• Editor's Note: 1 (3:16) - Manzai is a two-person comedy act usually presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occasionally presented as a skit.

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

• EN: 2 (3:27) - Yoshimoto Kogyo has a theater in the famous Lumine building in Shinjuku, where they host comedians, and Manzai shows.

Article with theater info - https://www.gltjp.com/en/directory/item/13434/

• EN: 3 (3:55) - Hongman Choi is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and former ssireum wrestler.

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

A better picture of him - https://tallestly.com/tallest-male-mma-fighter/

• EN: 4 (7:30) - Bonchi-age is a type of fried rice cake snack that has the shape of a basin.

Snack page on a Japanese candy site - https://www.japancandystore.com/products/bonchi-bonchi-age-fried-dough-snacks

• EN: 5 (8:22) - Ebi means 'shrimp' in Japanese.

• EN: 6 (10:32) - He is referring to Atsuhiko Nakata. Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori are in the comedy duo Oriental Radio.

Comedy duo wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Radio

Nakata's YT Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@nakatatalks/videos

• EN: 7 (10:37) - A pose that Atsuhiko Nakata does. I can't seem to find a video of him doing it though. I'll keep searching passively.

• EN: 8 (10:49) - This is a gag from Oriental Radio.

• EN: 9 (14:55) - Ann-Sophie Lennerfors (Half Japanese, Half Swedish) is a Japanese talent and film critic. She goes by the stage name LiLiCo.

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

• EN: 10 (16:22) - 2channel was an anonymous Japanese textboard founded in 1999 by Hiroyuki Nishimura.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel

• EN: 11 (18:08) - Koji Imada, Japanese musician, comedian, tarento and TV presenter. Koji Higashino is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. They were both regulars on Downtown's Gottsu Ee Kanji.

Imada's Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Imada

Higashino's Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Higashino

Gottsu Ee Kanji's Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_no_Gottsu_Ee_Kanji

• EN: 12 (18:23) - Sakashita Chiriko, real name Sakashita Kyoko, is a Japanese talent and actress.

Her MyDramaList with a pic - https://mydramalist.com/people/105429-sakashita-chiriko

• EN: 13 (19:09) - Nainai, refers to the comedic duo "Ninety Nine" or "Nainai" for short. The duo consists of Takashi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe.

Their wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-nine_(owarai)

Okamura's AsianWiki with a pic - https://asianwiki.com/Takashi_Okamura

Yabe's AsianWiki with a pic- https://asianwiki.com/Hiroyuki_Yabe

• EN: 14 (21:25) - Yuki no Yado is a popular brand of rice crackers sprinkled with sugar.

A site with pics and description of the cracker - https://www.nikankitchen.com/en/products/2854/sanko-yuki-no-yado-rice-cracker-original-161g

• EN: 15 (30:08) - Kyu is a Japanese comedy duo composed of Piro and Makoto Shimizu.

Random page that I found with a pic - https://www.suruga-ya.com/en/product/GL955986

• EN: 16 (30:45) - Misoo No is a comedian and internet personality.

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

• EN: 17 (30:54) - The comedy duo Haru-to-Hikoki (Haru and Hiroki) consists of Gunpee and Tsuchioka.

Their YT Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@haru-to-hikoki/videos

Gunpee's X/Twitter Channel - https://x.com/Mugen3solider

Tsuchioka's X/Twitter Channel has been made private.

• EN: 18 (31:11) - Mitsuyo Ota, the CEO of Titan Co., Ltd JP.

Article with her pic and info on some projects - https://www.scifijapan.com/news/1st-english-details-on-kaiju-yarrow

• EN: 19 (31:25) - A CPAP device is a continuous positive airway pressure device. People with sleep apnea are usually the ones who utilize it.

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

• EN: 20 (33:05) - Namba Grand Kagetsu or NGK is a performing theater in Osaka.

A tourist site with pics and info - https://osaka-info.jp/en/spot/namba-grand-kagetsu/

• EN: 21 (34:26) - All Kyojin is a Japanese Manzai comedian and singer. He is part of the All Hanshin Kyojin comedy duo.

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