That’s comedian Chihara Junior. He is probably smarter than a lot of comedians but not by a whole lot imo.
https://twitter.com/jamesbont/status/1320709036380073985
The only comedian who actually makes political statements and makes politics part of his comedy on a regular basis is a guy called Daisuke Muramoto. He gets based regularly for his outspokenness. 
bashed* not based 😑
Another comedian who has been quite outspoken about news and politics, although not as part of his comedy, is Shinya Ueda of the duo Cream Stew. He used to have a news/politics opinion show, but it was cancelled, some suspect bc of pressure from the gov’t.
Some comedians refuse to go on wide shows to avoid that mess, such as the recently married Takashi Okamura of the duo Ninety-Nine. But he did make a statement on late night radio a few months ago (not political per se) that got him in a ton of trouble.
In any case, being an entertainer in Japan and speaking out on current affairs is very tough and uncommon, unlike in the US.
Adding: Chihara Junior is part of a duo called Chihara Brothers with his older brother. Muramoto is part of a duo called Woman Rush Hour. Japanese comedy team names make no sense.
( contemporary Japanese comedy may be too much for a tweet thread. Maybe a very long blog post. I’m not even going to include classic comedy like rakugo.)
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