Tachibanaya Takezou
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Tachibanaya Takezou (橘家竹蔵) is a rakugo artist (real name is Kouketsu Tokio), born October 22, 1947, in Iida, Nagano, Japan. He currently resides in Tokyo. He first performed in September, 1965 at Shinjuku Suehirotei, with a story called Karanuke. He regular performs in Shinjuku, Asakusa, Ueno and Ikebukuro. In 2005, he released a DVD from Avex titled Tachibanaya Takezou.

