Masami Hisamoto

Masami Hisamoto (

After graduating from Kinran Junior College, Hisamoto decided to move to Tokyo and made her debut as a vulgar stage actor at the Gekidan Tokyo Vodovil Show in 1981. She would end up working with Masahiro Sato and Rie Shibata, then the three left to launch Wahaha-Hompo in 1984.^[3] Her first major televised appearance would be on the Nippon TV variety show Honya wa Saikyo! in 1985, then she became a regular member of the Fuji TV variety show Waratte Iitomo! that ran from 1993 to 2010.^[4][5]

Since the late 2010s, she has served as a finalist judge on NHK's Shinjin Engei Taisho, Kansai TV's R-1 Grand Prix, and Nippon TV's Onna Geinin No. 1 Kettei-sen.

Appearances

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• Waratte Iitomo! (1993–2010)
• Hirunandesu! (2011–present)
• Invisinle (2022), Chizuko Fukutome (ep. 2)^[6]

Personal life

Hisamoto became an adherent to Soka Gakkai on September 28, 1984,^[1] later becoming the deputy of the Fine Arts Department and head of the Women's Department. Her appearances in Shinano Kikaku [ja]'s promotional videos for Soka Gakkai have become an internet meme on video-sharing websites like Nico Nico Douga and YouTube, though these videos are frequently taken down on the grounds of copyright infringement.^[2][7] In addition, Hisamoto is known to be a vocal supporter of the Soka Gakkai-backed, conservative political party Komeito.^[8][9]

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