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  2. 'The Contestant' tells the bizarre story of a Japanese man ...

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    A Hulu documentary looks at the story of a Japanese comedian named Nasubi who became the unwitting star of a reality show in 1998.

  3. Nasubi - Wikipedia

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    Nasubi is the Japanese word for "eggplant"; the nickname was chosen due to his 30 cm long face that was said to be shaped like a Japanese eggplant, as well as the producers having to cover his genitals with an animated eggplant for the television audience when Hamatsu was standing on camera due to his nudity. Hamatsu believed that he was being ...

  4. Category:Japanese male television actors - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese male television actors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 497 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. List of Japanese announcers - Wikipedia

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    Men Ayumi Akaogi; Toshiyuki Doi, co-host of morning show "Watch!" and sports commentator. Tadahiko Sako, co-anchor of "NEWS23 with Tetsuya Chikushi". Shinichiro Azumi; Hiroki Ando, cast of Sunday daytime show "Akko ni Omakase". Women Maya Kobayashi, entertainment news anchor of "Watch!" and cast of cooking show "Saturday Night Chubou".

  6. Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s ...

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    “The Contestant,” directed by Clair Titley, explores the story behind the late 1990s hit reality TV show from Japan, “A Life in Prizes,” in which a comedian nicknamed Nasubi is forced to ...

  7. Television personalities in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Gaikokujin tarento are seen as curiosities by the Japanese, just as other tarento, and are cast differently depending on their ethnicities. In the 1991 documentary "The Japanese Version", veteran foreign personality, Dave Spector, stated, "[I'm] doing things like the lowest bozo, circus kind of stuff. But it doesn't bother me at all.

  8. 'The Boyfriend's is Japan's 1st same-sex dating show. Meet ...

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    Netflix's new dating show is making history. "The Boyfriend," Japan's first same-sex dating show, follows nine gay men as they search for love.. Filmed in Tateyama, Japan, the 10-episode series ...

  9. Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States are ethnic stereotypes found in American society about first-generation immigrants and their American-born descendants and citizenry with East Asian ancestry or whose family members who recently emigrated to the United States from East Asia, as well as members of the Chinese diaspora whose family members emigrated from Southeast Asian countries.