Tetsuro Degawa, 62, Spotted Enjoying Late-Night 5-Hour Gathering With Comedians HoriKen and Goriken

Even after turning 60, his energy remains intact!

Private life feels just like Ametalk

In late at night in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Tetsuro Degawa (62) was waving his hands with full energy, as if saying, “Hey! Over here! Over here!” In the direction of his gaze was his close friend Ken Horiuchi (56). One night in early April, Degawa was enjoying a meal accompanied by the comedy duo of his juniors, HoriKen and Goriken (52).

“Degawa-san can’t drink alcohol, but he was having a great time with non-alcoholic drinks. The three of them were talking so loudly the whole restaurant could hear them—it was like a traveling version of ‘Ame-talk!’,” said a customer who was there.

The gathering that started around 8 p.m. ended around 1 a.m., after crossing midnight—a night of more than five hours.

However, the final punchline is what makes him a popular comedian. In front of the parking meter in a coin parking lot where his Porsche was parked, Degawa looked flustered, saying, “This is bad, this is bad.” It seems he couldn’t see the coin slot because of his presbyopia and couldn’t insert the money. As for HoriKen, he ended up spilling coins all over the street. Even off-camera, the two fully displayed their clumsy antics, laughing together as they headed home.

“His first regular primetime show, ‘Tetsuro Degawa’s Can You Let Me Charge You?’ (TV Tokyo), is entering its 10th year in April. His commercials are still going strong and his career is thriving. Last year he revealed he suffers from cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and plantar fasciitis, but he is still full of energy. He is known for saying it’s harder to hold back in work than to go all out, and that attitude has earned the trust of TV producers,” said a production company insider.

Time spent with close friends became a valuable charging moment for him.

From the May 1-8, 2026 issue of “FRIDAY”