born May 13, 1965, in Kamifukuoka, Saitama, Japan, is a comedian and is currently one of the most recognized faces on prime-time Japanese television. He is most famous as one half of the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai along with Yūji Tanaka, where he acts as the boke. He was a student at Nihon University's School of Fine Arts and later withdrew, though he was officially marked as a drop out as he forgot to complete and submit a withdrawal form at the time. Wikipedia
So unfolded a skit broadcast recently on the weekly prime-time comedy show Hikari Ota: If I Became Prime Minister, whose star is possibly the closest figure Japan has to Jon Stewart , the host of The Daily Show. www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/world/asia/12ota.html?ex=13130...
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