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best known for performing on the ''

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show on

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. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single

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or storyteller appears on

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and tells comedic stories to the audience.

Career

Shōta was born as . In 1978, he entered

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and joined the college rakugo club. His then was . When he was a student, he entered the and won the championship. In 1982, he left the university and became a disciple of . He first used Shōhachi as his

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. In 1986, he became and assumed his current stage name. In 1989, he was promoted to . Since May 2006, he has appeared on ''

'' as an member. On May 22, 2016, it was announced that he would become the sixth host in the show's 50-year history. Shōta performs both classical repertoire and original material. During his performances, he often made use of his persona as unmarried bachelor, for which he used to get mocked by his fellow performers on ''

''. However, Shōta got married in 2019, after announcing the marriage on air.

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Filmography

Film

* ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Crimes That Bind'' (2018) * ''Whistleblower'' (2019), Takami Iiyama * ''

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'' (2022) * ''My Mom, My Angel: A Journey of Love and Acceptance'' (2024)

Television

* ''Tiger and Dragon'' (2005) * '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017),

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* ''DCU: Deep Crime Unit'' (2022), Mamoru Hayakawa

References

Rakugoka Japanese male comedians Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors 1959 births Living people People from Shizuoka (city) Tokai University alumni 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-bio-stub