Akira Yokoyama, the eldest son of the comic trio Yokoyama Hot Brothers, who represents the Showa era's upper performing arts, who was familiar with the gag of "Oh, ma-e-ha, a-ho-ka", was on December 9th due to renal failure. died.
I was 88 years old.
Akira Yokoyama was born in Osaka City in 1945, and started talking about music in 1945.
After that, he led his two younger brothers and has been active as a leader of the trio comic book "Yokoyama Hot Brothers".
While making a sound with a saw, it gained popularity for gag who talked "Oh-ma-e-ha-ho-ka-", and won the Kami Manzai Award in 2003, and in 2017 in Osaka It has been designated as an intangible cultural property of the city and has been popular for many years as a manzai trio representing the upper performing arts of the Showa era.
According to the agency, Akira Yokoyama died of renal failure on December 9th because she had been hospitalized and discharged repeatedly since 2016 because she was ill.
I was 88 years old.
It means that the wake-up ceremony and the farewell ceremony were done by close relatives.