This time, Hamada’s collaborator is the prolific Yasutaka Nakata, also a producer for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
Hamada previously teamed up with producer Tetsuya Komuro in the 1990’s to create H Jungle with t, a bizarrely named but nonetheless hugely successful music unit. So they have managed to recruit the original art director to help with this parody, which certain does lend the project an air of authenticity, if not approval. His Monster Cafe opened this summer in Harajuku. What’s interesting here is that the costume design and jacket photography is by none other than Sebastian Masuda, who does art design and live performance direction for the real Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. AIchan and GONta is a pair of robots, created to serve as a manzai-style stand-up comedy act. The response to Hamada’s impersonation of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu back in May was so strong that it has led to an actual music release. Japanese comedy just got much more robotic.
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The Hamada Bamyu Bamyu character was born on the Downtown TV show Downtown no gaki no tsukai ya arahende!! (Gaki no Tsukai). The title alone derives from Osaka slang for “You’re kidding!” or even “What the hell?!” His debut single, Nandeyanennen, comes out on December 16th but expect it to be very parodic in nature.
Hamada Bamyu Bamyu is none other than Masatoshi Hamada, of the immensely popular comedy duo Downtown. All hail the latest arrival in the Japanese bubblegum pop canon: Hamada Bamyu Bamyu.
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