Masami Hisamoto
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Career
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
- 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 Template:Ill'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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- Living people
- Actresses from Osaka
- Japanese Buddhists
- Japanese film actresses
- Japanese television actresses
- Japanese women comedians
- Members of Sōka Gakkai
- People from Hirano, Osaka
- 20th-century Japanese comedians
- 21st-century Japanese comedians
- 20th-century Japanese actresses
- 21st-century Japanese actresses