• Editor's Note: 1 (1:50)- Joy, real name: Joseph Greenwood. He is half British, half Japanese model.

"Fun" fact - The stage name "Joy" may come from the Japanese pronunciation of the name "Joey", but this is unconfirmed as even Joseph himself does not know where the name started.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_(model)

• EN: 2 (2:35) - Shinji Takeda. He is an actor and musician (plays the saxophone).

Wiki - https://mydramalist.com/people/5286-takeda-shinji

One of his songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpkL7IXh_yg

• EN: 3 (3:16) - Subaru Kimura, full name: Subaru Samuel Bartsch. He is an actor/VA and rapper. He's the voice of Tendou in Haikyuu (https://haikyuu.fandom.com/wiki/Satori_Tend%C5%8D)

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Kimura

A cover of his - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oZ8CT5Zhx0

Him at a Haikyuu event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRJvuFZIMqg

• EN: 4 (3:53) - Taisei Shima. He is an idol in the group "NORD".

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Kimura

• EN: 5 (4:21) - Oizumi Yo is an actor/VA and a comedian. Oizumi and Taisei are both starring in the live-action reproduction of "Channel wa Sonomama!"

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_Oizumi

Casting news - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-05/live-action-channel-wa-sono-mama-show-casts-yo-oizumi-ken-yasuda/.139073

• EN: 6 (4:38) - Katsunori Takahashi. He is an actor and singer.

His imdb page - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847138/

Song of his - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cudj4CpaiQ

• EN: 7 (5:42) - Takayuki Yamada. He is an actor, singer and producer. He has quite an amazing range as an actor, and has some very enjoyable commercials.

His imdb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303233/

His Monster Hunter commercial - https://twitter.com/nichegamer/status/954431014641852417

• EN: 8 (10:16) - He's singing a song called "Rainy Blue" by Tokunaga Hideaki.

Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_poO4pIxpgU

• EN: 9 (14:21) - The CD that Joy handed out include covers that he has sang. The song requested that he sing is called "Hanamizuki" which means "flowering dogwood".

The song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ezafYknSM

• EN: 10 (19:53) - Haga Kenji is a half-Japanese, half-American actor and businessman. In 2007, he tried to blackmail a real estate agent in Osaka into forgiving his ¥400 million (approx $3.5 million USD in 2007)

Article - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/01/national/actor-haga-arrested-over-blackmail/

• EN: 11 (20:28) - Iitomo Youth-Corps is a variety show that ran from 1982 to 2014 on Fuji TV. Haga Kenji was regular from 1982 to 1985.

• EN: 12 (25:34) - Subaru voiced Todo Aoi in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen.

Video of relevant scenes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVRnMDuLyxs

• EN: 13 (29:32) - Seki Tomokazu is a VA and singer. He and Subaru voice acted in Doraemon. Subaru started voice acting for the anime Doraemon back when he was in Junior High (2005).

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomokazu_Seki

• EN: 14 (30:54) - Tanimura Shinji was a famouse singer in the 90's. The picture in the book is quite and old picture of him.

Discography with picture - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1245640-Shinji-Tanimura

Him singing "Subaru" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbsGmF8u68Y

• EN: 15 (31:10) - Shimizu Akira is an actor and impressionist. 

Imdb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793639/

• EN: 16 (36:19) - Kumada Masashi is a comedian. He does the "pull the glasses up using a string" gag quite a lot. He took part in the "rage tour" Gaki episode.

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD_CBdYj10U

Rage Tour episode - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k58vsN3Fw3GKimt682C

• EN: 17 (43:57) - The mochi making process is "turn/fold and hit".

Here's the GnT episode where they try to make their own mochi: https://vk.com/video/@gakinotsukai?z=video-7016284_168794659

• EN: 18 (55:58) - Takayuki is dressed up as Muranishi Toru, the "Naked Director". Muranishi was an adult video director who had a "unique" way of producing adult videos.

Video giving an overview of his career [Dirty - Headphones recommended]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QejueJjvfzo

There's a Netflix drama about the Muranishi, starring none other than Takayuki Yamada himself.

Wiki of the drama - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Director

• EN: 19 (56:36) - Waterboys (2001) is a movie about a bunch of teens learning and performing synchronized swimming.

Wiki - https://asianwiki.com/Waterboys

My Drama List - https://mydramalist.com/2545-waterboys

• EN: 20 (1:00:55) - Shinji is playing this song on the flute.

Song by Scatman John - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMp9vmleCHQ

• EN: 21 (1:07:25) - Yamada is dressed up as Hanazawa Rui. Rui is a character in a show called Hana Yori Dango ("Boys Over Flowers"). In the live action version of this manga, Rui is played by Oguri Shun.

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_yori_Dango_(TV_series)

YT vid where Rui says "Makino" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9b7FEfZQQc

• EN: 22 (1:09:57) - Tadada Junji is an actor/comedian. He hosted a show called "Tensai, Takeshi no Genki ga Deru Terebi" alongside the legendary Kitano Takeshi (Beat Takeshi).

Relevant picture - https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/03/12/comedian-junji-takada-sings-the-ed-theme-for-warau-salesman-new

• EN: 23 (1:14:09) - Kimura is dressed as Fuwa Haruka, aka Fuwa-chan. She's a youtuber with a unique over-the-top personality.

Vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7GPJ-0qCI