Sanma Akashiya
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Sanma Akashiya (明石家さんま Akashiya Sanma, born July 1, 1955 in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, raised in Nara) is a Japanese TV comedian and actor. His real name is Takafumi Sugimoto (杉本高文 Sugimoto Takafumi). He is a member of Yoshimoto Corporation. He is one of the big 3 entertainers in Japan with Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) and Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita). His nicknames are Sanma Niisan (Sanma Big-brother) and Owarai Kaiju (Comedy Monster)
[edit] Programs
- much ado about love(koino karasawagi)(nihon TV)
- odoru sanma goten(nihon TV)
- sanma-no super karakuri TV(TBS)
- akashiya san-channel(TBS)
- sanma no manma(kansai TV)
- appare! sanma daikyouju(fuji TV)
- tuukai! akashiya-TV(Mainichi Broadcasting System)
[edit] Trivia
On 13 March 2007, owners of Japanese Wii consoles were sent a likeness of Sanma as an addition to their Mii channel.
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