Ryota Yamasato, known as Yama-chan, is a Japanese comedian and television and radio personality.
11 Facts About Ryota Yamasato
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Ryota Yamasato rose to fame in the 2000s as one half of the manzai comedy duo The Nankai Candies.
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Ryota Yamasato's first known owarai comedy duo was Ashigaru Emperor together with Tomio Nishida from 1999 to 2003.
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Ryota Yamasato played the role of the boke or "funny man" to Nishida's tsukkomi or "straight man".
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Ryota Yamasato then formed the Nankai Candies with Shizuyo Yamasaki in June 2003.
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However, in this duo Ryota Yamasato plays the tsukkomi, while Yamasaki is the boke.
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Ryota Yamasato even became a women's middleweight champion before retiring from the sport in 2015.
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Ryota Yamasato 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.
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Ryota Yamasato co-authored two books that were both released on June 25,2013.
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Ryota Yamasato played the villain in the 2016 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland.
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Ryota Yamasato 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.