Sanma Akashiya (明石家さんま Akashiya Sanma, born July 1, 1955) is a Japanese TV actor from Wakayama Prefecture. His real name is Takafumi Sugimoto (杉本高文 Sugimoto Takafumi). He is a member of Yoshimoto Corporation. He is the big 3 entertainers in Japan which ranked to Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) and Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita).

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• A page in English describing a show on Fuji TV starring Akashiya