Tokyo Comedy Bar

Hide from the infernal August weather at the impeccably air-conditioned Tokyo Comedy Bar, where a cast of highly capable comedians will be bringing a different kind of heat for what’s always one of Tokyo’s hardest-hitting English-language comedy nights. The Obon edition of Tokyo Roast Battle features an all-Japanese title match between Yuki Nivez and Jiro Matahira, plus four other bouts of verbal violence. Watch the capital’s greatest Roast Battlers compete for the chance to qualify for the World Championships in the last battle before what’s sure to be an epic showdown at the Tokyo International Comedy Festival in September.

We all have to pay our dues, and on his way to becoming the World Roast Battle Champion, stand-up comedian Jay Yamaki did just that by proofreading porn comics. Not the most glamorous job, maybe, but someone had to do it – and at least now the phrase ‘second coming’ means something quite different for a guy who resembles Jesus. During his 90-minute show at Tokyo Comedy Bar, Jay will tackle topics such as mistranslated declarations of love, a coworker obsessed with tentacles, and arguing over how to spell lusty onomatopoeia. Should be a fun one.