大竹メインディッシュ - 大竹まことゴールデンラジオ！currently outside the Japan top 100
【ななまがり】2026年10月16日 キングオブコント／1000万円の使い道／ライバル／ASH＆D／ネタ／結婚／10月28日 漫才単独
The day before the King of Conte 2026 finals, comedy duo Nanamagari (ななまがり) — Hakushin and Morishita — dropped by Otake Main Dish (大竹メインディッシュ) to talk through their ten-year journey back to the national final. Between candid takes on how they'd spend a ¥10 million prize and a confession that Morishita has never once had a girlfriend in forty years, the conversation veered into laughs, revelations, and at least one declaration of guilt from host Otake Makoto (大竹まこと).
What this episode answers
Who does Nanamagari consider their biggest rival at the King of Conte 2026 finals?
Hakushin named fellow Yoshimoto act Jeradon (ジェラードン), praising them as a group that "gets laughs anywhere and will click in the finals setting too"; Morishita named Kutsu-na (クツナ) of Dow 90,000 (ダウ9万), reasoning that "if I'd been born female, I'd have had this physique" — a logic that got the studio laughing.
What would each member do with the ¥10 million prize if they won?
Hakushin answered "savings" on the spot, saying he works a lot at Yoshimoto theaters but his savings never seem to grow; Morishita said dental implants — his dentist has diagnosed him with an oral age of 82 at 40, with four teeth up for extraction at roughly ¥400,000 each, prompting Otake to call it "no dreams" from either of them.
What were the circumstances behind Nanamagari declining to join ASH&D just before signing with Yoshimoto?
While studying at Osaka University of Arts (大阪芸術大学), the two appeared on the college comedy TV show Kaibutsu (怪物) — hosted by Kitaro (北郎) and Summers' Otake Makoto — and Kitaro took a liking to them; they were invited to an ASH&D (アッシュ&D) live show and offered membership at the same time Soga Atom (宿賀アトム) and Love Letters (ラブレターズ) were joining, but they had simultaneously passed the Yoshimoto audition and chose Yoshimoto after deliberating.
What episode lies behind Morishita never having had a girlfriend at age 40?
After confessing to a college crush and being rejected, Morishita stayed in love for ten years despite not seeing her for over six years; when he learned she had returned to her family home in Toyama, he searched her middle school athletics records to deduce her school district, local convenience store and supermarket, then repeatedly toured the neighborhood on Google Street View — Otake declared flatly, "That is already a crime."
What was the encounter that brought Hakushin together with his wife?
A woman who fell for Hakushin at first sight watching King of Conte on TV ten years ago reached out via DM on X at the end of 2018; his junior roommate Gera Gera Seijin (ゲラゲラ星人), who was sharing his apartment at the time, told him "if it's weird, just leave" and pushed him to go meet her — they ended up together.
The Night Before the Finals: A Studio Visit Ten Years in the Making
Nanamagari (ななまがり) arrived at Otake Main Dish on October 16, 2026 — the day before their King of Conte 2026 final on October 17, and exactly ten years after the duo last stood in a King of Conte final. In the intervening decade, Hakushin (白心) and Morishita (森下) had made the semi-finals every year without breaking through. "Getting to the semi-finals is already an achievement — and here they are, finalists again," the studio noted, and the session began with genuine anticipation in the air. The two met as classmates at Osaka University of Arts (大阪芸術大学), and their previous King of Conte final run was also together, ten years ago.
What Would They Do With ¥10 Million?
With the final the very next day, the question was irresistible: what would each man do with a ¥10 million prize? Hakushin answered without hesitation — savings. "I work a lot at Yoshimoto theaters but my savings just don't grow. I want to actually feel what it's like to have that much." Morishita's answer was dental implants. At 40, his dentist has given him an oral age of 82; four teeth are up for extraction and implants at roughly ¥400,000 apiece. "I'll have them all done in one night," he announced. Host Otake Makoto (大竹まこと) could not let it pass: "No dreams — savings and implants." When Morishita added he wasn't worried about his hair, Otake kindly replied, "It looks good on you."
Rivals: Jeradon and Kutsu-na
Asked who worried them most among the ten finalists, Hakushin pointed to Jeradon (ジェラードン), fellow Yoshimoto act. "They get laughs anywhere. I can just feel they're going to click in the finals too." Morishita's choice was more personal: Kutsu-na (クツナ) of Dow 90,000 (ダウ9万). "I have this feeling that if I'd been born female, I'd have had Kutsu-na's physique — so I've been treating her as a rival." The studio laughed. Yoshimoto had four acts in the final ten: Nanamagari, Jeradon, Kaeru-tei (カエル邸), and Nihon no Shacho (日本の社長). Yacchoi (ヤッホイ) and The Mummy (ザ・マミー) also came up in conversation.
The ASH&D Offer They Turned Down
As students at Osaka University of Arts, Hakushin and Morishita appeared on the college comedy TV show Kaibutsu (怪物), hosted by Kitaro (北郎) and Summers' Otake Makoto. Kitaro took to them and invited them to an ASH&D (アッシュ&D) live show at the moment Soga Atom (宿賀アトム) and Love Letters (ラブレターズ) were joining the agency — and asked whether Nanamagari wanted to join as well. At exactly the same time, however, they passed the Yoshimoto audition. After deliberating, they chose Yoshimoto and declined ASH&D. Otake laughed that "not a word of that story entered my brain," then expressed genuine surprise at the closeness of the connection — in a parallel world, they would have been his direct juniors at his own agency. The duo then tried to wrap up by asking Otake for his support at the finals, which only produced another round of laughter.
Morishita's "Toyama Stalker" Confession and Hakushin's Fateful Romance
Morishita revealed that he has never had a girlfriend in his forty years. After confessing to a college crush and being rejected, he stayed in love with her for ten years — despite not seeing her for over six years. When he learned she had returned to her family home in Toyama, he searched her middle school athletics meet records and began reasoning through the geography: "This school → this school district → this convenience store → her home is in this range → she must shop at this supermarket." He then repeatedly toured the streets on Google Street View. "I never actually went there — I just enjoyed looking at maps," he insisted. Otake was unimpressed: "That is already a crime." When Nanamagari toured nationally for the first time and visited Toyama, Morishita said the streets felt strangely familiar. The woman has since married and has children; Morishita said he is completely over it, though the studio's skepticism was palpable.
Hakushin, meanwhile, is married with one child. His wife first saw him on the King of Conte broadcast ten years ago and fell for him on the spot, holding onto the hope that she might meet him someday. At the end of 2018 she reached out via DM on X. His junior roommate at the time, Gera Gera Seijin (ゲラゲラ星人), told him, "If it's weird, just leave" — and pushed him out the door. They got together. When Hakushin finished the story, Morishita sighed: "I thought I was telling a nice story too — but set right next to what I just said, mine is a horrible episode."
A New Manzai Piece and What's Next
The duo performed a manzai routine in the studio: a dark comedy that begins with the premise of wanting someone present as you die, but veers into the surviving partner being terrified by the dying person's convulsions — described as movements straight out of The Exorcist. Hayashiya Hikoichi (林家彦いち) noted that he "wasn't sure it was entirely suited to a lunchtime slot," but called it "a piece I absolutely love." The initial idea for each routine comes from Morishita, and they develop it together; at every solo show they premiere 28 new pieces, which drew its own incredulous reaction from the studio.
Coming up: a manzai solo live on October 28, and individual solo shows for each member in early December as preparation for R-1 Grand Prix.
Takeaways
- Morishita, 40 years old with an oral age of 82 and no relationship history, got the biggest laughs of the episode with his years-long habit of tracking his former crush's location in Toyama through online searches and Google Street View — earning Otake's verdict: "That is already a crime."
- Just before joining Yoshimoto, Nanamagari turned down an offer to join ASH&D — Otake Makoto's own agency — when they passed the Yoshimoto audition at the same time, revealing an unexpected deep connection with the very MC interviewing them.
- Hakushin's wife fell for him at first sight watching King of Conte on TV and reached out by DM years later, while Morishita has never had a girlfriend in forty years — the stark contrast between the two men's love lives was one of the episode's defining moments.
This article is edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. It is not an official summary — please listen to the episode itself.