<figure id="attachment_384621" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-384621" style="width: 1568px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="83b4374d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/07/f8a2acb8652f547d94c301cdec3ae817.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-384621" class="wp-caption-text">Shinji Ishimaru (right), now a &#8220;key man&#8221; in the political world, and Garcie, who rose from a YouTuber to a member of the House of Councilors.</figcaption></figure>
 Shinji Ishimaru, former mayor of Aki Takata City in Hiroshima Prefecture, became a household name when he came in as the runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, receiving approximately 1.65 million votes. In a remote appearance on a special election program immediately after the election, Ishimaru responded to a &#8220;clumsy question&#8221; by Rena Yamazaki, a former &#8220;Nogizaka46&#8221; member, in an offhanded, off-the-cuff manner. In a subsequent appearance on another program, Ishimaru said of his response to Yamazaki
 He said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t tolerate women, even children.
 That&#8217;s love.
 I was convinced that he is a kind man who fights with all his might and does not cut corners in any way.
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 In addition, his way of talking, in which he answers questions with questions and breaks down his opponents by pointing out their lack of study, is called &#8220;Ishimaru Syntax,&#8221; and has become popular in some circles, but there is no denying that more and more people are rejecting this.
 What is the &#8220;Ishimaru Syntax&#8221;?　It is said,
 《I don&#8217;t answer questions from people who ask trivial questions, ignorant people, or people who haven&#8217;t studied.
 Or
 &#8220;I don&#8217;t answer questions that are not good for me,&#8221; or &#8220;I always try to get out of questions that are not good for me by exploiting their weak points.
 Or perhaps it is a technique of self-preservation in a sense, so that you always have an advantage over your opponent.
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 In the first place, this person&#8217;s name became well-known because of the buzz he received on YouTube. The video that received the most views was the &#8220;dozing police&#8221; video in which he reprimands a city council member for falling asleep at a city council meeting.
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There have always been members of the Diet who doze off in the Diet, and it is often noticed on live Diet broadcasts, which many people find outrageous. However, no one ever scolded them to their face. Many people must have found it quite amusing to see such behavior, even in a local assembly.
 Unfortunately, the &#8220;expose YouTuber&#8221; Garcy, who became a member of the House of Councilors with a pledge to &#8220;sleep police&#8221; in the Diet, lost his job and did not make it. Although he is sometimes described as a &#8220;mad dog,&#8221; it is true that people who are aggressive and bite on something, such as confrontation with the Diet, are popular with a certain number of people.
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 Compared to the old geezer councilors in the provinces, Ishimaru&#8217;s youth and urban sense of style in his slim suits may have made him a fan of many.
 However, Mr. Ishimaru has been accused of intimidation by a female city councilor on social networking services, and lost a defamation lawsuit filed against him by her. A male city council member, who was accused of being &#8220;ashamed&#8221; for falling asleep during a plenary session, died in January of this year after suffering from a stomach ailment that worsened as a result of various forms of harassment by Ishimaru&#8217;s fans.
 According to some reports, the male city council member was suffering from a stroke at the time he fell asleep. When he submitted a medical certificate to the city to inform them of this, Ishimaru reportedly shredded it.
 He said it was to protect his personal information, but it is a shocking story.
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 In addition, a local printing company demanded that Mr. Ishimaru pay approximately 730,000 yen in partial payment for campaign posters and leaflets produced for the August 2008 election for the mayor of Aki Takata, and the Supreme Court rejected the appeal by Mr. Ishimaru&#8217;s side. The Supreme Court rejected Ishimaru&#8217;s appeal and ordered Ishimaru to pay the full amount.
 Ishimaru is very high-spirited.
 He does not just sit back and take the bashing. He has launched a counterattack against media outlets that have been critical of him.
 In a live YouTube stream, he says
 TV Asahi cut out too much of the interview.
 Therefore, he declares that he will never be interviewed by TV Asahi again unless he uploads the full video from now on. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with NTV and TBS Radio after their election specials were aired and criticized for their miscommunication. He stated.
 If I were to run for governor in four years&#8217; time, I would be the frontrunner, wouldn&#8217;t I? All the media would want to cover it. But Nippon TV has taken such an attitude, so I will never accept their coverage.
 He declared loudly. And then,
 You see, that&#8217;s a problem, isn&#8217;t it? I won&#8217;t accept any interviews from TBS.
 He declared with a smug look on his face, &#8220;I won&#8217;t accept any interviews from TBS.
 I don&#8217;t mean &#8220;Taka and Toshi,&#8221; but &#8220;Who the hell do you think you are? Or, rather, &#8220;Are you a child? I want to smack him in the face.
 Of course, the TV station is not bothered,
 When we asked a TBS official, he replied, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know what will happen four years from now, and I think it&#8217;s the same for all media, not just TV stations, but we really don&#8217;t want to touch people who are bothersome or complicated. I don&#8217;t think they would ask us for an interview, and even if they did, we would probably decline the request.
 In this way, Mr. Ishimaru is interesting.
 As a politician, he may be controversial, but as a YouTuber with a &#8220;politician&#8217;s character,&#8221; he is not likely to be offended. There are more than 700 members of the Diet, so it would be nice to have at least one politician like him.
 We hope that he will do his &#8220;snooze police&#8221; routine in the Diet, wake up the old legislators, and avenge Garcie&#8217;s death.

 Hiroyuki Sasaki (entertainment journalist)

 Takayuki Ogawauchi (Ishimaru), Shinji Hasuo (Garcy)

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