Osaka, residence of Japan’s powerhouse comedy company Yoshimoto Kogyo and the nation’s heart of hilarity, will typically tease Tokyo for its lack of a humorousness. As a rule, Tokyoites will merely agree.
The capital of stoic, suited workplace employees, nevertheless, now has a champion within the Tokyo Comedy Bar (TCB), which is at present internet hosting the Tokyo Worldwide Comedy Pageant (TICF) via Sept. 22 at 4 venues throughout city: the bar itself, the Tokyo American Membership, the New Sanno Lodge and Baird Beer Nakameguro Taproom.
Since opening in 2022 in Shibuya Ward, TCB has hosted comedy workshops, roast battles, open mics and worldwide friends which have included Tim Key and Atsuko Okatsuka. The consequence has been a boon for each English- and Japanese-speaking comedians, and the fledgling stand-up comedy scene in Tokyo and round TCB particularly has grown rapidly. This month’s competition is the primary Western-style stand-up comedy competition to happen in Japan.
