Shochiku Geino

Shochiku Geino Co., Ltd (松竹芸能株式会社, Shōchiku Geino Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka.^[1] It was founded in 1958 under the conglomerate Shochiku Co., Ltd and focuses on talent management for comedians and tarento.^[2] The agency mainly associates itself with acts and entertainment under the Kamigata culture.^[3]

Shochiku Geino Co., Ltd

Native name	松竹芸能株式会社
Romanized name	Shōchiku Geino Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary KK
Industry	Service industry (entertainment)
Genre	Tarento, comedian, entertainment industry management, theater, television drama production, event production etc.
Founded	November 1, 1958
Founder	Tadao Katsu
Headquarters	Nichome 5-7, Kitakyuhoujimachi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan; ZIP 541-0057
Area served	Japan
Key people	Yasushi Sekine (Representative director and president)
Owner	Shochiku
Number of employees	61
Website	www.shochikugeino.co.jp

Notable talents

Comedians

Groups

• America Zarigani (Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai)
• Masuda Okada (Hidehiko Masuda, Keisuke Okada)
• TKO (Takehiro Kimoto, Takayuki Kinoshita)^[4]
• Yasuda Dai Circus (Yasuda Dancho, Kuro-chan, HIRO)^[5]
• Yoiko (Masaru Hamaguchi, Shinya Arino)^[6]

Solo

• Kintalo
• Buruma Konno^[7]
• Kenji Moriwaki
• Shōfukutei Tsurube II

Other tarento

• Chiemi Hori (singer, actress)
• Atsushi Oyagi (former rugby player)
• Masakatsu Funaki (actor, wrestler)

Former talents

• Othello (Tomoko Nakajima, Mahomi Matsushima)