What Japanese comedy school is REALLY like

Meet Dan Wilson, a Tokyo-based comedian performing manzai and stand up between America and Japan. He sits down to talk to us about going to comedy school and finding a manzai partner, signing to and leaving an agency, and the ins and outs of the Japanese comedy world.--0:00 Intro0:50 Meet Dan2:09 Growing up half Japanese in America8:05 Discovering Japanese comedy16:02 Going to comedy school25:09 Getting signed27:48 Manzai is a marriage33:48 Being funny as a non-native40:55 The reality of comedy agencies45:56 Social media & Japanese comedy53:54 Going independent1:01:48 Performing in English vs. Japanese1:12:01 Looking back1:15:35 How to do dirty comedy well--Follow Dan:https://www.instagram.com/danielywilsonhttps://www.tiktok.com/@danielywilson @Badonkadonk_official @SUPERGREATTIMETOKYO Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/