Shinya Ueda of “Kurimu” has “bitter memories of Friday ……” “Anguish and Reward” in his 33-year career as a performer.

He has 11 regular programs! While he is known as a “big name,” he has an “unexpectedly caring face” that is no different from other people his age.

I have bitter memories of Friday!　In 2007, there was a time when my drinking party with Tokui (Yoshimi, 48) and Kawamoto (Junichi, 48) was featured in the magazine. But for some reason, I was the only one who had their eyes drawn in (laughs). (Laughs.) Maybe it was because the photo was too rough, but I thought, “What’s going on?　I was mistaken for a normal person! I thought. But that didn’t stop them from publishing the real scandal.　I’d be like, ‘Give me a break!

Shinya Ueda, 53, of the comedy duo “Kurimuchu,” spoke up right from the start. Ueda, whose latest essay “Blushing: Things in My 20s That Were Embarrassing Because I Worked Hard” (Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd.) has become a topic of conversation, says that he has realized something in the course of his writing activities.

He says, “I’m now over 50 years old, but essentially I haven’t changed since my younger days. For example, on “Ueda to Onna ga Barkaru Yoru (The Night Ueda and Women Bark)” (NTV), young celebrities in their twenties or so are talking about “what’s up with Instagram and the story function,” and I have no idea what they are talking about. I have no idea what they are talking about, but they act like they know what they are talking about. You can’t honestly say you don’t know. When I was in my 20s and moved to Tokyo from Kumamoto, I couldn’t ask “Where’s Alta-mae? I was two hours late for a rendezvous. I am still full of embarrassment.

Nevertheless, he has made great strides as a comedian. He now has 11 regular programs, including the duo’s own show, and can be called a “big name” comedian. However, Ueda says, “I am just an ordinary old man in his 50s. When asked why, he revealed that he spends his days taking care of both the young and the compliant.

He said, “It is natural that I am concerned about my language and attitude toward the younger generation. Even when the cameras are not rolling, for example, when we are in the elevator, I talk to them, saying, ‘What are you recording today? Isn’t it a little strange that they are so attentive to their juniors, when it is a matter of course for their seniors?　I sometimes think, “Isn’t it a bit strange that they are so attentive to their juniors? I wonder if someone could make a rule that says, “At this time, which one of you should talk to first? (Laughs). Well, it’s easier for me to speak first. I guess it’s in my nature.