Harisenbon | |
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Native name | Harisenbon (ハリセンボン) |
Years active | 2004– |
Employer | Yoshimoto Kogyo |
Genres | Manzai Conte |
Members | |
Harisenbon (ハリセンボン, Harisenbon) is a female Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Haruna Kondo (近藤春菜) and Haruka Minowa (箕輪はるか) who have featured in a number of television shows. They are employed by Yoshimoto Kogyo, and are mainly active in Tokyo. They graduated from Yoshimoto NSC's 9th generation class and are referred to as Harisen for short.
The duo met each other in the Yoshimoto NSC academy and formed the unit in 2003,[4] debuting the next year in 2004. In 2005, the group joined a theatre unit for Yoshimoto called Gekidan Guts with other newcomer comedians. Later that same year, the unit saw major success through appearances on various variety and comedian audition television programs.[5]
In 2007 and 2009, Harisenbon made it as a finalist at M-1 Grand Prix.
In the following years, Harisenbon became one of the most popular female comedy duos, with numerous appearances per year on television.[6]
This list consists of only media appearances made by the duo when they appear together as Harisenbon.