The way of life of Akashiya-sanma, which is not shown on TV. | feature

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

Honeymoon episode with Shinobu Otake.

I think it's hard to keep up with a woman's shopping if she can't get her groceries done in a jiffy.

I have learned my lesson from Shinobu Otake and I will never go shopping with women again. I have made up my mind that I will never go shopping with a woman again. I had a big argument with a woman on my honeymoon in Rome a long time ago.

I had to wait for about an hour at a store in Rome, asking for this or that. I smoked outside so often that there was a pile of cigarettes by my feet. When I finally came out of the store, they said they didn't have any good ones. I told him to buy at least one T-shirt, and he said, "Why are you yelling so loud? We got into a huge argument.

Then we made up a little and went to the "Mouth of Truth," and there was a tourist bus from Taiwan, and all the passengers were big fans of the drama "Summer Stories of Seven Men and Seven Women," so there was a big commotion. All the passengers were big fans of the drama "Summer Stories of Seven Men and Seven Women" and there was a big commotion! They were like, "Momoko (Shinobu) and Ryosuke (Sanma) are there! I didn't understand a word they were saying, so I said, "I'm sorry," a little curtly, and they said, "You don't have to say it so harshly," and I said, "No, it's dangerous. We had another big argument and didn't speak for about two days. We didn't talk for about two days. I remember that we were in front of the "Mouth of Truth" and all I did was lie, and the conversation became incomprehensible.

That's quite a strong Italian episode.

We're going there to coincide with the "World Cup" in Italy. At that time, Argentina and Italy played each other in Naples, and Maradona (of Argentina) had led Napoli (his club team) to the championship the previous year, so I thought he would be greeted with loud cheers from the local crowd, but in fact they booed him loudly. And Maradona cried.

I was the one filming it with my camera. Maradona crying is historical news, but capturing Maradona's tears was an amazing thing. When I returned to the hotel, Mr. Otake said, "I erased that picture. What?" He said, "I don't know what Maradona is. I don't know what Maradona is, but I don't need it. We had another big argument (laughs). (Laughs.) I have no good memories of Italy.