- an
owarai kombi ("
tsukkomi and boke", or vice versa) that
receives most of the
verbal and
physical abuse from the "smart"
tsukkomi because of the boke's...
-
Tsukkomi-Jime (突込絞) is one of the
twelve constriction techniques of
Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list.
Graphic from http://www.judoinfo.com/techdrw.htm...
- comedy.
Manzai usually involves two
performers (manzaishi)—a
straight man (
tsukkomi) and a
funny man (boke)—trading
jokes at
great speed. Most of the jokes...
- in
sitcoms and
several ****anese
comedy manga,
where they are
known as
tsukkomi.
Prominent sitcom characters illustrating this role
include Jim Halpert...
- 11, 1963 in Naniwa-ku,
Osaka and
raised in Amagasaki, Hyōgo.
Plays the
tsukkomi.
Married to
actress Natsumi Ogawa with two sons. Also
known as "Hama-chan"...
-
traditionally used as part of a
manzai act, in
which the
straight man (
tsukkomi)
smacks the
funny man (boke) in
response to
their jokes or idiocy. The...
-
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 博) Born
September 5, 1978 in Ōra, Gunma.
Plays the
tsukkomi.
Hiroyuki Baba (馬場 裕之) Born
March 22, 1979 in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, ****uoka...
-
nicknamed Hama-chan (浜ちゃん), is a ****anese
comedian best
known as the
tsukkomi half of the
owarai duo
Downtown alongside Hitoshi Matsumoto.
Hamada is...
-
Nobuyuki Hayakawa (早川信行) Born
December 30, 1979 in Ibara, Okayama.
Plays the
tsukkomi. He once used the name Nobu
Koike for a
short period because Miwa Asao...
- Toshiaki) as boke and
Masayasu Wakabayashi (若林 正恭,
Wakabayashi Masayasu) as
tsukkomi,
formed in 2000. The duo won 2nd
place in the M-1
Grand Prix 2008 competition...
