[1] The duo met each other as the first class of students at the Yoshimoto NSC Tokyo and promptly formed the unit in 1995.
As of 2019, Shinagawa Shoji is the only remaining comedy duo with both members from the 1st generation class of NSC Tokyo.
Shinagawa Shoji appeared multiple times on various comedy focused variety shows in the late 90s, but did not achieve recognition until 2000, when they appeared on the variety show Warai no Jikan (わらいのじかん) hosted by industry veterans Hitoshi Matsumoto (Downtown) and Koji Imada.
[4] From 2001, the group repeatedly entered M-1 Grand Prix every year, but were unable to make the finals until 2005.
In 2018, the duo became MCs of their own show (Mirai-kei Idol TV on Tokyo MX) for the first time in 15 years, but the majority of their work is still solo.