No Plan

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NO PLAN is (L to R) Golgo Matsumoto, Masakazu Mimura, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Kazuki Ōtake, Red Yoshida, and Ryō Fukawa

NO PLAN is a Japanese konto style comedy group, and is also occasionally known for their music. The group is best known for appearing regularly on the late night owarai show, Uchimura Produce (内村プロデュース) until late 2005, when the show was cancelled. The group consists of 6 male members; Kazuki Ōtake and Masakazu Mimura of Summers, Red Yoshida and Golgo Matsumoto of TIM, Ryō Fukawa, and the leader of the group, the eminent Japanese comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura.

[edit] History

The origin of the group's name traces back to one of their first television appearances on the popular music show, Music Station in 2003. Having arrived to sing a song, but not having prepared any lyrics, a fellow guest—Morning Musume's Mari Yaguchi—commented on-air, "No plan, huh?", and the name stuck. Their first album was then named We are NO PLAN.

In 2004, NO PLAN was selected to perform the title song to the new Crayon Shin-chan movie, and they also managed to land their first live appearance. Although they released another single, Oh! Summer, and a new album, SUMMER PLAN, in 2005, their main TV outlet Uchimura Produce was cancelled on September 26th, 2005.

Not long after the show was cancelled, NO PLAN released a third album, LAST PLAN, and though the members continue to appear as NO PLAN on many variety shows, and on the occasional Uchimura Produce special, the comedians generally appear alone or in their own kombi.

[edit] Discography

NO PLAN with prominent gavel

LAST PLAN (January 1, 2006) NeOSITE Ki/oon Records
SUMMER PLAN (August 8, 2005) Ki/oon Records KSCL 832

Harikiru Otoko (はりきる男, Vigorous Man)
Oh! Samaa (Oh!サマー, Oh! Summer)
We are NO PLAN 2 ~Sasayaka na Shiawase~ (We are NO PLAN 2 ～ささやかな幸せ～, Modest Happiness)
Tama Shoku-nin (玉職人)
Yome ni Konai ka Sumida-ku e (嫁に来ないか墨田区へ, Won't You Be My Wife? To Sumida Ward)
NO PLAN no Jinsei toiu Na no Ressha (NO PLANの人生という名の列車, The train called life by NO PLAN)
Sono Go no Harikiru Otoko (その後のはりきる男, The Vigorous Man After)

NO PLAN (December 17, 2003) Ki/oon Records KSCL 637

We are NO PLAN (Produced by Ken Yokoyama)
Gaku-ya Ō (楽屋王, King of the Dressing Room)
Uchi-P Coco Japan Remix (内P"COCO JAPAN"Remix)
Sono toki, hontō wa... ichi (その時、本当は・・・。　1, Back then, the truth is... 1)
Wake no Wakaranai Spōtsu Jikkyō (訳の分からないスポーツ実況, Uncomprehensibe Athletic Condition)
Uchi-P Gun-dan no Teema (内P軍団のテーマ, Uchi-P's Troupe Theme)
Shutsugen! Sonzaikan no Nai Kaijū (出現!存在感のない怪獣, It's here! The Unobtrusive Monster)
Ima, omou koto ichi (今、思うコト。　1, What I'm Thinking Now 1)
Zenryaku, Rotenburo no Ue Yori ~Geinin-damashii no Uta~ (前略、露天風呂の上より～芸人魂の詩～, Greetings from the Outdoor Bath: Song of the Entertainer's Spirit)
Ima, omou koto ni (今、思うコト。　2, What I'm Thinking Now 2)
Uchimura Jitaku Jikkyō Chūkei ~Chiisai Terebi wa Sonzai suru ka?!~ (内村自宅実況中継～小さいテレビは存在するか?!～, Check out the state of Uchimura's house: Does he have small TVs?!)
Comedians' Life～one week～
Sono toki, hontō wa... ni (その時、本当は・・・。　2, Back then, the truth is... 2)
F1 Midorimachi Guranpuri (F1緑町グランプリ, F1 Midorimachi Grand Prix)
Hitori Botchi no Jinguru Beru (ひとりぼっちのジングルベル, A Loner's Jingle Bell)
Ima, omou koto san (今、思うコト。　3, What I'm Thinking Now 3)
Sono toki, hontō wa... san (その時、本当は・・・。　3, Back then, the truth is... 3)
Nippon Zenkoku Uchi-age Ondo (日本全国打ち上げ音頭, A Working Song to Blast-Off All of Japan)
Uchimura Akiyoshi (内村秋好, Akiyoshi Uchimura)
Kokorozashi Nakaba (志なかば, Halfway Wish)
Suketto Yarō no Teema (助っ人野郎のテーマ, Helper Guy's Theme) (Bonus Track)