Sanma Akashiya (明石家さんま Akashiya Sanma, born July 3, 1955 in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, raised up 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 which also include Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) and Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita). His nicknames are Sanma Niisan(Sanma Big-brother) and Owarai Kaizyuu(Comedy Monster) Jump to: navigation, search July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kushimoto (串本町; -cho) is a town located in Nishimuro District, Wakayama, Japan. ... Wakayama Prefecture (å’ŒæŒå±±çœŒ; Wakayama-ken) is part of the Kii Peninsula in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nara (Japanese: 奈良市, Nara-shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate, based in Osaka. ... Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano (北野 æ¦, Kitano Takeshi, b. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tamori(タモリ) is a Japanese celebrity. ...
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A page in English describing a show on Fuji TV starring Akashiya
Sanma, the popular comedian from Kansai, has been one of the top of the performers in the geino comedy field for many years.
At the end of the program, Sanma chooses one of the young women to go into the lecture room where he playfully hits her over the head with a big plastic toy gavel.
Sanma is one of the premier Japanese comedians of the recent decade.
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