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Takeshi Kitano, better known under his stage name Beat Takeshi, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Originally the boke of the manzai duo Two Beat (which also earned him his nickname), Kitano soon began a solo career whose often rowdy and off-color humor made him one of the most popular and enduring comedians of Japan. To a western audience, he is primarily known through Takeshi's Castle - a game show in which scores of hapless Japanese are brutalized in patently sadistic obstacles courses.
Since Beat wasn't happy with just brutalizing people trying to storm his castle, however, he also contributed to Takeshi's Challenge. The 1986 NES game remains the subject of lively discussion to this day, as people can't agree whether it's just a blatant cash grab title made on the cheap, a parody game satirizing said cash grab titles, or Beat simply wanting the players to suffer.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Beat Takeshi fought in 8chanmania XCII. He tried his usual comedy routine on Clown Man, but the latter didn't feel like laughing.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Takeshi grew up in a neighborhood with lots of friendly Yakuza faces. This translated into a lot of his jokes, which in turn led to Beat's likeness being used for the yakuza boss Toru Hirose from Yakuza 6.