Sanma Akashiya

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Sanma Akashiya

Sanma Akashiya (明石家さんま Akashiya Sanma, born July 3, 1955 in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, raised in Nara) is a Japanese TV comedian and actor. His real name is Takafumi Sugimoto (杉本高文 Sugimoto Takafumi). He is a member of Yoshimoto Corporation. He is one of the big 3 entertainers in Japan with Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) and Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita). His nicknames are Sanma Niisan (Sanma Big-brother) and Owarai Kaiju (Comedy Monster)

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