On Monday, 9 December 2013, TSUTAYA O-EAST hosted the winter edition of Brockin Japan — the Yoshimoto comedy-world music festival where performers treat singing like a dare, not a side hobby. Broadcast!! produced and emceed the show under its full mouthful of a title: a winter challenge to get carried away, invite professionals, blow up the room at O-EAST, and turn the season into a spectacle.
The event itself is historical; confirm current Brockin Japan schedules separately if you are looking for a present-day ticket.
What Brockin Japan had become by 2013
Brockin Japan started as a hit in Yoshimoto halls such as Yoshimoto ∞ Hall and Lumine the Yoshimoto. By 2013 the format had graduated to proper live houses with a backing band, which changed the stakes. Comedians could no longer hide behind a karaoke track and a handheld mic. They had to survive a real stage, real monitors, and a crowd that paid concert prices to watch owarai personalities attempt pop, rock, rap, and idol choreography with straight faces.
The winter show was pitched as a step up from the popular summer edition: bigger venue, heavier guest list, higher baseline energy from both performers and audience.
Opening: Smile Melody and the hosts
Writer Smile Melody opened with Tamura Ryuichi’s “Love is…,” and the room responded immediately — the kind of warm-up that tells you people did not wander in for one act and leave. Broadcast!! (Yoshimoto’s fast-talking manzai duo) took the host role next, hyping the expanded hall and name-checking Denpa.inc fans and Good Morning America fans in the same breath. That mix of audiences is the whole Brockin Japan proposition: comedy regulars, idol-adjacent crowds, and band kids who know these names from TV varietal as much as from live circuits.
Early comedy sets
DOI returned with Grunge (Toyama) on high-energy mic duty while Inu no Kokoro (Oshimi) and LLR (Ito) played the straight men. They performed K-pop-flavored “DOI Haseyo” and Hamada Shogo-inspired “DOI Sho.” Oshimi reportedly pushed through significant illness that night without letting it show — and still remembered the lyrics, which the coverage treats as its own punchline.
Spike followed. Ogawa had drilled drums specifically for the date and showed off stick work the reporter found unexpectedly rock-and-cute. Matsuura’s voice had clearly benefited from training since earlier appearances.
Then came the first “artist special live”: Denpa.inc, whose stage pulled in both idol fans and comedy fans. Trendy Angel’s Takashi supplied sharp otagei moves — too fast for clean photos, according to the write-up — and posed with the group at the end. Grunge crashed back in to plug the Grunge BEST NETA LIVE DVD, Matsuken Samba troops included. When Yoshimura joked that Brockin Japan might not survive the chaos, Maximum the Hormone’s Nagasawa appeared with the line “I’ll protect Fusano!” and vanished again.
Guitar ballads, sibling swagger, and rap
Ishibashi Hazama’s Sakai paired with Yuttari-kan’s Esaki for two original songs on guitar — “Kyo Ganbatta Yatsu ni Shika!” and “Onaji Mado” — before Ishibashi’s Ishibashi burst in, grandfather cosplay intact, to reclaim his partner. Esaki called for his duo mate and somehow summoned Wakatsuki Tetsu; Menchi Beam failed, and Yuttari-kan’s Nakamura arrived dressed as Kayama Yuzo to keep the fight going. Yoshimura mimicking Menchi Beam cracked Fusano up mid-host duties.
Sakaisuto (Denpe and Ma-kun) played “Rock’n Daddy Roll” and “Kono Yubi Tomare.” Denpe mostly walked the stage during songs — talk was restrained after talking too much last time, but presence stayed loud.
mckj rapped the room into participation, including a new song with a verse about flattering successful juniors. Broadcast!! called them “pro level” on the spot.
Doburock drew screams from women in the crowd for “Moshikashite dakedo,” provocative enough that the hosts quipped about TV broadcast bans. “Boku nari no puropozu” turned into tight harmony about bodily affection and laughter.
Variety TV energy and dance rescue
Yasoshi Cantabile from TBS’s Power☆Purin ran long — conductor Yasushima from 2700 led chaotic call-and-response until Broadcast!! scolded them for blowing their slot. Ichi-Kis-My-Ft PE! followed with Saito’s strong vocal and junior dancers copying Kis-My-Ft2 choreography to arena-sized cheers.
Mid-show crisis comedy: Yoshimura’s arm hurt so badly he claimed he could not continue hosting. Chimimo Chocho’s Kikuchi saved the bit with a dance set — break moves, rock footwork, back dancers — that looked nothing like his usual funny-man image.
The two special lives
First special: Denpa.inc (above). Second special: Good Morning America. Bassist Tanoshin entered from the floor singing “Atarimae Tanoshin~” to the Atarimae Taiso rhythm — a surprise entrance that unified the crowd before the band pulled everyone into its world. The report calls it the biggest cheer of the night. “Mirai e no Spiral” gets a personal shout-out. GMA and Broadcast!! had bonded since sharing radio airtime and clearly enjoyed the reunion on stage.
After GMA, Broadcast!! feigned burnout again. Seven by Seven’s Tamashiro appeared as Coach Anzai; Hammamiya’s Ipki showed up dressed as WANDS.
Late chaos and the final run
Yasei Bakudan went surreal — Rosshi slept through the set while Kawashima sang about gums. Kuso Band reunited with Chimimo Chocho’s Shirai, Appare Koizumi, and a pile of juniors in alarming outfits; Broadcast!! simply said it was crap, which the reporter treats as success by another metric.
Nishimura Hirocho reset the mood with sax and originals plus “Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” idol-level audience capture included. Homan no Kaze closed the guest block by running the stage hard, sweating through a set that mixed serious performance with self-aware “fat joke” lyrics.
Broadcast!! headlined with “Kimi no Koto” and “Itsuka Itsuka,” dancing with the crowd. Everyone piled on stage for a group “WWW” singalong. Encore brought more cosplay cameos and roast-heavy banter. Tanoshin watched from the second floor with balloons. The night ended on the winter theme song “Sankatta ka Fuyu!” after roughly four hours.
Event facts
- Event: Brockin Japan 2013 Winter Special
- Date: 9 December 2013 (Monday)
- Venue: TSUTAYA O-EAST, Shibuya
- Hosts / producers: Broadcast!!
- Runtime (reported): about four hours
- Theme song: “Sankatta ka Fuyu!” (“参ったか冬！”)
O-EAST sits in the same Shibuya live-house basin as O-WEST and O-nest — a few turns off the scramble but wired into the same late-night foot traffic you can still watch on the Shibuya Crossing live camera. Brockin Japan 2013 winter is a snapshot of that era’s comedy-music crossover before either scene fully moved to streaming-first promotion. Winter dance weekends in the city pair with colder outings listed under day trips from Tokyo in winter.
