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Masashi "Marcy" Tashiro (田代 まさし ''Tashiro Masashi'', real name: 田代 政 ''Tashiro Masashi'' with the name in '' Kanji '', born August 31 , 1956 in Saga Prefecture ) is a former Japan ese Television performer, former member of Band Rats & Star . He sang as a Tenor vocalist in Rats & Star, appeared as an entertainer on many Television Program s and directed a Movie after his band broke up. He is often called "Tashirock" (タシロック ''tashirokku''), "God of Laughter" (笑いの神 ''Warai no Kami'') in Japanese Internet Forum 2channel . As of , , he is a Convict . PROFILE Although he was born in Saga Prefecture , he was brought up in Ōta , Tokyo . Divorced once, arrested four times. Success After graduating from high school, Tashiro made his debut as a member of Japanese Doo-wop group the Chanels , which was formed by Masayuki Suzuki , Nobuyoshi Kuwano and others in 1980 . In 1983 , the group changed its name to Rats & Star because of its similarity with the French brand Chanel . Tashiro, also thanks to his appearances on TV music shows like "'' The Best Ten ''" (ザ・ベストテン) and his work as a Lyricist for singer and actress Kyoko Koizumi , gained enough popularity in Japan that he released an LP , "The legend of Niijima " (新島の伝説 ''Nījima no densetsu'') as a solo artist. {Link without Title} After Rats & Star broke up, his comedic talent was discovered by Ken Shimura , a member of Japanese comedic group '' The Drifters '', and he became a Television Comedian . Here he gained the Nickname s "King of Pun " (ダジャレの帝王 ''Dajare no Teiō'') and "Genius of Props " (小道具の天才 ''Kodōgu no Tensai''). On July 10 , 1988 , he opened a '' Tarento '' shop, called "Marcy's" (マーシーズ) after his nickname, in Takeshita Street , Shibuya , Tokyo. He appeared in many Television Commercial s, wrote an autobiography and a book on puns, directed a movie and starred as the main character in the Famicom Action Game "'' The Many Princesses Of Masashi Tashiro ''" (田代まさしのプリンセスがいっぱい ''Tashiro Masashi no purinsesu ga ippai''), released in Japan on October 27 , 1989 . Criminal charges On " remark became infamous in the Japanese News Media . He was barred from working in the entertainment industry temporarily by his entertainment agency, MTM Productions, and his comment was "I wish miniskirts were obliterated from Earth". At a conference for a comeback to the entertainment world on June 28 , 2001 , he said "Please remember Masashi Tashiro once again" (もう1度だけ田代まさしを、よろしくお願い致します) {Link without Title} On July 2001 he started coming back to the entertainment world with guest appearances in television programs such as "'' Downtown DX''", "''Guruguru Ninety-Nine''" (ぐるぐるナインティナイン ''guruguru naintinain'') and "''It's so cool!''" (めちゃ2イケてるッ! ''mecha-mecha iketeru!''). He also returned as part of the regular cast in "''Ken Shimura's idiotic feudal lord''" (志村けんのバカ殿様 ''Shimura Ken no baka tonosama''). In order to become a regular in another program, "''Hamada Company's bullet heroes''" (HAMADA COMPANY 弾丸ヒーローズ ''Hamada Company dangan hīrōzu''), he was challenged to travel from Tokyo to Okinawa without being discovered by anyone. He lost the contest when he was found out in Kyoto and 100 pictures of him were taken, but the public liked his stunt and his popularity soared back. On December 9 , 2001 , however, he was arrested for peeping in a Male White-collar Worker 's bath-house near his home in Kita-senzoku, Ōta, Tokyo by Dennen Chōfu Police . According to the police station, the 32-year-old man he was spying on spotted Tashiro and ran after him for 300 Meter s wearing only a bath Towel around his midriff, eventually catching him and delivering him to the station. An Eyewitness of this told that Tashiro put on a Cap like a Ski cap, spoke loudly "Forgive me" (許してくれ ''yurushitekure''), "It was a misunderstanding" (勘違いだ ''kanchigai da'') when he was caught and there was a camcorder in the vicinity of the scene. However, the reservation of Punishment for him was determined and he was released. {Link without Title} On December 12 , 2001, he was rearrested for possession and use of Amphetamine s. The seven Police Detective s carried out a domiciliary visit in Tashiro's house for a corroborative investigation into his peep incident and discovered a Bag containing 0.9g of Speed . As a result, he was dismissed by MTM Production on the same day because of repeated scandals. His trial was opened in Tokyo District Court on February 18 , 2002 , where he was found guilty and sentenced to two years in Prison . In Spring 2002 , after his imprisonment sentence was commuted to a three years' Probation , he returned to the entertainment world as director of V-Cinema series such as "''The Way of the Whales''" (鯨道 ''kujira-michi''). In July he published a book, "''Self-destruction -THE JUDGEMENT DAY-''" (自爆 -THE JUDGEMENT DAY- ''Jibaku -THE JUDGEMENT DAY-''), in which he talks about the scandal, his family, life in jail and his comeback to the entertainment world. In 2003 he made a recorded guest appearance in TBS 's "'' Sunday Japon ''" (サンデージャポン ''sandī japon'') on New Year's Eve . This is his last public appearance in a television program as of the time of writing. There was a rumor that he would be coming back to the public screens in spring 2004 . However, he once again found himself in legal trouble on June 17 , 2004 for causing a Car Accident on the Oume road in Suginami . According to news reports, he crashed into a man on a Motorcycle after making an illegal U-turn . In the night of September 20 of the same year, he was once again arrested in a street in Nakano for using amphetamines. He was also charged with Violation of the Firearms And Swords Control Law because he had a Butterfly Knife with a blade 8 Centimeter s long. After this incident, former Rats & Star member Masayuki Suzuki apologized for Tashiro's crimes in his place. {Link without Title} Tashiro stated that the pressure of stardom contributed to his addiction to drugs. Following this arrest, Tashiro was harshly criticized by many of his former co-workers, who said: "I want him to disappear from the entertainment world because what he did was despicable" ( Ken Shimura ), "The damned fool! I'd like to slap him!" ( Kenichi Mikawa ), "I don't want to be associated with such a guy" ( Takeshi Kitano ). After he was arrested for amphetamines in 2004, he was sentenced to a three years and six months imprisonment because he was on probation. He virtually retired from the entertainment world. From here on, the media would refer to him as the "former Talent ", and all the recordings and pictures taken when he was a Chanels/Rats & Star member were almost never broadcasted anymore, and if they were, Tashiro's voice would be lowered to a hush or removed entirely, and no part of his body would show. Newspapers and magazines tacitly agreed not to talk about him at all. In an episode of a comedic duo Bakusho Mondai (爆笑問題 ''Bakushō Mondai''), host Hikari Ota accidentally said his full name. In '' The God Of Entertainment '' (エンタの神様 ''enta no kami-sama''), Sayaka Aoki , while displaying only part of his name, said "I put a camera in the chest drawer", which caused a general laugh. On the other hand, the part of Ken Shimura's commemorative speech held for the release of his program on DVD where he said "Have you disappeared like Takafumi Horie when you were knocked-out? I wanted to release this five years ago" was not broadcasted. Other suspicions of illegal video recording Tashiro once hosted a combative sport program, . It was later found out that he was warned many times by the staff, who became irritated with his habit of sneaking into the ladies' bathroom (possibly with camera equipment) and not emerging again for hours afterwards. Additionally, it was revealed that Fujiwara and other female television stars changed their clothes in the ladies' toilet during the time Tashiro was hiding inside. The staff associated with the show were suspicious that Tashiro did set a small, transmitting Camera in the toilet room. {Link without Title} This incident was reported on both Japanese and Chinese websites. {Link without Title} Tashiro in Popular Culture Following the various accusations of voyeurism, the phrase " Tashiro " entered the Japanese vocabulary, in roughly the same context as English " Peeping Tom ". For example, pupils at many elementary and junior high schools in Japan would tell their classmates "You're Tashiro, Tashiro!" when they made fun of them. In 2ch, Voyeurism is also expressed "Tashiro". Provisional winner of Time Magazine's Person of the Year poll in 2001 , 2001 , Tashiro in the top position in '' Time Magazine 's Person Of The Year Internet poll.]] In 2001 , Tashiro was entered as a possible choice in American Newsmagazine Time 's 2001 Person Of The Year Internet poll by 2channel users as a prank they nicknamed "Tashiro Festival" (田代祭 ''Tashiro Matsuri''). The programmers of the 2channel website used various scripts to allow users to vote automatically for Tashiro on Time's poll from the 2channel website, with names like the "Tashiro Cannon" (田代砲 ''Tashiro-hō''), the "Mega-Particle Tashiro Cannon" (メガ粒子田代砲 ''Mega ryūshi Tashiro-hō''), the "Twenty-five-Strikes Tashiro Cannon" (25連打田代砲 ''Nijyū-go renda Tashiro-hō''), and the "Super Tashiro Cannon" (超田代砲 ''Chō Tashiro-hō''). The generic name for these is "Tashiro Weapon" (田代兵器 ''Tashiro heiki''). The "Super Tashiro Cannon" was especially powerful, overloading Time's Server . The next version, the "Satellite Cannon -Tashiro-" was restrained so as to prevent this from occurring again. After exceeding the number of votes for Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush , taking first place on December 21 , 2001 , he was removed from consideration by Time staffers. He was also chosen as Time magazine's Asian Heroes in 2002 . The name which was used in Asian Heroes was "Masashi Tashiro loves TIME". ''The following comments were posted on the Time website, in reference to Tashiro''
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PAST MAIN PROGRAMS Television
Radio
MUSICAL WORKS See Rats & Star for works as Chanels and Rats & Star.
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