I am sure you have seen the guy on the right before. If you have not, it would probably mean you have not watched a single Japanese variety show ever. The above man is Norio Minorikawa, a pretty well known TV celebrity who has just cracked the world record for the most live shows hours by a TV personality.
Read more about it here:
TOKYO - There’s no escaping Norio Minorikawa on Japanese TV. He hosts news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows - even his country’s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Last Tuesday, he reaped the benefit of all that work: a Guinness World Record for most live hours on the tube by a TV host.
The hyperactive TV personality, better known to Japanese TV fans as Monta Mino, spends a total of 21 hours and 42 minutes every week on live TV across 11 shows, according to the Guinness website. ‘I’m touched. I want to die talking,’ Minorikawa told London-based Guinness’ chief operating officer Alistair Richards at a ceremony in Tokyo.
Minorikawa also hosts another five pre-recorded programmes including Millionaire, the wildlife show Amazing Animals and Full Throttle TV, on which he advises viewers on lifestyle, health and relationships.
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