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Comedian Akashiya Sanma (69) appeared on MBS Radio’s “Young Town Saturday” (Saturdays 10:00pm) broadcast on the 7th and paid tribute to actress and singer Nakayama Miho (54 years old at the time of death), who was found to have passed away on the 6th. Sanma Read More …
Comedian Inoue Satoshi shared a photo of Akashiya Sanma reading volume 10 of Gotouge Koyoharu’s “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”. View this post on Instagram 本日は明石家電視台の収録。コロナの影響により無観客での収録になりましたが、時間が押すぐらい盛り上がったという事だけご報告させていただきます。 帰りの新幹線で我らが神は今流行りの鬼滅の刃をお勉強なされているところを撮影に成功しました。離れた僕の座席に来て10巻を置いていってくださいましたので、現在11巻を読まれているのでしょう。 #柱に興味はなさそうでとにかくねずこが可愛くて仕方がないそうです #「なんの呼吸がええかなぁ」と小さく呟いておられたので何かプランがあるのだと思います #でも11巻まで読んでるのに未だによくわかってないそうです #特に笑うような漫画ではないのですが、一人で笑顔で読んでおられます #あとご自身が大好きなコロッケも僕にくださいました #日本を明るくしている人 #鬼滅の刃 #明石家電視台 #明石家さんまさん A post shared by 井上 聡（次長課長） (@_ino__) Read More …
On the February 18th broadcast of “Odoru! Sanma Goten!!”, Akashiya Sanma discussed with his guests and said there were videos he saw on YouTube with over 300 million views and he is shocked by the popularity of YouTube over television to the point that he Read More …
“Joker” was released on October 4th in both the US and Japan and it has been a hot topic in the media. Comedian Kobayashi Kendo said about the film “You can watch this movie and think when it’s over that its people who are dissatisfied Read More …
Nikkei Entertainment has annual rankings for “Favorite/Disliked Entertainer” and in 2018, Akashiya Sanma, has been #1 on the favorite entertainer ranking since the annual rankings has started. But in the August issue of “Nikkei Entertainment!”, Akashiya Sanma was ranked #1 for “Disliked Entertainer”. According to Read More …
Kimura Takuya’s new radio program is titled “Kimura Takuya FLOW supported by GYAO!” (38 stations nationwide including TOKYO FM) and will begin on August 5th at 11:30 a.m. It was announced that Akashiya Sanma will appear as the first guest on the program. Kimura Takuya Read More …
Former SMAP member Kimura Takuya has a cameo appearance in the Nextflix drama “Jimmy~Aho Mitain Honma no Hanashi” (known internationally as “Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot”). The drama is about how in the 1980s, a simple-minded fool named Onishi Hideaki met comedy Read More …