Hidetomo Masuno (升野 英知, Masuno Hidetomo, born November 28, 1975, in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known for his stage name Bakarhythm (バカリズム, Bakarizumu), is a Japanese comedian, narrator, actor, playwright, and lyricist. He is sometimes called Bakarhythm Masuno (バカリズム 升野, Bakarizumu Masuno).
Everybody has theories that they personally cling blindly to regardless of proof or scientific validity. In this entertaining information program, a host of celebrities present their cases for pet theories to studio guests by any means be it academic argument or laughably “out there” logic. Can their theories gain acceptance? Or will they be discarded as pop science that only adds confusion to the world? Find out through exhaustive examination including on-location experiments!
Release Date2014-04-23
Charactersd Presenter
Episode Count7
Vote Count3
Physician Kohei Taguchi and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigator Shiratori soon become involved in major reforms to the death investigation system of the country and localities when a letter arrives threatening the destruction of Tojo University Hospital and Kerberos Tower in 3 months. Before the pair are able to uncover the truth, an unprecedented rash of suspicious deaths occur which can’t be explained through autopsy. On the day of the AI (Autopsy Imaging) Center’s opening and introduction of a revolutionary new MRI machine called “Leviathan”, further incidents rock the medical community.
Release Date2014-03-29
Charactersd Kinnosuke Watanabe
Vote Count1
Ushijima runs Kaukau Fiance, a black market lending agency which scourges its clients with interest rates as high as 50% for 10 days. Ushijima chases down his debtors, who normally come from the bottom of society, with ruthless efficacy.
Release Date2014-05-16
Charactersd Bakarhythm
Vote Count11
A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.
Release Date2023-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Receptionist
Episode Count10
Vote Count69
On a gloomy Monday morning, my week begins. Although I (Bakarhythm) am sleepy, I put on my make-up and I leave home for work at a bank. I take the subway filled with passengers and get off on the nearest subway station from work. I meet Maki Fujikawa (Kaho) at that subway station. She is my closest colleague at work. While talking with each other, we get to our workplace.
Release Date2020-02-28
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Masuno Hidetomo
Vote Count7
Release Date2011-10-07
Charactersd Masuno
Episode Count52
Vote Count1
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
Release Date2020-11-20
Charactersd Nakameguro (voice)
Vote Count236
"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
Release Date2022-10-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Entertainers Bakarhythm and Wakabayashi Masayasu live on the same floor of an apartment building in Tokyo. One day, the two of them discover that Nikaido Fumi lives in this building. She joins their group before they even realise it and the trio become close friends who solve one another’s worries and problems.
Release Date2017-01-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Episode Count30
For this 17th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an all-star cast. A young man trying to become a hairstylist finds the run-down apartment he's in may have a troubled past; A new nurse finds work with an old hospital where her young patient moves a coin around pointing to who will die next; clumsy businessman finds his clumsiness being transmitted to others when he's given a cursed votive tablet; several high school girls visit a friend at the hospital only to find "something" may have gotten on the elevator with them; a pond out in the country sends a strange call out to a man on vacation with his family and finally a young woman having difficulty at her job worries she's seeing images of her dead father everywhere.
Release Date2016-08-20
Charactersd Kojima Yosuke
Vote Count1
After a man accidentally leaves his smartphone in a taxi, he and his girlfriend are plagued by stalkers and cybercrimes.
Release Date2018-11-02
Charactersd Mamoru Koyanagi
Vote Count28
Release Date2023-01-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Vote Count1
A detective drama produced by Fuji TV.
Release Date2024-04-12
Charactersd Morino Toru
Episode Count11
Vote Count4
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
Release Date2014-07-13
Charactersd Okuzumi
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
Release Date2022-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Episode Count16
Vote Count1
Release Date2023-07-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
Release Date2014-10-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Hiroshi Sakota
Episode Count10
Vote Count12
Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company is targeted by OL from all over Japan.
Release Date2021-05-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Boss
Vote Count20
Takaki runs a small cardboard processing company. One day, he killed himself. He did this because of Yoshiyuki. Yoshiyuki is the CEO of a company that works with Takaki's company. Due to Yoshiyuki, Takaki's company went bankrupt because of heavy debts. This caused Takaki to jump off of a rooftop building. Despite the appeals from Takaki's family, Yoshiyuki was unpunished by the law. Takaki ’s son Kazuma and Takaki ’s nephew Mitsuru decide to take revenge on Yoshiyuki.
Release Date2021-02-05
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Mitsuru Azuma
The drama is based on a blog written by Bakarhythm between 2006 and 2009 where he posed as a OL nicknamed Masuno Kakū, who supposedly worked in a bank and wrote stories about the daily feelings of a OL from her perspective and the people around her.
Release Date2017-04-13
DepartmentWriting
JobBook
Charactersd 升野英知
Episode Count10
Vote Count6
This story follows the semi-autobiographical account of manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, author of the original Kamen Rider, Cyborg 009, and Super Sentai.
Release Date2018-08-25
Charactersd Osamu Tezuka
Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.
Release Date2012-10-09
Charactersd Satoru Kobayashi
Episode Count10
Vote Count7
"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
Release Date2022-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Release Date2015-06-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd
After his father was driven to suicide, Kubota Kazuma and his cousin vow to kill the man responsible for his death. However, given that neither of them have ever killed someone, it requires a lot of planning and a lot of help to achieve the perfect crime.
Release Date2020-11-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Mitsuru Azuma
Episode Count7
Vote Count5
Release Date2012-05-12
Charactersd (voice)
Vote Count2
In this drama, each of three troubled women encounter a mysterious and charismatic man while traveling to Bangkok, Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh.
Release Date2018-09-29
Charactersd Tachibana Taketo
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Ko Himi (Yuko Takeuchi) works as a lawyer and she is also an expert in crisis management. Her clients are women who are trapped in scandals. Ko Himi never gives up on her clients and does whatever is necessary for justice to take place.
Release Date2019-01-10
Charactersd Taro Suzuki（鈴木 太郎）
Episode Count10
Vote Count3
It is a morning scene of an ordinary family in what appears to be the Tama district in Tokyo, but is typical everywhere in Japan. Ikuta Kosuke and his wife Sanae have just moved into a newly-built detached house with their two children Mina and Satoru. The breadwinner of the family, Kosuke is a kind, family-oriented man, but oddly has a tendency to be a stickler for things and a dreamer. He has secretly been longing for life in his own house to be similar to what is shown in television dramas. However, reality has been quite different. Small home issues such as the problems of the dining table’s “lived-in feel”, the sofa that is practically “dead”, and the juicer that should be used to make fresh juice every morning – are very grating to a stickler like him. This is simply an average morning in any family.
Release Date2018-12-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Episode Count33
Vote Count1
Release Date2018-04-07
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd MC
Episode Count[ 1 ]
Vote Count4
Release Date2012-04-15
Charactersd MC
Episode Count1
Bakarhythm (Bakarhythm) and Masayasu Wakabayashi (Masayasu Wakabayashi) live on the same floor of N apartment building. Even though they are entertainers, they live simple lives. One day, they learn that Fumi Nikaido (Fumi Nikaido) lives in the same building. The three become friends.
Release Date2017-01-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScript Editor
Charactersd 升野英知
Episode Count10
Vote Count2
Eighth entry of the anthology written by Bakarhythm: two new shorts: “Gradation” (Koji Yamamoto) and “Toilet Paper Race” (Nanase Nishino & Yosuke Asari), blend dream and reality, with Bakarhythm appearing as the surreal “window guide.”
Release Date2025-12-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Release Date2015-04-04
Charactersd Self - Host
Episode Count432
An unpredictable situation comedy with a mixture of scripts and improvisations! Three daughters who came to Tokyo from Hiroshima who live together in a "Chandelier House" in Tokyo. Today, a strange visitor asked me, and now what will happen...
Release Date2009-04-11
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Kiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist after an encounter with an alien.
Release Date2025-01-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count10
Vote Count23
If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what kind of life would they be leading?
Release Date2016-10-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
Release Date2024-03-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Release Date2025-01-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Edawakare, the driver of the Time Taxi that allows passengers to return to their life's turning points, visits a hot spring this time around. An array of guests at the inn are fraught with troubles in their life and become passengers of the Time Taxi. And somehow all the clients are actually part of a bigger picture?!
Release Date2016-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Three unlikely thieves break into a mansion looking for the cash they believe its owner is hiding, only to encounter unexpected complications.
Release Date2024-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count21
What's the biggest event for a couple? A wedding! The goofy but earnest Akito Ishikawa and the always cheerful Haruka Nitta are about to tie the knot. Thanks to the help of their wedding planner Nakagoshi, they've finally made it to the day of the wedding.
Release Date2022-03-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count9
The series follows Koichi Numakura, a young man seeking revenge against the yakuza, who took his mother from him. Inspired by the protagonist of Fist of the North Star, he dedicates himself to learning the fictional martial art of Hokuto Shinken. Along the way he learns that, while he can't actually kill people, he does have all the qualifications to become a top-tier masseur.
Release Date2023-09-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count6
Vote Count7
Beethoven was a musician who overcame an incurable deafness disease and left behind many masterpieces. However, in reality, he was a vulgar and dirty old man. This film depicts the story of Schindler, the secretary who "fabricated" the sublime image of Beethoven that is conveyed to the public. Driven by a sense of mission to absolutely protect Beethoven, who saved him from rock bottom, Schindler changes Beethoven's image after his death from a "vulgar and dirty old man" to a "sacred and genius musician."
Release Date2025-09-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
Release Date2022-10-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Release Date2016-03-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Release Date2023-07-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Release Date2022-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Release Date2023-01-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Release Date2006-01-25
Release Date2012-10-06
Vote Count3
Release Date2013-12-25
Release Date2012-11-21
What is the full picture of the harsh project that made Kuro-chan say, "It was the most difficult location shoot so far"?
Release Date2023-02-23
Episode Count13
Vote Count5
Release Date2024-04-13
Release Date2004-10-07
Episode Count2
Vote Count1
Release Date2019-11-27
The “ultimate love” that aims at “tolerance” and “symbiosis” will be sublimated and ask questions to the chaotic society of today.
Release Date2023-12-01
Vote Count1
Release Date2012-06-27
Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.
Release Date2021-09-03
Episode Count9
Vote Count2
After dying in an accident, a manga artist with a gambling problem is given one month back with his family to redeem himself — in the body of a cat.
Release Date2019-02-15
Vote Count1
Release Date2011-12-21
Release Date2010-12-22
Release Date2002-10-14
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Release Date2013-04-24
The 25th anniversary of Nippon TV's 'Best Artist' show headlined by Mrs. GREEN APPLE, Ado and Snow Man. The live show features collaboration of several artistes such as SixTONES & Snow Man, KARA & NiziU.
Episode Count1
Release Date2014-01-10
Episode Count12
Release Date2022-04-23
Release Date2009-12-28
Episode Count27
Vote Count4
Release Date2007-11-21
Release Date2025-04-11
Release Date2011-04-06
Release Date2010-09-22
Release Date2008-06-25
Release Date2009-06-24
Release Date2011-04-06
Release Date2017-11-22
Release Date2004-07-22
Release Date2008-11-26
Release Date2012-07-20
Roasted crow? Beetle-infused desserts? Edible clothes? Follow J-pop boyband, NEWS, as they experiment in their crazy laboratory!
Release Date2016-04-08
Episode Count26
Release Date2015-04-15
Episode Count17
A 30-minute variety show that airs on TV Asahi on Wednesdays at 23:30. It is a program where three single men (Yuichi Nakamaru from KAT-TUN, and comedians Bakarhythm and Kazlazer), who have had few opportunities to face household chores, learn different household chores/skills and explore different domestic/home trends popular in the media.
Release Date2018-04-11
Episode Count1
Celebrities are tasked with creating unique videos based on intriguing themes. Over the course of a month, they immerse themselves in the project, capturing moments from their daily lives.
Release Date2025-01-01
Episode Count1
Release Date2014-10-26
Episode Count1
Hitori Gekidan gets off a crew bus, assuming he will participate in a travel program. He overhears people in the monitoring room announce the beginning of the "24 Hour Kiss Pressure Game." He is then assaulted by attractive actresses pleading for a kiss as well as deadly mercenaries and zombies attempting to kidnap him. Soon he grasps his character and situation. He is Shogo Kawashima aka The Desert Reaper and he is on the run with Aoi Tsukasa (Aoi Tsukasa). For unknown reasons, the Red Shadow, who raised him, wants him back.
Release Date2013-06-28
Vote Count4
The comedian, host, scriptwriter, and actor, Bakarhythm, presents his solo performances under the banner of "Bakarhythm Live." In each installment, he skillfully delivers engaging and often humorous monologues, offering unique insights and perspectives on a specific topic.
Release Date2019-12-05
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date2021-07-10
Episode Count2
How many "true friends" do you have? A 14-hour money game with a total prize of 100 million yen that tests true friendship. Three celebs compete to see who can summon the most star pals by midnight. How long can the stars, unaware of the show or its rules, wait for their friend? Confusion, trust, betrayal, laughter, and tears… A new type of battle royale that exposes every human emotion!
Release Date2025-07-31
Episode Count6
A variety show where Bakarhythm and other celebrities delve into obscure and unexplored historical topics. Each episode focuses on a specific, often quirky, historical theme that has never been investigated before.
Release Date2023-04-20
Episode Count1
Release Date2017-04-03
Episode Count2
Episode Count1
Release Date2021-09-28
Episode Count2
Release Date2023-04-13
