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Masaaki Sakai

Japanese performer (born 1946)

Masaaki Sakai (堺正章, Sakai Masaaki; born June 6, 1946 as Masaaki Kurihara (栗原正章, Kurihara Masaaki)) is a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show Monkey.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Masaaki Sakai (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 6, 1946.¹

Companies

エスダッシュFounder⁹

Career

Occupation: tarento, child actor, actor, singer, comedian.³

Personal life

BornAug 6, 1946, Nakano⁴
CitizenshipJapan⁵
SpouseMiri Okada 1989 to 2001⁶

Awards

1970Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year⁷
Date not recordedGolden Arrow Award⁷
Date not recordedKikuta Kazuo engeki shō⁷

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WikidataMasaaki Sakai: IMDb, on Wikidata
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Wikidataエスダッシュ, Founder