Shinya Arino

He is the boke of the manzai duo, Yoiko, with his partner Masaru Hamaguchi.

He is best known outside Japan as the star of the long-running gaming variety show, GameCenter CX.

[1][2] Arino and Hamaguchi were classmates that graduated high school and formed a manzai duo in 1990.

[3] The duo would make their first major televised appearance on Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!

[5] Arino married the former TV personality Yuuko Kitamura on February 27, 2005, who later gave birth to two daughters in 2006 and 2007.