Osamu Shitara

Osamu Shitara (設楽 統, Shitara Osamu, born 23 April 1973)^[2] 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.^[1]

Osamu Shitara
設楽 統
Born	(1973-04-23) 23 April 1973 (age 52) Minano, Saitama, Japan
Other names	Kaiser (カイザー, Kaizā) Tensai Shitara-san (天才設楽さん) Osamu-chan (統ちゃん) Titara (ティタラ) Gobō-san (ゴボウさん)
Education	Saitama Chichibu Agriculture and Technology High School[1]
Occupations	Comedian actor voice actor television presenter
Years active	1993–
Agent	Horipro Com
Known for	Bananaman
Style	Conte (boke)
Television	Non Stop! Crazy Journey Asian Ace –Sekai ni hitotsu– Miracle Recipe! De kita de kita de kita
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2
Awards	2nd, 14th, 20th Ippon Grand Prix 1st Language Yu-Gi-Oh The TV
Notes
Same year/generation as: London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō Ken Watabe (Unjash) Hitori Gekidan Kazutoyo Koyabu Hiroiki Ariyoshi

Life and career

Osamu Shitara (設樂統) was born April 23, 1973, in Minano, Saitama as the youngest sibling of a brother and sister who are 6 and 3 years older respectively. He attended the Minano-chō Tachi Minano Middle School and was the president of the student council and the captain of the school baseball team. Shitara graduated high school in March, 1992 and found a job with Seibu Railway at the connection of his father who is a manager at Seibu Nagatoro Hotel, an establishment of the company.^[1] He worked at the Kotesashi Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line for 6 months before switching to other various part-time jobs and then finally becoming a comedian as a student of Masayuki Watanabe, whom he worked as a driver for.^[3]

In October, 1993, Shitara met up with three other rookie comedians in Shinjuku and formed a comedy group, Yūki Himura is one of them. However, after a few practice sessions, Shitara believed that a four man group would be limiting to their potential, and left with Himura to form what a comedy duo named Bananaman.^[1]

Shitara met his girlfriend when he was 19 at a part-time job and married her in 1999.^[4] They have 2 daughters as of 2019.

In the year 2012, Shitara appeared on more television programs than any other Japanese personality, appearing in 611 programs, 163 with Himura (Himura was ranked 12th with 428 television appearances).^[5] Shitara also led the rankings for the first half of 2013.^[6]

Filmography

For his appearances as part of Bananaman, see Bananaman (comedy duo).

TV programmes

Informational–Variety shows
Year	Title	Network	Notes
2012	Non Stop!	Fuji TV	Presenter
2015	Crazy Journey	TBS
Former
2007	Mucha-buri!	TBS	Voice
2008	Utsukushiki Aoki Do Now	TV Asahi	"Geinō-kai Ecology Chōsa"
2009	Nan demo Arita'!	goomo
	Cine-tsū!	TV Tokyo
2010	De kita de kita de kita	NHK-E	Voice (as Pace)
	Sakiccho	TV Asahi
2011	Golentan	Fuji TV
	Asian Ace	TBS	Presenter
2012	Choice	Fuji TV
2013	–Sekai ni hitotsu– Miracle Recipe!	TV Asahi	Presenter
Television drama
Year	Title	Network	Role
1997	Joi wa Mite ita!	TV Asahi
1998	Joi Mioko Hanabashi no Jiken Chart		Takao's friend
	Kyoto o Miai Tour Satsujin Jiken 2		Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
	Mayu no Misshitsu: Renzoku Satsujin Jiken		Hiromichi Maejima
2005	Run Away Girl Nagareru Onna	BS Fuji	Erika's older brother
2006	Lion-Maru G	TV Tokyo	Ranmaru
2007	Tokkyū Tanaka 3-gō	TBS	Tomomi's father
2008	Rose:Time:Life	Fuji TV	Masakazu Ogino
	Yū Aoi×4Tsu no Uso: Camouflage	WOWOW	Tacchan
	Ryūsei no Kizuna	TBS	Shinji Hagimura
2009	Mr. Brain		Junichi Kanda
	Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite	NHK-G	Nojima
	The Waste Land	Fuji TV	Detective
2010	Hagane no Onna	TV Asahi	Toru Hasezaki
2011	Hagane no Onna Season 2
2012	Saiko no Jinsei	TBS	Eiji Nagata
	Irodori Himura		Cafe Master
2013	Kakushō – Keishichō Sōsa 3-ka		Sugai Investigation 1st Department lieutenant
2015	Yōgi-sha wa 8-ri no Ninki Geinin	Fuji TV	Himself
Television animation
Year	Title	Network	Role
2015	Star Wars Rebels	Disney XD	Morad Smar

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Hold Up Down	Police officer 3
2008	Hitorimake	Father	Special appearance
2010	Your Honor! How About a Little Leniency?	Tamotsu Nanba	First leading role	[7][8]
2018	Okko's Inn	Kōsui Kanda (voice)		[9]
2023	My Brother, the Alien	(voice)		[10]

Japanese dub

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Mars Needs Moms	Mylo's father
	Happy Feet Two	Will the krill		[11]
2015	Minions	Walter Nelson
2016	The Secret Life of Pets	Max		[12]

Stage

Year	Title	Ref.
2008	Jersey Man	[13]

Advertisements

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1995	Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Taisho Oriental gastrointestinal drug		[14]
1996	Earth Chemical Bapona	Co-starring with Yoshimi Ashikawa
1997	Aderans
2000	Autobacs Seven Autobacs Cash Back Sale
2009	Meiji Seika (now Meiji) Xylish		[15]
2016	Zensho Holdings Sukiya		[16]

Video games

Title	Role	Ref.
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights	Jean Legrand	[17]

Music videos, others

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2014	Noriyuki Makihara "Life Goes On –like nonstop music–"	Jacket photo	[18]