Rakugo Association
Yanagiya Kyōtarō
柳家喬太郎・やなぎやきょうたろう
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Profile
A double threat who performs both the classics and his own new work, which has earned him the nickname the strong medicine of the rakugo world. Also well known for his love of Ultraman. His reworkings pour a modern sensibility into old stories, and they are habit-forming.
Signature stories
Toki Soba (Timing the Noodle Bill)Shinigami (The God of Death)Ido no Chawan (The Well Tea-Bowl)Shinagawa Shinju (The Shinagawa Love Suicide)Aona (Greens)
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