Background of Sanma and Koji Higashino’s discussion of “Miyasako” at Yoshimoto’s 110th anniversary performance.

The two days of the event showed the “bottom line” of Yoshimoto Kogyo.

On April 2 and 3, Yoshimoto Kogyo’s 110th anniversary special commemorative performance “A Day of Legend” was held at Namba Grand Kagetsu in Osaka.

The third performance on April 3 was a great success, with Downtown’s Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masako Hamada performing improvised manzai for the first time in 31 years as the last act.

Akashiya Sanma was the fourth performer on both days of the big event, and he spoke on MBS radio’s “Young Town Saturday” broadcast late at night on August 9. Looking back on the “legendary day

Yoshimoto is an extraordinary company. I felt it again. I felt it again. It’s a terrifying company.

He marveled. He added that he was

Miyasako (Hiroyuki) is gone again, and there are a lot of comedians (who quit). Oriental Radio, for example. I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll be fine even if they leave. I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll be fine without them.

He expressed his personal opinion.

Koji Higashino also mentioned Miyasako on ABC Radio’s “Higashino Koji’s Honmono Radio,” which aired late at night on August 8, regarding Yoshimoto after his 110th anniversary performance.

“It’s like we’ve all become one again, like a giant comedy company.

He pointed out that “the first time I saw a new product, I was surprised. Even the performers seemed overwhelmed by the energy. Higashino said

If the timeline were reversed, and the 110th anniversary was over and the black market scandal followed, would Miyasako (Hiroyuki) and Ryo (Tamura) have held a press conference like that? I was like, “Oh, my God.

He grinned. Miyasako held a press conference to criticize Yoshimoto’s system, led by President Akihiko Okamoto, for the black market problem in 2007, but the results showed that the “comedy empire” did not budge an inch.

Higashino once again reflected on the 110th anniversary performance.

The NGK stage,” he said, “was like a three-part Hooray for Yoshimoto. That’s how I saw it. I thought to myself, “What an amazing company. I wondered what Miyasako was thinking now.

It’s not like Miyasako is going to tweet about it now. I wonder if Miyasako is secretly watching? And so on. No, I wonder if he is keeping his distance and holding back. And so on. It made me think about all kinds of things.”

He stated. At this time, Miyasako has not mentioned the Yoshimoto 110th anniversary performance, nor has he uploaded any related videos on YouTube. According to a person involved in the comedy industry

When he started YouTube in January 2008, Miyasako called himself “the man who wants to return to Yoshimoto” and was aiming for a return to terrestrial broadcasting. But now he has completely given up on the idea of returning to Yoshimoto.

He said. Yoshimoto Chairman Hiroshi Osaki, in a direct interview with Friday in February of last year, said of Miyasako

“Don’t come back.
Don’t make a story about Yoshimoto until you quit.”

The first time he did so, he shunned them. This was not lip service to the mass media, but was his true intention. A person who knows Mr. Osaki reveals the following.

When I casually asked him about Mr. Miyasako when we had dinner together before, the atmosphere changed and he said, ‘Oh, well. He’s doing well, isn’t he? I felt like it was someone else’s problem. I read the atmosphere and didn’t ask any more questions.

He testified, “I was very happy to be able to work with them. Miyasako, too, is aware of Chairman Osaki’s “atmosphere. However, even if it is impossible for him to return to work, he would like to make a formal “reconciliation.

He said, “Recently, the comedy duo ‘Tomahawk Onigoe’ and Tasuku Shinagawa have appeared on Mr. Miyasako’s YouTube channel, and we have been interacting with each other on a comedian level. However, it is difficult when it comes to companies. Of course. It is difficult to get involved in advertising projects that involve Yoshimoto Kogyo. Miyasako is also concerned about this, and it seems that she has wanted to reconcile with Yoshimoto Kogyo for some time in order to increase the scope of her work,” said a reporter from a sports newspaper.

Miyasako’s YouTube video views have dropped to less than half of what they were at his peak, and his yakiniku restaurant, Gyu Miyagi in Shibuya, Tokyo, which opened in March, seems to be thriving, but there is no telling how long that will last.

The fact that Sanma and Higashino mention Miyasako’s name at every opportunity may be a sign that they are worried about Miyasako, who is struggling alone against a powerful comedy empire.