Cunning Takeyama

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]
NationalityJapanese
Other namesTake-chan (竹ちゃん)
EducationFukuoka Prefecture Hayasara High School
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
Years active1990–present
AgentSun Music Production
Notable workTamao Akae: Tama musubi
Style
  • Kire-gei
  • ijirare-gei
  • reaction-gei
  • propaganda
Television
  • Current
  • Former
    • Tora no Mon
    • Takeyama-sensei?
    • Warai no Kin Medal
    • Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy
    • Kanjani no Shiwake Eight
Partners
WebsiteOfficial 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
Makō Ōkoku–Umazukingdam Fuji TV

Former appearances

Year Title Network
2013 Aiba Manabu TV Asahi
Tamori Club
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
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
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
Kyō no Ryōri NHK-E
2014 Korezo! Nippon-ryū! TV Asahi
Shinobu Sakagami no Seichō Man!!
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
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
Saitō-san Kobato City Hall official NTV
2009 Ocha-beri Shinji Tobita MBS
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
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
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
2015 Yōgi-sha wa 8-ri no Ninki Geinin Gaku Kuroda Fuji TV
Bijo to Danshi Producer Fujiwara NHK
2016 Keiji Ballerino Kanjiro Oniyama NTV
2019 Idaten NHK

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Platonic Sex Salary worker
2006 Memories of Matsuko Coach
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
Beck Kenichi Saito
2011 Soredemo Hana wa Saite iku Ocke
Dog×Police Takashi Nakamura
2012 Okaeri, Hayabusa
2013 Bokutachi no Kōkan Nikki
Gekijō-ban Time Scoop Hunter -Azuchi-jō Saigo no 1-nichi - Riko Tanizaki
2015 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Master Splinter
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
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
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
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
Ōsaka Hito wa naze Furikomesagi ni Hikkakaranai no ka ISBN 4594052479

References

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  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.