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CLIC Event: Tokyo Comedy Bar – Bringing English-Language Comedy to Japan

6月26日(木)

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Chiyoda City

Hear from Benjamin Fox, co-founder of Tokyo Comedy Bar, as he shares how stand-up comedy—a global phenomenon still relatively new to Japan—has found a home in Tokyo’s growing comedy scene.

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CLIC Event: Tokyo Comedy Bar – Bringing English-Language Comedy to Japan
CLIC Event: Tokyo Comedy Bar – Bringing English-Language Comedy to Japan

Time & Location

2025年6月26日 19:00 – 21:00

Chiyoda City, 2-chōme-5-3 Hirakawachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan

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About The Event

(日本語は英語の後に続きます)

Join CLIC for an evening with Benjamin Fox, co-founder of Tokyo Comedy Bar. He’ll share how stand-up comedy — a global phenomenon that’s still relatively new to Japan — found a home in Tokyo’s growing comedy scene. Learn how they opened Japan’s first English-language comedy club in Shibuya, right in the middle of a pandemic, and what it takes to bring laughter across cultures and languages.

 

About The Event

Join us on June 26th for another special CLIC series event and hear from Benjamin Fox, co-founder of Tokyo Comedy Bar, Japan’s first dedicated English-language comedy venue.


Stand-up comedy — where one person stands alone with a mic and speaks directly to the audience — has become a global phenomenon. But in Japan, comedy has traditionally been more absurd, physical, and broad in appeal.


Since around 2015, Benjamin and his team have been building Tokyo’s stand-up scene show by show. In 2021, they took a major step: signing a lease in Shibuya and launching Tokyo Comedy Bar, right in the middle of a pandemic.


In this talk, Benjamin will share the story of starting an English-speaking comedy club in a city where English isn’t widely spoken — and doing it during a time when live events were nearly impossible. He’ll discuss the cultural challenges, business risks, and unexpected opportunities of blending global comedy with local culture.


And yes, expect a few laughs along the way.


Special thanks to MIDORI.so for venue support.

 

Event Details

Date: Thursday, June 26th

Time: 19:00 – 21:00 (Doors open at 18:30)

Venue: MIDORI.so Nagatacho (2F Engagement Space),

2 Chome-5-3 Hirakawachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0093

 

Admission

CLIC Member: JPY 5,000

Non-member: JPY 7,000

MIDORI.so Member: JPY 7,000

Registration deadline: Fri, June 20th at noon

 

About the Speaker

Originally from London, Benjamin has been based in Tokyo since 2015. Alongside his career in video games and technology, he has pursued his passion for comedy, performing stand-up in both English and Japanese under the stage name BJ Fox. In 2016, he produced and starred in Home Sweet Tokyo, NHK’s first English-language sitcom. In 2022, he co-founded Tokyo Comedy Bar, Japan’s only full-time venue dedicated to English stand-up comedy.

 

About CLIC

CLIC is a loose organization of 12 smaller European Chambers of Commerce in Japan created to organize innovative networking events that promote the exchange of ideas between members. CLIC includes the Austrian Business Council and the Belgian-Luxembourg, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Swiss Chambers of Commerce.



CLICトークイベントのお知らせ:Benjamin Fox氏と語る「東京で英語コメディを根づかせるまで」

CLICでは、Tokyo Comedy Bar の共同創設者、Benjamin Fox (ベンジャミン・フォックス)氏 をお迎えし、スタンドアップコメディが東京のカルチャーシーンにどのように根づいてきたのかを伺います。

一人のパフォーマーがマイク一本で観客に語りかけるスタイルのスタンドアップコメディは、今や世界的なムーブメント。しかし、日本の伝統的なお笑いはより身体的・ナンセンス・集団的な要素が強く、文化的背景も大きく異なります。

2015年頃から、ベンジャミン氏と仲間たちは東京で少しずつスタンドアップコメディの舞台を作り続け、ついに2021年、パンデミック真っただ中で日本初の英語スタンダップ専用バー「Tokyo Comedy Bar」 を渋谷にオープン。

英語が広く話されていない日本で、英語コメディの場を創るとは?文化の壁、ビジネス上のリスク、そして想定外のチャンスについて、ユーモアを交えて語っていただきます。

笑いと気づきに満ちた一夜に、ぜひご参加ください!

 

本イベントの開催にあたり、会場をご提供いただいた MIDORI.so に深く感謝いたします。

 

イベント概要

日程: 2025年6月26日(木)時間: 19:00〜21:00(開場:18:30)会場: MIDORI.so 永田町(2階 Engagement Space)東京都千代田区平河町2-5-3, 102-0093

参加費:

  • CLIC 会員:5,000円

  • 非会員:7,000円

  • MIDORI.so 会員:7,000円

申込締切: 6月20日(木)12:00まで

 

CLICについて

CLIC(クリック)は、在日欧州系12カ国の中小規模商工会議所によるゆるやかな連携組織で、革新的なネットワーキングイベントを通じてメンバー間の交流とアイデアの共有を促進しています。参加商工会議所:オーストリア、ベルギー・ルクセンブルク、デンマーク、オランダ、フィンランド、ギリシャ、アイスランド、アイルランド、ノルウェー、スペイン、スウェーデン、スイス。

Tickets

  • CLIC Member 会員

    ¥5,000

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  • Non-member 非会員

    ¥7,000

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  • MIDORI.so Member 会員

    ¥7,000

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