<figure id="attachment_296654" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-296654" style="width: 1690px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5321ebc0"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_181640505.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-296654" class="wp-caption-text">Mitsuyoshi Uchimura of &#8220;UCCHAN NANCHAN&#8221; now reigns as one of the top comedians, but&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 Mitsuyoshi Uchimura of UCCHAN NANCHAN and his junior partner, Nobuyuki Hanawa of Nights, have become the talk of the town for their &#8220;NG&#8221; together.
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 UCCHAN NANCHAN appeared on the February 18 broadcast of &#8220;All Night Nippon 55th Anniversary All Night Nippon 55 Hour Special,&#8221; a special program commemorating the 55th anniversary of Nippon Broadcasting System&#8217;s &#8220;All Night Nippon. Since his ally Tetsuro Izukawa will turn 60 next February, the idea of holding a &#8220;Tetsuro Izukawa Kanreki Celebration in Yokohama&#8221; was floated.
 When it came to selecting the performers, Uchimura said of his junior comedian, &#8220;Knights,&#8221; &#8220;Tsuchiya is fine.
 Tsuchiya is fine. Hanawa is a bit of a co-starring nuisance.
 Hanawa is not a good choice. His partner, Kiyotaka Minamihara, also expressed his opinion, saying, &#8220;You have a co-starring NG?
 This is the first time I&#8217;ve heard that! That&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve heard of it!
 I&#8217;ve never heard that before! Uchimura explained the reason for the NG.
 I wondered about you as a human being when we appeared on the radio the other day. Hanawa and I don&#8217;t get along. 
 I wondered about him as a human being a couple of times.
 But he declined to go into details.
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 When this became a news item on the Internet, social networking sites started to ask
 &#8220;Seriously? 
 &#8220;Surprising! 
 &#8220;NG together in the same office&#8230;
 What is the real story? What is the truth?
 Three days after Uchimura&#8217;s declaration of no collaboration, Hanawa, who was involved in the case, said on a Nippon Broadcasting System (NAB) radio program, &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure. Three days after Uchimura&#8217;s declaration, Hanawa appeared on the Nippon Broadcasting System&#8217;s radio program &#8220;Knights the Radio Show. A comment from Ucchan Nanchan, a senior member of Uchimura&#8217;s group, was introduced.
 It is believed that Uchimura had just finished filming the aforementioned &#8220;All Night Nippon,&#8221; and he deliberately said, &#8220;I would like to ask the two Knights to do me a favor.
 I have a favor to ask of the two Knights&#8230;. Ah! (Not the two, but Tsuchiya.) I have a favor to ask Tsuchiya. I have a favor to ask Tsuchiya.
 He reworded the request. Minamihara was quick to respond, &#8220;What about Hanawa?
 What about Hanawa?&#8221;
 Uchimura replied.
 I&#8217;m sorry, but Hanawa is aware of this. I&#8217;m sorry, but I think Hanawa knows that.
 I&#8217;m sorry, but I&#8217;m sure Hanawa is aware of this.
 Hanawa was disheartened to hear this. Asked about the cause, Hanawa replied.
 I don&#8217;t know! I&#8217;m becoming more and more of a &#8216;Minamihara faction.
 He was once adamant, but then quickly added, &#8220;I can&#8217;t think of any major mistakes!
 I can&#8217;t think of any major problems!
 I can&#8217;t think of any big mistakes I&#8217;ve made!
 This is not the first time we have seen such an exchange between the two. On the June 8, 2009 broadcast of &#8220;Uchimura &amp; Samaaz no Hatsudashi Talk Variety, Laugh Dane 2 Hour SP&#8221; (NTV), Uchimura and Hanawa met and talked about their NGs. Uchimura was not happy that the guest was Knights.
 One of them is a co-starring NG! That&#8217;s strange. Why did they say yes?
 Why did they say yes? Hanawa appeared on stage and addressed Uchimura and his partner, Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, saying
 &#8220;I didn&#8217;t expect to be co-starring with you!
 The whole studio responded, &#8220;You&#8217;re the one! and the whole studio responded, &#8220;You! Again, Uchimura explained the reason for their NG together.
 I told you that we were not going to co-star when we were on the radio. Because you are a bad person. You are a bad human being.
 He was also clear about the reason for the NG.
 A male broadcaster commented on this exchange, saying, &#8220;We have been working together for some reason.
 I&#8217;ve been working with him for some reason or another. That&#8217;s the answer. When Mr. Uchimura saw Hanawa&#8217;s physiognomy, he had a gut feeling that &#8216;this guy is bad.
 (laugh).
 The two also had a light-hearted exchange on the June 1, 2007, broadcast of TBS Radio&#8217;s &#8220;Saturday Wide Radio TOKYO Nights&#8217; Chaki-Chaki-Dai Hoso&#8221; (Saturday Night Radio Tokyo). When the topic of making comedy material came up, Uchimura said, &#8220;I spend about two hours in my living room, concentrating on my work.
 Uchimura said, &#8220;I spend about two hours in the living room, concentrating. And if I can&#8217;t write, I go to bed.
 Tsuchiya replied, &#8220;You don&#8217;t use an office?
 Tsuchiya asked, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you use your office? Tsuchiya asked, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you use the office?
 Hanawa deliberately asked, &#8220;Minamihara-san, you&#8217;re here every day.
 Hanawa deliberately chided, &#8220;You&#8217;re here every day, Minamihara-san.
 Hanawa said, &#8220;Minamihara-san is there every day. Understanding Hanawa&#8217;s intention to imply that Hanawa was &#8220;avoiding&#8221; his partner, Uchimura laughed and said, &#8220;You&#8217;re a real jerk, aren&#8217;t you?
 You&#8217;re a real jerk, you know that? You&#8217;re a real jerk. That&#8217;s why we don&#8217;t get along.
 I don&#8217;t get along with Hanawa. It&#8217;s a human intuition. It&#8217;s a gut feeling.
 Hanawa said. Hanawa is known for making fun of Ucchan Nanchan&#8217;s &#8220;disagreements.
 Uchimura&#8217;s &#8216;Hanawa&#8217;s co-starring nonsense&#8217; is a standard topic of conversation,&#8221; he said. In fact, he doesn&#8217;t really invite me to some shows (laughs). (Laughs.) It&#8217;s a trick that&#8217;s only possible because they are senior and junior in the office.
 It is likely that we will see more of their loving &#8220;NG&#8221; talk in the future&#8230;

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