Chihara Junior of the comedy duo "Chihara Kyodai" will be appearing on Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), which will be broadcast at 1:00 pm on April 28th, for the first time in seven years.
A few years ago, he was diagnosed with idiopathic femoral head necrosis, a designated incurable disease, and three years ago, he underwent surgery to insert an artificial hip joint, and now he is feeling very comfortable. When Junior was 15, he was a recluse, but it was his brother, Seiji, who is four years older than him, who invited him to become a comedian. Last year, that brother suddenly announced that he had become a "monk"...
He turned 50 last year. He got married 10 years ago and has two boys, ages 7 and 3. His wife laughs and says he looks like his older brother, Seiji. He says his life has changed dramatically since he became a father, and he's made many discoveries. When his son asked him, "What is romantic?", he thought hard and came up with the answer.
