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Passion for Punchlines

Passion for Punchlines

20238.71 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

May 31, 2021—as COVID-19 continued to spread, Masayasu Wakabayashi and Ryota Yamasato were on stage in front of an empty house getting ready for their live stream show. Although they’re from different comedy duos, The Nankai Candies and Audrey, they decided to create Tarinai Futari to perform new jokes about their complexes. Their final show is today.

Created by Taro Imai
Written by Taro Imai
Produced by Hidehiro Kawano
NetworksNippon TVBS-TBS

Top Cast

Kaito Takahashi

Kaito Takahashi

Wakabayashi Masayasu

K

Kazufumi Kojima

Wakabayashi Masayasu (early childhood)

M

Manato Kuwana

Wakabayashi Masayasu (childhood)

Shintaro Morimoto

Shintaro Morimoto

Yamasato Ryota

M

Minato Morita

Yamasato Ryota (early childhood)

S

Suzuki Katsuki

Yamasato Ryota (childhood)

Junki Tozuka

Junki Tozuka

Kasuga Toshiaki

Miu Tomita

Miu Tomita

Yamazaki Shizuyo

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Wakabayashi Naruyoshi

Shoko Ikezu

Shoko Ikezu

Wakabayashi Chie

Themes & Keywords

friendshipbased on true storyslice of lifecoming of ageinsecuritysemi-documentarymanzaihalf-lifeyouthowarai

About Passion for Punchlines

Passion for Punchlines is a drama series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of friendship, based on true story, slice of life, coming of age, insecurity, semi-documentary. Created by Taro Imai, it stars Kaito Takahashi, Kazufumi Kojima, Manato Kuwana. May 31, 2021—as COVID-19 continued to spread, Masayasu Wakabayashi and Ryota Yamasato were on stage in front of an empty house getting ready for their live stream show. Although they’re from different comedy duos, The Nankai Candies and Audrey, they decided to create Tarinai Futari to perform new jokes about their complexes. Their final show is today.

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