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Pikachu shocks “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” for new song “Pika to Pico”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2020
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”Beef”, sings Pikachu in translated duet.

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• (anime • crazy • cute • funny • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikachu • Pikotaro • Pokemon • video • video games • weird)

Pen-Pikachu-Apple-Pen? Pokémon star teams up with PPAP singer for new song

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2020

Pikotaro and Pikachu want to give the world something to smile about.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Daimaou Kosaka • funny • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikachu • Pikotaro • ppap • video games)

Get your lazy body movin’ with PPAP singer’s new fitness challenge song, “Hoppin’ Flappin’【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2020

Pikotaro’s unique brand of musical weirdness gives birth to a stay-home fitness routine he can barely complete.

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• (crazy • Daimaou Kosaka • exercis • fitness • funny • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • stay home • vieo • weird)

How to deal with Internet trolls, as taught by Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’s singer

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2020

Some might call Piko Taro/Daimaou Kosaka’s strategy “running away,” but it’s just common sense, he says.

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• Japan
• (Daimaou Kosaka • Internet trolls • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • social media)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer washes hands against coronavirus in new “PPAP 2020” song 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2020

“I have a hand. I have a soap. Wash wash wash wash wash wash wash wash.”

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• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • crazy • Daimaou Kosaka • funny • hand washing • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • video • weird • YouTube)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer’s new song, “Everyone must die,” is insane, possibly poignant【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2019

Are we crazy for looking for deep meaning in a Pikotaro song? Maybe, but no crazier than the song itself.

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• (crazy • Daimaou Kosaka • funny • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • video • weird)

Pikotaro and the two Airis: A bittersweet story about miracles

• Dale Roll
  Oct 4, 2018

Grab your tissues! Pikotaro is going to make you cry.

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• Japan
• (Kosaka Daimaou • miracle • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • sad story)

PPAP singer gets slapped on the butt by an idol in video for his newest song, “Vegetable”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2018

Pikotaro teams up with idol unit Momoiro Clover Z as he releases the companion song to “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen.”

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• (Daimaou Kosaka • funny • Momoiro Clover Z • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • video • weir)

Donald Trump meets Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer Piko Taro in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 8, 2017

Dreams came true last night when Piko Taro met the President of the United States.

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• (Donald Trump • funny • government • LOL • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • politics • ppap • presidential visit • Shinzo Abe • U.S. president)

Piko Taro reveals how much money he’s made from PPAP: as much as he did in the past 25 years

• Master Blaster
  Oct 2, 2017

He has a pen, and it turns out he has a butt-load of money… uhn, pen-butt-money!

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• Japan
• (money • pen pineapple apple pen • Piko Taro. Kosaka Daimaou • ppap)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer marries beautiful swimsuit model 15 years his junior【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2017

Piko Taro shows that making a girl laugh apparently is the surest way to win her heart.

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• (beautiful women • Daimaou Kosaka • marriage • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap)

Piko Taro appears in new music video for “I Luv It” by South Korean superstar Psy【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2017

The viral hit makers from Japan and South Korea get together to show us their awesome new dance moves.

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• Japan, Korea
• (dancing • I Luv It • K-pop • music • music videos • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • Psy • video)

Piko Taro hams it up on the red carpet and has the time of his life at the Grammy Awards

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2017

The Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer was surprised by his popularity in the US, with kids, artists and famous celebrities all wanting a photo with him.

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• (Grammy's • Kosaka Daimaou • music • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap)

Piko Taro to perform in legendary Budokan arena, sadly the musician who plays Piko Taro will not

• Master Blaster
  Jan 19, 2017

Piko Taro is the creation of a real musician with real talent named Kosaka Daimao, but unfortunately for him, Piko will be the one playing the Budokan this March.

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• (Budokan • Kosaka Daimaou • music • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • video)

Japanese singer wishes fans a Happy New Year with traditional version of Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

Tradition meets the world of viral videos in a PPAP tribute that’s perfectly Japanese.

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• Japan
• (funny • Masashi Sada • new year • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • videos)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】PPAP inspires a pineapple fukubukuro from Loft

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

If Piko Taro bought one lucky bag this year, we sincerely hope it was this one.

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• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Loft • Lucky Bag Roundup 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap)

Pikotaro gets English pronunciation training for PPAP from AI robot, Musio X【Video】

• KK Miller
  Jan 1, 2017

The “P” in PPAP needs more power, passion and party!

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• Japan
• (English • Musio X • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap)

Could Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen be the start of a new form of workplace harassment in Japan?

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2016

Piko Taro has a pen? Well some young Japanese office workers have a problem.

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• Japan
• (bonenkai • Kosaka Daimaou • music • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • society • working in Japan)

Sting pictured backstage with Piko Taro during recent trip to Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2016

Japanese Twitter is loving this hilarious photo.

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• Japan
• (music • musicians • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • ramen • Santouka • Sting)

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