Tachibanaya Takezō II

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tachibanaya and Kōketsu.

Tachibanaya Takezō II (2代目橘家竹蔵, Nidaime Tachibanaya Takezō, born Tokio Kōketsu (纐纈勅男, Kōketsu Tokio), born October 22, 1947, in Iida, Nagano, Japan) is a rakugo artist. He currently resides in Tokyo. He first performed in September, 1965 at Shinjuku Suehirotei, with a story called Karanuke. He regular performs in Shinjuku, Asakusa, Ueno and Ikebukuro. In 2005, he released a DVD from Avex titled Tachibanaya Takezou.

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Tachibanaya Takezou (in Japanese)

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