{{Short description|Japanese comedy duo}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Chocolate Planet | native_name = {{lang|ja|チョコレートプラネット }} | image = 法務省令和3年第71回社会を明るくする運動強調月間・キックオフイベントチョコレートプラネット(cropped).png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | medium = | employer = Yoshimoto Kogyo | alma_mater = <!-- If the same for all members --> | years_active = 2006–present | genre = comic skits, impersonation, manzai comedy | subject = <!-- Use |subjects= if plural --> | notable_works = | memorials = | current_members = Shohei Osada, Shun Matsuo | past_members = | website = [https://profile.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent/detail?id=2667/ Official Website] | footnotes = | module = }}
{{nihongo|'''Chocolate Planet'''|チョコレートプラネット|Chokorēto Puranetto|lead=yes}} is a comedy duo and pair of YouTubers managed by the Tokyo office of the Yoshimoto Kogyo entertainment conglomerate. This comedy group consists of two graduates of the eleventh class of a comedy school known as Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC). Their name is sometimes abbreviated as {{nihongo|Choko-pura|チョコプラ|Chokopura|}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moto-neta.com/stage-name/chocolate-planet/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコレートプラネット |trans-title=Chocolate Planet |title=Chokorēto Puranetto |date=December 2, 2019 |publisher=Tanetan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215030857/https://moto-neta.com/stage-name/chocolate-planet/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In Japanese they are classified as an owarai kombi, which is essentially a comic pair.
==Members==
'''Shohei Osada''' (長田庄平), who was born January 28, 1980, in Kyoto, is in charge of creating much of this duo's comic material. He graduated Saga Art Junior College, which is now known as Kyoto Saga University of Arts. His hobbies include snowboarding, pottery, motocross, and jogging. In addition to being a good singer, he is a skillful dancer. Before becoming a comedian, he taught a pottery class in Kyoto. In the 2011 R-1 Grand Prix entertainment contest, which he participated in under the name of "Osada Shoulder," he advanced to the semi-finals and in 2018 he made it to the finals. He became a close friend of some members of the comic trio Panther Mukai at this time. Although he was married on February 14, 2016, he kept that marriage secret at first upon his manager's advice. On February 14, 2017, he announced his marriage publicly and his son was born. In 2000–2021 he also served as an occasional voice actor in NHK's educational "Eigo de Asobo with Orton" TV Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8157175/ |title=Shohei Osada |publisher=IMDb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215032321/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8157175/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
'''Shun Matsuo''' (松尾駿), who was born August 18, 1982, takes on the traditional comic roles of a straight man as well as a comic foil. He was born in the town of Hakone in Kanagawa prefecture, about one hundred kilometers southwest of Tokyo. His father is a cousin of Masayuki Tanaka, who used to be a noted Japanese rock vocalist. In 2001, he entered the Chiyoda College of Technology and Art. While there he worked part-time at a restaurant in Odawara-Kamomiya. He also worked at a cardboard factory in 2003 and for a short time at Uniqlo. His former stage name was "Matsuo Underground", which was taken from his favorite hip-hop group, the [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1023923-Nitro-Microphone-Underground Nitro Microphone Underground]. On March 18, 2011, he announced that his stage name would be changed to "Our Holiday." He announced his marriage on Twitter on May 20, 2018, and became a father on June 22, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2165218/full/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコプラ松尾、第1子男児誕生「昨日父親になりました!」 |trans-title=Chocolate Planet's Matsuo [celebrates] birth of first boy 'I became a father yesterday!' |title=Chokopura Matsuo, Dai-1 ko danji tanjō 'kinō chichioya ni narimashita!' |date=June 23, 2020 |publisher=Oricon ME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215044850/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2165218/full/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> His hobbies include basketball, snowboarding, music, soccer, and DJ work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vieeeee.com/chocolate-planet/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコレートプラネットの名前（コンビ名）の由来・身長は？長田松尾の嫁は誰？ 出身は箱根？ |trans-title=What is the origin and height of the comic duo Chocolate Planet? Who is Matsuo Nagata's wife? Are you from Hakone? |title=Chokorētopuranetto no namae (konbi-mei) no yurai shinchō wa? Osada Matsuo no yome wa dare? Shusshin wa Hakone? |date=May 19, 2019 |publisher=Vieeeee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215030910/https://vieeeee.com/chocolate-planet/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
==Joint activities==
Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo first paired up in 2004, just before graduating from the Yoshimoto New Star Creation school for entertainers. They survived for 10 weeks on January 16, 2007, in a survival show organized on Yoshimoto Fandango TV.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wasamonda.com/chocolate-planet-kingooff2018/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:【キングオブコント2018】チョコレートプラネット決勝ネタの動画 チョコプラとは他にどんなネタやってるの？ |trans-title=King of Conte 2018: Chocolate Planet's Final Story: What else they doing? |title=[Kinguobu Konto 2018] Chokorēto Puranetto kesshō neta no dōga Chokopura to wa hoka ni donna neta yatteru no? |date=October 16, 2018 |publisher=Owarai neta dōga jōhō-kyoku |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215034619/https://wasamonda.com/chocolate-planet-kingooff2018/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> From April 28, 2009, to May 2, they performed a play named ''Moukifuboku'' [盲亀浮木, Unusual Things] at the Yoshimoto Kogyo Theater in Osaka.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ameblo.jp/pink210/entry-10250925160.html |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:神保町花月 |trans-title=Jimbo-cho Moon and Flowers |title=Jinbōchō Kagetsu |date=April 28, 2009 |publisher=CyberAgent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215030854/https://ameblo.jp/pink210/entry-10250925160.html |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> This was their first big joint performance and for a while they appeared regularly at that theater. They worked for a unit known as "Tokyo Wonder Swan" that consisted of young entertainers run by the same entertainment conglomerate.
Chocolate Planet won the F-1 Grand Prix entertainment contest on November 23, 2010, and also received a "Red Carpet Award" for a Japanese comedy program called "Bakushou Red Carpet" that was broadcast on July 28, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rubese.net/lpedia001/target.php?name=%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88&id=221279 |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコレートプラネットと爆笑レッドカーペッ |trans-title=Chocolate Planet and LOL Red Carpet |title=Chokorēto Puranetto to bakushō reddokāpetsu |date=July 17, 2020 |publisher=Rubese Systems |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215054011/https://rubese.net/lpedia001/target.php?name=%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88&id=221279 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://power-shower.com/chocolate-planet-nagata-wife |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコレートプラネット長田の嫁(顔画像)はかわいい？子供はいる？ |trans-title=Isn't Chocolate Planet Nagata's Wife's face cute? Do they have children? |title=Chokorēto Puranetto Nagata no yome (kao gazō) wa kawaī? Kodomo wa iru? |date=4 March 2018 |publisher=QQQMode |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215030918/https://power-shower.com/chocolate-planet-nagata-wife |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> They have appeared on the TV show "Ariyoshi no Kabe" many times since December 28, 2015. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nordot.app/822388623786180608?c=581736863522489441 |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:『有吉の壁』チョコプラが“バンクシー”に皮肉「タブーに触れるなw」 |trans-title=Ariyoshi's Wall: Chocolate Planet ironically touches upon a taboo Banksy topic |title="Ariyoshi no kabe" chokopura ga "bankushī" ni hiniku 'tabū ni fureru na w' |date=October 17, 202 |website=Nihon Jānaru |publisher=Nordot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215053845/https://nordot.app/822388623786180608?c=581736863522489441 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Moreover, on January 14, 2019, they became the first MCs for the "Unbiased Reality Show Fetish Koi" which was video streamed on Abema TV.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abematv.co.jp/posts/5546869/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:「AbemaTV」が1月の新編成ラインナップを発表 |trans-title=AbemaTV announces new lineup for January |title=AbemaTV ga 1-tsuki no shin hensei rain'nappu o happyō |date=January 10, 2019 |publisher=AbemaTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215045216/https://abematv.co.jp/posts/5546869/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
On January 31, 2019, they were also MCs for Asahi Television's "Karei-naru Ichizoku no Maverick" broadcast.
On August 27, 2025, a new program co-hosted with Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya was announced. ''Ninochoco Match'' is scheduled to start airing on September 3.<ref>{{Cite web |title=宮チョコプラ新番組「ニノチョコマッチ」☆超人たちの異種頂上決戦！勝つのはどっち |url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/tv/20250903_8711.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827165041/https://www.tbs.co.jp/tv/20250903_8711.html |archive-date=27 August 2025 |access-date=27 August 2025 |website=TBS official site |language=Japanese}}</ref>
In recent years Chocolate Planet has utilized SNS extensively. In addition to active YouTube pages, they also have attracted many followers on Instagram and TikTok.
==Performance style==
Most of the performances by Chocolate Planet consist of humorous narratives known as ''konto''. Osada generally takes the role of ''tsukkomi'' (straight man), providing a chance for Matsuo to crack jokes, make blunders, or act stupidly. Sometimes they reverse roles, and occasionally they perform gags in which the roles become blurred.
This pair is also noted for their manzai performances, impersonations, and rhythmic material. Both Osada and Matsuo enjoy imitating other Japanese celebrities. For example, in 2017 Matsuo imitated the Japanese transgender talent Ikko, while pretending to be a beautician. Moreover, Osada has imitated the noted Kyōgen performer Izumi Motoya, attracting widespread applause.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://withnews.jp/article/f0210204002qq000000000000000W0e410501qq000022502A |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:チョコレートプラネット、10年の下積み時代に見つけた〝ぶれない軸〟 |trans-title=Chocolate Planet: An "unshakable foundation" found in their 10-year epoch |title=Chokorētopuranetto, 10-nen no shitadzumi jidai ni mitsuketa "burenai jiku" |date=February 4, 2021 |website=With News |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215030902/https://withnews.jp/article/f0210204002qq000000000000000W0e410501qq000022502A |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Television=== *''{{ill|Bakushou Red Carpet|ja|爆笑レッドカーペット#レッドカーペット賞受賞者}}'' (Performers, 2007–)<ref>{{Cite web |title=第５回放送（２００７年１２月１７日） レッドカーペット賞：世界のナベアツ |url=http://www.takomusuko.com/red-carpet-ed.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025145311/http://www.takomusuko.com/red-carpet-ed.htm |archive-date=25 October 2019 |access-date=31 January 2026 |website=Tako Musuko |language=Japanese}}</ref> *''{{ill|Tanuki to Kitsune (TV program)|lt=Tanuki to Kitsune|ja|たぬきときつね}}'' (MC, 2025– )<ref>{{Cite web |title=10月5日（日）15時00分～15時55分放送 |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/tanukitsu/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250929004443/https://www.ntv.co.jp/tanukitsu/ |archive-date=29 September 2025 |access-date=31 January 2026 |website=NTV official site |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2025 |title=たぬきときつね |url=https://thetv.jp/program/0001065944/1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260131023409/https://thetv.jp/program/0001065944/1/ |archive-date=31 January 2026 |access-date=31 January 2026 |website=Web The Television |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2026 |title=Hey! Say! JUMP山田涼介＆チョコプラMC「たぬきときつね」第2弾放送決定 timelesz原嘉孝ら芸能人が対決 |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4721708 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20260131020437/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4721708 |archive-date=31 January 2026 |access-date=31 January 2026 |website=Model Press |language=Japanese}}</ref> *''Nino Choco Match'' (MC, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=宮チョコプラ新番組「ニノチョコマッチ」☆超人たちの異種頂上決戦！勝つのはどっち |url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/tv/20250903_8711.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827165041/https://www.tbs.co.jp/tv/20250903_8711.html |archive-date=27 August 2025 |access-date=27 August 2025 |website=TBS official site |language=Japanese}}</ref> *''{{nihongo|Chikyū marugoto dai jikken: Nature Teacher|地球まるごと大実験 ネイチャーティーチャー}}'' (July 2025) (with Timelesz's Hara and Shinozuka)<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2026 |title=timelesz・原嘉孝＆篠塚大輝とチョコプラMC実験バラエティーが不定期放送決定！ 初回はクロス引き |url=https://www.tvguide.or.jp/news/news-4300479/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260121085103/https://www.tvguide.or.jp/news/news-4300479/ |archive-date=21 January 2026 |access-date=5 February 2026 |website=TV Guide |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1月25日日曜 ごご2:30放送 地球まるごと大実験 ネイチャーティーチャー |url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/program/nature_teacher/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260121082959/https://www.tbs.co.jp/program/nature_teacher/ |archive-date=21 January 2026 |access-date=5 February 2026 |website=TBS official site |language=Japanese}}</ref>
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