Editor's Note: 1 (2:04) - The M-1 Grand Prix is a manzai competition (Manzai-1).

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-1_Grand_Prix#

• EN: 2 (4:58) - The comedy duo, New York, consists of Yashiki Hiromasa and Shimasa Kazuya.

Article of them gaining popularity - https://en.friday.news/article/1945

A short intro by them - https://www.facebook.com/japanparadenyc/videos/a-special-message-from-japanese-comedy-duo-new-york/276473127540186/

Shimasa Kazuya MyDramaList - https://mydramalist.com/people/111435-shimasa-kazuya

Yashiki Hiromasa MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/111433-yashiki-hiromasa

Their wiki - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF_(%E3%81%8A%E7%AC%91%E3%81%84%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93)

• EN: 3 (5:12) - King of Conte is a skit competition hosted by Downtown, but more generally by Hamada Masatoshi.

Wiki - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88

• EN: 4 (7:25) - The comedy duo, West Land, consists of Iguchi Hiroyuki and Kohmoto Futoshi.

Article of their victory in M1 2022 - https://en.friday.news/article/13277

Another article of their victory - https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221219/p2a/00m/0et/012000c

Iguchi Hiroyuki MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/118847-iguchi-hiroyuki

• EN: 5 (9:39) - The comedy duo, EXIT, consists of Rintaro and Daiki Kanechika.

Wiki of the duo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXIT_(owarai)

Rintaro's Asian Wiki - https://asianwiki.com/Rintaro_(EXIT)

Daiki's MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/108923-kanechika-daiki

• EN: 6 (12:17) - The comedy duo, Ranjatai, consists of Kazuya Kunizaki and Koji Ito.

Random article of the duo - https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp.e.ck.hp.transer.com/plus/entertainment/entry/2023/027259.html

IG Post of Kunizaki's essay work - https://www.instagram.com/tokion.jp/p/CqnEuAUvhEy/?img_index=1

• EN: 7 ( 13:10) - Fujio Akatsuka was a Japanese manga artist who made popular manga in the mid-1900's.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujio_Akatsuka

• EN: 8 (13:17) - Tamori, born Morita Kazuyoshi, is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano and Sanma Akashiya.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamori

• EN: 9 (13:20) - Tamori recited a memorial address after Akatsuka-sensei's death.

Somewhat elaborated in this wiki (Section 1.5) - https://fujio-akatsuka.fandom.com/wiki/Fujio_Akatsuka

• EN: 10 (15:00) - The comedy duo, Football Hour, consists of Terumoto Goto and Nozomu Iwao.

Their wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Hour

Goto MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/20155-goto-terumoto

Iwao MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/20258-iwao-nozomu

• EN: 11 (20:41) - R-1 is another comedy competition sponsored by probiotics company R-1.

Yuriyan Retreiver won the R-1 Comedy Contest in 2021 - https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210308/p2a/00m/0et/006000c

Article about the R-1 competition during COVID - https://www.itsfunnyinjapanese.com/news-aviator/2020/3/13/tough-crowd-coronavirus-forces-r-1-comedy-tournament-to-go-without-an-audience

• EN: 12 (21:07) - Mercari is a Japanese marketplace site.

Their site - https://jp.mercari.com/en

• EN: 13 (24:13) - Woodblock printing is a form of printing using cut/carved pieces of wood blocks.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing

Video of someone making a woodblock painting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ma5q9-lA0

• EN: 14 (25:57) - Chin is short for Chinchin (penis).

• EN: 15 (27:01) - Yuki-no-Yado is a popular brand of Japanese rice crackers.

A store selling them online - https://www.bokksumarket.com/products/yuki-no-yado-sweet-rice-crackers

• EN: 16 (33:44) - Walking and smoking is prohibited in Japan.

An article talking about the ettiqute of Japan, includes a section on walking while smoking - https://www.tsunagujapan.com/wow_02224/

Another article discussing the rules and prohibitions of smoking in Japan - https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/guide/NTJhowto0128-en/