Takashi Okamura (55) of the comedy duo Ninety Nine appeared live on Nippon Broadcasting System’s “Ninety Nine’s All Night Nippon” (Thursday at 1:00 am), where the duo serves as personalities. The duo talked about their junior comedians. (Photo: Okamura teased the popular comedian about his new breakthrough. When a listener tipped Okamura off that his junior comedian “Messenger” Yu Kuroda was being used as a model for a barber shop, Okamura said, “He looks like a girly girl. His partner Hiroyuki Yabe teased, “If you see this, you’ll just hate him,” and reported that Kuroda, who co-stars with him on the show, “has a perm. He said, “You don’t have to do anything. I’ve just had it done for the first time,” he said, even though I didn’t ask. He was very chatty, even though I didn’t ask him. It’s a role that I like,” said Yabe. Okamura, however, seemed to be concerned about the scarf Kuroda wears around his neck. “He wears it around his neck in the winter, but they say that your neck shows your age,” he explained, “He’s probably going to have an affair sooner or later,” he added. He’s suddenly getting perms and working as a model. He’s a great guy, really. He added, “I keep changing in order not to change. Okamura teased the catchphrase, saying, “I’m really glad that I’m Kuroda’s senior. I’m really glad I’m Kuroda’s senior. （If I were Kuroda’s junior, he wouldn’t say that, so I’m really glad I’m his senior. He also explained, “It’s not easy to find a person with this character. He quoted Kuroda as saying, “I was always saying, ‘I’m not good enough, I’m not suited for TV in this era,’ and then I got a job like this and became popular again in Osaka,” and spoke of his popularity. Yabe said, “Old ladies in Osaka like Kuroda a lot,” to which Okamura replied, “His partner, Parachan, is also a radio star in Osaka. He is a radio star, isn’t he?” Okamura praised the activities of Kuroda’s partner, Ayala. He continued, “It’s great, a messenger.” Okamura then said, “I haven’t forgotten that he slept through our radio show. He said, “I’ll call you,” but he didn’t answer because he fell asleep.
