# 超有名な人とあった時 - Show: 「NONSTYLE漫才セレクション『耳笑い』」 - Published: 2026-10-25 - Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1890385866_68d78dda660c.html - Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YOSHIMOTOKOGYOCOLTD4516451758.mp3 - Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary. In this episode of NONSTYLE Manzai Selection 'Mimіwarai', Ishida and Inoue tackle the classic comedian dilemma: when you bump into a celebrity you've worked with only briefly, do you say hi or pretend you haven't seen them? The manzai features Inoue impersonating five celebrities — Kuryanagi Tetsuko, Donald Trump, Yazawa Eikichi, Kitajima Saburo, and Takeda Tetsuya — while Ishida attempts to greet each one. After the bit, Ishida shares two true stories: being stuck behind two members of The Blue Hearts on a shinkansen, and Hashimoto Kanna doubling back to introduce herself to him on a Shibuya street during the COVID pandemic. ## What this episode answers ### What coping strategy did Ishida confess to using when he spots a celebrity he's not sure recognizes him? Ishida confessed to making weird faces at the celebrity from a distance to gauge whether they recognized him; Inoue immediately rejected this, saying "if they happen to notice you, it's game over," which established the need for the practice skit. ### What celebrities appeared in the greeting-practice skit, and in what situations? Five scenarios played out: Kuryanagi Tetsuko at a boat-race venue, Donald Trump shopping at Daiso, Yazawa Eikichi taking purikura photos alone, Kitajima Saburo at a Taiko no Tatsujin arcade machine singing instead of drumming, and Takeda Tetsuya first handing out tissues on the street and then sitting in the shinkansen seat directly in front of Ishida. ### What was Ishida's real-life celebrity encounter on the shinkansen? Boarding at Shinagawa, Ishida found himself sitting directly behind Kōmoto Hiroto; at Shin-Yokohama, Marcy boarded and sat next to Kōmoto — both Blue Hearts members right in front of him — but Ishida convinced himself neither knew who he was and said nothing to either. ### In what circumstances did Hashimoto Kanna approach Ishida first, and what happened? During the COVID pandemic in Shibuya, a masked woman Ishida passed doubled back, tapped his shoulder, removed her mask and hat, and introduced herself as Hashimoto Kanna; Ishida had not recognized her, and the encounter turned awkward because her companion was an actress he had never met and neither of them managed to introduce themselves. ### What was the episode's forbidden (NG) word, and when did it get triggered? The forbidden word was "mitai na mon" (みたいなもん, roughly "someone like"); Ishida triggered it while wrapping up the Hashimoto Kanna story by saying she went out of her way to speak to "someone like me," and Inoue immediately called it out with "There it is!" ## Article ## The "Should I Say Hi?" Problem — From Stand-Up Relatable Moments to Manzai In Tokyo, running into celebrities on the street is not uncommon. The tricky part is when the person you bump into is someone you've only worked with briefly — you have no idea whether they even remember you. Greet them and risk an awkward blank stare; stay quiet and risk seeming rude if they did recognize you. Ishida's admitted strategy: make weird faces at the celebrity from a distance and watch their reaction. Inoue shot this down immediately — "if they happen to notice you, it's game over" — and with that, the manzai's central premise was born: let's practice. ## Celebrity Role-Play Practice — Five Scenarios Inoue played five different celebrities while Ishida attempted to approach and say hello. **Kuryanagi Tetsuko (黒柳徹子)**: The setting was a boat-race venue. Ishida's greeting worked, though Inoue admitted he hadn't fully realized he was supposed to be playing her. **Donald Trump**: Shopping at Daiso (the 100-yen chain store). The obvious objection: the world's richest man has no reason to be in a 100-yen shop. A second objection followed — Trump isn't a Japanese celebrity, so greeting him falls outside the whole premise. **Yazawa Eikichi (矢沢永吉)**: Taking purikura (photo-booth sticker) pictures alone. Inoue acknowledged the absurdity himself — Yazawa would never do purikura — and admitted he didn't really know how Yazawa talks, so he just improvised his way through it. **Kitajima Saburo (北島三郎)**, known as Sabuchan: Playing Taiko no Tatsujin at an arcade, but singing along instead of hitting the drums. The bit fell apart under the observation that Sabuchan would never be at an arcade — "the racetrack is the only place you'd find him." **Takeda Tetsuya (武田鉄矢)**: Starting with handing out pocket tissues on the street, the scenario escalated to Takeda sitting in the seat directly in front of Ishida on a shinkansen. Ishida tried every absurd tactic: claiming he could identify Takeda from the back of his head alone, saying he could tell "by the smell," and asking whether he was currently doing an ego-search on his phone. Ishida ultimately gave a formal self-introduction as Nonstyle's Ishida, then introduced his partner with the line: "My partner Inoue became famous for an incident a few years ago" — which drew a big laugh. ## A Real Shinkansen Encounter After the manzai, Ishida shared a true story. Boarding a shinkansen at Shinagawa, he found himself sitting directly behind Kōmoto Hiroto (甲本ひろと) of The Blue Hearts. Convinced Kōmoto had no idea who he was, Ishida couldn't bring himself to say anything. Then, at Shin-Yokohama, Marcy (マーシー) — the other Blue Hearts member — boarded and sat down next to Kōmoto. Two legends were now sitting right in front of him. Ishida was rattled, but still said nothing to either of them. He also reflected on the broader anxiety: artists are hard to approach, athletes are recognizable by their build but you might not know their name, and there is always the terrifying possibility that a celebrity will approach you first. ## Hashimoto Kanna U-Turned and Approached Him First During the COVID pandemic, Ishida was walking through Shibuya when he passed two women in masks. He noticed one of them was cute. Then, unexpectedly, she doubled back, tapped him on the shoulder, removed her mask and hat, and said: "I'm Hashimoto Kanna (橋本環奈). It's been a while." They had worked together a few times, but Ishida had not recognized her behind the mask. He admitted that for a split second he wondered if it might be the Manakana twins. The other actress she was with was someone Ishida had never met, so neither of them managed an introduction, and the moment turned awkward. Ishida closed the story by saying: "Hashimoto Kanna is an incredible person for going out of her way to U-turn and say hi to someone like me." ## The Forbidden Word and the Truth About Inoue's Impressions This episode's NG (forbidden) word was "mitai na mon" (みたいなもん — roughly "someone like"). Ishida triggered it himself while wrapping up the Hashimoto Kanna story, saying she came to say hi to "someone like me," and Inoue immediately called it out: "There it is!" On the subject of Inoue's impressions, Ishida revealed that the script only instructed Inoue to "act like such-and-such person" — he had no idea Inoue was going to start singing. He described the Kitajima Saburo impression as "the most incomprehensible" and "the one I hated most." ## Takeaways - Not knowing whether a celebrity you've briefly worked with remembers you is a universal comedian anxiety, and Ishida's confessed workaround — making weird faces from a distance to test the waters — perfectly captures that helpless situation. - Inoue's five-celebrity greeting-practice skit drew laughs on two fronts: the absurdity of each celebrity's fictional location, and Inoue's freely admitted inability to convincingly imitate any of them. - Hashimoto Kanna doubling back through a Shibuya crowd during the pandemic to remove her mask and introduce herself to Ishida was framed as a rare and gracious act that reversed the usual "who should approach whom" dynamic.