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Tsutomu Sekine

Tsutomu Sekine (関根勤, Sekine Tsutomu; born 21 August 1953, in Minato, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian, singer and television presenter. His former stage name is Rabbit Sekine (ラビット関根, Rabitto Sekine). He is represented with Asai Kikaku. His daughter is tarento Mari Sekine.

Tsutomu Sekine
関根勤
(1953-08-21) 21 August 1953Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Rabbie (ラビー, Rabī)
Nihon University
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1974–
Asaikikaku
Kosakin De Wow!
Contemonomane
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168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Kazuki Kosakai
Mari Sekine (eldest daughter)K (son-in-law; married to Mari)
21st Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award Entertainment Division (2002)
Same year/generation as:Sanma AkashiyaAll Hanshin-KyojinShinsuke Shimada

Tsutomu Sekine (関根勤, Sekine Tsutomu; born 21 August 1953, in Minato, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian, singer and television presenter. His former stage name is Rabbit Sekine (ラビット関根, Rabitto Sekine). He is represented with Asai Kikaku. His daughter is tarento Mari Sekine.

Sekine is partnered with Kazuki Kosakai, who is a junior at his talent agency and also a longtime best friend, in a comedy duo called Kosakin.

Current appearances

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2003	Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-talk!	TV Asahi	Occasional appearances
2012	PythagoraSwitch	NHK-E	"Konna koto dekimasen" corner
2013	Sport!	Fuji TV	"Tsutomu Sekine no Yumemiru Sport!" corner presenter
2014	Mirai Monster
Hakkutsu! Break Neta Geinin! Geinin!! Geinin!!!	Bee TV
Pet no Ōkoku: One da Land	ABC	Regular MC
	Cream Quiz Miracle 9	TV Asahi	Occasional appearances
2016	Shiawase ga Ichiban	Fuji TV, BS Fuji	Narration
Tsutomu Sekine Kaden no Fukai Yoru	BS11	Bar 11 owner
Tokyo Crasso! Neo	Tokyo MX
Kosakin no Radio gokko	Mondo TV	MC
Shōwa Kayō Best Ten	BS-TBS

Specials

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1994	Sanma Tamao no Otoshidama anta no Yume o kanaetaro ka Special	TBS	Broadcasts every January
2004	Sekine & Yūka no Warau Series	TV Asahi
Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita	Fuji TV	"Hakase to Joshu: Komaka sugite Tsutawaranai Monomane Senshuken" corner regular (Daihakushi)
2009	Monomane Grand Prix	NTV	Regular Jury / Jury Chairperson
	HoriKen fureai Tabi: Ningentteīna	TV Asahi
2014	Kosakin Amami no Chō Hakkutsu! Monomane Variety Mane mono	Fuji TV

Year	Title	Website
2016	#Nade mawasu TV Tsutomu Sekine ga Nicchina Are o nade mawasu	Abema TV

Former appearances Regular appearances and one-off specials only NHK · NHK-BS

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Owarai Dunk Shoot
Hotch Potch Station
1999	Mane shite Mane sa re Futaritabi	Co-starred with Hideji Ōtaki
2007	58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	As a Kōhaku cheer member with captain Mari Sekine
2010	Deep People
2012	Katsura Bunshi no subete: Katsura Fumie VI Shūmei
2015	Kōkō Yakyū 100-Nen no monogatari ano Kandō Scene o Nekkyū Talk!	Co-presented with NHK Announcer Tomomi Hirose

Nippon TV

Year	Title	Notes
	Kinyō 10-ji! Uwasa no Channel!!
Kakklakin Dai Hōsō!!
1979	Zoom In!! Asa!	Han-nenkan Machikado reporter
1981	Star Tanjō!	Kyu Sakamoto-presented era
1982	5-Ji Sat Magazine	Second presenter
1987	11 PM	Wednesday and Friday presenter
Kosakin Katte ni go kko
	Dochirasama mo!! Emi tte Yoroshiku	In thirty minutes, non-periodical appearances in five frames at a rate of once every two months
Quiz Sekai wa Show by!!	Quasi-regular solver
1992	Hyu Hyu
1994	Sokuseki! Akarui Kaizō Keikaku
1997	Tomosa ka Keno Yūutsu
1998	Gyu! To dakishimetai!
1999	Pikaichi
2001	Japan Walker
2002	Saikyō Damashī
2005	Cream Stew no tarira Relan
2014	Zip!	Thursday commentator

Tokyo Broadcasting System

Year	Title	Notes
	Ginza Now!	"Shirōto Comedian Dōjō" first champion
1979	Quiz Ressha Shuppatsu Shinkō
1987	Papa Daisuki!
1992	Sanma no Karakuri TV
	Wakuwaku Dōbutsu Land
1993	Ocha no ko Saisai
Kosakinrū no Okonnaide Kiite!!
1994	Jungle TV: Tamori no Hōsoku
1996	Sanma no Super Karakuri TV
Ōsama no Brunch	Regular
1999	Chance no Dendō
2003	Bakushō Mondai no Baku Ten!	Regular

Fuji Television · BS Fuji

Year	Title	Notes
1984	Kokoro wa Lonely Kimochi wa "..."
1985	Waratte Iitomo!	Regular
Ore-tachi Hyōkin-zoku	Semi-regular (late programme)
1989	Kuni-chan no Yamada katsute nai TV
Quiz! Hayaku itte yo
	Tamori-Takeshi-Sanma Big 3 Seiki no Golf Match	Narrator (except the 3rd and 6th)
1992	Sekine & Lou no! Quiz Success
1994	Quiz! Toshi no Sa nante	Adult Team solver
TV Cruise: Tonari no Papaya	Thursday caster
Yo! Taishō mi kke
1995	Entame Yūenchi: Tokyo Ijū Keikaku
1997	Unbelievable
1999	Akashiya Mansion Monogatari	"Kramer Kramer" as Tsutomu-kun
2000	100% Kyaeen!
2001	Fight Money
Akashiya Ukenen Monogatari
Sugo Ude! Bout
2002	The Letters: Kazoku no Ai ni arigatō
Moshimo Tours
2004	Lion no gokigenyō	Kazuki Kosakai's substitute due to resting in illness
2005	Tamori no Japonica Logos
100 Hitome no Baka
2006	Hitoshi Matsumoto no suberanai Hanashi	Episodes 8 and 10
2008	Tsutomu Sekine 5 Minutes Performance
Ikkakusenkin! Nihon Rou Rettō	Quasi-regular
Be Ponkikki	"Tobe BB!" Si-Sensei
2009	Honne no Dendō!! Shinsuke ni hawa karumai	Regular
2014	Kosakin Dōchū: Bura bbura bbura'!
2015	Shōjiki sanpo	Mari's substitute due to maternity leave

TV Asahi

Year	Title	Notes
	13-Ji Show	"Flash Quiz" presenter
1976	Tetsuko no Heya	"Flash Quiz"
1980	Tamori Club
	Kinchan no doko made yaru no!?
1986	Sanma no Gomen ne wagamama de
	Pao-Pao Channel	Second Monday chairperson
1993	Sanma no Nan demo Derby
1995	Kibun wa Wild: Tobidase Dai Shizen e
1996	Chō Jigen Time Bomber	Quasi-regular
	Ring no Tamashī
2008	The Quiz Man
	Ima sugu Tsukaeru Mame Chishiki: Quiz Zatsugaku-ō
2009	Galileo Hit Nō-ken
2010	Kosakin De Radio!

TV Tokyo

Year	Title	Notes
1982	Emi tte Lunrun	As Rabbit Sekine (but Sekine himself was removed three times) who was co-presented with Monta Mino. Despite aired at the Golden Time, it was cancelled after eight episodes due to low viewing rates.
1988	Oh! Kitchen Kazoku
1989	Yume-dōri Apron-tei
1996	Shitte Doo suru no!?
2003	Ura Sekine TV
2007	Ochanoma no Shinjitsu: Moshikashite Watashidake!?	Quasi-regular
2009	The Gyakuryū Researchers
2010	Gyakuryū! Shi Label Travel
2011	Gyōten Quiz! Chin Rule Show	Regular panelist

Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2007	Suzuki	tvk	"Nioi-bu" director

Broadcasting and communications satellite

Year	Title	Network
2010	Tsutomu Sekine: Eiga no Jikan	Star Channel
2012	Eiga-chan	Channel Neco
2015	Oshiete! Kaden no Kamisama	BS11

Current appearances

Year	Title	Network
2011	Tsutomu Sekine no Supopara	NCB
2015	Kusukusu	Bay FM

Former appearances

Year	Title	Network	Notes
	Tsutomu Sekine no One-Two Punch!	TBS Radio, JRN
1981	Kosakin De Wow!
1986	Tsutomu Sekine no Tokyo Best Hit	NBS	Main personality
1991	Zenkoku Kayō Best Ten	NCB	Personality
2007	Ore-tachi Mōsozoku: Tsutomu Sekine no Atama no Naka	JFNC
2009	Tsutomu Sekine no Kankonkin Radio: Poān to Kii te ne!!	NCB
2013	Tsutomu Sekine no Lunch de Genki!	NBS
2014	Radio de Anshin: Minna no Bōsai 2014	Main personality

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1976	Tanuki Sensei Sōdō-ki		Fuji TV
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger	Truck driver	TV Asahi	Episode 57
1977	Zenryaku Ofukuro-sama		NTV	Series 2 Episode 14
1978	Ponkotsu Robot Taihei-ki		NHK
1979	Akuryō no Sumu Yakata		KTV
1980	Shin Edo no Senpū	Umekichi	Fuji TV	Episode 16
Tadaima Hōkago	Komaki Oga
1981	Tamanegi muitara...	Tadahiro Kawakami	TBS	Episodes 9, 13, 27
Keiji Inu Curl 2	Osawa
Adauchi Senshu		Fuji TV
1982	Onihei Hanka-chō		TV Asahi	Series 3 Episode 4
1987	Ore no Musuko wa Genkijirushi		NTV
Human Crossing		TBS
Akireta Keiji	Ken Ishida	NTV
1988	Tsūkai! Rock'n Roll-dōri	Ryuji Kurosawa	TBS
1989	Imasara, Hatsukoi	Ryo Tasaki
1990	Joshidai-sei Kiken na Arubaito: Sumikomi Kateikyōshi-hen
Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: Shitai kusai	Naoto Hishi	Fuji TV
1992	Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: Oyaji
Tokugawa Buraichō	Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi	TV Tokyo	Episode 16
2003	Kokoro wa Lonely Kimochi wa "...." XI		NTV
2014	Senryoku-gai Sōsa-kan	Shinjuro Kaneshiro
Ressha Sentai ToQger	Conductor	TV Asahi
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim: Spring Break Combined Special
2019	Natsuzora		NHK	Asadora

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Track Yarō Bakusō Ichibanhoshi	Vacuum Car Assistant Taro Horikoma
1981	Blue Jeans Memory	Tsuji Hisashi
Something Like It	Kawazoe	Kazuki Kosakai and Okama combination
1986	Onyan-ko The Movie: Kiki Ippatsu!	Ace of spades
1987	Sotsugyō Proof	Professor Kei Kito
1989	The Toxic Avenger Part II	Newscaster
Erik the Viking	Slave Driver
1994	Hero Interview	Professor Yamamoto
1997	Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness	Nansan	As a member of Kosakin (not credited)
2001	Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back	TV voice	As a member of Kosakin
2014	Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S.	Conductor
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie
2015	Shinjuku Swan
All Esper Dayo!	Tasche Boy	Cameo

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role
1991	Kekko Kamen
2-Ri no Magical Night
2015	They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQGer: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams	Former conductor / ToQ 7gou

Narration

Title	Notes
TDK Hakken no Mori Series: Tsutomu Sekine no-san sū Mekimeki Tour	Voice of Harwie

Year	Title	Notes
1984	Kaiten Ebi Kazoku	9th anniversary entertainment life performance
1985	Kozakai-kun no o sumashi de Show	From 1st to 5th
1989	Kankonkin Theater	Unification of subtitles from the 6th performance Kudoi!
	K-1 World GP Series	Ring announcer
Japan Academy Prize	33, 34, 35 times award ceremony presenter

Current

Year	Title
2009	Rohto Pharmaceutical Mentholatum AD series
2010	Rohto Pharmaceutical Pansiron
Meganesuper
Ito-Yokado
2011	Rohto Pharmaceutical Rothgold 40
2013	Jidōsha Seibi Shinkō-kai Kantō Block Renraku Kyōgi-kai

Former

Year	Title	Notes
	New Japan Kanko
Cow Brand Soap Kyoshinsha One Day Shampoo & Rinse
Epoch Co. Barcode Battler
Marunaga Confectionery Alps Mate
1989	Procter & Gamble Vix Vapor Bath	Kyushu Limited
1995	Hitachi Flora	Co-starred with Shigeo Nagashima
The Sumitomo Bank	Voice of Bankoo
2001	Aderans	As Manager Shigeo Shimao
2003	Nintendo Mario Golf Family Tour
	Lion Corporation Look series
Eiden	Tōkai region only
	Yakult Honsha Softor LCS 100
SRI Sports (now Dunlop Sports) Golf Ball Miracle Everio
2007	Suntoryfoods Vitamin Water "Monomane Chiba"	Co-starred with Mokomichi Hayami
Ōtsuka Chirudo Shokuhin Sugoi Kuro Dice
2008	Toyota "Eco Kae" Campaign
2009	S. T. Shōshū Plug

Year	Title	Notes
1991	"Latin no Gotoku / Psychedelic Sound Paradise"	As Oracellal, with Lou Oshiba and Lucky Ikeda
1993	"True"	As Yonemitsu Club, with Miho Yonemitsu (Tokyo Performance Doll) and Hikaru Ijūin
1994	"Talk Mance 'Otoko no tame no Onna Dai Sakusen"

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Kamakiri Densetsu Kari
2004	Tsutomu Sekine Kamakiri Densetsu 2
2006	Tsutomu Sekine Cream Stew Presents!! CG nanka de Owarai o Mezashi chau Hito no tame no Keikō to Taisaku
2007	Otōsan
2008	Tsutomu Sekine Kamakiri Densetsu: Kudoi!
Nō kakutō-ka: Tsutomu Sekine no Mōsōdjikara Series
2009	Tsutomu Sekine 5 Minutes Performance 2 Kankonkin Theater Kessei 20-shūnen Toppa Kinen Sakuhin "Kudoi!"
2013	Mikakunin Chūgakusei X	Music video director
2014	Dynamite Kansai 2014	Special round guest

Year	Title	Notes	Code
1985	Kazuki Kosakai Tsutomi Sekine no Shakai-gaku ― Better Choice Life no susume		.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}ISBN 978-4789701983
1995	Tsutomu Sekine no Submission Eigakan		ISBN 978-4390604062
1997	Tsuromu Sekine no Full Contact Eigakan		ISBN 978-4594022303
Tsutomu Sekine Heisei Kakutō-ō Retsuden		ISBN 978-4796204682
1999	Tsutomu Sekine no yaru dake Male mōke! !	Golf book	ISBN 978-4575290301
2001	Maeda Sekine no oshaberi ni Aitakute ― sha Belist Yōsei Kōza	Co-authored with Takehiko Maeda	ISBN 978-4907710774
2003	Tsutomu Sekine×Kijun Edo Cinema Jū-ban Shōbu		ISBN 978-4829175361
2004	Ura Sekine Hon		ISBN 978-4872338324
2005	Baka Positive		ISBN 978-4838714766ISBN 978-4863320451 (new edition)
2009	Mōsōdjikara	Co-authored with Ken Mogi	ISBN 978-4796669238
2011	Tsutomu Sekine no Ningen Kansatsu		ISBN 978-4537258714
2012	Zen Kōtei! Sekine-ryū Positive Jinsei Sōdan		ISBN 978-4838724574

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2015	Sōon	Director

Sonny Chiba
Hideji Ōtaki
Koichi Wajima
Isao Aoki
Giant Baba
Shigeo Nagashima
Ichiro Yamanaka
- Tsutomu Sekine noTensaina noda. (March 1997, Fūjin-sha) ISBN 978-4938733339
- Tsutomu Sekine-Lou Oshiba 100-Sai no Chōsen (December 2004, Īzuka Shoten) ISBN 978-4752260035
2003 Īno Kenji Taidan-shū (1999, Sony Magazines) ISBN 978-4789713597
Asaikikaku profile (in Japanese)
Tsutomu Sekine at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Tsutomu Sekine at all cinema (in Japanese)
Tsutomu Sekine at Kinenote (in Japanese)
Tsutomu Sekine at IMDb
Tsutomu Sekine - Movie Walker (in Japanese)
2002 Yellow Ribbon Award: Tsutomu Sekine (Japan Father's Day Committee) (in Japanese)
Tsutomu Sekine Interview (Institute for Labor Administration, Foundation) (in Japanese)

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