Takaaki Ishibashi

Ishibashi Takaaki (石橋貴明, Ishibashi Takaaki^? born October 22, 1961) is a Japanese owarai artist, singer and actor.

Born in Itabashi, Tokyo Prefecture, Ishibashi attended Teikyo Junior & Senor High School and is best known as a member of Tunnels with his partner Noritake Kinashi. He is currently married to former actress Honami Suzuki (鈴木 保奈美, Honami Suzuki^?). He is currently the host of the popular music/interview show, Utaban with Masahiro Nakai. He has several nicknames such as "Taka-san", "Taka-chan" and "Takaaki".

Ishibashi is known for "bullying" music artists on his show Utaban, especially Morning Musume. He has over the years come up with different pet names for each member such as Johnson for Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, Kaori Iida^?) or Ka-san for Sayaka Ichii (市井紗耶香, Sayaka Ichii^?).

Particularly well known is Ishibashi's implication with Kei Yasuda (保田圭, Kei Yasuda^?) which started back when the group first debuted due to her plainer image.

He is also an actor known for playing Isuro Tanaka in the film Major League II and Taka Tanaka in Major League: Back to the Minors.

Trivia

• Pays some of the highest taxes of any Japanese celebrity, hovering around 300 million yen (about 2.5 million USD) per year.

• Was a promising high school baseball player, even making an appearance in the Koshien tournament.

• His favourite brand of cigarettes is Mild Seven but he is not allowed to smoke^{[citation needed]}

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