Cunning Takeyama

Cunning Takeyama
Cunning Takeyama
カンニング竹山
Born	Takanori Takeyama; 30 March 1971 (age 53); Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Take-chan (竹ちゃん)
Education	Fukuoka Prefecture Hayasara High School
Occupations	Comedian; actor;
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Sun Music Production
Notable work	Tamao Akae: Tama musubi
Style	Kire-gei; ijirare-gei; reaction-gei; propaganda;
Television	Current; Knight Scoop; Sun Music Get Live; Sekai Seifuku! Takeyama Juku; ; Former; Tora no Mon; Takeyama-sensei?; Warai no Kin Medal; Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy; Kanjani no Shiwake Eight; ;
Partners	Kenbo Tanaka (Tābō Kenbō); Tadayuki Nakashima (Cunning);
Website	Official profile

Cunning Takeyama^[6] (カンニング竹山, Kanningu Takeyama, born 30 March 1971)^[2] is a Japanese tarento, comedian and actor.

Takeyama performed boke in the comedy duo Cunning and is known for his often "angry" persona while at the same time being an "easy to tease" character. His real name and former stage name in the duo is Takanori Takeyama (竹山隆範, Takeyama Takanori).

Takeyama is also known for his fandom of American football, National Football League and the Green Bay Packers.

Filmography

Current appearances

Regular

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
	Chokugeki Live Goody!	Fuji TV
	Minna no News: Wonder	KTV
	Non Stop!	Fuji TV
	Knight Scoop	ABC
	Sekai Seifuku! Takeyama Juku	TV Asahi Channel
	Cunning no Dai Yasuyoshi-bi!	BS Fuji
	Cunning no Renai Chūdoku	GyaO
	Cunning Takeyama no Maemuki Conte! Ippon Shōbu	Fuji TV
2016	Hakunetsu Live: Vivit	TBS	^[7]

Quasi-regular

Title	Network
Sōdatta no ka! Akira Ikegami no Manaberu News	TV Asahi
Akko ni omakase!	TBS
Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-talk!	TV Asahi
London Hearts	TV Asahi
Makō Ōkoku–Umazukingdam	Fuji TV

Former appearances

Year	Title	Network
2013	Aiba Manabu	TV Asahi
	Tamori Club	TV Asahi
	Tameshite Gatten	NHK-G

Variety programmes

Former regular programmes

Year	Title	Network
2001	Tora no Mon	TV Asahi
2004	Warai no Kin Medal	ABC
2005	Odaiba Owarai Dō	Fuji TV One
2005	Ikari Oyaji 3	TV Tokyo
2007	Omoikkiriī!! TV	NTV
2011	Shittoku! Na'e!	TV Asahi
2012	Cunning Takeyama no Zenius no Yoru	MBS
	Yajiuma TV!	TV Asahi
	Takeyama no yaritai 100 no koto: Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tabi	Fuji TV One

Former quasi-regular programmes

Year	Title	Network
2004	IQ Sapuri	Fuji TV
2004	Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy	NTV
2006	Ai no Apron	TV Asahi
2008	Otameshika'!
2012	Kanjani no Shiwake Eight

Irregular appearances

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
2004	Utaban	TBS
	Kaitai-Shin Show	NHK
2007	Tonkotsu TV	NHK Fukuoka
2010	Mezase! Kaisha no Hoshi	NHK-E
2013	Shibuya Deep A	NHK
2013	Kyō no Ryōri	NHK-E
2014	Korezo! Nippon-ryū!	TV Asahi
	Shinobu Sakagami no Seichō Man!!	TV Asahi
	Koyabugatipin Shashin-kan	Fuji TV One
	Kiratto ikiru	NHK-E
	Enta no Kamisama	NTV	^[8]^[9]

Special programmes

Year	Title	Network
	All-Star Sekimen Shinkoku! Happening Taishō	TBS
	Owarai Geinin Dai Bōnenkai	NTV
2007	Tsuite ittara kō natta	Fuji TV
2008	Kyōfu no Aponashi Hōmon-sha: Akiko Wada no Konban Majide Tomaru zo Konoyarō!	TBS
2009	FNS Soft Kōjō	UMK
2011	Oha! 6 News Live Special	NTV
2015	Saikin no Wakai mon wa... In the World	TV Asahi
2016	SunValu	NTV
	Nichiyō Familia	Fuji TV
	Doyō Premium	Fuji TV
	Sekai Shōgeki Eizō 100 Renpatsu	TBS

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network
2005	Yoruō	Takahashi Fujiwara	TBS
	The Wave!	Kosuke Nakanishi
	Haruka Seventeen	Furita	TV Asahi
2006	Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi-tachi	Burpi	Fuji TV
	Shimokita Sundays	Regular Sambo	TV Asahi
	Otaiba Wangan TV	Bay Tele Art	Fuji TV
2007	Yukipon nō Shigoto	Hiro Inuke	TV Tokyo
	Yotsuba Nomukō		NTV
	Keijikoroshi: Otto ga Jitaku de Shasatsu sa reta!	Abe	ABC
	Shinjitsu no Shuki: BC Kyūsenpan Tetsutaro Kato "Watashi wa Kaininaritai"		NTV
2008	Uramiyahonpo Special: Kazoku no Yami: Monster Family	Takahiro Shirakawa	TV Tokyo
2008	Saitō-san	Kobato City Hall official	NTV
2009	Ocha-beri	Shinji Tobita	MBS
2009	Darekaga Uso o tsuite iru	Marriage fraudster	Fuji TV
2010	Neko Taxi	Tsutomu Masekaki	Tō-Mei-Han Net 6, STV, TVQ
	Seichi Matsumoto Drama Special Kiri no Hata	Masao Yanagida	NTV
	Tetsu no Hone	Shigeo Nishida	NHK
2011	Onmitsu hi Jō	Toranosuke Wakita	NHK
	Hitori janai		BS Fuji
	Bartender	Hoppo	TV Asahi
	Taro no Tō	Sakyo Komatsu	NHK
	Furusato: Musume no Tabidachi	High School Teacher	Fuji TV
	Bitter Sugar	Kenji Igarashi	NHK
2012	Hatsukoi	Koji Hiruse	NHK
2013	A Chef of Nobunaga	Tokugawa Ieyasu	TV Asahi
	Machigawa re chatta Otoko	Takashi Hachimanyama	Fuji TV
	Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete imasu ka?	Takayuki Okabayashi	NHK
2014	Hanako to Anne	Neinosuke Tokumaru	NHK
2015	Yōgi-sha wa 8-ri no Ninki Geinin	Gaku Kuroda	Fuji TV
2015	Bijo to Danshi	Producer Fujiwara	NHK
2016	Keiji Ballerino	Kanjiro Oniyama	NTV
2019	Idaten		NHK

Films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2001	Platonic Sex	Salary worker
2006	Memories of Matsuko	Coach
2006	Over the Hedge	Vaminator
2008	Yesterdays	Tertsuo Fujii
2009	Kansen Rettō	Kousuke Suzuki
	Shugo Tenshi	Keiichi Suka
	Nakumonka	Masanori Yamagishi
2010	Neko Taxi	Tsutomi Masekaki
2010	Beck	Kenichi Saito
2011	Soredemo Hana wa Saite iku	Ocke
2011	Dog×Police	Takashi Nakamura
2012	Okaeri, Hayabusa
2013	Bokutachi no Kōkan Nikki
2013	Gekijō-ban Time Scoop Hunter -Azuchi-jō Saigo no 1-nichi -	Riko Tanizaki
2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Master Splinter
2015	Poison Berry in My Brain
2019	Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2023	Natchan's Little Secret		^[10]
2025	We Can Use Magic Only Once in Our Life		^[11]

Radio

He made his radio debut in KBS Radio when he was part of Tābō Kenbō.

Year	Title	Network
	Cunning Takeyama: Nama wa Dame Radio	TBS Radio
	Recommen!	NCB
	Hikaru Ijūin Nichiyōbi no Himitsukichi	TBS Radio
	Hi Torishimariyaku Shinnyū Shain
	News Tankyū Radio Dig
2004	Oshaberi yatte māsu	K'z Station
2013	Tamao Akae: Tama musubi	TBS Radio
2014	Ogiyahagi no Megane-bīki
2016	Rokusuke Nanakoro Battō Kyū Jūbun
2016	Ichi ni no Santarō: Akasaka Getsuyō Yoinokuchi

Advertisements, publicity

Year	Title	Ref.
	uno
	Oshaberi Pichu
2006	The Amityville Horror
	Hiratsuka Keirinjō
	Fukuoka election commission
2007	Acom
2008	Kyushu Electric Power "Yatte mi ma Shōene" campaign
2015	Lenor Irui no Shōshū Senyō Deodorant Beads
2015	Nintendo 3DS The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures	^[12]
2016	Morinaga Milk Industry "Aloe Este"	^[13]
2017	Takayama Shichimise

Works

DVD

Year	Title
2005	Cunning no Omoide-zukuri
2005	Dead Ball vol. 5
2006	Cunning no Renai Chūdoku
2009	Hōsō Kinshi
2010	Odaiba Owarai Dō
2012	Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tabi
2013	Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tengoku

CD

Year	Title
	"Cheoy Hay Yoo Bruce"
2005	"No. 1"
	"Kokoro Bana"

Internet

Title	Ref.
Short Cuts -Jissha-ban-	^[14]
YouTube Take-channel

Bibliography

Year	Title	Book code
2005	Cunning Takeyama no "Odoru Dame Ningen!"	ISBN 4796646418
2007	Gendainihon e no Keishō	ISBN 978-4840117838
2007	Ōsaka Hito wa naze Furikomesagi ni Hikkakaranai no ka	ISBN 4594052479

References

^ "カンニング竹山". Web NDL Authorities (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ ^a ^b "カンニング竹山 Sun Music Group Official Web Site" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "カンニング竹山さん、県観光ＰＲ役に「隅々まで紹介」". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 11 Nov 2010. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ Yoshimura, Tomoki (Jul 2004). "mixi 過去原稿". Gokuh (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ "カンニング竹山亡き相方に感謝「出会わなかったら今の僕もない」". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 22 Feb 2015. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "カンニング竹山が「芸能人の美談はほぼデマ」と暴露". Livedoor News (in Japanese). Line. 30 Oct 2014. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "TBS『白熱ライブビビット』新レギュラー続々月曜はカンニング竹山". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 26 Mar 2016. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "カンニング竹山「エンタ」騒動を語る". Daily Sports online (in Japanese). Daily Sports. 28 Jul 2014. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ Takeyama, Cunning (27 Jul 2014). "2014年7月27日5時25分のツイート". Twitter Official Account (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "ひみつのなっちゃん。". eiga.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
^ "僕らは人生で一回だけ魔法が使える". eiga.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "ザキヤマ、大逆転裁判のCM裏話を暴露「竹山さんは縛られるのが好きなタイプ」". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 29 Jun 2015. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "子供の頃から老けていたカンニング竹山、おっさん役で栗山千明とCM共演". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 24 Mar 2016. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
^ "ショートカッツ実写版" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

External links

Official profile (Sun Music Get) (in Japanese)
Cunning Takanori Takeyama Gendainihon e no Keishō (in Japanese)
Cunning Takeyama on Twitter (in Japanese)

[1] "カンニング竹山". Web NDL Authorities (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[profile-2] "カンニング竹山 Sun Music Group Official Web Site" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[3] "カンニング竹山さん、県観光ＰＲ役に「隅々まで紹介」". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 11 Nov 2010. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[4] Yoshimura, Tomoki (Jul 2004). "mixi 過去原稿". Gokuh (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[5] "カンニング竹山亡き相方に感謝「出会わなかったら今の僕もない」". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 22 Feb 2015. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[6] "カンニング竹山が「芸能人の美談はほぼデマ」と暴露". Livedoor News (in Japanese). Line. 30 Oct 2014. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[7] "TBS『白熱ライブビビット』新レギュラー続々月曜はカンニング竹山". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 26 Mar 2016. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[8] "カンニング竹山「エンタ」騒動を語る". Daily Sports online (in Japanese). Daily Sports. 28 Jul 2014. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[9] Takeyama, Cunning (27 Jul 2014). "2014年7月27日5時25分のツイート". Twitter Official Account (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[10] "ひみつのなっちゃん。". eiga.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

[11] "僕らは人生で一回だけ魔法が使える". eiga.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[12] "ザキヤマ、大逆転裁判のCM裏話を暴露「竹山さんは縛られるのが好きなタイプ」". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 29 Jun 2015. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[13] "子供の頃から老けていたカンニング竹山、おっさん役で栗山千明とCM共演". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 24 Mar 2016. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

[14] "ショートカッツ実写版" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.

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Cunning Takeyama
カンニング竹山

Born	Takanori Takeyama^[1] (1971-03-30) 30 March 1971 (age 53)^[2] Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan^[3]
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Take-chan (竹ちゃん)
Education	Fukuoka Prefecture Hayasara High School
Occupations	Comedian actor
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Sun Music Production
Notable work	Tamao Akae: Tama musubi
Style	Kire-gei ijirare-gei reaction-gei propaganda
Television	Current Knight Scoop Sun Music Get Live Sekai Seifuku! Takeyama Juku Former Tora no Mon Takeyama-sensei? Warai no Kin Medal Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy Kanjani no Shiwake Eight
Partners	Kenbo Tanaka (Tābō Kenbō)^[4] Tadayuki Nakashima^[5] (Cunning)
Website	Official profile