Hiromi (comedian)

Hiromi
Hiromi
ヒロミ
Born	Hiromi Kozono; February 13, 1965 (age 59); Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Shōwa First Technical High School; The Open University of Japan;
Occupation(s)	Comedian, television presenter, radio personality, actor, businessman, triathlete, racing driver
Years active	1986–
Agent	Be Company
Known for	Waratte Iitomo!; Vocabula Tengoku series; Mogumogu Gumbo; Hakkutsu! Aruaru Daijiten;
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Iyo Matsumoto (m. 1993)
Children	Ryo Kozono (eldest son)

Hiromi (ヒロミ, born 13 February 1965, in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan)^[1] is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, radio personality, actor, businessman, triathlete, and racing driver. He is the president of Be Company. His full name is Hiromi Kozono (小園浩己, Kozono Hiromi).^[2]

While Be Company is from Production Jin Riki-sha, Hiromi is represented with Tanabe Agency and later Production No Title since 2008. His wife is singer Iyo Matsumoto. Hiromi's eldest son is tarento Ryo Kozono.^[3]

Auto racing

Hiromi made his debut in the Super GT championship in 2004 as one of Team Gaikokuya's drivers in the GT300 class, partnering former GT300 champion Yoshimi Ishibashi in the team's Porsche 911 GT3. He failed to score a championship point and secured a best finish of 18th place in the fifth round at Twin Ring Motegi. Two years later in February 2006, he announced his return to the series as part of the 06H Project, driving one of Jim Gainer [ja]'s Ferrari 360 in the GT300 class for the full-season. He once again failed to score a championship point in 2006, scoring a best finish of 14th in the fourth round at Sepang.^[4]^[5]

Racing records

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2004	Team Gaikokuya	Porsche 911 GT3	GT300	TAI Ret	SUG 23	SEP 20	TOK	MOT 18	AUT 23	SUZ 24			NC	0
2006	Jim Gainer Racing [ja]	Ferrari 360	GT300	SUZ 19	OKA 16	FUJ Ret	SEP 14	SUG Ret	SUZ Ret	MOT 19	AUT	FUJ 22	NC	0

Filmography

TV series

Current appearances

Regular programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2014	Wide na Show	Fuji TV	Quasi-regular appearances
2015	Masahiro Nakai no Mininaru Toshokan	TV Asahi	Quasi-regular appearances
	Hokunetsu Live: Vivit	TBS	Friday regular
	Ariyoshi Seminar	NTV	Corner regular
2016	High Noon TV Viking!	Fuji TV	Tuesday regular

Special programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2012	Kineshi Mesen! Nori Sun no Hawaii	BS Fuji
2015	Utsucchata Eizou GP	Fuji TV	MC
	Uchi no Gaya ga Sumimasen!	NTV	MC
	Noritake, Fumiya, Hiromi ga Iku! Camping kā Gasshuku: Deai, Fureai, Shiawase Tabi	Fuji TV	MC
	Uta ga Umai Ōzakettei-sen Special	Fuji TV	MC
	Yacchimatta TV	Fuji TV	MC
	Aki no Sakidori Mono Tours	Fuji TV	MC
	Tsukkomi! The World	TV Tokyo	MC
2016	Hiromi no Hachiōji Rehome SP	BS NTV	MC
	Zutto Hikkakattemashita	CTV	MC
	Chō Nippon Suki Gaikoku Hito No 1 Kettei-sen: Quiz Japon	TV Asahi	MC
	Asobi no Gakkō: Hiromi ga Oshieru Otona Life	BS Asahi	MC

Former appearances

Regular programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1992	Waratte Iitomo!	Fuji TV	Wednesday regular
	Waratte Iitomo Special Issue	Fuji TV
	Tamori no Vocabula Tengoku	Fuji TV	MC
	Oshiete! Galileo	NTV
1993	Quiz Sekai wa Show by Shobai!!	NTV	Quasi-regular appearances
	Sanma no Nan Demo Derby	TV Asahi
	Mogumogu Gumbo	NTV	MC
	Beat Takeshi no Tsukuri Kata	Fuji TV
	Challenge Dai Maō	TBS
1994	All Night Fuji	Fuji TV
	TV Oja Mammoth	NTV	MC
	Uta no Naruki	NHK-BS2	MC
	Takeshi, Tokoro no Dracula ga Neratteru	MBS
	Detekoi!! Mūchasu	NTV	MC
	TV Digest	TV Asahi	MC
1995	Kozono Sōken	NTV	MC
	Quiz 21! Jack o Nerae	TV Asahi
	Honakin Data Land	TV Asahi	MC
	Saidai Kōyaku Show	TBS	MC
	Jinnai & Hiromi no M's na Yoru	TBS	MC
1996	Zenryaku Hiromi-sama	Fuji TV	MC
	Senryū Yakusha	TBS	MC
	Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle	TV Asahi
	The Bingo Star	TV Tokyo	MC
	Apa: Hiromi no Otona no Asobikata	Fuji TV	MC
	Kamisama!! Bomb!	NTV	MC
	Kamioka, Hiromi no Hana mo Arashi mo	Fuji TV	MC
	Hakkutsu! Aruaru Daijiten	Fuji TV	MC
1997	U.S	NTV	MC
	Bilibili Sasete	NTV	MC
	Pleasure for You	Fuji TV	MC
	Dan Totsu!! Heisei King	NTV	MC
1998	Romihi	NTV	MC
	8-ji da J	TV Asahi	MC
	Atsumare! Nandemo Emi Gakkō	TV Tokyo	MC
	Rasuchan	TV Asahi	MC
1999	Shinshutsukibotsu! Takeshimu Ken	TV Asahi	Quasi-regular appearances
	Snow Beat	TV Tokyo	MC
	Hirosupo	TV Tokyo	MC
2000	Songura	TV Tokyo	MC
	Revenge Night	TV Tokyo	MC
	Tamago no Yakata	Fuji TV	MC
	The! Oishii Bangumi	MBS	MC
2001	The Gentei-hin	Fuji TV	MC
	Osuto!? World	BS-TBS	MC
	Tokyo Tenshi	Fuji TV	MC
	Chīsana Koi Mitsuketa	MBS	MC
	Satappachi: Furutachi no Kaimono Boogie!!	TV Asahi
2012	Warattame Tengoku	Fuji TV	Quasi-regular appearance
2014	Shitemiru TV! Kyo-kun no Susume	Fuji TV	Quasi-regular appearances
	Deep Girl	Fuji TV	MC
	Zen Ryaku, Tsuki no Uekara	Fuji TV	MC
	News na Bansan-kai	Fuji TV
2015	Bijo-tachi no Nichiyōbi	TV Asahi	MC
	Oja Map!!	Fuji TV	Quasi-regular appearances
	Downtown Now	Fuji TV	Quasi-regular appearances

Specials

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1992	Waratte Iitomo! Tokudai-gō	Fuji TV
1994	Sekai no Chō Gōka Chinpin Ryōri	Fuji TV
1995	Shinshun Yokubō Quiz: Onna wa Dokyō Otoko wa IQ	Fuji TV	MC
1995	Monomane Battle	NTV	MC
1996	Geinō-kai Dai Boke-darake no Tensai Quiz-ō Kettei-sen	Fuji TV	MC
1996	Musume wa Yaran zo! Watashitachi, Kekkon o Hantai sa Retemasu Kappuru Dai Shūgō	Fuji TV	MC
1999	Hiromi no America Jūdan 6000 km!! Mississippi-gawa Gekirei no Kawa Kudari 15-kakan! Ase to Namida	TV Asahi
	Voca TV: Kagirinaku Vocabula ni Chikai Tengoku Owarai Survival Onsen Tsuā Dai Sakusen	Fuji TV	MC
	Nenmatsu Jumbo Nama Tokuban! Noritake Hiromi to yu Kaina Nakama ga TV de Yaritakatta Koto 50	TV Asahi	MC
2000	Shin Baka Naoko Ken ni Katsu! Manatsu Keanzu de Hiromi no Danjuku	NTV	MC
	Tokoro, Noritake, Hiromi no Konna Bangumi Dame desu ka?	TV Asahi	MC
	Naoko, Hiromi & Monomane Gundan no Yoshi Ikuzō-sama go Settai Gōka Onsen Tour	NTV	MC
2001	Hiromi & Masaru Hanada no Tsuri Baka Chūbō-tai: Fuyu no Gourmet − Mansai Hiromi vs Masaru Hanada Nabe Ryōri Taiketsu	NTV	MC
2001	GT ni Ikou!	TV Tokyo	MC
2004	Go Etsu Dōseki	Fuji TV	MC
	Koichi, Kiichi, Hiromi mo Dai Kōfun! Chō Gōka Athlete Sō Shutsuen!! Kinashi Noritake Major Seiha no Tabi	TV Asahi	MC
	Naniwa no Geinin ga Tōkon Chūnyū! Takada, Hiromi, Katsumura ga Tanomukara Kanbenshitekure Dai Settai SP	YTV	MC
2005	Geneki Kyōshi 1000-hito Dai Kokuhaku! Sensei Datte Ningen Nanda! Ganbare! Honō no Ōen	Fuji TV	MC
2007	Quiz! Doko Made Shitteru?! Hokkaido Kettei! Joshidai-sei Queen	TVh	MC
2010	Nippon! Chōjin Hero Hakken-den	Fuji TV	MC
2011	Yūmeijin no Jōhō: Kaitori Senmon Warau Shichiya	KTV	MC
2014	Bankuruwase	Fuji TV	MC
	Tokyo Memories: Ano Toki Ano Machi de Ano Nakama to	NTV	MC
	Shutsubotsu! Japan desu yo	MBS	MC
	The! Ningensei Derby	NTV	MC
	Katsuma o Sagase: Arima Kinen Clinic	Fuji TV	MC
2015	Hatto Shita Note no Kai: Jinsei ga Chotto Tanoshiku Naru Kizuki	CTV	MC
	Nazo Toki! My Name	TBS	MC
	Saikyō No. 1 Kettei-sen Magic-ō	TV Asahi	MC
	Nihon o Imaichido Sentaku Shi Sōrō.	TBS	MC
	Hiromi & Junior no Ittai Nan Nanda!? Happyōkai	CTV	MC
	Yononaka Nametemashita!! Hansei Shimasu Kansha × Joshi	TBS	MC
	Hiromi no Fan Sōkai	TV Asahi	MC

Radio

Year	Title	Network
1994	Hiromi no Zakenja Night	TBS Radio
1995	Dokusen! Hiromi Club	TBS Radio
1995	Hiromi no E Jan Yoh	TBS Radio
1997	Hiromi no All Night Nippon	NBS

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Network
1990	Christmas Eve	Sugisaku Maekawa	TBS
1994	Ari Yosaraba	Senichi's student	TBS
1997	Kare	Rinichi Osawa	KTV
1997	Producer ni Naritai	Natsume	TBS
1999	Teppen	Yusuke Muraki	TV Asahi
2001	Omae no Yukichi ga Naite iru	Takaaki Ohira	TV Asahi
2006	Shin Momotarō Samurai	Minokichi	TV Asahi
2016	Soshite, Dare mo Inaku Natta	Tatsuo Tajima	NTV

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Nakayubi Hime: Ore Tacha Dō Naru?
1997	30	Restaurant staff
2006	Chōfu Kūkō
2006	Charlotte's Web	Goose Gory	Japanese dub

Internet series

Year	Title	Website	Notes
2015	Hiromi no "Hiro wa Mada 50 Dakara"	Niconico Live	MC
2016	Hiromi no Bike Kaitai Show	Niconico Live	MC

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Heisei Renai Daizukan Nihonichi Pants o Nuganai Otoko	Rokuro	Lead role
2003	Jitsuroku Nagoya Yakuza Sensō: Tōitsu e no Michi

Works

DVD

Year	Title
2010	163 Channel Jiyūbito DVD: Restart Vol. 1

Discography

Year	Title
1996	"Furimuke"
2001	"Vintage"
2001	"Itte Koi No Chara"
2015	"Tomoyo"

Bibliography

Year	Title
1994	Bibitten Janē yo! Bōzōzoku Renai-ron
1997	Hiromi no Snowboard Yarouze!!
2009	Jiyūbito: Hiromi-ryū Asobi no Kyōhon
2015	Īwake Shinai Ikikata

References

^ "プロフィール". Hiromi official blog: Jiyūbito (in Japanese). Ameba. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.
^ "ヒロミさんが車上荒らし被害=窓割られ、財布盗まれる". Jiji.com (in Japanese). Jijit Sūshinsha. 10 Jun 2013. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.
^ "ヒロミ&伊代の息子・小園凌央、連ドラ初挑戦役者になって両親を見返す?". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 24 Mar 2016. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.
^ "2006 Team Information GT300 Class - #10 JIM GAINER". supergt.net (in Japanese). Super GT. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "「＃１０のヒロミさん。」". air.ap.teacup.com (in Japanese). AutoPage. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

External links

Be Company (in Japanese)

[1] "プロフィール". Hiromi official blog: Jiyūbito (in Japanese). Ameba. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.

[2] "ヒロミさんが車上荒らし被害=窓割られ、財布盗まれる". Jiji.com (in Japanese). Jijit Sūshinsha. 10 Jun 2013. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.

[3] "ヒロミ&伊代の息子・小園凌央、連ドラ初挑戦役者になって両親を見返す?". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 24 Mar 2016. Retrieved 26 Sep 2016.

[4] "2006 Team Information GT300 Class - #10 JIM GAINER". supergt.net (in Japanese). Super GT. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[5] "「＃１０のヒロミさん。」". air.ap.teacup.com (in Japanese). AutoPage. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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