is a Japanese

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

, TV presenter,

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and actor most commonly known as Sanma-san. His real name is . His talent agency is

Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in 1912, Osaka, as a traditional theatre, and has since grown to be one of the most influential companies in Japan, employing most of Japan's popular owarai (comedy) talent, produci ...

and his shishô (master) back when he studied ''

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'' is Shōfukutei Matsunosuke. Together with Beat Takeshi and

Tamori , known by his stage name (an anagram of his surname), is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi ...

, Sanma is said to be one of the " Big Three" television comedians of Japan. He is known for his ability to endlessly carry a conversation. His protruding front teeth are often ridiculed, even by himself.

Personal life

Akashiya married actress

Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also w ...

in September 1988. They met on the set of the drama series Danjo Shichinin Natsumonogatari. At the time, Otake had one son from her previous marriage with her husband who had died. The marriage lasted 4 years as they divorced in September 1992, they remained friends after and the two are sometimes seen on variety television programs together. They had one daughter, Imalu Otake, born in 1989. Imalu went on to become a ''

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'' in 2009 under the name ''IMALU''.

Current TV programs

Present

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) (1997–Present) * (

MBS TV JOOY-DTV, virtual channel 4 (Ultra high frequency, UHF Digital terrestrial television, digital channel 16), branded as (formerly until 23 July 2011), is the Kansai region flagship (broadcasting), key station of the Japan News Network, owned by ...

) (1990–Present) * (

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...

) (2009–Present) * (Fuji TV) (2015–Present)

Past TV programs

MC/Regular

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* (

Yomiuri TV JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun#Yomiuri Group, Yomi ...

) (1981 - 1982) * (1982 - 1983) * (1989 - 1990) * (1994 - 2011) * (1997)

TBS TV

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) (1980-1982) * (1981) * (1985) * (MBS TV) (1994) * (2003) * (2006-2008) * (1992 - 1996) * (1996 - 2014)

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...

* (1984 - 1985) * (1985) * ( ABC TV) (1985 - 1986) * (1986) * (1993 - 1995) * (ABC TV) (2006)

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

* (1981 - 1984) * (1984)

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...

* (

Kansai TV JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 ( UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdin ...

) (1979 - 1980) * (1980 - 1982) * (1981) * (1981 - 1989) * (Kansai TV) (1983) * (1984) * (1984 - 1995, as Friday regular member) * (1985 - 1988, with real name, Takafumi Sugimoto) * (Kansai TV) (1985 - 2016) * (1988 - 2009) ** ** ** ** ** * (1991 - 2011) * (1992 - 1993) * (1993 - 1997) * (1995) * (1995) * (1997 - 1999) * (1999 - 2001) * (2000 - 2002) * (2001 - 2002) * (2004 - 2006) * (2011, 2012 (

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TV series

:* (TBS, 1986) :* (TBS, 1987) :* ''

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'' (Fuji TV, 1996), Oshimizu :* (TBS, 2007) :* '' Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot'' (Netflix, 2018), himself

Radio

* (MBS Radio, ''with

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and Haruka Kudo'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akashiya, Sanma 1955 births Japanese male actors Japanese comedians Japanese radio personalities Japanese television personalities Living people Actors from Wakayama Prefecture