Hiroyuki Yabe

Hiroyuki Yabe

is a Japanese comedian.He is one of the extremely popular duo (kombi) Ninety-nine with Takashi Okamura, who are one of Yoshimoto Kogyo`s most successful acts. Yabe is considered the straight man in the duo. Yabe also plays Luigi in the Japanese Hot Mario Bros advert campaign.

Born in Osaka, he played soccer in his youth. He worked as a sportscaster on TV Asahi's program "Yabecchi FC", and interviewed soccer players Ronaldinho and Alessandro Del Piero.

In 2000, Yabe stole a 350,000 yen designer watch from Okamura's room. A few days after the theft was reported on television, Yabe admitted the theft to Okamura. The circumstances weren't disclosed (either an elaborate practical joke or a real theft), but no charges were filed.


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