ナイツの漫協芸人おうち調査「おちもりの森佳樹さん」（2026年10月24日）

This Week's Guest: Mori Yoshiki of Ochimori

The guest this week is Mori Yoshiki, 37, from Kagoshima Prefecture and one half of Manzai Kyokai duo Ochimori. He arrived with two distinctive calling cards: a hobby of turning leftover bento boxes into fried rice, and a special skill of crafting a "bittersweet gag" for every single syllable in the Japanese syllabary.

The Art of the Bento Fried-Rice Remake

Mori's habit kicks in whenever he receives multiple bento boxes at a work engagement. Rather than let one or two go to waste, he chops every ingredient—pickles included—and stir-fries the whole lot into fried rice. When asked whether eggplant (aubergine) works, he answered without hesitation: "It does, but it turns out more like a dry curry." The level of detail suggested he has run many experiments.

His single best result was a katsu-don bento. Cutting the breaded cutlet into pieces and frying it with the rice meant every spoonful delivered something close to a miniature katsu-don. "It was incredibly good," he said, drawing enough excitement from the studio that someone called for it to become a YouTube series.

Performing a "Bittersweet Gag"

Mori can produce a "bittersweet gag" (切ないギャグ) themed on each of the syllables of the Japanese syllabary, though he warned that many rely on physical movement and are hard to convey in words alone. For the show he chose a sumo-themed example.

Sumo referees call out "Nokotta, nokotta, nokotta" ("still in, still in, still in") to urge wrestlers to keep fighting. Mori's punchline: "…only memories remained." Host Hanawa (塙) burst out laughing and called it "incredibly funny," while co-host Tsuchiya (土屋) was unmoved—"Not funny at all"—and added, "The sumo setting alone is a problem." The split verdict became its own joke, with the audience caught between both reactions.

Room-Sharing in a 2LDK in Nakano

Mori currently lives in a 2LDK apartment in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, at ¥110,000 a month. He has been sharing it for about two years with Shitenno Jet, a senior comedian from Shochiku Geino. Jet is around 40, muscular, a competition winner, and—according to Mori—bears a resemblance to actor Takahashi Issei.

A String of Mishaps from Day One

Before moving in, Mori cleaned his washing machine from the inside out, even using washing-drum cleaner, to make sure everything was spotless as a show of respect to his senior. The very first load that went into that freshly cleaned drum: a pair of Jet's jeans soaked in urine. "Day one!" Mori said, laughing helplessly.

The follow-up was worse. Jet scrubbed the jeans with a toothbrush afterward—and that toothbrush happened to look almost identical to Mori's. Because Mori has a habit of brushing his teeth in the bathroom, his own toothbrush was nearby. He picked up the wrong one and had nearly started using it before Jet stopped him. The studio erupted in a chorus of "No way!" and laughter.

A Dream: A House with a Soundproof Room

Asked what kind of home he would want if he became more successful, Mori's answer was immediate: a house with a soundproof music room. He enjoys playing guitar and tries to practice when he can, but his current living situation makes it difficult to play freely. Introduced on the show as the "hope of the Manzai Kyokai," Mori left listeners rooting both for his career and for the day he finally has a guitar room to call his own.