
Osamu Shitara
Acting
Biography
Osamu Shitara (設楽 統, Shitara Osamu; born 23 April 1973) is a Japanese comedian, actor, voice actor and television presenter. He performs boke (he does not entirely do boke he is known for doing tsukkomi) and tells stories in the comedy duo Bananaman. His partner is Yūki Himura. He is also a former Seibu Railway employee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Osamu Shitara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Nogizaka46 is making a big leap forward right now! Their activities range from live performances, varieties, dramas, movies, and models. In order to give these girls even more momentum, this program will challenge various projects that bring out new aspects and charms of the members!!!
Nogizaka Under Construction

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

Nogizakatte, Doko? (乃木坂って、どこ??) is Nogizaka46's TV show hosted by the Bananaman comedy duo, Osamu Shitara and Yuki Himura. The show usually feature the members' Senbatsu Selections and several other segments.
Nogizakatte, Doko?

A variety show that asks foreigners "Why did you come to Japan?" then follows them on their journeys.
Why did you come to Japan?

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.
MR.BRAIN

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IPPON GRAND PRIX

Based on a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino, Ryūsei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...
Ties of Shooting Stars

The series consists of four 3-episode chapters, each handled by a different director. The directors were given freedom in their stories, but they all share a common theme: lies. --Tokyograph
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage

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King of Conte

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Tanaka Express 3

Haga Ineko stopped being a school teacher for she was about to get married. When she is suddenly dumped by her to-be husband, she loses her way, and starts drinking. One day, an old friend approaches with a job offer. She would be a substitute teacher in a class on which several teachers gave up without an apparent reason. She reluctantly takes the job only to discover that there are several brutal bullying cases inside the class. Even she eventually starts being anonymously threatened due to her opposing posture against such cases. She now has to identify and reprimand them while at the same time protecting weaker students. The word "Hagane" on the title is a nickname which comes from Haga (her surname) and Ne (from Ineko, her name), but is actually a pun with the actual word hagane (which means steel, denoting how she must be in order to resist as a teacher). (d-addicts.com)
Hagane no Onna

Akiho Takeda is assigned to #3 investigation team for The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. On her first day at work, a burglary takes place at a jewelry store in Shibuya. The case though is taken by the #1 investigation team which Akiho hoped to join. Nevertheless, Akiho goes secretly to the jewelry store where the theft took place. Later, a safe at a jewelry store in Roppongi is broken into. Stolen from the safe is the diamond called "Besu". The "Besu" is one of three diamonds that makes up the "Kuraida Family's Three Sisters". The other two diamonds are "Ani" and "Kyasari". The diamond "Ani" was stolen from the jewelry store in Shibuya, that occurred a few days earlier. Several people believe the two diamond thefts were done by the same person(s), but Akiho mentions the techniques used by thieves are different. Yet, Akiho believes there must be a connection between the two cases.
Kakusho

12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.
Okko's Inn

TBS's legendary sports project is coming together for one night only! Matsuzaka Tori, Matsuyama Kenichi, Suzuki Kyoka & Olympic medalists, a total of 105 people from SASUKE, Sports Man, Friendship Party, Thanksgiving, Serious Challenge & Big Prediction!
New Year's Eve All-Star Sports Festival

Teruyoshi Uchimura and Summers feature their guest as MCs to present a haphazard and improvised “clamorous, happy-go-lucky variety show.”
Uchimura Summers Second
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How Do I Cope with My Husband's Depression?

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.
Hold Up Down

The program broadcasts behind-the-scenes footage of new FNS-affiliated dramas and hit dramas airing in the same season as this program, including happenings during filming, interesting NG scenes, offshoots, etc., which are not usually seen in other dramas. In principle, one cast member from each new drama series will receive the "Treasured Footage Award" for providing the most beautiful treasured footage.
FNS Drama Taikō: Otakara Eizō Award

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そんなバカなマン

"Crazy Journeys" - who travel around the world and around Japan with their own perspectives and commitments Gathered in the studio, talk about experiences that are far from ordinary people