Tukomi

Tukomi is a Filipino YouTube prank channel run by twins, Lester G and Hiroshi Tukomi (Born: ), formerly with Oliver Tukomi. Their channel has currently established over 4.18+ million subscribers and produce pranks or challenges every week. One of their most popular uploads is their 4-part “Taong Grasa/Rich Kid” pranks where they disguise as beggars and go around the town while driving sports car.
They are originally from Davao, but they moved to Manila (Las Piñas City) sometime around 2019 and continue their pranks there.
In Dec 21, 2020, Tukomi uploaded a video entitled "MAY AALIS SA TUKOMI" where they announced that one of the brothers, Oliver is going to be leaving the channel remaining the two brothers, Lester and Hiroshi.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15xQm26U8sw&ab_channel=Tukomi
==Content==
Tukomi started their channel in May 17, 2017 and haven't posted any videos until July 9, they uploaded "WE FORGOT TO WEAR PANTS TO SCHOOL!!!". Tukomi would then upload public pranks. In Nov 19, 2017, they created their most popular series entitled "Comment Trolling" where the brothers (sometimes with their friends) does pranks on public requested by their fans. 
==Controversies==
===Fountain Swimming ===
Around early December 2018, a man on Facebook came forward with startling accusations against the three brothers.According to the netizen, he was affected by one of the pranks executed by Tukomi. During a particular prank inside a mall in Davao, Hiroshi swam in the mall pool. Later on, he was seen on the video being apprehended by a lady guard. The guard claimed that he was the security guard in duty, however, he was on a break at that time. Because he was unable to stop the man from swimming, he was reprimanded and fired promptly from his job. He claimed that until today, he remains jobless and was not able to provide for his four kids.
Because of this, many people couldn’t help but feel disappointed with the Tukomi brothers. At first, the Tukomi brothers remained silent throughout the public backlash that they received. But in the end, they decided to clear the matter once and for all.
In a video they uploaded on YouTube, the Tukomi brothers claimed that none of the allegations were true. First, they asked permission from the owner of GMall before filming. Second, no male security guard was seen during that time was a female. Third, the security guard was not even on-duty, so how can he be reprimanded? The Tukomi brothers pointed out holes after holes in the man’s claims. In addition to that, the Tukomi brothers thanked their loyal supporters for not believing the rumors and also warned others not to be quick in listening to everything they hear on the internet due to the widespread of fake news.
=== Muslim Bomb Prank===
In May 2022, Tukomi made a comment trolling prank where Hiroshi dressed up as a Muslim and throw a black bag to a barber shop, which the video receive backlash afterwards. Tukomi receive multiple death threats like saying they are going to stab them or bomb their house if they find out where they live.
In May 4, the Tukomi twins uploaded a apology video entitled "SORRY SA MGA KAPATID NATENG MUSLIM (Translate: SORRY TO OUR MUSLIM SIBLINGS)" where the Tukomi twins apologized to all of their Muslim relatives, if they got offended and said that it wasn't intention to hurt someone. They also stated that the Muslim prank isn't their first prank that is very risky and also confirmed that their pranks weren't scripted and they actually do it, even though of how risky it is because Tukomi loves their fans.
SORRY SA MGA KAPATID NATENG MUSLIM Translation
Twins: Hoy, Tuko!
Hiroshi: Tuko, we saw a viral post on FB, Twitter...
Lester: TikTok...
Hiroshi: TikTok, then there are so many people tagging us, our friends are messaging us, our families as well, also our friends on social media. Regarding to our new Comment Trolling upload, our Comment Trolling video is because what we did is, we dressed up as a Arab and then, I threw a black bag, in a barber shop. Someone posted in a Muslim community page, then there's a lot of our crew, friends and families messaging us. And then, there...There's so many people that tagged us. And so we made this video to address the issue.
Lester: So what Hiro said earlier in Our Comment Trolling episode, we have no intention to hurt to our Muslim siblings. Actually, this is a Comment Trolling request for us, it's a request by a fan. Actually, we do all of these requests provided to us, despite how risky it is, how brutal it is...Sometimes, it really gets to the point that we are the ones who get hurt as well. But, because we love our fans, we still do it. We are very, very sorry if there's many that got offended...
Hiroshi: As well as who were hurt...
Lester: ...To that Comment Trolling video, it wasn't our intention to hurt or offend you all.
Hiroshi: Also, Tuko and to our Muslim siblings...In that prank video, we didn't say "Bomb", when I threw the bag because I just threw the bag, then I ran...Also, we didn't expect that someone would really run...Because someone also did a bomb joke. I didn't say "Bomb" to clear it up. Guys, our pranks are so legit, we are not doing any scripted pranks. Guys, if you subscribed to our channel for a long time, follower for a long time since 2017, you know how brutal we prank.
Lester: Guys, the pranks you seen on screen, all of them are requests. if Tukomi does pranks, it's legit, and the legit pranks are getting legit reactions. And we can't control any reactions, all of them are legit. Some would laugh, get angry, all of them are true! Because, bro, you got a prank where you almost got attacked?
Hiroshi: Because, we have siblings that are Muslims that I do not think were not subscribed to us. I mean, this is not the first time that we've done a request that is something risky, this one isn't the first time, there's a lot now! We almost got arrested, we almost got attacked, we received death threats.
Lester: So many death threats...
Hiroshi: A lot of death threats!
Lester: I just wanted to say that, in this issue, we have received a lot of death threats, so many, did you see them, bro?
Hiroshi: Yes, I've seen them. Like, "If I see you guys, I'm gonna go kill you", "If we see you, we're just gonna stab you", "If we knew where you guys live, I'm gonna throw a grenade!", "We are gonna explode your house if we found out where you live!".
Lester: Just like what we said earlier, not all laughed, or happy to our pranks. When we saw the trending post regarding to our latest Comment Trolling video...
Hiroshi: We actually didn't care because we were focusing on doing prank videos..
Lester: So, the first we do is to take down the video of course.
Hiroshi: So, no one else watches the video.
Lester: As well of course, we also have respect for our Muslim siblings. Then we post to our page if you'd seen it last night and we'd email the Muslim community page.
Hiroshi: And there, we're sorry, we apologize. Again, guys, we're very, very sorry to everyone who got hurt, offended and to our Muslim siblings who were disappointed. We have no intention to hurt you all, we have no intention of something else. Maybe we're just careless in our new episode of Comment Trolling we upload. We're also sorry that we've used the word, "Muslim", we have no intention to disgust. There's a lot of people who offended to our pranks.
Lester: Yes, a lot.
Hiroshi: There's a lot. At the mall, in the mall, I slept on the floor. And then, you!
Lester: Yes, I took a bath in the fountain.
Hiroshi: You swam in the Fountain of MOA, also what's next? There's a lot more.
Lester: You also swam in a fountain too?!
Hiroshi: Yes, I also swim in a fountain, a guard got fired! A security guard got fired allegedly! There's a lot of hate there, many news outlets contacted us . This isn't the first time we've done a risky prank because of the comment request. Because our Muslim siblings, they were hurt, they think that we purposely hurt ourselves. "You've done this on purpose to disgust us!". We also don't know it's Ramadan.
Lester: We also don't know it's Ramadan.
Hiroshi: To our Muslim family members watching, we have a lot of relatives that are Muslim.
Lester: They also know I retired, right?
Hiroshi: Here we are, Muslim. Also, our friends, we have a lot of friends that are Muslim, our cousins, Muslim. If you watched or followed Tukomi since day 1, you guys know that all of our requests are risky. We are doing this for our subscribers, because we wanted to make them happy. The pranks, when they do pranks, some would laugh, some would get hurt.
Lester: Because, the pranks were legit, not scripted, because the others are doing clickbait. Those pranks were fake.
Hiroshi: And that's why we returned!
Lester: Yes. There's a lot of pranksters doing fake pranks.
Hiroshi: I mean, I mean, we give up, we took a break. We took a break for almost a year, we took a break from pranking because for those who followed Tukomi, you guys know we were focusing on challenges "Aruy Di Kaya", our parodies, I'm sure you've seen our parodies, we focused on those contents, also streaming, we're also focusing on that. Guys, we saw a lot of public pranks about bombard from fake, or scripted pranks, so we said to ourselves, "This is the one, we can't do this". Because, guys, if we make pranks that are scripted or fake pranks, we are no longer Tukomi.
Lester: Yes, no longer.
Hiroshi: Yes, if you said "Tukomi", their pranks were legit and the reactions were also legit. If it happened today, there's lesson, there's also lesson learned. We just learned our lesson.
So, Tuko, just goodvibes! 
Twins: Goodvibes, Tuko!
===Kidnap Prank===
On April 2023, the Tukomi channel had uploaded a video called "K1DNAP PRANK (Gone Wrong!)" As seen in the video, they are seen staging kidnaps. Everything was going fine until the last part of the video, during the fake kidnapping, people were seen running away, while they were entering the car, an off-duty police officer (in civilian clothes) pulled out a gun at them and tells them to get down. Hiroshi, one of the members, was shouting "Kuya prank lang" (It's only a prank!) then he comes forward to the police officers asking for forgiveness but later was seen touching the arm of the policeman and said "Sabi ko wag mo akong didikitan" (I said don't touch me!). 
At this point, the off-duty police officer finally realizes this is all a prank. Lester and Hiroshi later issued a statement on a video, explaining how they double check locations if their/or was a policeman roaming around the area and also explaining that their pranks are harmful and trying to make enjoyable content for their viewers.
It has been revealed that the police officer has pressed charges against the two.
==Members== 
*Lester Tukomi
*Hiroshi Tukomi
*Oliver Tukomi (left in December 21, 2020)
*Paulo (extra prank performer)
*Mang Mon (their well known editor; also their extra prank performer)
*Bobong (extra prank performer)
*Jayson
*Tata
==Trivia==
*Hiroshi and Lester are twin brothers.
*In almost every of their outro, they usually do a pose where three of them smile showing few of their middle teeth, do a Vulcan salute and shiver for a short portion of time before saying "Hoy Mga Tuko".
*Their old intro is highly similar to Cong TV's intro.
*Whenever Indian citizens are seen in their prank videos, they would usually put Indian-related memes or/and music, which become a recurring theme on the channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RH51f9Ic_k&list=WL&index=2&t=552s&ab_channel=Tukomi (1:08)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVuqlpJgF0Q&t=50s&ab_channel=Tukomi (0:38)
*They stated that if they do fake or scripted pranks, they are no longer Tukomi.
==Gallery==
File:TukomiAppearance.jpg|The Tukomi brothers' appearance with Lester (middle), Oliver (right) and Hiroshi (left).
File:Tukomi before Oliver left.jpg|Tukomi's last Facebook post before Oliver left Tukomi.
File:TukomiHeadIconOrigin.jpg|The filtered photo of Lester (right) and Hiroshi (left), which is the origin of their head icon, usually seen in their Comment Trolling watermark and merchandise store.
==Subscriber Milestones==
*1 million subscribers: October 28, 2018
*2 million subscribers: May 22, 2019
Category:Users who joined in 2017
Category:Filipino YouTubers
Category:Prank YouTubers
==References==