Koji Higashino

Koji Higashino
Koji Higashino
東野幸治
Born	8 August 1967 (age 57); Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Higashinori; Chirichiri (ちりちり);
Education	Hyōgo Prefectural Takarazuka High School
Occupations	Comedian; television presenter;
Years active	1985–
Agent	Yoshimoto Creative Agency
Television	Current; Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsusōdansho; Higashino-Okamura no Tabi: Saru Private de gomen nasai...; Wide na Show; Shujii ga Mitsukaru Shinryōsho; 1 Shūkai tte Shiranai Hanashi; ; Specials; Bakushō Sokkuri monomane Kōhaku Uta Gassen Special; Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu; Monomane Ōzakettei-sen; Birdman Rally; ; Former; Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji; 4-Jidesu yō da; Downtown Shiru; Arabikidan; ;
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Partner	Koji Imada (as W Koji)
Notes
	Same year/generation as:; Koji Imada

Koji Higashino (東野幸治, Higashino Kōji, born 8 August 1967, in Takarazuka, Hyōgo)^[1] is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency (Yoshimoto Kogyo). He graduated from Hyōgo Prefectural Takarazuka High School. He is nicknamed Higashinori (ひがしのり, as his hair gets wet it looks like seaweed).^[a]

Filmography

Current appearances

Regular programmes

Title	Network
Wide na Show	Fuji TV
Owarai Wide Show: Marco Polo!	KTV
Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsusōdansho	NTV
Shujii ga Mitsukaru Shinryōsho	TV Tokyo
Chacha-ire Monday	KTV
1 Shūkai tte Shiranai Hanashi	NTV
Higashino-Okamura no Tabi: Saru Private de gomen nasai...	NTV
Oshiete! News Live Seigi no Mikata	ABC
Honnō Z	CBC

Special programmes (in which he appears at intervals of less than a year since his latest appearance)

Year	Title	Network
2000	Bakushō Sokkuri monomane Kōhaku Uta Gassen Special	Fuji TV
2007	Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu	TV Tokyo
2008	Birdman Rally	YTV
2012	Monomane Ōzakettei-sen	YTV
2012	Manzai Lovers	Fuji TV
2013	Dash de Itte !! Gyōretsu no dekiru shabekuri: NTV-kei Ninki Bangumi No. 1 Kettei-sen	NTV
2014	Mimi ga Itai TV	NTV
2014	Yodan Taishō	TBS
2015	Otona mo Shiranai Otona no Jijō	TV Tokyo
2015	Saikyō Bunka-kei Colosseum: Tenka Ichimon Dōkai	TBS
2016	E'! Matsumoto Imada Higashino ga Shinya ni Cover Neta Matsuri	TBS
	Doyō Premium	Fuji TV
	Iwa sero! Reaction Word	NTV
	Svalfal: Toshi ni wa Toshi no Nayami ga aru	NTV

Former appearances

Regular programmes

Year	Title	Network
1987	4-Jidesu yō da	MBS
1988	Downtown no yūta mon Kachi!	MBS
1989	Radio De gomen	CTV
1989	Suteki! Kei-Shu 5	CTV
1990	Yūyake no Matsu-chan Hama-chan	ABC
1991	Seikairu 'ndesu	CTV
1992	Makafushigi: Downtown no...!?	ABC
1992	Nama Kikiki Downtown	TBS
1993	Downtown-Nari	TBS
	Imada-Higashino no Chi ga Sawagu	CTV
	Downtown Shiru	TBS
1994	Game Catalog II	TV Asahi
	Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji	Fuji TV
	Tenshi no U.B.U.G
1995	Koji Imada no Shibuya-kei ura ringo
	Ka Zāna Downtown	TV Asahi
	Ucchan Uriuri! Nanchan Narinari!!	NTV
	Waratte Iitomo!	Fuji TV
	Waratte Iitomo! Zōkan-gō
	Bōbō Graph
1996	Oh! Kogane Service
	Imada-Higashino no CM-en	NTV
	Bakusō! Pon Cheese	TV Asahi
	Nettai Cinnamons	TBS
	Hirameke! Hatsumeidaishōgun	NTV
1997	Rabu Emon	TV Asahi
	Kaiketsu! Koji-en	NTV
	Nagoya ga Saikō!	CTV
	Chō Comedy 60!	MBS
	Quiz! Uta Meikutsu	TV Asahi
1998	Wataruseken wa Kin bakari?!	NTV
	Iromon San	NTV
	UnNan no Hontoko!	TBS
1999	Densetsu-on Hosō: Ureru dō	YTV
	Koi Boy Koi Girl	Fuji TV
	Nanba Ichibankan	ABC
	Akashiya Uken nen Monogatari	Fuji TV
	Neppa-sha	CBC
2000	Ikacharling no Menseki	TVA
2000	Makasete!! Expa	Fuji TV
2001	Best Position Sports	TV Asahi
	Doyō Dokan'!!	YTV
	Hamada Company Dangan! Heroes	ABC
2002	Yuji Miyake no Doshirout	KRY
2002	Ucchaki Nanchaki	TBS
2003	Geinōjin ga Kayou Shinsatsu-shitsu	NTV
2004	Asia no Junjō	Fuji TV
	2-Ji Waku'!	KTV
	Okan to Musume	YTV
	Yarisugi Kozy	TV Tokyo
2005	Uta Sta!!	NTV
2005	Goope!	YTV
2006	Rankin no Rakuen	MBS
2007	Gobugobu	MBS
2007	Arabikidan	TBS
2008	Benkyō shite kimashita Quiz: Galiben!	TV Asahi
2008	Check! The No. 1	MBS
2011	Hoko×Tate	Fuji TV
	Kozy's Night Makeinu-gachi Inu	TV Tokyo
	Nippon! Ijiru Z	TBS
2012	Tōzai Geinin ikinari! 2-Ri Tabi	ABC
2013	Gokuseki'!	KTV
2013	Mohaya Kami Dane	Fuji TV
2014	Koji Higashino no Nai Monondedari	TBS
2014	Dokusen! Live Shijō Shugi	BS Sky PerfecTV! Sky Channel
2015	Sekai Hot Journal	Fuji TV
	Yoshimoto Shinkigeki	MBS
	Dora Ibumon	NTV
	Wakusei View View	TV Asahi
	Odoru! Hottoke-san	TV Asahi

Special programmes

Year	Title	Network
1993	Sekai no Chō Gōka-Chinpin Ryōri	Fuji TV
1993	Sanma Akashiya no Sports suru zo! Dai Hōsō
1995	Waratte Iitomo! Tokudai-gō
2005	Kotoshi mo Namada yo Geinin Shūgō: Warai-ppanashi Densetsu	TV Tokyo
2005	Quiz Teki ka? Mikata ka!? 2005-Nen o Sawagase Star: Dama shi ai Special	TV Tokyo
2006	Yoshimoto Geinin 100-ri Matsuri! Emi tte wasurete: Studio ni Koreijō Hairimasen SP	KTV
2006	Dotch Cooking Show	YTV
2009	Owarai Geinindo kkiri Ōzakettei-sen Special	Fuji TV
2010	Namida no Tsubo: Watashi wa Kanarazu kore de Naite shimau!	ABC
2011	Geinōjin Shinasadame Variety: Kenpin!	Fuji TV
	All-Star Thanksgiving	TBS
	Tōzai Geinin ikinari! 2-Ri Tabi: Tokuban-ban	ABC
2012	Warau Keizai Hakusho The Pinkili Show	TBS
	Kagayake! Nippon Otakara Taishō: Zenkoku "Yacchimatta" Owner Retsuden	Fuji TV
	Kokumin Sō Sanka Quiz Show! QB47	NHK-G
	Higashino-Ariyoshi no Donzoko	TBS
2013	FNS 27-Jikan TV	Fuji TV
	Jōshiki ga nai to Jibara desu: Kyoto hannari Tour	TBS
	Daininki Mise de Dokkiri! Arienai shōhin: Ureru!? Urenai!?	NTV
	Naze kō natta!? Ano Hito-tachi no Shinka-ron	Fuji TV
	Supanichi!!	TBS
	Bakushō Plus One Show	TV Asahi
	Suitoku!	TBS
	TV Ace: Senpai! Oshietekudasai	TBS
	The Dokidoki dokkiri	Fuji TV
	Nenshū Kakusa-betsu! Okane Variety Pyramid	TBS
	Ima sugu Nozokitai 24 no Saifu	TBS
	Otona no Kenka	NTV
	Quiz! Haya Oshi Sprinters	Fuji TV
2014	24-Jikan TV	NTV
	Shinshun Gōkado kkiri Matsuri!	Fuji TV
	Jimoto Kangen! 100 Man-en Hero	NTV
	Sore Ike! Nihongo Teachers	TBS
	Makafushi	Fuji TV
	Tamashī no Bunka-kei TV	TBS
	Svalfal: Triman Keyman	NTV
	2014-Nen Yodan Taishō	TBS
2015	Svalfal: Genba no Bakajikara	NTV

Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network
1996	Ashita wa Daijōbu	Yuji Narumi	KTV
2001	Ashita Ga Arusa	Torano Higashi	NTV
2007	Hana Yori Dango Returns	Rescuer	TBS
2010	Spec –Keishichōkōanbu Kōan Daigoka: Mishō Jiken Tokubetsu Taisaku-gakari Jiken-bo	Konjiro Higashino	TBS

Radio

Year	Title	Network
1989	MBS Young Town Kind Kan	MBS Radio
1992	Imada-Higashino Pack in Music 21: Suiyōbi 2-bu	TBS Radio
1994	Koji Imada to Koji Higashino no Tokyo Radio Club Kinyō Tokubetsu	TBS Radio
1994	Come on Funky Lips!	NCB

Video games

Title
Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsusōdansho

Bibliography

Year	Title	ISBN code
2000	Doro no Kazoku	ISBN 4401616642
2013	Konoaida.	ISBN 4847091531

Discography

Year	Title
1993	"Oyaji no Uta–Las Vegas Version"
1994	"Chun Chun World –Genki Daiousou–"
	"So-Ya-Na"

References

^ "東野幸治" (in Japanese). Yoshimoto Kogyo. Retrieved 21 Feb 2017.
^ Ariyoshi, Hiroiki (7 Mar 2013). "有吉弘行（@ariyoshihiroiki） Twitter" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 21 Feb 2017.

Notes

^ Other nicknames, Chiri Ke (チリ毛, for his natural perm), Shiroi Akuma (白い悪魔, for fairly mocking people's misfortunes), Chirichiri (チリチリ), Kata yaki soba (かたやきそば), Inmō Tabe Tabe (陰毛食べ食べ, named after Kunihiro Kawashima of Yasei Bakudan), 2-gun no Boss (2軍のボス, 2-gun no Bosu, nicknamed by Hiroiki Ariyoshi),^[2] Rin Higashino (東野りん, Higashino Rin, nicknamed by Tetsurō Degawa), etc.

External links

Koji Higashino on Twitter (in Japanese)

[1] "東野幸治" (in Japanese). Yoshimoto Kogyo. Retrieved 21 Feb 2017.

[2] Ariyoshi, Hiroiki (7 Mar 2013). "有吉弘行（@ariyoshihiroiki） Twitter" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 21 Feb 2017.

[3] Other nicknames, Chiri Ke (チリ毛, for his natural perm), Shiroi Akuma (白い悪魔, for fairly mocking people's misfortunes), Chirichiri (チリチリ), Kata yaki soba (かたやきそば), Inmō Tabe Tabe (陰毛食べ食べ, named after Kunihiro Kawashima of Yasei Bakudan), 2-gun no Boss (2軍のボス, 2-gun no Bosu, nicknamed by Hiroiki Ariyoshi),^[2] Rin Higashino (東野りん, Higashino Rin, nicknamed by Tetsurō Degawa), etc.

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