Ryota Yamasato

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Ryota Yamasato
PseudonymYama-chan
Native name山里やまざと亮太りょうた
Born (1977-04-14) April 14, 1977 (age 47)
Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKansai University
Years active1999–present
GenresManzai
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Children1

Ryota Yamasato (Japanese: 山里やまざと亮太りょうた, Hepburn: Yamasato Ryōta, born April 14, 1977),[1] also known as Yama-chan (山やまちゃん), is a Japanese comedian and television and radio personality. He rose to fame in the 2000s as one half of the manzai comedy duo The Nankai Candies. Outside Japan he is best known as one of the commentators on the reality television series Terrace House.

Life and career[edit]

Yamasato is a member of the 22nd graduating class of Yoshimoto Kogyo's New Star Creation school of comedy in Osaka. His first known owarai comedy duo was Ashigaru Emperor (足軽あしがるエンペラー, Ashigaru Enperā) together with Tomio Nishida from 1999 to 2003. Yamasato played the role of the boke or "funny man" to Nishida's tsukkomi or "straight man". He then formed the Nankai Candies (南海なんかいキャンディーズ) with Shizuyo Yamasaki in June 2003.[2] However, in this duo Yamasato plays the tsukkomi, while Yamasaki is the boke. The Nankai Candies took second place in the 2004 M-1 Grand Prix,[2] leading to many television appearances and subsequently moved their base from Osaka to Tokyo. That year they also won the 25th ABC Newcomer Comedian Grand Prix Newcomer Award.[2] In 2005 they received the 40th Kamigata Manzai Grand Prix Newcomer Award and the 43rd Golden Arrow Newcomer Award.[2] They competed several more times in the M-1 Grand Prix; coming in ninth place in 2005 and eighth in 2009,[2] and being eliminated in the semifinals in 2008, 2016 and 2017. Beginning in 2007, the Nankai Candies were not active much while Yamasaki competed as a boxer. She even became a women's middleweight champion before retiring from the sport in 2015.[3][4]

Beginning with season 3 of Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door on April 12, 2013, Yamasato became a studio commentator on the reality TV series Terrace House.[5] He has continued this role on each installment of the franchise, where he is known as the cynical one who enjoys highlighting the house members' flaws.[6][7] In 2015, he was given his own spin-off on Netflix Japan's YouTube channel titled Yama Channel where he comments solo.[8]

Yamasato co-authored two books that were both released on June 25, 2013. News no Yomikata Oshiemasu! explains recent political and economic words in an easy-to-understand manner, while Yamasato Ryōta no 'Tarinai' Eigo teaches simple English for communication.[9]

Yamasato played the villain in the 2016 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland.[10] Since October 2016, Yamasato and his fellow Terrace House commentator You have co-hosted the puppet show Nehorin Pahorin on NHK Educational TV. They each voice mole puppets who co-interview the non-famous guest represented by a pig puppet. The anonymity afforded via the puppets and voice modulation allows the guests to talk candidly about topics not usually covered on mainstream TV, such as idol otaku or host club addiction.[8]

Yamasato voiced the character Karasutengu in the 2017 anime film Pretty Cure Dream Stars!.[11] He released Tensai wa Akirameta, a completely revised and updated version of his 2006 autobiographical book Tensai ni Naritai, on July 6, 2018, and it sold 100,000 copies in two months.[12] A fan of One Piece since its beginning, Yamasato voiced the character Donald Moderate in the 2019 One Piece: Stampede film.[13][14]

Yamasato and fellow comedian Masayasu Wakabayashi are the main subjects of the 2023 biographical series Passion for Punchlines (だが、情熱じょうねつはある, Da ga, Jōnetsu ga aru, lit. 'However, The Passion is There') on Nippon TV, in which he was portrayed by Shintaro Morimoto.[15]

Personal life[edit]

On June 3, 2019, Yamasato married actress Yū Aoi.[16][17] The two first met through Shizuyo Yamasaki, who co-starred with Aoi in the film Hula Girls (2006), and began dating in April 2019.[17] In episode six of Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020, Yamasato credited his job on the show for the marriage, as Aoi is a fan and wanted to talk to him about it.[18] On February 10, 2022, the couple announced that Aoi was pregnant with their first child and due in the summer.[19] On August 10, 2022, Yamasato revealed that Aoi had given birth to their daughter.[20]

Selected filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Live-action films[edit]

Animation[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Tensai ni Naritai (天才てんさいになりたい, November 2006)
  • Hajimete no Gravure. YGA Shashin-shū (はじめてのグラビア。YGA写真しゃしん集しゅう, July 24, 2007) – editor
  • News ga Motto Yoku Wakaru hon (ニュースがもっとよくわかる本ほん, September 11, 2009) – co-authored with Akira Ikegami
  • News no Yomikata Oshiemasu! (ニュースの読よみ方かた教おしえます!, June 25, 2013) – co-authored with Mita Masaki
  • Yamasato Ryōta no 'Tarinai' Eigo (山里やまざと亮太りょうたの「たりない」英語えいご, June 25, 2013) – co-authored with Masato Honma
  • Tensai wa Akirameta (天才てんさいはあきらめた, July 6, 2018)
  • Anoko no Yume wo Mita Ndesu. (あのコの夢ゆめを見みたんです。, April 12, 2019)

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "南海なんかいキャンディーズ - お笑わらいナタリー". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "南海なんかいキャンディーズ プロフィール". Yoshimoto Kogyo (in Japanese). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Comedian now boxing champion". The Japan Times. February 12, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "南みなみキャン、1年ねんぶり漫才まんざい披露ひろう コンビ再始動さいしどうで早速さっそくボクシングネタ". Oricon (in Japanese). October 25, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "チュート徳井とくい、山里やまざと、馬場ばば園えんら加入かにゅう「テラスハウス」観察かんさつ". Natalie (in Japanese). April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "What It's Really Like Inside Netflix's "Terrace House"". Tokyo Weekender. July 14, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Unscripted: Revisiting Japan via Netflix". Lancaster Online. December 2, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives". The Japan Times. March 3, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "南みなみキャン山里やまざと、著書ちょしょ2冊さつ同時どうじ発売はつばい記念きねんサイン会かい大盛おおもり況きょう". Natalie (in Japanese). July 2, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "スーパー戦隊せんたい映画えいがで悪役あくやく演えんじる山里やまざとが覚悟かくご「これからは子供こどもにも嫌きらわれる」". Natalie (in Japanese). January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "Precure Dream Stars! Film Announces Guest Cast, Story". Anime News Network. January 12, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "山里やまざと亮太りょうたのエッセイが発売はつばい2ヶ月かげつで10万まん部ぶ突破とっぱ「本当ほんとうにうれしいです」". Oricon (in Japanese). September 10, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  13. ^ "南みなみキャン山里やまざとの夢ゆめ叶かなう！劇場げきじょう版ばん「ONE PIECE」声優せいゆう、海賊かいぞく万博ばんぱくの司会しかい者しゃ". Natalie (in Japanese). March 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  14. ^ "One Piece Stampede Anime Film Casts Yusuke Santamaria, Rino Sashihara, Ryōta Yamasato". Anime News Network. March 25, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  15. ^ "高橋たかはし海人かいじん＆森本もりもと慎太郎しんたろう「だが、情熱じょうねつはある」第だい２話わ４・７％ 若林わかばやしと山里やまざとは芸人げいにんへの一いち歩ほを踏ふみ出だす - ドラマ : 日刊にっかんスポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  16. ^ "蒼あお井い優ゆうと南海なんかいキャンディーズ・山里やまざと亮太りょうたが結婚けっこん 3日にちに婚姻こんいん届とどけ提出ていしゅつ（スポーツ報知ほうち）". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  17. ^ a b "山里やまざと亮太りょうたと蒼あおい井い優ゆう３日にちに結婚けっこん". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  18. ^ "The Grass is Greener on the Other Side". Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020. June 25, 2019. 50:00 minutes in. Netflix.
  19. ^ "蒼あお井い優ゆう、第だい1子し妊娠にんしん「出産しゅっさんは夏なつ頃ごろを予定よてい」 山里やまざと亮太りょうたと連名れんめいでコメント". Oricon (in Japanese). February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  20. ^ "蒼あお井い優ゆう、第だい1子し女児じょじ出産しゅっさん 山里やまざと亮太りょうたがラジオで生なま報告ほうこく「かわいくて仕方しかたない」". Oricon (in Japanese). August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  21. ^ "宇宙うちゅう人じんのあいつ". eiga.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

External links[edit]

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