is a Japanese

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, TV presenter,

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and actor most commonly known as Sanma-san. His real name is . His talent agency is Yoshimoto Kogyo and his shishô (master) back when he studied '' rakugo'' is Shōfukutei Matsunosuke. Together with Beat Takeshi and

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, Sanma is said to be one of the "" 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. Akashiya married actress Shinobu Otake 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. The two remained friends after and are sometimes seen on variety television programs together. They have 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

* ( Nippon TV) (1997–Present) * ( MBS TV) (1990–Present) * (

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

Specials

*''Shin jijitsu! Orinpikku-mei bamen saikyō-kin medal award'' (as guest) (NTV, July 22, 2024)

Past TV programs

MC/Regular

Nippon TV

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

TBS TV

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

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

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

Radio

* (MBS Radio, ''with Haruna Iikubo and Haruka Kudo'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akashiya, Sanma 1955 births 20th-century Japanese comedians 21st-century Japanese comedians Japanese male actors Japanese male comedians Japanese radio personalities Japanese television personalities Living people Actors from Wakayama Prefecture