Charan Po Rantan チャラン・ポ・ランタン

[thegl0r]

I thought the time was well overdue for the forum to have a fix of Charan Po Rantan and their stuffed pink pig plushy.


Charan Po Rantan

As the few bits I've posted of them seem to be hiding in the Random Video section, it seems it must be thread time.

So here's an old fave of mine,



Here are a some fairly recent vids of theirs...









A few words I lifted off the net about them...

Formed in Tokyo in 2009, Charan po Rantan (チャラン・ポ・ランタン) is sister duo of Koharu (accordion) and Momo (vocals). They often collaborate with CanCan Balkan.

“Charan-po-rantan” means sloppy or irresponsible in Japanese, and obviously the name of this free-wheeling sister duo is a wordplay of the phrase.

Here's one last vid for now where you can enjoy hearing the lovely Koharu rabbiting on about something...



It wouldn't really be a proper post from me if I didn't include a gratuitous finger snap.


Koharu's fingers

Website (in Japanese) www.charanporantan.net/

[sasquatch]

They have a stuffed pink pig? Best keep our wonderful Prime Minister away from it.....

[thegl0r]

Pink plushy pig and accordion action...

[thegl0r]

This vid is so much fun. Watch out for women drivers...

[tangerinesun]

These guys are so phenomenal it's a bit hard to take! After awhile, I'm kind of like, no more, no more energy, no more creativity, no more levity, no more wackiness, I give, I can't take it.

They've got their Russian circus act down cold. Must've gone to the same French klezmer academy as Haruna from No Cars. 


This is what sense I can make of their band name: 

ちゃらちゃら, chara-chara, is onomatopoeia for a clinking or jingle-jangle sound.
Think coins, or an armload of bracelets. So by extension, it applies to carefree
motor-mouth chatter, or flirty behavior.


A charako is a flighty, frivolous girl;
charao is the fun-loving, irresponsible
male version.


If you are or have charanporan, you just don't give a damn.
Someone else can pick up the pieces, you are winging your way
giddily through life like a shiny soap bubble. Charanporan people
are just not interested in taking things seriously at all!


Tan has one million meanings. But the way they dotted their name
says they don't want the tan to stand alone.

Charan・po・rantan is just syllables, really. Like if you did this: Metamor・pho・sisboom
Rantan means "lantern" or nothing.

I think "charan po rattan" is somewhere between "rama-lama-ding-dong" and "la-di-da-di-da".

[thegl0r]

Charan Po Rantan perform a famous game song..



and then Momo-chan has fun with the audience...

[thegl0r]

While looking for something else, I found my way to Koharu's Instagram feed with lots of nice pics and there are a couple I couldn't resist sharing. The first one's from a week ago...


I have my hair cut but... I have not changed anything

So you can see she's still got hair, here's a pic from a few days ago...


Koharu and mic

Oh, and then there's this...

...um, OK.

[tangerinesun]

Nov 15, 2017 13:07:45 GMT -5 thegl0r said:

While looking for something else, I found my way to Koharu's Instagram feed with lots of nice pics and there are a couple I couldn't resist sharing. The first one's from a week ago...

hairball heart

So you can see she's still got hair, here's a pic from a few days ago...


Koharu meets the AMBEO binaural image mic

Oh, and then there's this...

Pocky Day unsolicited Twitter CM

...um, OK.

“Dear Ezaki Glico: imagine what we could do for your brand with proper monetary encouragement.” 🤝

11/11 is getting crowded. Singles Day in China, Bass Day in Japan, and now this.