On December 19th, the dance and vocal group DA PUMP posted a video on the group’s official Twitter account that reproduces the story of Yoneda 2000 at “M-1 Grand Prix 2022”. The response section is showing excitement, such as “The groove is too good (laughs)” and “As expected!”.
The comedy duo Yoneda 2000 (Makoto Ai) participated in the finals of the “M-1 Grand Prix 2022” on the 18th. The name of DA PUMP member KENZO and their representative song “if…” appeared in the story of “Mochitsuki in England” that they performed in the first round, and even following the broadcast, they posted on SNS “From the head It became a hot topic such as “Separate” and “This is an addiction”.
In the midst of this, DA PUMP tweeted, “Thank you, Yoneda 2000. I managed to imitate everyone.” In the attached video, KENZO danced just like Makoto in the story, and KIMI and TOMO perfectly copied “Pettanko” and “Ai!”. Furthermore, ISSA sang “if…” and YORI and U-YEAH were in charge of the chorus.
Seeing the members’ high spirits, there were many happy voices on SNS such as “It’s perfect www”, “It’s too nice”, “A group that can do anything”, and “High expectations for a collaboration between Yoneda and DA PUMP”. The two members of Yoneda 2000 also responded, “You’re so kind that I don’t understand what you mean!!! Thank you very much!” was