Osami Nabe

Osami Nabe (real name Shuzo Watanabe, May 2, 1939 -) is a Japanese comedian and actor. Early life and education Nabe was born in Omori, Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Omori High School and attended Meiji University beginning in 1958, where he studied drama. While he was still in school, he wrote a radio script as a disciple of Toriro Miki. However, aspiring to be a comedian, he became an attendant to Shintaro Katsu and Hiroshi Mizuhara, and he and Mizuhara entered Watanabe Productions at the same time. Mizuhara would leave Watanabe Productions, but Nabe remained and became Hajime Hana's attendant. From the time he was his attendant, he had his own business cards that he gave out to people in the television industry. Watanabe Productions paid for his tuition while he was in college. Nabe graduated from Meiji University in 1962 with a graduation thesis titled "Public Laughter in Comedy Trio". Career During his time working as an attendant, Nabe was a radio disc jockey, a composer, and a host of a jazz cafe. In 1968, he was selected to star in the movie "Onsen Guerrilla", and received praise for his performance. Subsequently, he was given the leading role in director Yoji Yamada's "If you blow it, you'll fly, man", and again performed well. After this, he left Watanabe Productions due to a conflict with Susumu Watanabe, a teacher from his school days. After serving as an attendant of Hisaya Morishige, he moved to Nippon Television in 1978, where he worked on the "Women's Nodo Jiman" section of Wide Show Look Look Hello; he made it one of the most popular corners of the show.