Anton Wicky
Appearance
Anton Wicky (アントン・ウィッキー) (born September 26, 1936) is an educator and
Mombusho scholar. In 1969 he earned a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. His teaching career has included Ohu and Reitaku
Universities.
He began his Nippon Television show Wicky-san's One-point English Conversation in 1979. It ran for fifteen years. The show began again in 2007.
Since 2006, Wicky has appeared in commercials for Yellow Hat, a chain of automotive-supply retail stores.
References
Kobayashi Ginko: Minutes with our man on the street - Sri Lankan appeared on TV spot with unsuspecting Japanese. The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), October 13, 1994, p. 9.
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