Cunning (カンニング) was a Japanese comedy duo (kombi from Fukuoka Prefecture. Cunning consisted of the pudgy, short-tempered Takanori Takeyama (竹山隆範), and the rail-thin Tadayuki Nakashima (ä¸å³¶å¿ 幸). Known for his bursts of extreme anger, though said to be much more sedated off-camera, Takeyama is the boke of the unit.