[1] Shimofuri Myojo are the youngest ever to win the M-1 Grand Prix, the duo rose to popularity in Tokyo after becoming champions and are currently active on television and theater.
[6][7] Seiya and Soshina met each other in person for the first time on August 11, 2010, at the High School Manzai 2010 Kansai region preliminary held at the Aeon Mall Takanohara.
[6] The representative and finalist for the Kansai region that year was Stand Box, with Naoto Ikeda, who later formed the comedy duo Rainbow and became a member of Yoshimotozaka46.
Soshina became active as an amateur comedian, appearing on and winning the 2012 All That's Manzai televised competition held by MBS TV as the youngest winner at age 19.
However, it was later known that the main inspiration for the name comes from a character called Shiranui Akeno Myojo (不知火 明乃 明星) from the anime Seto no Hanayome, which Soshina was into at the time.
The duo won the 2017 ABC Comedy Grand Prix and became regulars on the variety show Atarashii Nami 24, which later became AI-TV produced and broadcast by Fuji TV.
In 2018, the duo made it as a finalist and were the winners of the 2018 M-1 Grand Prix, becoming nationally recognized and appearing in numerous television shows as regulars, including being given their own program.