I have met Kimi Koishi!
Kimi Koishi is the younger brother of the brothers "Yumeji Itoshi and Kimi Koishi", whose Manzai I analyzed in my master thesis. After my thesis had been turned into a book, the manager of Kimi Koishi invited me to hand over a book to Kimi Koishi myself. I was very excited to meet him - he can be regarded as the greates living manzai-comedian, who has been performng for more than 50 years and is still very active, even after Yumeji Itoshi has passed away two years ago.
Kimi Koishi was very warm-hearted and friendly. He welcomed me, we chatted a little bit about how difficult it can be to understand foreign humor. He seemed to be really happy to be on the cover of a book that some people in Germany might even read. After exchanging a few sentences with him I had forgotten how nervous I had been before and just enjoyed his aura. Meeting him after I spent almost two years watching him on DVD almost every day was a very special occasion for me.
After meeting him I was invited to sit in the audience for the recording of a TV-show which features many kind of old performing arts - not only comic ones. Kimi Koishi joined the show as some kind of expert, who commented on some of the performances. Being over 80 years old, he still seemed to be one of the freshest persons on the stage.
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