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Tachibanaya Takezō II (2代目 橘家 竹蔵, Nidaime Tachibanaya Takezō, born Tokio Kōketsu (纐纈 勅男, Kōketsu Tokio), born October 22, 1947, in Iida, Nagano, Japan) is a rakugo artist. He currently resides in Tokyo. He first performed in September, 1965 at Shinjuku Suehirotei, with a story called Karanuke. He regular performs in Shinjuku, Asakusa, Ueno and Ikebukuro. In 2005, he released a DVD from Avex titled Tachibanaya Takezou.
