Ken-san, a Character Strikingly Similar to Kencoba, Trends at #1 as Kendo Kobayashi Himself Voices the Role in the Anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" - "The Man Himself Joined In, lol"

Episode 50 of the third season of the anime "Jujutsu Kaisen," "Culling Game Arc Part 1," has been airing sequentially since the night of January 15th. Viewers have been expressing their surprise with comments like "The man himself joined in, lol" and "This is too amazing!" at the unexpected casting of comedian Kendo Kobayashi playing a character that looks exactly like himself.

In Episode 50, "About the Culling Game," the character "Ken-san," a comedian, encourages Fumihiko Takaba (CV: Satoshi Tsuruoka), an unsuccessful comedian, saying, "I didn't hate it, you know. Takaba's material." Ken-san stated, "There are two types of people who keep selling: those who are always funny, and those who can always delude themselves into thinking they're funny."

Ken-san, with his beard and short hair, has a striking resemblance to Kendo Kobayashi's appearance and had been a topic of discussion since appearing in the original manga. Surprisingly, in the anime version, the role of Ken-san was played by Kendo Kobayashi himself, and this "appearance by the person himself" caused a huge stir on X (formerly Twitter), with comments like "Kencoba is playing Kencoba, lol," "The man himself joined in, lol," "This got me the most hyped," and "This is too amazing!" "Kencoba" trended at #1.