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Belongs to Grape Company. The duo is a classmate from Seibi High School in Ehime Prefecture, a strong baseball school. Takagishi started playing baseball in the third grade of elementary school, and was approached about being drafted by a professional baseball team in his third year of high school, but instead went on to Toyo University. However, he was injured in his third year and gave up on baseball for the time being. He is currently a professional baseball player with the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League. After retiring from high school baseball, Maeda went on to Komazawa University to study law, and as an outstanding student, he was given a full tuition exemption to enter Meiji University Graduate School, but dropped out to focus on his work as a comedian. In 2015, after graduating from university, Takagishi, who was a classmate on the baseball team in high school, invited Maeda to form the comedy duo Timon-D. As a duo, they appeared on "God Tongue" and "Ame-Toku" in 2019, and then made a breakthrough in variety shows. From 2023, he will be the 14th MC of Educational TV's "Tensai Terebi-kun". In addition to variety shows, Takagishi is also active as an actor, appearing in historical dramas and other dramas. Maeda is currently active in a wide range of media, including columns and radio.