CLIC Event: Tokyo Comedy Bar – Bringing English-Language Comedy to Japan
6月26日(木)
|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.


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
Guests
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
Sale endedNon-member 非会員
¥7,000
Sale endedMIDORI.so Member 会員
¥7,000
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