Minoru Torihada (鳥肌実 Torihada Minoru) is a male Japanese comedian who claims to come from Sakhalin. His assumed surname, Torihada means "goosebumps" ("tori" meaning "bird" or class Aves, "hada" meaning "skin" or a soft outer covering of a vertebrate). He has an Internet channel called "Torijajiira Hōsō" (トリジャジーラ放送, or Torijazeera Broadcast), a parody of Al Jazeera.

Biography

The central concept of his act is that Torihada claims to be an extreme right-winger and a supporter of imperialism and militarism. According to essayist Mike Rogers writing in 2005, he was "the first Japanese comedian to venture into taboo subjects like the Imperial Family and make a mockery of Imperial Japan."

Filmography

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! Role

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| 2000

| Kemonogare, oreranosaruto

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| 2001

| Bikyaku meiro

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| rowspan="2"| 2004

| Devilman

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| Space police

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| 2005

| Tanaka Hiroshi no Subete

| Hiroshi Tanaka

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| 2008

| Goth

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| rowspan="3"| 2010

| Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano

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| Helldriver

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| Big Tits Zombie

| Blue Demon Devil

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Bibliography

  • 廃人玉砕

Discography

  • Tourism (トリズム) (2004)
  • 鳥肌黙示録 (2001)
  • 鳥肌実 (2001)

References

  • Official website (in Japanese)