(May 11, 1960 - ) is a Japanese

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, and columnist from Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. His pet name, as well as his former stage name, is . He is currently attached to Furutachi-Project. He is a graduate of the

Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966. Notab ...

's graphic design course, and is the chairman of the theatrical unit AGAPE store. He is also an associate professor in the Kyoto University of Art & Design.

Media

Film

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Always Sanchōme no Yūhi is a 2005 Japanese drama film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga '' Sunset on Third Street'' by Ryōhei Saigan. It was chosen as Picture of the Year at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2006. The film spawned two seque ...

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Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu is a 2006 Japanese black comedy film directed by Minoru Kawasaki, as a parody of the 2006 film '' Sinking of Japan''. It is based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui (a parody of the novel ''Japan Sinks'', released the ...

'' (2006) (Forecaster) *'' Nihon Chinbotsu'' (2006) (Councillor) *''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021)

Television

Baribari Value {{Nihongo, '' Baribari Value '', 世界バリバリ★バリュー, Sekai Baribari ★ Baryuu (or ''Baribari Value Around the World'') is a weekly panel game show that is being broadcast from 22:00 ( JST) until 22:54 every Wednesday; it is produced ...

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Kinniku Banzuke a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...

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Tamori Club , 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 Takesh ...

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Waratte Iitomo was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita) and ran from 1982 to 2014. The show was produced in the Studio Alta building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The show featured a series of regular ...

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Asayan ''Asayan'', originally known as was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Some idols that were originally discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku, formed groups that worked under the umbrella gro ...

(1999-2001) (Narrator) * Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) (Iseya)

Commercials

Black Nikka The is a producer of Japanese whisky and other beverages headquartered in Tokyo. It is owned by Asahi Group Holdings. The company operates a number of distilleries and other facilities in Japan, including two Japanese whisky distilleries, the Yo ...

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Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

Musicals

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play '' Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons ...

(2013-2016) Alfred P. Doolittle

Television drama

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials) in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of ''Columbo'' ...

(February 14, 1996 episode)

Television animation

* South Park ( Mister Mackey (

Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...

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Theatrical animation

* Aladdin (The Peddler (

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

)) * Team America: World Police (DVD edition) ( Kim Jong-il (

Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...

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References

External links

MATSUO TV
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuo, Takashi 1960 births Living people People from Kobe Osaka University of Arts alumni 21st-century Japanese male actors