<h2>Ryutaro Kamioka <br>
Died on May 19 at the age of 81</h2>
<figure id="attachment_349741" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-349741" style="width: 1721px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="20e48e54"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/12/b8417d0e8c01bcc256b36dcb32466a41.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-349741" class="wp-caption-text"> Since the 1990s, Ryutaro Ueoka had said, &#8220;My art will last until the 20th century. True to his words, he retired from show business in 2000.</figcaption></figure>
<p> Former TV personality Ryutaro Ueoka (81 years old) passed away on May 19, 2011. In 1960, he formed the &#8220;Manzai Trio&#8221; and dominated the world with his trio manzai. He was active as a TV show host, radio talker, and comic storyteller with his fluent delivery, but retired from show business in April 2000, the 40th anniversary of his show business career.</p>
<p> TV personality Mari Okabe, who co-hosted a program with Mr. Ueoka in the past, talks about the true face of Mr. Ueoka.</p>
<p> When you actually meet and interact with Mr. Ueoka, he is a completely different person from the public image of him. He does not have a poisonous tongue or a difficult personality. I first met Mr. Ueoka in 1989 when he appeared in a popular TV program called &#8220;No Knocking! (Kansai Television) in 1989. Ueoka-san greets his co-stars more politely than anyone else on the show and eases their tension.</p>
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<p> Mr. Ueoka was also a very open and honest person. He co-starred in &#8220;Detective! Night Scoop&#8221; (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation), which we co-starred in, there was no microphone when we were watching the VTR, but Mr. Ueoka would make sharp comments while watching the VTR. I thought it was a waste that the microphone was not on. Night Scoop&#8221; is a short program, but Mr. Ueoka calculated the time well, and I felt that he was a true professional.</p>
<p> For every one criticism he gave, he gave nine compliments. He made everyone he interacted with feel good about themselves. He makes everyone involved miss his goodbyes. He was a cool person all the way to the end, with brilliant tricks and a clean exit.</p>
<p> From the December 29, 2023 issue of FRIDAY</p>
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 Former TV personality Ryutaro Ueoka, who passed away on May 19, was active as a radio and TV host. He was a co-star of "Detective! Night Scoop," talks about the true face of Mr. Ueoka.

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