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Talent Agency On The Books
Yoshimoto Kogyo, Japan’s biggest talent agency specializing in comedians, announced January 4 that it would launch a publishing enterprise in the next year.
The Osaka-based company will also invest 500 million yen in film projects.
Yoshimoto Books will be a joint venture with the Tokyo publishing house Wani Books.
The first publication, which starts in the spring, will be a biweekly comic book aimed at men in the 20-40 age bracket.
The stories in the comics will be based on stories and routines made famous by Yoshimoto comedians in their live acts.