'AGT' Season 19: Who are TT Brothers? Manzai group makes skits under Japanese comedy group Chocolate Planet
TOKYO, JAPAN: TT Brothers, a popular Manzai group, is about to take the stage of 'America's Got Talent' Season 19 on July 2. Brothers not by blood are part of a comedy group named Chocolate Pancake.
The TT Brothers are an accomplished manzai pair from Tokyo, Japan. When questioned if they are related, they say that they are "business brothers".
Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo are members of the comic troupe Chocolate Planet. Yoshimoto Kogyo's Tokyo office manages Chocolate Planet, also known as Chokorēto Puranetto, a comedy duo and YouTubers.
This comedy troupe is made up of two graduates from the eleventh class of Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC). Their name is commonly shortened to Choko-pura.
In Japanese, they are known as Owarai Kombi, which is essentially a funny duo.
The majority of Chocolate Planet's performances are funny stories called konto. Typically, Shohei plays the straight man, or Tsukkomi, giving Shun an opportunity to joke, screw up, or act foolishly.
They occasionally do gags in which the roles are muddled, and sometimes they reverse the roles. This duo is renowned for its rhythmic content, impersonations, and manzai performances.
Shun and Shohei both like to mimic other Japanese celebrities. For instance, Shun pretended to be a beautician in 2017 while mimicking the transgender star Ikko from Japan.
In addition, Shohei has received a lot of praise for his imitation of well-known Kyōgen performer Izumi Motoya.
Who is Shohei Osada from 'AGT' Season 19 TT Brothers?
Shohei, who was born on January 28, 1980, in Kyoto, is in charge of developing the majority of this duo's comic content. He graduated from Saga Art Junior College, currently known as Kyoto Saga University of Arts.
His interests include snowboarding, ceramics, motocross racing, and running. He is not only a brilliant vocalist, but also a skilled dancer.
Before becoming a comedian, he taught ceramics in Kyoto. In the 2011 R-1 Grand Prix entertainment event, where he competed as "Osada Shoulder", he went to the semi-finals, and in 2018, he advanced to the finals.
At this point, he became good friends with several members of the comedy duo Panther Mukai.
Despite being married on February 14, 2016, he first kept his marriage a secret at the suggestion of his management.
He made his marriage announcement public on February 14, 2017, the day his son was born. He also provided sporadic voice acting from 2000 to 2021 for NHK's instructional 'Eigo de Asobo with Orton' TV series.
Who is Shun Matsuo from 'AGT' Season 19 TT Brothers?
Born on August 18, 1982, Shun plays both the classic comedic roles of the straight guy and the comic foil. He was born in the town of Hakone in Kanagawa prefecture, roughly one hundred kilometers southwest of Tokyo.
His father is a relative of the former well-known Japanese rock performer Masayuki Tanaka. He enrolled in the Chiyoda College of Technology and Art in 2001.
He had a part-time job at an Odawara-Kamomiya restaurant during that time. In 2003, he also worked briefly at Uniqlo and at a cardboard factory.
Inspired by his favorite hip-hop group, the Nitro Microphone Underground, he performed under the stage name "Matsuo Underground" in the past. The announcement was made on March 18, 2011, that he would be changing his stage name to "Our Holiday".
On May 20, 2018, he shared on Twitter that he was getting married, and on June 22, 2020, he became a father. Basketball, snowboarding, music, soccer, and DJing are some of his pastimes.
'AGT' Season 19 TT Manzai group Brothers won Red Carpet Award for Chocolate Planet
Just prior to their graduation from Yoshimoto New Star Creation School for Entertainers, Shohei and Shun had their first partnership in 2004. On January 16, 2007, Yoshimoto Fandango TV hosted a survival program in which they lived for ten weeks.
They presented a play called Moukifuboku at the Yoshimoto Kogyo Theater in Osaka from April 28, 2009, to May 2. They had a long run of frequent appearances at that venue, but this was their first major combined performance.
Furthermore, they were employed by the same entertainment business as young performers under a unit called "Tokyo Wonder Swan". On November 23, 2010, Chocolate Planet became victorious in the F-1 Grand Prix entertainment competition.
Additionally, on July 28, 2012, the Japanese comedy show 'Bakushou Red Carpet' earned a Red Carpet Award for Chocolate Planet. Since December 28, 2015, they have made several appearances on the television program 'Ariyoshi no Kabe'.
Additionally, on January 14, 2019, they were the first MCs for the Abema TV video broadcast 'Unbiased Reality Show Fetish Koi'. They also served as the MCs for the 'Karei-naru Ichizoku no Maverick' broadcast on Asahi Television on January 31, 2019.
Chocolate Planet has made great use of social media in recent years. Apart from their popular YouTube accounts, they have garnered a substantial number of fans on TikTok and Instagram.
Tune into 'America's Got Talent' on July 2 to catch the TT Brothers in action on NBC at 8 pm ET.
