- Ken Shimura
Infobox Comedian
name = Ken Shimura
志村けん
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birth_name = Yasunori Shimura
志村康徳
birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|2|20
birth_place =Tokyo
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nationality = flagicon|Japan Japanesenihongo|Ken Shimura|志村けん|Shimura Ken (born nihongo|Yasunori Shimura|志村康徳|Shimura Yasunori,
February 20 ,1950 in Higashimurayama,Tokyo ), is aJapan esecomedian andactor . He co-starred withMasashi Tashiro ,Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanesevariety show "Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama ".He is most famous for starring in
Hachiji Da Yo! Zen'in Shugo! with the comedy group The Drifters andFun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan withCha Kato , another former member of The Drifters.Filmography
*nihongo|"Poppoya"|鉄道員: The everyday life of a railway stationmaster and his fellow workers.
Timeline
*From September to October
1996 , a rumor that he had died was circulated.
*In2001 , he did a duet withNaoko Ken as "Ken♀♂Ken" in nihongo|"Ginza atari de Gin Gin Gin"|銀座あたりでギンギンギン.
*In April2002 , he recorded a one-off single withHello! Project 's unit "Mini Moni ", with the collaboration credited to nihongo|"Bakatono to Mini Moni Hime"|バカ殿様とミニモニ。姫. They recorded two songs named after a catch phrase of his, "Ai-in ".Anecdotes
*His stage name "Ken" comes from his father's name nihongo|"Kenji"|憲司. His father worked as a vice-principal in an
elementary school and Shimura was brought up in a strict family. However, his father suffered fromdementia since he was involved in acar accident in front of their home when Ken was in Junior High.*In April
2005 , during the demonstrations in China against Japan becoming a permanent member of theUnited Nations Security Council , a photograph of his face was put on a website for the Chinese anti-Japanese movement for reasons that are unclear.*He is well-known not only in Japan, but also in
Taiwan ,Thailand , andIndia . It is also notable thatTakeshi Kaneshiro is a fan of his.*Shimura severely criticized former co-star
Masashi Tashiro after Tashiro's arrest, saying, "I want that fellow to disappear from the entertainment world because he did a pathetic thing."External links
* [http://www.jame.or.jp/izawa/simura.html Ken Shimura's official page] ja icon
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