Tamori

Personal Info

Birthday

August 22, 1945

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

타모리

森田一義

모리타 카즈요시

Kazuyoshi Morita

森田一义

塔摩利

Morita Kazuyoshi

タモリ

Tamori

Biography

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.

Known For

SMAP×SMAP

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

A Pool Without Water

Tales of the Unusual

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

Hero

Boro the Caterpillar

House Hunting

Filmography

2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
as Tamori
2024
Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Winter Special
as Tamori
Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special
as Tamori
2020
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
as Storyteller
2018
Boro the Caterpillar
as (voice)
2016
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special
as Storyteller
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
as Self
2014
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
as Storyteller
2009
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
as Storyteller
2007
Hero
as Renzaburo Hanaoka
2006
House Hunting
as (Voice)
2004
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
as Storyteller
2001
Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
as Storyteller
2000
Tales of the Unusual
as Storyteller (segment "The Storyteller")
1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
as Inspector Iwata
1986
Jazz Daimyo
as Special Guest
1985
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as Chairman of "Waratte Iitomo"
1983
It's All Right, My Friend
as Hoho-Keiji
1982
Kidnapping Blues
as R
A Pool Without Water
as Camera Shop Owner