&#8220;Hello~. I&#8217;m Party-chan.&#8221;
Have you ever heard of the unique comedian trio &#8220;Party-chan&#8221; consisting of a charlatan and two gals? As soon as they were formed in April 2009, they started appearing on TV one after another. At the beginning of this year, they appeared in &#8220;Gurunai Omoshiroso: Give the Younger Guys a Chance! Who&#8217;s the breakout comedian of the year? They are attracting attention as comedians who will break out this year.
The appeal of their material is the free-spirited banter of the two gals Nobuko (photo on the right) and Kyonchii Kaneko (photo on the left) and the rude comedy of the flirtatious Sugachan Supreme No. 1 (30). However, contrary to their artistic style, they initially wanted to perform orthodox manzai.
<figure id="attachment_228395" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-228395"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2f9ec428"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/4e58dda15cf6f8c277fb234907acd786.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-228395" class="wp-caption-text">After Hiroyuki Ariyoshi compared them to the &#8220;Yasuda Circus of Japan,&#8221; Suga (center) was called &#8220;Dancho&#8221; by fans.</figcaption></figure>
Kyonchii: &#8220;I wanted to do manzai like &#8216;Ginshari&#8217; and &#8216;Wagyu&#8217;. But Suga-chan told me that what I wanted to do and what I could do were two different things (laughs). I guess my rival is &#8230;&#8230; Michopa.&#8221;
Nobuko: &#8220;I started out as a comedian because I wanted to be a tsukomi like Ryota Yamasato of Nankai Candies, who I saw on M-1, but when I joined my current unit, I was forced to stop being a tsukomi immediately! (laughs). (laughs) These days, I also admire Zakiyama (Hiroya Yamazaki) of &#8220;Untouchable.
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Suga-chan&#8217;s best No.1: &#8220;I used to work for a TV production company, and I was such a useless AD that I would ring the emergency bell in the studio during live broadcasts. But if my mistakes were funny, my bosses would make fun of them and forgive me at drinking parties. I realized that laughter is the most powerful thing, so I formed a duo with my colleagues from the production company at the time. Nobuko and Chonchii were also doing manzai together, but it wasn&#8217;t fucking funny. Twenty years later, after I broke up the duo, we formed a trio by joining them.&#8217;
One of their charms is the gap between their flashy appearance, which tends to attract attention, and their well-crafted material.
Suga: &#8220;I really wanted to do a story with a flirtatious character, but &#8216;EXIT&#8217; came out first. I also wanted to do a sound story, but &#8220;Kitsune&#8221; was sold first, too. But I had always had a yearning for something cool, so I really wanted to do a flirtatious character. When I was in high school, I even applied for the &#8220;Junon Boy&#8221; contest by self-nomination disguised as a recommendation from another person.
In my search for a character, I used the composition of &#8220;Koutei&#8221; as a reference, and created a pose that represented the Yves Saint Laurent logo with my hands and a story that could be done quickly in the flow of conversation. It&#8217;s a way of aiming for a breakthrough in variety shows.
Kyon &#8220;What? But you said you were going to win the award race the other day. &#8230;&#8230;!
Suga: &#8220;Well, wait a minute. Of course, the essence of a comedian is well-crafted, award-winning material. Of course, the essence of being a comedian is well-crafted material that you would perform in an awards show. We are preparing to go to the semifinals this year, with an eye to winning the King of Comedy. It&#8217;s not just about being flirtatious (the three of us pose as Yves Saint-Laurent).
Less than a year has passed since their formation. Less than a year has passed since their formation, and we asked the ambitious group to tell us about their major goals for the future.
Kyon: &#8220;To be an MC for a morning information program. It&#8217;s even cooler when you look like this!
Nobuko: &#8220;I want to be a comedian who never slips up. Nobuko: &#8220;I want to be a comedian who never slips up. I became a comedian to buzz around the entertainment industry. I want to be a great MC!
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Suga: &#8220;Winning awards is a must, isn&#8217;t it? I want to become a leader of the Tokyo comedy scene in the future. I want to create the best world where all comedians can sell!　&#8230;&#8230; It&#8217;s my dream, so I can say whatever I want, right?
We have high expectations for the future of this new Japanese comedian.
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From&#8220; FRIDAY &#8220;February11, 2022 issue

 Shinji Hamasaki

 Hello! I'm Party-chan.
Have you ever heard of the unique comedian trio "Party-chan", consisting of a charlatan and two gals?

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