# #76 「できるなら何でもやった方が良い」(ゲスト：友田オレ) - Show: こたけ正義感の聞けば無罪 - Published: 2026-10-11 - Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1754897606_da144b51bd7a.html - Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/7e360234-755c-43f9-8509-ae92005f0b89/0ea59c78-4209-4037-98bb-b1a000417b1b/bdc226bf-9404-4ba5-8ca6-b4dd00bd318a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=95511e3f-5948-42af-885a-b1a000434501 - Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary. Kotake Seigikan (こたけ正義感) welcomed Tomoda Ole (友田オレ), the youngest-ever R-1 Grand Prix champion, to episode #76 of Kikeba Muzai to discuss his failed TV announcer auditions and his transition from a comedy duo to a solo act via Waseda University's comedy circle Rude (ルード). The episode opened with Kotake lavishing praise on a Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun reporter who devoted an entire newspaper page to seriously investigating whether dying from a heart-fluttering moment — known in Japanese as kyun-shi — is medically and legally possible. ## What this episode answers ### What was in the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun's kyun-shi investigation article? Reporter Kashima (radio name) filled an entire page of the July 2, 2025 edition with genuine expert testimony: Professor Shibata of Kurume University's cardiovascular department explained that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy exists but is rarely triggered by positive emotions, while attorney Matsutaku Takuya of the Kumamoto Bar Association concluded that a kyun-shi declaration should not be treated as a crime, and 100 Kumamoto University students shared their personal chest-pain experiences. ### Why did Tomoda Ole take the TV announcer exam, and what happened? Feeling guilty about his parents paying for university, Tomoda hedged his bets between comedy and employment and entered a TV station announcer exam, but he had registered late and could only get the 8:30 a.m. slot; he did not know the interview would be mixed-gender, was overwhelmed by the atmosphere, and embarrassed himself by being the only candidate to ask for clarification on the format. When asked why he was not just doing comedy, he fell silent and was eliminated in the second round. ### Why did Tomoda Ole break up his duo and go solo? His manzai tsukkomi style was not working partly because his forceful Hakata dialect sounded like Kansai dialect; he switched to solo performance in the autumn of his second year, uploaded a song called Watashi no Kare wa Hidari-te (私の彼は左手) to YouTube, and the clip spread widely, earning him recognition inside and outside the circle. ### What kind of environment is Waseda University's comedy circle Rude? Rude has become so productive that it is described as a training school for professional talent, with Tomoda's cohort including Hakai Arigatou, Hikime Kagihana (R-1 semi-finalist), and Akatani Areto (King of Conte semi-finalist); in Tomoda's generation the old culture of 'going pro is uncool' reversed, and turning professional became seen as the cool choice. ### What did Tomoda Ole honestly say about appearing on TV? Tomoda said he actively wants to appear on any show he can, but is honest that because he is not yet well known, co-star relationships tend to be one-off encounters that leave him feeling 'was that really it?' after an enjoyable shoot, and he hopes to work more with people he is already close to. ## Article ## The Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun's Kyun-shi Fact-Check Kotake opened the episode by sharing a listener message from a reporter at the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun who uses the radio name Kashima Koukishin. The reporter explained that after watching Kotake's YouTube series Nandemo Legal Check — specifically an episode asking whether saying 'I'll make that illegal!' counts as a crime — he was inspired to run his own investigation: is kyun-shi (dying from a heart-fluttering moment) physically possible? The resulting article, published on July 2, 2025, filled an entire page of the newspaper. On the medical side, Professor Shibata of Kurume University's Department of Cardiovascular Medicine confirmed that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy — a condition in which intense psychological stress causes a sudden drop in the heart's pumping function — is a real diagnosis. However, he noted that cases triggered by positive emotions are rare, and he closed with reassurance: 'Excitement is a precious feeling in life. Don't be overly afraid of it; just see a doctor if symptoms persist.' Attorney Matsutaku Takuya, chair of the Criminal Defense Center of the Kumamoto Bar Association, addressed the legal angle, concluding that a declaration of 'I'll make that illegal!' is unlikely to be evaluated as genuinely dangerous conduct and that criminal intent could not be established. His verdict: 'I would not want to live in a society where saying that gets you charged — you're safe.' The reporter then hit the streets and collected first-hand accounts from 100 Kumamoto University students about whether romantic excitement had ever caused them actual chest pain. Kotake called the whole package 'a masterpiece in which a professional journalist and the medium of a newspaper amplified the absurdity of answering a ridiculous question with complete seriousness.' ## Guest: Tomoda Ole Tomoda Ole (友田オレ), the youngest R-1 Grand Prix champion in the competition's history, arrived with a declaration that set the tone: 'Radio, comedy, errands — leave it all to me.' Kotake noted that the two had crossed paths frequently ever since Tomoda first started appearing at comedy venues, and the rapport between them was immediately evident. ## From Announcer Auditions to Full-Time Comedian Tomoda grew up in Fukuoka and chose Waseda University primarily because he wanted to move to Tokyo. He turned professional while still a student, but until graduation he kept one foot in the job-hunting world, driven partly by guilt over his parents funding his education. That guilt led him to sit the announcer exam for a TV station. Having registered late, the only available slot was 8:30 a.m. — a time he described as a personal weak point. He arrived not knowing the interviews would be conducted in mixed-gender groups, was immediately unsettled by the room's atmosphere, and compounded his nerves by being the sole candidate to raise his hand and ask whether he was really supposed to riff for thirty seconds on a prompt word such as 'airplane.' When the interviewer asked why he wasn't simply pursuing comedy, Tomoda went silent. He was cut at the second round. Kotake laughed that it was probably for the best: 'Things would have gotten complicated if you'd passed.' ## Rude, the Duo Phase, and Going Solo At Waseda, Tomoda joined the comedy circle Rude (ルード). In his first and second years he described himself as someone who 'hovered in the corner and apologized for existing.' He started out doing manzai as the tsukkomi in a duo, but the partnership never clicked — a key problem being that when he delivered his Hakata dialect lines with force, they came out sounding like Kansai dialect instead. In the autumn of his second year he went solo. He uploaded a song-based act called Watashi no Kare wa Hidari-te to YouTube, and it spread. Kotake recalled seeing the video at the time and thinking, 'It's funny, the singing is good, and it's a little unsettling — perfect.' Operating in a university comedy environment where, as Tomoda put it, 'content gets consumed five times faster than in the outside world,' he kept putting out material while also pushing back against the circle's old belief that going professional was somehow embarrassing. In his generation that attitude began to reverse, and turning pro came to be seen as the cool path. Rude's current reputation reflects this shift. Tomoda's cohort includes Hakai Arigatou, Hikime Kagihana (R-1 semi-finalist), and Akatani Areto (King of Conte semi-finalist), leading commentators to describe the circle as a de facto professional comedy academy. ## TV Appearances and Favourite Seniors Tomoda is eager to take any TV work that comes his way, but he admitted that because his name is not yet widely recognised, co-star relationships tend to be one-offs. 'It was so much fun,' he said of those shoots, 'and then it's just — was that really it?' He singled out a programme he recorded in the Tokai region with Tontsukatan's Morimoto-san as 'unbearably fun,' and said the experience confirmed how much the chemistry with fellow cast members shapes whether a show feels good to make. Among the seniors he is closest to, Tomoda named Cyclone Z (サイクロンZ), with whom he meets for dinner once a month. He drew laughs describing how Cyclone Z orders a seafood rice bowl and then separately orders a bowl of plain rice on top of it. ## Takeaways - A Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun reporter gave an entire newspaper page to a genuine medical, legal, and person-on-the-street investigation into whether kyun-shi is possible — and Kotake called it a masterpiece of serious journalism applied to an absurd premise. - Tomoda Ole stumbled through a TV announcer audition he was unprepared for, saw his manzai duo fall flat because his Hakata dialect was mistaken for Kansai dialect, then broke through as a solo act with a YouTube song-comedy clip and went on to become R-1's youngest-ever champion. - Waseda's comedy circle Rude has become a pipeline for professional talent, and Tomoda's cohort helped overturn the old campus culture in which going pro was considered uncool.