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The life of Akashiya Sanma, which is not shown on TV.
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The life of Akashiya Sanma, which is not shown on TV.

Every generation of Japanese people knows Akashiya Sanma. He is one of the "Big Three" comedians, is called a "comedy monster," and has been at the forefront of the comedy world for a long time. We don't know much about Akashiya Sanma because of the way we see him on TV. In fact, Mr. Akashiya usually likes to wear DSQUARED2 clothes with sharp silhouettes and pop graphics. In this interview, which he kindly agreed to, he talked for nearly two hours without taboos, not only about the clothes but also about numerous memorable episodes and his past and future work. The following is a summary of his light-hearted and voluminous words, almost verbatim.

  • Photo_Yoshie Tominaga (W)
  • Styling_Yasuka Lee
  • Hair & Make up_Tomomi Kaneko
  • Text_Shinri Kobayashi
  • Edit_Ryo Muramatsu

Service shot sent by Takuya Kimura only to Sanma.

When you go to Australia, you are aware of local fashion and have a mode of going abroad.

When I go to New York, if I wear something from the "Yankees" or the "Knicks" for basketball or the "Rangers" for field hockey, they treat me very well, asking if I am a fan. If I wear a "Knicks" jumper, they ask me if I am a "Knicks" fan, and I say yes, yes, yes (laughs), and they buy me a beer (laughs).

Communication begins with clothes.

America should definitely wear local sports team clothing. Because everyone has a great love for their hometown. This is already a fact. I really like the American football team called the "Las Vegas Raiders," and when I wear Raiders clothes at the official local store, they give me a lot of gifts to take this or that. I'm sorry I was so weak this year! They apologize to me (laughs). I recommend this way of traveling in the US.

Speaking of sports, you like soccer, don't you? Many European soccer players are fans of Dsquared.

I found out about that later, too. There used to be a photo book in which soccer players were dressed in a certain brand of clothing, and I still have it. I could recognize the uniforms, but I couldn't tell which player was which if they were wearing their own clothes.

In the case of Mr. Sanma, is a suit his uniform?

It will be. In the old days, she used to appear in her own clothes in the chatting corner of "Laugh It Away! I used to appear in my own clothes for the chatting corner on "Laugh It Up! My fans guessed everything by how she changed her clothes (laughs).

(laughs). Was that actually the case?

That's right. I was giving her money to buy clothes for me. Maybe it was a woman's willpower, but the next girlfriend, no matter how tacky she got, bought me clothes that were in a completely different taste than the previous girlfriend. This is something that was said to be true, but it's true!

Dsquared] Blouson ¥262,900, Jeans ¥78,100, Sneakers ¥79,200 (Dsquared/Staff International Japan Client Services)

Do you like shopping?

I like to walk and go out. Even when I am doing variety or talk show work, I have to experience it to talk about it. There are various types of people, and there are people who imagine things, but I have to encounter episodes. That's why I try to go out.

I imagine that Mr. Sanma's shopping seems to be very fast.

It's fast. He would go to this store, that store, and this store. I had given Kimura (Takuya) "Dsquared" for his birthday in November, but when I went to the store in November, they had Kimura's coat ready (laughs).

Kimura-san's size?

Yes. I get a lot of clothes from Kimura.

I see that you are giving each other gifts.

Kimura also goes to select stores to find clothes that suit me. Sometimes Kimura and I even pair up (laughs).

That's a gorgeous two-shot.

Yes, that's right. In my case, though, it's just a scene from my workplace (laughs). Kimura was once in a cooking drama (Editor's note: "Grand Maison Tokyo") on TBS, and I was the only one who recognized him, but he wore the clothes I gave him in every episode of the drama. He does things like that that only I can understand (laughs).

That's very stylish and thoughtful.

It's a service cut for me, and he wears it in a scene that is nothing to write home about. If I miss that scene, he gets cranky (laughs).

It's a great gift to be able to wear it like that.

Yes. The jumper he was wearing in the motorcycle scene at the end of the drama was a Dsquared jacket. The staff at Dsquared must be delighted, "Did you see that yesterday? I'm sure the Dsquared staff was delighted.

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