Schumacher,” the remarkable comedian of “Got Talent” in the U.S., talks about his “11 years of hardship and glory.
Two Japanese comedians achieved a remarkable feat on “America’s Got Talent,” a popular American audition program in which performers from all over the world compete to win the 150 million yen prize. The classmate duo “Schumacher,” consisting of Yuya Gomi (37) and Ryutaro Nakamura (37), won the “Golden Buzzer,” the judges’ special award. It was the first time in the history of Japanese comedians to accomplish this feat.
Yasumura (43), who is also a member of Anyhow, and their classmate “Chocolate Planet” also participated in the preliminary round of “Got Talent Season 19,” but they received a higher rating than them. By winning the Golden Buzzer, “Schumacher” jumped ahead to the next stage. With the Golden Buzzer, “Schumacher” has jumped ahead to the next stage and is now in line to be crowned the “World’s Greatest Entertainer. When we asked them about their joy at this accomplishment, they revealed a surprising backstory.
Nakamura: I entered the competition thinking it was my last chance, so it is still just a passing phase, but I am relieved to have made it.
Gomi: That program is said to be very strict with comedians, and even if you pass the qualifying round, it is sometimes not aired. So I entered the competition with the goal of first getting on the air. But I was more surprised than happy to see the result.
Nakamura:I think this is a common understanding between the two of us. When we heard from the producer just before the show that Yasumura-san and “Chokopura” were also competing from Japan, we were in despair. I thought, “We have come this far, but in the end, “Chokopura” is going to take all the attention” (laughs).
Gomi: Really. So when the “golden buzzer” sounded, I was most happy that the buzz would somehow come to us.
At the “Got Talent” stage, he had the audience on their feet with his animal imitation tights. He performed a dog, then a zebra, then a unicorn, then a giraffe. When Nakamura completed the giraffe by nuzzling his face into Gomi’s buttocks, the audience erupted in cheers. Nakamura explains the circumstances leading up to his participation in the competition.