On the 9th, the comedy duo Yarens won the grand prize at the "6th Edomachi Taito Geiraku Festival - Beat Takeshi Cup: Japan's Best Comedy," held at Toyokan in Asakusa, Tokyo. Beat Takeshi participated as an honorary advisor to the festival's executive committee. The tournament is held to support and develop young comedians, discover a "second Takeshi" at the Edomachi Taito Geiraku Festival, where Takeshi serves as an honorary advisor, and to reaffirm Asakusa, where Takeshi trained, as a "holy land of comedy" and spread it to the world. More than 100 young groups with less than 20 years of experience, recommended by entertainment companies and entertainment halls in the Kanto region, entered the main competition held on the same day, and eight groups, including Camel, Zigzag Ziggy, Sentinel, Chanpions, Piroshiki, Miami Basketball Club, Yarens, and Rumiko, made it through the preliminary rounds. In addition to Takeshi, TV writer and talent Takada Fumio and comedy duo Knights (Hanawa Nobuyuki, Tsuchiya Nobuyuki) also participated. After reading out the certificates for the winning Yarens, he ended by saying "Edomachi Taito Entertainment Festival Honorary Advisor Matsumoto Hitoshi" instead of his own name. The audience laughed at the unexpected comment. When the comedians fell, Takeshi said, "If you mention your name like this, you'll come back a little faster." He continued, "It's so noisy these days about women," and Takada took over the topic, saying, "That was Beat Takeshi's comedy corner." After watching the manzai and skits of young comedians, Takeshi commented that the material time was short, about 4 minutes, and that "Because they're new, you can't see the background of the person. It's just a material, and you can't see the fun of their individuality." On this day, Beat Kiyoshi made a surprise appearance at the beginning, and just appearing on the show drew laughter, so he said, "Rather than seeing dogs at the zoo, I don't know much about South American birds. Everyone is competing for material, so they have to cram their material into a set time, and I feel sorry for them." #BeatTakeshi #MatsumotoHitoshi #BeatKiyoshi #TwoBeat #Yarens #Knights #TakadaFumio #BeatTakeshiCup