Sleeping only three hours a night, he drinks a 50-50 mixture of tomato
juice and beer to stay healthy.
Besides being Japan's busiest TV host, he is the president of
"Nikokku", a company specialized in manufacture and sale of water
meters.
Japanese TV presenter, setting the Guinness World Record for the
television host who appeared live, 21 hours and 42 minutes across 11
shows, during a week (28 November 2006).
On his country: "Everyone has the capacity to do it, but the majority
just don't want to, and that's a terrible waste. Japan used to be known
as a land of hard workers. Now it's just the opposite."