Takashi Yuasa (湯浅卓, ''Yuasa Takashi'', born on November 24, 1955 in

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) is a Japanese

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/ref> (admitted in

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, but not in Japan) and

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personality. He belongs to the

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(Hori Productions) talent agency.

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He attended Shirogane Elementary School and Azabu Junior and Senior High School, in Tokyo, and graduated from the Department of Law at the

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in 1979. He claims to have graduated with "the top results ever achieved" in his department. He received an LL.M. from

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in 1984. During the sale of the

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, he acted as a lawyer for the

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(however, he was not the head of the legal team). As a result of his efforts, he says,

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paid approximately 1.5 times the amount it planned for the land, and he received a large sum in return (the precise amount was not revealed). His hobbies include

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and

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, and is often asked to sing. He participates in opera together with the pianist Ayako Uehara, the Art critic Yuki Yamashita (

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) and the actress Misa Uehara.

Regular television appearances

* Hexagon II Quiz Parade!!, Quiz! Hexagon Konya wa quiz parade Quiz! Hexagon II (Quiz Hexagon! Tonight's a Quiz Parade! Quiz Hexagon II) * Shimada kentei!! Kokuminteki senzai nōryoku test (The Shimada exam!! The National Potential Quotient Test) * World records (Japanese TV program), World records * Cream Stew no tarirariraan (Cream Stew's Tallylallylaah) * Do night * Ichiban! Express (First Express!) * Tokoro-san no gakko de wa oshiete kurenai sonna tokoro! (Tokoro's That Thing They Don't Teach You in School)

Other specials and guest appearances

* Asa made nama terebi "Gekiron! Honto ni NO to ieru ka!? Nihon" (Live TV Till Morning) - "Fierce Debate! Can Japan really say No!?" * Nōnai esute IQ sappli (Brain Makeover IQ Supplement) * Odaiba Akashiya jō (Akashiya Castle, Odaiba) *

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* All star kanshasai (All Star Thanksgiving Festival) * Zen'in seikai atarimae quiz (The Quiz Everyone Ought To Get Right) *

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no Japonica Logos (Tamori's Japonica Logos) * Sanma no Manma (Sanma and Manma) * Gokigen yō (How Do You Do) * Gachinko shichōritsu battle (All-Out Ratings Battle) * Cocorico million kazoku (Cocorico's Family of a Million) * Sekai maru mie! Terebi tokusōbu (The World Uncovered! TV's Special Investigators) * Takeshi/Itsumi no Heisei kyōiku iinkai (Takeshi and Itsumi's Board of Modern Education)

Books

* "Wall gai ban - sekai to nihon no yomikata - kongo jūnenkan naniga okiru ka" (Wall Street edition: Reading Japan and the world - What will happen in ten years' time?) - published by PHP Kenkyūjo * "America ni ashita wa aru no ka" (Is there a tomorrow for America?) - published by PHP Kenkyūjo * He has written many essays and commentaries for economics texts from the

Nihon Keizai Shimbun ''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo ...

and books related to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. * Computer Data Base Protection - The Impact of Japanese Legislative Developments on United States and Japanese Copyright Laws (in English) 1. 9 Fordham Int'l L. J. 191 (1985–1986)

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