Tsutomu Sekine

Tsutomu Sekine
関根 勤
Born (1953-08-21) 21 August 1953 (age 71)
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesRabbie (ラビー, Rabī)
EducationNihon University
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • television presenter
Years active1974–
AgentAsaikikaku
Notable workKosakin De Wow!
Style
Television
  • Current
    • Mirai Monster
    • Pet no Ōkoku: One da Land
  • Former
    • Kakklakin Dai Hōsō!!
    • Kinchan no doko made yaru no!?
    • Waratte Iitomo!
    • Sanma no Super Karakuri TV
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
PartnerKazuki Kosakai
Children
  • Mari Sekine (eldest daughter)
  • K (son-in-law; married to Mari)
Awards21st Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award Entertainment Division (2002)
Notes

Tsutomu Sekine[2] (関根 勤, Sekine Tsutomu, born 21 August 1953, in Minato, Tokyo)[3] is a Japanese comedian, singer and television presenter. His former stage name is Rabbit Sekine (ラビット関根, Rabitto Sekine). He is represented with Asai Kikaku. His daughter is tarento Mari Sekine.

Sekine is partnered with Kazuki Kosakai, who is a junior at his talent agency and also a longtime best friend, in a comedy duo called Kosakin.

Filmography

TV programmes

Current appearances
Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2003 Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-talk! TV Asahi Occasional appearances
2012 PythagoraSwitch NHK-E "Konna koto dekimasen" corner
2013 Sport! Fuji TV "Tsutomu Sekine no Yumemiru Sport!" corner presenter
2014 Mirai Monster
Hakkutsu! Break Neta Geinin! Geinin!! Geinin!!! Bee TV
Pet no Ōkoku: One da Land ABC Regular MC [4]
Cream Quiz Miracle 9 TV Asahi Occasional appearances
2016 Shiawase ga Ichiban Fuji TV, BS Fuji Narration
Tsutomu Sekine Kaden no Fukai Yoru BS11 Bar 11 owner
Tokyo Crasso! Neo Tokyo MX
Kosakin no Radio gokko Mondo TV MC [5]
Shōwa Kayō Best Ten BS-TBS
Specials
Year Title Network Notes
1994 Sanma Tamao no Otoshidama anta no Yume o kanaetaro ka Special TBS Broadcasts every January
2004 Sekine & Yūka no Warau Series TV Asahi
Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita Fuji TV "Hakase to Joshu: Komaka sugite Tsutawaranai Monomane Senshuken" corner regular (Daihakushi)
2009 Monomane Grand Prix NTV Regular Jury / Jury Chairperson
HoriKen fureai Tabi: Ningentteīna TV Asahi
2014 Kosakin Amami no Chō Hakkutsu! Monomane Variety Mane mono Fuji TV

Internet TV

Year Title Website
2016 #Nade mawasu TV Tsutomu Sekine ga Nicchina Are o nade mawasu Abema TV
Former appearances
Regular appearances and one-off specials only
NHK · NHK-BS
Year Title Notes
1995 Owarai Dunk Shoot
Hotch Potch Station
1999 Mane shite Mane sa re Futaritabi Co-starred with Hideji Ōtaki
2007 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen As a Kōhaku cheer member with captain Mari Sekine
2010 Deep People
2012 Katsura Bunshi no subete: Katsura Fumie VI Shūmei
2015 Kōkō Yakyū 100-Nen no monogatari ano Kandō Scene o Nekkyū Talk! Co-presented with NHK Announcer Tomomi Hirose
Nippon TV
Year Title Notes Ref.
Kinyō 10-ji! Uwasa no Channel!!
Kakklakin Dai Hōsō!! [6]
1979 Zoom In!! Asa! Han-nenkan Machikado reporter
1981 Star Tanjō! Kyu Sakamoto-presented era
1982 5-Ji Sat Magazine Second presenter
1987 11 PM Wednesday and Friday presenter
Kosakin Katte ni go kko
Dochirasama mo!! Emi tte Yoroshiku In thirty minutes, non-periodical appearances in five frames at a rate of once every two months
Quiz Sekai wa Show by!! Quasi-regular solver
1992 Hyu Hyu
1994 Sokuseki! Akarui Kaizō Keikaku
1997 Tomosa ka Keno Yūutsu
1998 Gyu! To dakishimetai!
1999 Pikaichi
2001 Japan Walker
2002 Saikyō Damashī
2005 Cream Stew no tarira Relan
2014 Zip! Thursday commentator
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Year Title Notes
Ginza Now! "Shirōto Comedian Dōjō" first champion
1979 Quiz Ressha Shuppatsu Shinkō
1987 Papa Daisuki!
1992 Sanma no Karakuri TV
Wakuwaku Dōbutsu Land
1993 Ocha no ko Saisai
Kosakinrū no Okonnaide Kiite!!
1994 Jungle TV: Tamori no Hōsoku
1996 Sanma no Super Karakuri TV
Ōsama no Brunch Regular
1999 Chance no Dendō
2003 Bakushō Mondai no Baku Ten! Regular
Fuji Television · BS Fuji
Year Title Notes Ref.
1984 Kokoro wa Lonely Kimochi wa "..."
1985 Waratte Iitomo! Regular
Ore-tachi Hyōkin-zoku Semi-regular (late programme)
1989 Kuni-chan no Yamada katsute nai TV
Quiz! Hayaku itte yo
Tamori-Takeshi-Sanma Big 3 Seiki no Golf Match Narrator (except the 3rd and 6th)
1992 Sekine & Lou no! Quiz Success
1994 Quiz! Toshi no Sa nante Adult Team solver
TV Cruise: Tonari no Papaya Thursday caster
Yo! Taishō mi kke
1995 Entame Yūenchi: Tokyo Ijū Keikaku
1997 Unbelievable
1999 Akashiya Mansion Monogatari "Kramer Kramer" as Tsutomu-kun
2000 100% Kyaeen!
2001 Fight Money
Akashiya Ukenen Monogatari
Sugo Ude! Bout
2002 The Letters: Kazoku no Ai ni arigatō
Moshimo Tours
2004 Lion no gokigenyō Kazuki Kosakai's substitute due to resting in illness
2005 Tamori no Japonica Logos
100 Hitome no Baka
2006 Hitoshi Matsumoto no suberanai Hanashi Episodes 8 and 10
2008 Tsutomu Sekine 5 Minutes Performance
Ikkakusenkin! Nihon Rou Rettō Quasi-regular
Be Ponkikki "Tobe BB!" Si-Sensei
2009 Honne no Dendō!! Shinsuke ni hawa karumai Regular
2014 Kosakin Dōchū: Bura bbura bbura'!
2015 Shōjiki sanpo Mari's substitute due to maternity leave [7]
TV Asahi
Year Title Notes
13-Ji Show "Flash Quiz" presenter
1976 Tetsuko no Heya "Flash Quiz"
1980 Tamori Club
Kinchan no doko made yaru no!?
1986 Sanma no Gomen ne wagamama de
Pao-Pao Channel Second Monday chairperson
1993 Sanma no Nan demo Derby
1995 Kibun wa Wild: Tobidase Dai Shizen e
1996 Chō Jigen Time Bomber Quasi-regular
Ring no Tamashī
2008 The Quiz Man
Ima sugu Tsukaeru Mame Chishiki: Quiz Zatsugaku-ō
2009 Galileo Hit Nō-ken
2010 Kosakin De Radio!
TV Tokyo
Year Title Notes
1982 Emi tte Lunrun As Rabbit Sekine (but Sekine himself was removed three times) who was co-presented with Monta Mino. Despite aired at the Golden Time, it was cancelled after eight episodes due to low viewing rates.
1988 Oh! Kitchen Kazoku
1989 Yume-dōri Apron-tei
1996 Shitte Doo suru no!?
2003 Ura Sekine TV
2007 Ochanoma no Shinjitsu: Moshikashite Watashidake!? Quasi-regular
2009 The Gyakuryū Researchers
2010 Gyakuryū! Shi Label Travel
2011 Gyōten Quiz! Chin Rule Show Regular panelist
Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations
Year Title Network Notes
2007 Suzuki tvk "Nioi-bu" director
Broadcasting and communications satellite
Year Title Network Ref.
2010 Tsutomu Sekine: Eiga no Jikan Star Channel
2012 Eiga-chan Channel Neco
2015 Oshiete! Kaden no Kamisama BS11 [8]

Radio

Current appearances
Year Title Network
2011 Tsutomu Sekine no Supopara NCB
2015 Kusukusu Bay FM
Former appearances
Year Title Network Notes
Tsutomu Sekine no One-Two Punch! TBS Radio, JRN
1981 Kosakin De Wow!
1986 Tsutomu Sekine no Tokyo Best Hit NBS Main personality
1991 Zenkoku Kayō Best Ten NCB Personality
2007 Ore-tachi Mōsozoku: Tsutomu Sekine no Atama no Naka JFNC
2009 Tsutomu Sekine no Kankonkin Radio: Poān to Kii te ne!! NCB
2013 Tsutomu Sekine no Lunch de Genki! NBS
2014 Radio de Anshin: Minna no Bōsai 2014 Main personality

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes
1976 Tanuki Sensei Sōdō-ki Fuji TV
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Truck driver TV Asahi Episode 57
1977 Zenryaku Ofukuro-sama NTV Series 2 Episode 14
1978 Ponkotsu Robot Taihei-ki NHK
1979 Akuryō no Sumu Yakata KTV
1980 Shin Edo no Senpū Umekichi Fuji TV Episode 16
Tadaima Hōkago Komaki Oga
1981 Tamanegi muitara... Tadahiro Kawakami TBS Episodes 9, 13, 27
Keiji Inu Curl 2 Osawa
Adauchi Senshu Fuji TV
1982 Onihei Hanka-chō TV Asahi Series 3 Episode 4
1987 Ore no Musuko wa Genkijirushi NTV
Human Crossing TBS
Akireta Keiji Ken Ishida NTV
1988 Tsūkai! Rock'n Roll-dōri Ryuji Kurosawa TBS
1989 Imasara, Hatsukoi Ryo Tasaki
1990 Joshidai-sei Kiken na Arubaito: Sumikomi Kateikyōshi-hen
Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: Shitai kusai Naoto Hishi Fuji TV
1992 Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: Oyaji
Tokugawa Buraichō Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi TV Tokyo Episode 16
2003 Kokoro wa Lonely Kimochi wa "...." XI NTV
2014 Senryoku-gai Sōsa-kan Shinjuro Kaneshiro
Ressha Sentai ToQger Conductor TV Asahi
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim: Spring Break Combined Special
2019 Natsuzora NHK Asadora

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Track Yarō Bakusō Ichibanhoshi Vacuum Car Assistant Taro Horikoma
1981 Blue Jeans Memory Tsuji Hisashi
Something Like It Kawazoe Kazuki Kosakai and Okama combination
1986 Onyan-ko The Movie: Kiki Ippatsu! Ace of spades
1987 Sotsugyō Proof Professor Kei Kito
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part II Newscaster
Erik the Viking Slave Driver
1994 Hero Interview Professor Yamamoto
1997 Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness Nansan As a member of Kosakin (not credited)
2001 Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back TV voice As a member of Kosakin
2014 Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. Conductor
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie
2015 Shinjuku Swan
All Esper Dayo! Tasche Boy Cameo

Direct-to-video · narration

Direct-to-video
Year Title Role
1991 Kekko Kamen
2-Ri no Magical Night
2015 They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQGer: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams Former conductor / ToQ 7gou
Narration
Title Notes
TDK Hakken no Mori Series: Tsutomu Sekine no-san sū Mekimeki Tour Voice of Harwie

Stage/events

Year Title Notes
1984 Kaiten Ebi Kazoku 9th anniversary entertainment life performance
1985 Kozakai-kun no o sumashi de Show From 1st to 5th
1989 Kankonkin Theater Unification of subtitles from the 6th performance Kudoi!
K-1 World GP Series Ring announcer
Japan Academy Prize 33, 34, 35 times award ceremony presenter

Advertisements

Current
Year Title
2009 Rohto Pharmaceutical Mentholatum AD series
2010 Rohto Pharmaceutical Pansiron
Meganesuper
Ito-Yokado
2011 Rohto Pharmaceutical Rothgold 40
2013 Jidōsha Seibi Shinkō-kai Kantō Block Renraku Kyōgi-kai
Former
Year Title Notes
New Japan Kanko
Cow Brand Soap Kyoshinsha One Day Shampoo & Rinse
Epoch Co. Barcode Battler
Marunaga Confectionery Alps Mate
1989 Procter & Gamble Vix Vapor Bath Kyushu Limited
1995 Hitachi Flora Co-starred with Shigeo Nagashima
The Sumitomo Bank Voice of Bankoo
2001 Aderans As Manager Shigeo Shimao
2003 Nintendo Mario Golf Family Tour
Lion Corporation Look series
Eiden Tōkai region only
Yakult Honsha Softor LCS 100
SRI Sports (now Dunlop Sports) Golf Ball Miracle Everio
2007 Suntoryfoods Vitamin Water "Monomane Chiba" Co-starred with Mokomichi Hayami
Ōtsuka Chirudo Shokuhin Sugoi Kuro Dice
2008 Toyota "Eco Kae" Campaign
2009 S. T. Shōshū Plug

Discography/Bibliography

CD

Year Title Notes
1991 "Latin no Gotoku / Psychedelic Sound Paradise" As Oracellal, with Lou Oshiba and Lucky Ikeda
1993 "True" As Yonemitsu Club, with Miho Yonemitsu (Tokyo Performance Doll) and Hikaru Ijūin
1994 "Talk Mance 'Otoko no tame no Onna Dai Sakusen"

VHS · DVD

Year Title Notes
1994 Kamakiri Densetsu <Tsutomu Sekine> Kari
2004 Tsutomu Sekine Kamakiri Densetsu 2
2006 Tsutomu Sekine Cream Stew Presents!! CG nanka de Owarai o Mezashi chau Hito no tame no Keikō to Taisaku
2007 Otōsan
2008 Tsutomu Sekine Kamakiri Densetsu: Kudoi!
Nō kakutō-ka: Tsutomu Sekine no Mōsōdjikara Series
2009 Tsutomu Sekine 5 Minutes Performance 2 Kankonkin Theater Kessei 20-shūnen Toppa Kinen Sakuhin "Kudoi!"
2013 Mikakunin Chūgakusei X Music video director
2014 Dynamite Kansai 2014 Special round guest

Books

Year Title Notes Code
1985 Kazuki Kosakai Tsutomi Sekine no Shakai-gaku ― Better Choice Life no susume ISBN 978-4789701983
1995 Tsutomu Sekine no Submission Eigakan ISBN 978-4390604062
1997 Tsuromu Sekine no Full Contact Eigakan ISBN 978-4594022303
Tsutomu Sekine Heisei Kakutō-ō Retsuden ISBN 978-4796204682
1999 Tsutomu Sekine no yaru dake Male mōke! ! Golf book ISBN 978-4575290301
2001 Maeda Sekine no oshaberi ni Aitakute ― sha Belist Yōsei Kōza Co-authored with Takehiko Maeda ISBN 978-4907710774
2003 Tsutomu Sekine×Kijun Edo Cinema Jū-ban Shōbu ISBN 978-4829175361
2004 Ura Sekine Hon ISBN 978-4872338324
2005 Baka Positive
2009 Mōsōdjikara Co-authored with Ken Mogi ISBN 978-4796669238
2011 Tsutomu Sekine no Ningen Kansatsu ISBN 978-4537258714
2012 Zen Kōtei! Sekine-ryū Positive Jinsei Sōdan ISBN 978-4838724574

Films

Year Title Notes Ref.
2015 Sōon Director [9]

Impression repertoire

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