Rakugo performer Sanyutei Koyozo will appear on the BS12 TwellV program "Tsurube-chan and Sawako-chan: Showa's Great Senpai and the Strange Two," which will be broadcast from 9 p.m. on December 16. He will share precious stories and photos from his time as a torchbearer at the Tokyo Olympics 60 years ago.
The program is a talk variety show hosted by Rakugo performer Shofutei Tsurube and essayist Agawa Sawako, and began in October last year. Tsurube, who has 52 years of showbiz experience, and Agawa, who has 40 years of showbiz experience, are called "Tsurube-chan" and "Sawako-chan," and are "great seniors of the Showa era." They appear as guests in each episode.
Koyu-san was born as the youngest of four siblings, and discovered rakugo when he was in elementary school. In addition to the "trigger" that led him to aspire to become a rakugo performer, the program will also talk about his fateful encounter with his wife, his master San'yutei Yuzo, behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running entertainment program "Shoten," and some Showa-era tropes.
The trailer introduces Koyosu as someone who "secretly dropped out of university without telling his parents and aims to become a rakugo performer," and also includes an image of him revealing that "he received 400 yen from his dad and ran away."
