• Editor's Note: 1 (3:57) - Honkon, real name Kurano Takahiro, is a Japanese comedian, he plays the straight man for the 130R comedy group.

His AsianWiki - https://asianwiki.com/Honkon

• EN: 2 (4:33) - Osamu Hayashi is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō lecturer. When asked when students should learn Kanji he replied: "Right Now!". This phrase was very popular in 2013.

His MyDramaList - https://mydramalist.com/people/89763-hayashi-osamu

• EN: 3 (4:59) - Tsurutaro Kataoka is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer.

His website with a pic and small bio - http://kataoka-tsurutaro.com/eng/user_data/biodata.php

• EN: 4 (5:27) - Higashibukuro is a Japanese comedian, businessman, writer and YouTuber.

His MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/118881-higashibukuro

• EN: 5 (6:06) - Hyoroku is a Japanese comedian who I'm not entirely knowledgeable about. I found a couple articles regarding his popularity and his appearance in Wednesday Downtown.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b980929275ef3e732e01c31d95ac5674f76a8e7e

https://hansode5.com/hyoroku-dx/

• EN: 6 (7:23) - Tamura Kenji is a popular comedian who has appeared in many downtown shows, as well as a contestant on Documental.

His MDL - https://mydramalist.com/people/78937-tamura-kenji

• EN: 7 (13:27) - Fuji Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Their site - https://en.fujirockfestival.com/

• EN: 8 (22:33) - Saraba Seishu No Hikari is a Japanese comedy group comprised of Tetsuya Morita and Higashibukuro.

Site with their group pic and some info - https://www.nautiljon.com/people/saraba+seishun+no+hikari.html

Their YT channel - https://www.youtube.com/@urasaraba

• EN: 9 (25:36) - In Japan a paper driver is a person who has a driving license but little or no experience actually driving).

• EN: 10 (27:36) - Duncan/Dankan is a Japanese actor, screenplay writer and film director. He was also Beat Takeshi's student at some point.

His wiki (no pic) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dankan

• EN: 11 (27:41) - Beat Takeshi is often just referred to as Takeshi or Beat Takeshi, without the honorific "san".

His wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kitano

• EN: 12 (28:11) - Tamayo Shimada is a Japanese comedian, and actress. She's a member of Yoshimotozaka 46.

Her fandom page - https://akb48.fandom.com/wiki/Shimada_Tamayo

• EN: 13 (32:24) - Ibo No Ito is a brand of packaged dried and very thin wheat noodles.

Their site with a description of the noodles - https://www.ibonoito.or.jp/en/quality/ 

• EN: 14 (33:08) - This song and dance was popularized in Edo City at the end of the Edo period by Ganjin (priests). "Kappore Kappore" means to sing or to dance.

The dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhBR1R5iOU

• EN: 15 (33:47) - This is a kids song for popular Japanese plastic car toy maker ,Takara Tomy.

The toy maker's site - https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/english/products/tomica/0004.html

• EN: 16 (34:42) - This is one of her bits. She has a lot of these sorts of "song dances".

Here's a very popular one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_I5ARR9H_I

• EN: 17 (36:05) - Gelato Pique is a Japanese lounge wear brand.

Their site - https://gelatopique.us/

• EN: 18 (36:41) - Asami Kumakiri is a Japanese celebrity and gravure idol.

Her fandom page - https://jpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kumakiri_Asami

• EN: 19 (43:52) - 5GAP is a Japanese comedy duo, consisting of Kenji Kubota and Tomohito Akimoto; They are contracted by Yoshimoto Kogyo.

Their Yoshimoto page - https://profile.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent/detail?id=421

Kuboken's page - https://profile.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent/detail?id=422

Tomo's page - https://profile.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent/detail?id=423

• EN: 20 (47:46) - Sumo referees yell these phrases during a match.

Article about Sumo referees - https://tachiai.org/2019/10/02/whats-all-the-commotion-part-2-matchmaking/

• EN: 21 (59:10) - Dump Matsumoto is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler.

Her wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_Matsumoto

• EN: 22 (59:22) - Dump Matsumoto appears on 'The Leave' commercials. The Leave is a Japanese real estate company, they use a lot of wrestlers in their commercials

• EN: 23 (1:00:06) - Zazy is a Japanese solo comedian. He was the runner-up for the 2021 and 2022 R-1 Grand Prix.

Wiki - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAZY

Article with a pic - https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/216794

• EN: 24 (1:02:43) - The Shinto community believe that Kami or 'gods' are said to reside in objects, and a rope with zigzag papers attached to it is used to demarcate a worshiped object