Tetsu and Tomo

Members

Tetsu (real name Tetsuya Nakamoto (中本 哲也, Nakamoto Tetsuya)), born May 9, 1970

Tetsu, also nicknamed "Tetchan", is a graduate of Nihon University. In the duo's manzai acts, he typically pays the tsukkomi role.

Tomo (real name Tomoyuki Ishizawa (石澤 智幸, Ishizawa Tomoyuki)), born May 10, 1970

Tomo, likewise a Nihon University graduate, typically plays the boke role in their manzai acts. He is a practitioner of shigin, and has won an amateur singing competition (specifically the NHK Nodo Jiman).

History

The two were scouted after singing at a wedding as entertainment (although the song was not comedic in nature). Both originally intended to pursue serious entertainment careers (Tetsu had hoped to become an enka singer while Tomo aspired to be an actor), but the pair ended up in comedy.

One of their most notable themes is "Nande darō (なんでだろう, I wonder why)", which pokes fun at unusual or incomprehensible things. This theme became famous as two ending theme songs to the anime Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, and the CD single, released in 2003, sold over 200,000 copies.