Masashi Tashiro

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masashi Tashiro
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Aug 31, 1956(1956-08-31)
Age	68
Birthplace	Karatsu
Country	Japan
Birth City	Saga Prefecture
Horoscope	Virgo

Masashi Tashiro Biography

Masashi Tashiro is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on August 31, 1956 in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Masashi Tashiro (田代 まさし , Tashiro Masashi, real name pronounced the same, but written as 田代 政) (born August 31, 1956) is a former Japanese television performer and the founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor vocalist for Rats & Star, and later on made himself a name as a TV entertainer in Japan. He also directed a movie after his band broke up.

In 1972, he entered Machine Studies at Shibaura Institute of Technology Senior High School after graduating from Nakase junior high school in March of the same year. At Shibaura, he met Masayuki Suzuki. They later formed the band The Chanels. Tashiro and Suzuki were then considered juvenile delinquents.

Masashi Tashiro Net Worth

Masashi Tashiro is one of the richest Singer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masashi Tashiro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Masashi Tashiro was born in Saga Prefecture on August 31, 1956. His father, a manager of a cabaret chain, ran away with another woman. Subsequently, his parents divorced and he was raised solely by his mother. In 1961, when Tashiro was six years old, he and his mother moved to Tokyo and he entered missionary kindergarten. In 1963, he enrolled at Toyama elementary school in Shinjuku. At age thirteen, while a student at Okubo junior high school, his mother remarried and he chose to enroll in a higher grade at a private high school and live with his father in order not to rely financially on his mother’s new husband.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Masashi Tashiro height 1.72 m Alessandro weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Masashi Tashiro Dating?

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Tashiro made his debut as a member of the group in 1980 and they came to be widely known for adopting rhythm and blues style. 4 members of the front singers including Tashiro wore blackface using shoe polish and they became famous and popular. Their first single, “Runaway” sold more than 1 million copies. Their May 1981’s single “Hurricane” was covered by Puffy AmiYumi in

2001. In 1983, the group changed its name to Rats & Star because of its similarity with the French brand Chanel.

Facts & Trivia

Alessandro Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Masashi Tashiro celebrates birthday on August 31 of every year.

After Rats & Star broke up, his comedic talent was discovered by Ken Shimura, a member of Japanese comedic group The Drifters, and he became a television comedian. Here he gained the nicknames “King of pun” (ダジャレの帝王 , Dajare no Teiō) and “Genius of props” (小道具の天才 , Kodōgu no Tensai) . On July 10, 1988, he opened a tarento shop, called “Marcy’s” (マーシーズ) after his nickname, in Takeshita Street, Shibuya, Tokyo. He appeared in many television commercials, hosted many television programs, wrote an autobiography and a book on puns, directed a movie and starred as the main character in the Famicom/MSX2 action game “Masashi Tashiro Has So Many Princesses” (田代まさしのプリンセスがいっぱい , Tashiro Masashi no purinsesu ga ippai) , released in Japan on October 27, 1989.

Top Facts about Masashi Tashiro

1. Masashi Tashiro is a Japanese former TV performer and singer.
2. He was born on October 31, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan.
3. Tashiro started his career as a member of the band “Chanels.”
4. He became famous for his role in the comedy show “Oretachi Hyokinzoku” (We Are the Gold Family).
5. In 1996, he was arrested for drug possession and sentenced to prison.
6. After serving his sentence, Tashiro struggled to make a comeback in the entertainment industry.
7. In recent years, he has made headlines for controversial statements about women and minorities.
8. Tashiro has also been involved in political activism and ran for office unsuccessfully.
9. He has written several books about his experiences in prison and rehabilitation.
10. Despite his controversies, Tashiro remains a popular figure among some fans in Japan.