Running time 23–30 Minutes First episode date 21 July 1991 | Original network Dengeki Network | |
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Starring Torata NanbuSangojyugoGyuzoDanna Koyanagi Genres Comedy, Reality television Similar NogiBingo!, Dirty Sanchez, YARISUGI KOJI, All Night Fuji, Adam and Joe Go Tokyo Profiles | ||
Tokyo shock boys
The Tokyo Shock Boys (東京ショックボーイズ, Tōkyō Shokku Bōizu), or Dengeki Network (電撃ネットワーク, Dengeki Nettowāku), is a Japanese group of four men who perform dangerous and crude stunts.
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The group was formed in Tokyo in 1990. The Tokyo Shock Boys have a huge cult following in Japan and have appeared in many other countries, such as Australia, Canada, Germany and Scotland.
In 2006, they made appearances in Japanorama, Adam & Joe go Tokyo and the Dirty Sanchez movie. However, their shows are viewed as having more 'magic' stunts rather than painful ones. This was proven in Dirty Sanchez: The Movie as the Tokyo Shock Boys refused to do a show with Dirty Sanchez because they viewed their stunts to be too extreme.
The members of the group are:
In Popular Culture
On volume 2 of the manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, when asked to slide one's foot inside a shoe with a scorpion, Yugi, Jonouchi, and Honda respond, "Who do you think we are, the Tokyo Shock Boys?"