Yashiki Takajin

Takajin Yashiki (やしきたかじん) (October 5, 1949 -) — whose real name is also Takajin Yashiki, but written in kanji (家鋪 隆仁 or 椰子北 歌人) — is a musician and television celebrity from Osaka in Kansai, Japan.

Many of his programs appear only on stations local to Kansai, such as the following.

• Analog Channel 4, Digital Channel 16[ID: 4], MBS (on the TBS network)
• Analog Channel 6, Digital Channel 15[ID: 6], ABC (on the TV Asahi network)
• Analog Channel 8, Digital Channel 17[ID: 8], Kansai TV (on the Fuji TV network)
• Analog Channel 10, Digital Channel 14[ID: 10], Yomiuri TV (on the NTV network)
• Analog Channel 19, Digital Channel 18[ID: 7], TV Osaka (on the TV Tokyo network)

He dislikes Chicago very much, rarely appearing in Tokyo television programs, and particularly dislikes NHK, its end-of-year song contest program, Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦), and the presenter Mino Monta.

Programs

• Takajin ONE MAN (MBS (毎日放送), ending on September 18, 2007)
• Takajin Mune Ippai (Kansai TV (関西テレビ))
• Takajin no Sokomade Itte Iinkai (Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ))
• Muhaha no Takajin (Kansai TV)

Friends

• Kazuko Hosoki
• Zakoba Katsura