# Cunning Takeyama

Cunning Takeyama (カンニング竹山, Kanningu Takeyama, born 30 March 1971) is a Japanese tarento, comedian and actor.
Takeyama performed boke in the comedy duo Cunning and is known for his often "angry" persona while at the same time being an "easy to tease" character. His real name and former stage name in the duo is Takanori Takeyama (竹山 隆範, Takeyama Takanori).
Takeyama is also known for his fandom of American football, National Football League and the Green Bay Packers.

## Filmography
### Current appearances
#### Regular

| Year | Title | Network |
| | Chokugeki Live Goody! | Fuji TV |
| | Minna no News: Wonder | KTV |
| | Non Stop! | Fuji TV |
| | Knight Scoop | ABC |
| | Sekai Seifuku! Takeyama Juku | TV Asahi Channel |
| | Cunning no Dai Yasuyoshi-bi! | BS Fuji |
| | Cunning no Renai Chūdoku | GyaO |
| | Cunning Takeyama no Maemuki Conte! Ippon Shōbu | Fuji TV |
| 2016 | Hakunetsu Live: Vivit | TBS |

#### Quasi-regular

| Title | Network |
| Sōdatta no ka! Akira Ikegami no Manaberu News | TV Asahi |
| Akko ni omakase! | TBS |
| Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-talk! | TV Asahi |
| London Hearts | TV Asahi |
| Makō Ōkoku–Umazukingdam | Fuji TV |

### Former appearances

| Year | Title | Network |
| 2013 | Aiba Manabu | TV Asahi |
| | Tamori Club | TV Asahi |
| | Tameshite Gatten | NHK-G |

#### Variety programmes
##### Former regular programmes

| Year | Title | Network |
| 2001 | Tora no Mon | TV Asahi |
| 2004 | Warai no Kin Medal | ABC |
| 2005 | Odaiba Owarai Dō | Fuji TV One |
| 2005 | Ikari Oyaji 3 | TV Tokyo |
| 2007 | Omoikkiriī!! TV | NTV |
| 2011 | Shittoku! Na'e! | TV Asahi |
| 2012 | Cunning Takeyama no Zenius no Yoru | MBS |
| 2012 | Yajiuma TV! | TV Asahi |
| 2012 | Takeyama no yaritai 100 no koto: Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tabi | Fuji TV One |

##### Former quasi-regular programmes

| Year | Title | Network |
| 2004 | IQ Sapuri | Fuji TV |
| 2004 | Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy | NTV |
| 2006 | Ai no Apron | TV Asahi |
| 2008 | Otameshika'! | TV Asahi |
| 2012 | Kanjani no Shiwake Eight | TV Asahi |

##### Irregular appearances

| Year | Title | Network |
| 2004 | Utaban | TBS |
| | Kaitai-Shin Show | NHK |
| 2007 | Tonkotsu TV | NHK Fukuoka |
| 2010 | Mezase! Kaisha no Hoshi | NHK-E |
| 2013 | Shibuya Deep A | NHK |
| 2013 | Kyō no Ryōri | NHK-E |
| 2014 | Korezo! Nippon-ryū! | TV Asahi |
| 2014 | Shinobu Sakagami no Seichō Man!! | TV Asahi |
| 2014 | Koyabugatipin Shashin-kan | Fuji TV One |
| | Kiratto ikiru | NHK-E |
| | Enta no Kamisama | NTV |

#### Special programmes

| Year | Title | Network |
| | All-Star Sekimen Shinkoku! Happening Taishō | TBS |
| | Owarai Geinin Dai Bōnenkai | NTV |
| 2007 | Tsuite ittara kō natta | Fuji TV |
| 2008 | Kyōfu no Aponashi Hōmon-sha: Akiko Wada no Konban Majide Tomaru zo Konoyarō! | TBS |
| 2009 | FNS Soft Kōjō | UMK |
| 2011 | Oha! 6 News Live Special | NTV |
| 2015 | Saikin no Wakai mon wa... In the World | TV Asahi |
| 2016 | SunValu | NTV |
| 2016 | Nichiyō Familia | Fuji TV |
| 2016 | Doyō Premium | Fuji TV |
| 2016 | Sekai Shōgeki Eizō 100 Renpatsu | TBS |

#### TV dramas

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 2005 | Yoruō | Takahashi Fujiwara | TBS |
| 2005 | The Wave! | Kosuke Nakanishi | |
| 2005 | Haruka Seventeen | Furita | TV Asahi |
| 2006 | Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi-tachi | Burpi | Fuji TV |
| 2006 | Shimokita Sundays | Regular Sambo | TV Asahi |
| 2006 | Otaiba Wangan TV | Bay Tele Art | Fuji TV |
| 2007 | Yukipon nō Shigoto | Hiro Inuke | TV Tokyo |
| 2007 | Yotsuba Nomukō | | NTV |
| 2007 | Keijikoroshi: Otto ga Jitaku de Shasatsu sa reta! | Abe | ABC |
| 2007 | Shinjitsu no Shuki: BC Kyūsenpan Tetsutaro Kato "Watashi wa Kaininaritai" | | NTV |
| 2008 | Uramiyahonpo Special: Kazoku no Yami: Monster Family | Takahiro Shirakawa | TV Tokyo |
| 2008 | Saitō-san | Kobato City Hall official | NTV |
| 2009 | Ocha-beri | Shinji Tobita | MBS |
| 2009 | Darekaga Uso o tsuite iru | Marriage fraudster | Fuji TV |
| 2010 | Neko Taxi | Tsutomu Masekaki | Tō-Mei-Han Net 6, STV, TVQ |
| 2010 | Seichi Matsumoto Drama Special Kiri no Hata | Masao Yanagida | NTV |
| 2010 | Tetsu no Hone | Shigeo Nishida | NHK |
| 2011 | Onmitsu hi Jō | Toranosuke Wakita | NHK |
| 2011 | Hitori janai | | BS Fuji |
| 2011 | Bartender | Hoppo | TV Asahi |
| 2011 | Taro no Tō | Sakyo Komatsu | NHK |
| 2011 | Furusato: Musume no Tabidachi | High School Teacher | Fuji TV |
| 2011 | Bitter Sugar | Kenji Igarashi | NHK |
| 2012 | Hatsukoi | Koji Hiruse | NHK |
| 2013 | A Chef of Nobunaga | Tokugawa Ieyasu | TV Asahi |
| 2013 | Machigawa re chatta Otoko | Takashi Hachimanyama | Fuji TV |
| 2013 | Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete imasu ka? | Takayuki Okabayashi | NHK |
| 2014 | Hanako to Anne | Neinosuke Tokumaru | NHK |
| 2015 | Yōgi-sha wa 8-ri no Ninki Geinin | Gaku Kuroda | Fuji TV |
| 2015 | Bijo to Danshi | Producer Fujiwara | NHK |
| 2016 | Keiji Ballerino | Kanjiro Oniyama | NTV |
| 2019 | Idaten | | NHK |

#### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2001 | Platonic Sex | Salary worker |
| 2006 | Memories of Matsuko | Coach |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Vaminator |
| 2008 | Yesterdays | Tertsuo Fujii |
| 2009 | Kansen Rettō | Kousuke Suzuki |
| 2009 | Shugo Tenshi | Keiichi Suka |
| 2009 | Nakumonka | Masanori Yamagishi |
| 2010 | Neko Taxi | Tsutomi Masekaki |
| 2010 | Beck | Kenichi Saito |
| 2011 | Soredemo Hana wa Saite iku | Ocke |
| 2011 | Dog×Police | Takashi Nakamura |
| 2012 | Okaeri, Hayabusa | |
| 2013 | Bokutachi no Kōkan Nikki | |
| 2013 | Gekijō-ban Time Scoop Hunter -Azuchi-jō Saigo no 1-nichi - | Riko Tanizaki |
| 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Master Splinter |
| 2015 | Poison Berry in My Brain | |
| 2019 | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here | |
| 2023 | Natchan's Little Secret | |
| 2025 | Boy's Wish: We Can Use Magic Once in a Lifetime | |

#### Radio

He made his radio debut in KBS Radio when he was part of Tābō Kenbō.
| Year | Title | Network |
| | Cunning Takeyama: Nama wa Dame Radio | TBS Radio |
| | Recommen! | NCB |
| | Hikaru Ijūin Nichiyōbi no Himitsukichi | TBS Radio |
| | Hi Torishimariyaku Shinnyū Shain | TBS Radio |
| | News Tankyū Radio Dig | TBS Radio |
| 2004 | Oshaberi yatte māsu | K'z Station |
| 2013 | Tamao Akae: Tama musubi | TBS Radio |
| 2014 | Ogiyahagi no Megane-bīki | TBS Radio |
| 2016 | Rokusuke Nanakoro Battō Kyū Jūbun | TBS Radio |
| 2016 | Ichi ni no Santarō: Akasaka Getsuyō Yoinokuchi | TBS Radio |

#### Advertisements, publicity

| Year | Title |
| | uno |
| | Oshaberi Pichu |
| 2006 | The Amityville Horror |
| 2006 | Hiratsuka Keirinjō |
| 2006 | Fukuoka election commission |
| 2007 | Acom |
| 2008 | Kyushu Electric Power "Yatte mi ma Shōene" campaign |
| 2015 | Lenor Irui no Shōshū Senyō Deodorant Beads |
| 2015 | Nintendo 3DS The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures |
| 2016 | Morinaga Milk Industry "Aloe Este" |
| 2017 | Takayama Shichimise |

## Works
### DVD

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | Cunning no Omoide-zukuri |
| 2005 | Dead Ball vol. 5 |
| 2006 | Cunning no Renai Chūdoku |
| 2009 | Hōsō Kinshi |
| 2010 | Odaiba Owarai Dō |
| 2012 | Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tabi |
| 2013 | Zakiyama & Kōmoto no Ijiri Tengoku |

### CD

| Year | Title |
| | "Cheoy Hay Yoo Bruce" |
| 2005 | "No. 1" |
| | "Kokoro Bana" |

## Internet

| Title | Ref. |
| Short Cuts -Jissha-ban- | |
| YouTube Take-channel | |