also featured experts.[2][3][4][5] There was a big response to this broadcast, and the program featured special segments related to this topic on multiple occasions thereafter (such as in the episode broadcast on January 20, 1999).[6]
In 2001 he led the comedy musical group
From 1998 to current day, Nanbara works as a host to the Asahi TV sports show Get Sports, along with former football player Tetsuo Nakanishi.
References
External links
- Kiyotaka Nanbara at IMDb