Hidetsugu Shibata

Biography

• In 1994, he entered School JCA, a talent training school for Production Jinrikisha that aims for owarai geinin. He longed for Junji Takada, initially aiming for a "boke entertainer." After that, he formed a duo with JCA classmate Hironari Yamazaki, "Untouchable." Shibata is in charge of "tsukkomi."
• On December 2007, he was hospitalised for emergency with acute hepatitis and resumed performing arts activities in March of the following year.
• He closed his entertainment activities for one year from the end of January 2010.
• He later resumed entertainment activities in January 2011. He made his first television after his return on Bijo Athlete Sou Shutsuen: Honoo no Taiiku-kai TV–2011.
• From 2 April 2012, he served as the main personality of TBS Radio programme Linda! –Konya wa anata o nerai Uchi–, which became his first regular programme after returning.

  Style of acting

• Despite being from Shizuoka prefecture, there are times when it is said that he was an Edokko. Also, it was said that his kire tsukkomi in manzai was evaluated from Kansai manga artist Yasushi Yokoyama.
• Contrary to the artistic enthusiasm of his kire tsukkomi, there is a long-sided aspect that he could go to the zoo and watch animals such as hippopotamuses for as long as three hours.
• In the manzai, he shows movement like thrusting and ballooning laughing, a reaction in response to an escalated boke, which collapses on the spot, a high-tension kicking thrusting movement.
• Frequently he talks about knowledge gained from his zoo visits and illustrations from variety shows and his blog. His most favourite animal is hippopotamus and advocates the "Hippopotami Theory." In 2009 he made an emblem of a hippopotamus and added it to hiscar and was messed with Chicago Mango. After that, when Shibata consulted George Tokoro about the "production of hippopotamus emblem", Tokoro confirmed that "I will make it", and gave a free birthday hippo emblem to Shibata. The silvery shining emblem was also shown on radio and television programmes.

  Episodes

• In his elementary and junior high school years as a student, he belonged to the gymnastics and baseball clubs but during high school and belonged to the model department and made a model car.
• He started boxing when he was a child who was bullied in the past.
• He was good at overall exercise and had been scouted by a Youth Football club. When he was selected for a football selection in Shizuoka Prefecture, there was a boy with extraordinary dribble technique during practice. This led him lose his confidence, and had a period in his football life, but that boy was Makoto Tanaka, later part of the Japan national football team.
• He is a fans of the local football club Shimizu S-Pulse.
• In September 2005, he announced his marriage. Currently he is a father of two children.
• *They later divorced on May 2015.
• He received LASIK surgery in 2006 and 2012, in which his visual acuity recovered from 0.01 to 1.5.
• There was an exchange with the music group Ketsumeishi, whom he have participated as a staff on their live tour. During Shibata's private time, he formed a karaoke circle called "Shibameishi" with his junior entertainers.
• His radio programme Chicago Mango triggered a blog titled "Hidetsugu Shibata no Heion na Boku."
• He also started a personal name book on the radio programme Linda! –Konya wa anata o nerai Uchi–.

  Appearances

Television

• Ichioshi Dai Yosō TV: Uma kyun! quasi-regular
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu no: Nandakore TV - Nanzean Zentoikota
• Ikitaga Rīno Saturdays, 18:30–19:00; also broadcast in eight overseas countries and regions
• ShibaManbo
• Tokyo Audition - Moderator
• Joy no Asobu-TV Joynt! occasional appearances
• Satahapi Shizoka quasi-regular
• Shi Ni Rei Rei Hachi Go Go

• S/mile Factory - Sumairu Otto
• Next "Real Shizuoka Talk Variety: Bukkomi"
• Konya Nojuku ni narimashite
• Nuts Life - Billy
• Gekkan Special
• Animal Mania
• Shibata-kun no B Dash Game Dō
• Nobue Matsuhara: Enka Shokudō - MC

• Ketsumeishi: Ikirutte subarashī
• Manten Papa-chans
• Geinō-kai ka Gaku-bu
• Cartoon KAT-TUN
• Gout Temps Nouveau
• Ueda Channel
• 24Hour Television: Love Saves the Earth
• Cream Nantoka
• King's Brunch
• Jōnetsu! Happy Maker
• Utchari Sengen
• King Sub
• Elephant JoyToy
• Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita
• Leader's How To Cook Joshima Site
• TV Lab "Semai Sekai Nanafushigi"
• Yarisugi Koji "Yarisugi Dōbutsu Baka," "Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu"
• School Kakumei!
• Geinōjin Kodawari-ō Kōza: Iketaku
• Bijo Athlete Sou Shutsuen: Honoo no Taiiku-kai TV–2011
• Kasupe! "Karada no Fushigi Miracle TV"
• Kanzen Namahōsō! Mr. Magic Fukkatsu: Chō Majutsu 13 Renpatsu
• Kiseki Getter: Bootbaaas!!
• Geinin Kisha: Karada Atari Scoop SP
• Bakushō Mondai Jayaranai Koto
• Panada-sensei no Manaberu! Dōbutsuen
• Takajin No Money
• TokYo, Boy
• Uchimura Summers
• Ari×Nashi
• God Eye
• Goddotan
• 80's Kogane no Hero Retsuden
• Shirokuro Unjash
• Masahiro Nakai no Black Variety
• Sunday Japon
• Tokoro-san no Gakkōde wa Oshiete kurenai sokon Tokoro!
• Mezase! No.1 Moe Queen Moekyu
• Ametalk
• Nakai no Mado
• Hiroikino
• Oi! Hiroikimura
• Hangeki
• VS Arashi
• Downtown Now
• Ippon Grand Prix

  Radio

• Linda! –Konya wa anata o nerai Uchi– - Personality
• Untouchable Shibata to Shiori Kamisaki no Īkagen, Otona ni nare yo'! - Personality
• Untouchable Shibata no Bingo! - Personality

• Koji Kato no Hoe Tamashī, Ogiyahagi no Megane Bīki "Bake Report"
• Junk: Kōryū-sen Special
• Ryota Yamasato no Fumōna Giron
• Bakushō Mondai no Nichiyō Sunday
• Nippon Hōsō Holiday Special Daimaou Kosaka no AsoNabi
• Hikaru Ijūin: Shinya no Bakajikara
• Bakushō Mondai Car Boy

  Internet

• Shibata-Takei no Mezase Hyakujū no Ō!!
• Untouchable Shibata no Mote Otoko Kenkyūjo
• Untouchable Shibata no Animal Chōsa-dan
• Konya, Shakumei shimasu mm Isha-ryō 1 Oku-en & 8 Mata Giwaku o Shakumei & Tsuikyū SP
• Presents! -DMM Online Salon
• Untouchable Shibata no Animal Chōsa-dan: Second Season

  Dramas

• Getsuyō Golden Midorikawa Keibu vs. 33-Bu no Yūki - as Makoto Hanada

  Direct-to-video works

• Mahjong Dragon Legend Tenpai: Genroku Taisen Battle History
• Mahjong Dragon Legend Tenpai: Mugen Hell Escape History

  Dubbing

• The Nutty Professor - Reggie Warrington

  Advertisements

• Infoseek - as Wrestler
• Car Convenience Club

  Discography

• Damatte Ore ni Tsuite Koi/Shibata no So She, So I
• *Limited Edition CD+DVD
• *Normal Edition CD
• *:Unit of Hidetsugu Shibata and Dojima Kohei, born during recording of the Nippon TV audition programme UtaSuta!!

  Applications

• iTunes application Untouchable Shibata no Yakamashī Dōbutsu Gacha

  Books

• Untouchable Hidetsugu Shibata no Nihon Ichi Yakamashī Dōbutsu Zukan -
• :Wrote and drawn episodes and illustrations of animals, episodes of entertainer fellows, etc.

  Serialisations

• Untouchable Shibata no "Animal Life"
• Anta Shibata no "Tonikaku ** ni Urusai yo!"
• Untouchable Shibata no Yasei Dōbutsu no Taoshikata