
Acting · 80 years old
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Kazuyoshi Morita, known by his stage name Tamori, is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi) and Sanma Akashiya. For more than 30 years he hosted Waratte Iitomo! ("It's OK to laugh!"), a nationally televised live show broadcast every weekday at noon from October 1982 until March 2014. His likeness is the basis for the Piranha Plant in All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.

The Noise

Bura Tamori

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Tamori

Kidnapping Blues
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Storyteller

SMAP×SMAP
Skit Guest

Music Station

Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
Storyteller

Tales of the Bizarre

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
Storyteller

Boro the Caterpillar
(voice)

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Chairman of "Waratte Iitomo"

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special

Tales of the Unusual
Storyteller (segment "The Storyteller")

Hero
Renzaburo Hanaoka

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special

Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special

Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special
Tamori

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special