Masami Hisamoto

Masami Hisamoto
Native name	久本雅美
Born	(1958-07-09) July 9, 1958 (age 65) Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Education	Kinran Junior College
Years active	1981–present
Employer	Wahaha-Hompo
Subject(s)	Shimoneta
Relative(s)	Tomoko Hisamoto [ja]

Masami Hisamoto (Japanese: 久本雅美, Hepburn: Hisamoto Masami, born July 9, 1958) is a Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento from Kami, Osaka [ja]. She belongs to the Wahaha-Hompo talent agency, appearing on variety shows like Waratte Iitomo! and Hirunandesu!. She has also been a notable adherent to Soka Gakkai since 1984^[1] and became an internet meme for it.^[2]

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

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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]

References

^ ^a ^b West, Mark D. (2006). Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-0-226-89408-9. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "ニコ動「頭がパーン」MADアップロード主の情報、地裁が開示命令　創価学会の請求認める". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). October 24, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "タレント　久本雅美さん｜インタビュー｜リビング京都". Living Kyoto (in Japanese). Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "マチャミ、17年半出演の『いいとも！』卒業でタモリにチュー". Oricon News (in Japanese). October 1, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "お笑い芸人豪快伝説其の二十三『久本雅美』". Real Live (in Japanese). August 8, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "久本雅美、8年ぶりTBSドラマで"敏腕弁護士"役『インビジブル』第2話ゲスト". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
^ "久本雅美「頭パーン」動画に創価学会が警告も……ネットはお祭り騒ぎで拡散中!?". Nikkan Cyzo (in Japanese). October 25, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "長寿番組終了で浮上した久本雅美の出馬説". Real Live (in Japanese). October 17, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "「両親は創価学会に数千万円寄付した」　宗教2世・長井秀和が告発「100万円の壺なんて安すぎて学会員にはピンとこない」【スクープその後】". Daily Shincho (in Japanese). November 22, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2023.