# 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.
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.

## Filmography
### TV programmes
#### 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 | Fuji TV | |
| 2014 | Hakkutsu! Break Neta Geinin! Geinin!! Geinin!!! | Bee TV | |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2016 | Tsutomu Sekine Kaden no Fukai Yoru | BS11 | Bar 11 owner |
| 2016 | Tokyo Crasso! Neo | Tokyo MX | |
| 2016 | Kosakin no Radio gokko | Mondo TV | MC |
| 2016 | Shōwa Kayō Best Ten | BS-TBS | MC |

#### 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 | |
| 2004 | 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 | |

#### Internet TV

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

##### NHK · NHK-BS

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1995 | Owarai Dunk Shoot | |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1987 | 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 | |
| 1993 | Kosakinrū no Okonnaide Kiite!! | |
| 1994 | Jungle TV: Tamori no Hōsoku | |
| 1996 | Sanma no Super Karakuri TV | |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1985 | Ore-tachi Hyōkin-zoku | Semi-regular (late programme) |
| 1989 | Kuni-chan no Yamada katsute nai TV | |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1994 | TV Cruise: Tonari no Papaya | Thursday caster |
| 1994 | 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 | |
| 2001 | Akashiya Ukenen Monogatari | |
| 2001 | Sugo Ude! Bout | |
| 2002 | The Letters: Kazoku no Ai ni arigatō | |
| 2002 | Moshimo Tours | |
| 2004 | Lion no gokigenyō | Kazuki Kosakai's substitute due to resting in illness |
| 2005 | Tamori no Japonica Logos | |
| 2005 | 100 Hitome no Baka | |
| 2006 | Hitoshi Matsumoto no suberanai Hanashi | Episodes 8 and 10 |
| 2008 | Tsutomu Sekine 5 Minutes Performance | |
| 2008 | Ikkakusenkin! Nihon Rou Rettō | Quasi-regular |
| 2008 | 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 |

### Radio
#### 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! | TBS Radio, JRN | |
| 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 | NBS | Main personality |

### TV dramas

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

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975 | Track Yarō Bakusō Ichibanhoshi | Vacuum Car Assistant Taro Horikoma | |
| 1981 | Blue Jeans Memory | Tsuji Hisashi | |
| 1981 | 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 | |
| 1989 | 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 | |
| 2014 | Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie | Conductor | |
| 2015 | Shinjuku Swan | | |
| 2015 | All Esper Dayo! | Tasche Boy | Cameo |

### Direct-to-video · narration
#### Direct-to-video

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1991 | Kekko Kamen | |
| 1991 | 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 |

### Stage/events

| 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 |

### Advertisements
#### Current

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | Rohto Pharmaceutical Mentholatum AD series |
| 2010 | Rohto Pharmaceutical Pansiron |
| 2010 | Meganesuper |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 2007 | Ōtsuka Chirudo Shokuhin Sugoi Kuro Dice | |
| 2008 | Toyota "Eco Kae" Campaign | |
| 2009 | S. T. Shōshū Plug | |

## Discography/Bibliography
### CD

| 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" | |

### VHS · DVD

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1994 | Kamakiri Densetsu <Tsutomu Sekine> 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! | |
| 2008 | 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 |

### Books

| Year | Title | Notes | Code |
| 1985 | Kazuki Kosakai Tsutomi Sekine no Shakai-gaku ― Better Choice Life no susume | | ISBN 978-4789701983 |
| 1995 | Tsutomu Sekine no Submission Eigakan | | ISBN 978-4390604062 |
| 1997 | Tsuromu Sekine no Full Contact Eigakan | | ISBN 978-4594022303 |
| 1997 | 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 |

### Films

| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
| 2015 | Sōon | Director | |

## Impression repertoire

* Sonny Chiba
* Hideji Ōtaki
* Koichi Wajima
* Isao Aoki
* Giant Baba
* Shigeo Nagashima

## Related works

* 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