<figure id="attachment_395598" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-395598" style="width: 973px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1ba9731d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/10/fca5573ba4edec69a5826ce270dc8f90.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-395598" class="wp-caption-text">Akashiya Sanma returned to Tokyo late at night after three days of extremely hard work. Although he may have been feeling a bit overwhelmed, he was full of energy as he responded to his fans.</figcaption></figure>
<h3> The truth behind his statement, &#8220;I will stop carrying Yoshimoto on my back.</h3>
<p> It was around 11:30 p.m. in mid-October, and Sanma Akashiya (69) was walking alone in the Yaesu underground shopping arcade at Tokyo Station when the last train was about to leave. He had just returned to Tokyo from Osaka on the Shinkansen bullet train, and had just finished signing autographs and shaking hands with his waiting fans when he started walking again.</p>
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<p> Two days earlier, Sanma appeared live on MBS radio&#8217;s &#8220;MBS Young Town Saturday,&#8221; and at the beginning of the program, he mentioned Shinji Saito (41), formerly of &#8220;Jungle Pocket,&#8221; who was fired by his company Yoshimoto Kogyo for sexual assault,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to stop carrying Yoshimoto on my back. It has nothing to do with me, so you should think about it.</span></p>
<p> He declared that he would stop caring about junior comedians. He continued,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I was not asked by anyone to carry Yoshimoto on my back, but I carried it on my own. I have been troubled, depressed, and wondering &#8216;what to do&#8217; on my own. I&#8217;m going to stop carrying it on my shoulders from today. I&#8217;m a little tired.</span></p>
<p> I&#8217;m a little tired,&#8221; he confessed.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In 2008, when Takashi Okamura (54) of &#8220;Ninety-Nine&#8221; was criticized for inappropriate comments and Hiroyuki Miyasako (54) of the former &#8220;Ameagari Kesshitai&#8221; was in trouble, Sanma took their side and extended a helping hand to them. Each time, Sanma has also been criticized on some social networking sites.&#8217; When Saito&#8217;s two adulterous affairs were reported in 23 years, he tried to create a timing for his return by lovingly teasing Saito on his show, but as expected, he had no way to follow up on this case&#8221; (TV magazine writer).</span></p>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" (TV magazine writer) The day after his weak statement, he was immediately on a roll."></div>
<h3>The &#8220;divine response&#8221; he showed while traveling back and forth between Osaka and Tokyo</h3>
<p> In response to Sanma&#8217;s weak statement, many comments on SNS labored, &#8220;It must have been really hard,&#8221; and &#8220;Please take care of yourself a little. However, such fears soon proved to be unfounded. The next day, Takuya Kimura (51) made a surprise appearance on stage at Yokohama Arena for his &#8220;SEE YOU THERE&#8221; tour (8 concerts in 5 cities nationwide).</p>
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<p> The appearance, which also served as a public recording of the New Year&#8217;s special program &#8220;Santaku&#8221; (Fuji Television Network), brought excitement to the audience when he said to Kimura, &#8220;You like to show your shoulders, don&#8217;t you? He then bowed to the audience <span class="strongInContent">and said, &#8220;Kimura always takes care of you,</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Kimura bowed to the audience and said, &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a long talk, so you&#8217;d better sit down. We can make it in time for the last (train). Kimura has been in show business for a long time, and there are a lot of old men and women in the audience.</span></p>
<p> He was in great form.</p>
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<p> The day after Kimura&#8217;s concert, Sanma was back in Osaka for &#8220;Painful! Akashi Haiken Shitai&#8221; (Mainichi Broadcasting System) in Osaka the day after Kimura&#8217;s concert, and returned to Tokyo late at night. He must have been very tired, but even so, he was still very attentive to each and every one of his fans.</p>
<p> His toughness and kindness can be seen at &#8230;&#8230;. It seems that Sanma is immortal in mind and body.</p>
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 It was two days later that I saw Akashiya Sanma in the Yaesu underground mall of Tokyo Station, after he had said on the radio, "I'm a little tired. The day before this, he had jumped into Takuya Kimura's live performance. He was also energetic that day, politely responding to fans.

Akashiya Sanma, who said &#8220;I&#8217;ll stop carrying Yoshimoto on my shoulders,&#8221; is &#8220;immortal&#8221; and jumps into Kimutaku&#8217;s live the next day.

Akashiya Sanma, who said “I’ll stop carrying Yoshimoto on my shoulders,” is “immortal” and jumps into Kimutaku’s live the next day.

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