Rakugo Association
Shunputei Ichinosuke
春風亭一之輔・しゅんぷうていいちのすけ
Shin'uchiContemporaryActive
Profile
Promoted to shin'uchi ahead of twenty-one of his seniors, and now the busiest performer of his generation. He keeps the skeleton of the classic text intact while slipping modern jokes between the ribs, and his shows sell out. A regular on the television programme Shōten.
Signature stories
JugemuMeguro no Sanma (The Sanma of Meguro)Tōnasu-ya Seidan (The Pumpkin Peddler's Case)Funatoku (Toku the Boatman)
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