Editing Manzai (section)

=== Asahi Shimbun web survey 2012 ===
The most funniest {{transliteration|ja|manzai}} duos, according to a web survey by [[The Asahi Shimbun]] in 2012 (excerpt):<ref name="AsahiShinbun2012">{{Cite news |date=2012-04-07 |work=[[The Asahi Shinbun]] |location=Japan |page=b2 |language=ja |script-title=ja:人生で一番笑った漫才コンビ |trans-title=The funniest Manzai duos you have ever experienced throughout your life}} (Participants of survey: subscribers of Asahi Shinbun's web service, where 2,598 respondents voted. Method of survey: voters pick up to 5 from a list of around 100 most prominent pairs.)
* Part of the table: {{Cite web |url=http://www.asahicom.jp/digital_pr/article_images/TKY201204040374.jpg |title= |date=2012-04-07 |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409172753im_/http://www.asahicom.jp/digital_pr/article_images/TKY201204040374.jpg |archive-date=2012-04-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[The Asahi Shinbun]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:〈ｂｅランキング〉人生で一番笑った漫才コンビ}} (linked from {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408172651/http://digital.asahi.com/20120407/pages/be_business_ev.html|date=2012-04-08|title=朝日新聞 You刊 be 2012年4月7日（土）}})
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* Number 1: {{Interlanguage link|Yokoyama Yasushi and Nishikawa Kiyoshi|ja|横山やすし・西川きよし}}
* 2: {{Interlanguage link|All Hanshin-Kyojin|ja|オール阪神・巨人}}
* 3: {{Interlanguage link|Yumeji Itoshi and Kimi Koishi|ja|夢路いとし・喜味こいし}}
* 4: [[Bakushō Mondai]]
* 5: {{Interlanguage link|Miyagawa Daisuke and Hanako|ja|宮川大助・花子}}
* 6: Two Beat <small>[[:ja:ツービート|[ja]]]</small>: One of them, [[Takeshi Kitano]] became a Japanese film director and television host.
* 7: [[Nakagawake]]
* 8: {{Interlanguage link|Shishi Tenya and Seto Wanya|ja|獅子てんや・瀬戸わんや}}
* 9: [[Downtown (owarai)|Downtown]]
* 10: {{Interlanguage link|Ima Ikuyo and Kuruyo |ja|今いくよ・くるよ}}
* 14: [[Taka and Toshi]]
* 16: [[Ninety-nine (owarai)|Ninety-nine]]
* 22: [[Shinsuke Shimada]] and {{Interlanguage link|Ryusuke Matsumoto|ja|松本竜助}}
* 26: [[Summers (owarai)|Summers]]
* 28: [[Tunnels (owarai)|Tunnels]]
* 29: {{Interlanguage link|Yokoyama Entatsu|ja|横山エンタツ}} and {{Interlanguage link|Hanabishi Achako|ja|花菱アチャコ}}

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File:Entatsu_Achako_Scan10036.JPG|{{center|Yokoyama Entatsu and Hanabishi Achako established the talk show-centered {{transliteration|ja|manzai}} style. They were active since 1919.}}
File:All Hanshin-Kyojin IMG 0317-1 20200110.jpg|{{center|"All Hanshin-Kyojin", active since 1975.}}
File:Wagyu_manzai_IMG_1474-1_20180401.jpg|{{center|"[[Wagyu (comedy duo)|Wagyu]]", regular finalist in M-1 Grand Prix.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201812020000840.html |date=2018-12-02 |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154717/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201812020000840.html |archive-date=2018-12-10 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Nikkan Sports]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:V候補本命の和牛が1票届かず…3年連続M1準優勝 |trans-title=Expected winner Wagyu lost by a single vote, runner-up for three consecutive years}}</ref> Active since 2006.}}
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