Hiroyuki Yabe is a Japanese comedian. He is one of the members of the extremely popular duo (kombi) Ninety-nine with Takashi Okamura, who are one of the most successful acts under Yoshimoto Kogyo. Yabe is considered the straight man in the duo. Yabe also plays Luigi in the Japanese Hot Mario Bros advertisement campaign. Born in Osaka, he played soccer player in his youth. He has worked as a sportscaster on TV Asahi's program "Yabecchi FC", … Wikipedia
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