Chosuke Ikariya

Chsuke Ikariya was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the comedy group The Drifters. His nickname was Chsan .

Chsuke Ikariya was born with the name Chichi Ikariya on November 1, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. During the war his family moved from their home in Sumida, Tokyo to the countryside in Shizuoka. There he took up a job as a factory worker as a young man. He also took up playing the double bass, a hint at his performer nature. He got rather good, too, performing in brass bands until he got a regular job with the Jimmy Tokitas Mountain Playboys. It was a band that specialised in playing at G.I. bases at the time and has guitarist Takeshi Terauchi. However, during that time in his life he was one of the tallest members of the band, so he stood out. The audience often singled him out for never smiling, picking on him for amusement.

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