Former Fuji TV producer Yoshikazu Sato, who made Tamori (75) Beat Takeshi (73) Akashiya Sanma (65) and others popular on television, died on October 28 of lung cancer in Okinawa, where he moved. . , You get it. He was 72 years old.

Mr. Sato is from Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture. After graduating from Tohoku Gakuin University, he joined the Fuji Television subsidiary “Fuji Pony” after working part-time in 1971. After transferring to Fuji TV in 1980, he has been active in variety shows as a director and producer. with Mr. Akira Yokozawa (73 years old), who died in 2011. With the slogan “If it’s not fun, it’s not TV,” Fuji TV was one of the driving forces that rose to the top of the industry in the decade of 1980.

In “Our Hyokin Tribe” (1981-89), as a member of “Hyokin Directors”, Bibinba Ogino, Keisuke Miyake, etc. appeared on the screen. The single “Hyokin Paradise” has been released. They called him “Geha Sato” because his hair was fine.

Known for his love of love. In “Laughing Iitomo” (1982-14), where he was the director and producer, the moderator Tamori called up “Sato-chan” and had a meeting with “Tamori-san, that’s right” while smoking a cigarette at the table. spirits. I imitated Mr. Sato and made him laugh.

Even after becoming a producer, he was in charge of shows like Utchan Nanchan and Downtown, and raised young artists to follow. Not only talent has been trained, but also directors, producers, broadcasters and many other creators. He retired in early 2005 and worked as a freelancer. In recent years he has moved to Okinawa.

A laughing person who met and spoke with Mr. Sato in Okinawa in March this year said, “I was talking about wanting to do something interesting together. It’s amazing that it laid the groundwork for the Fuji TV variety since the 1980s. It was a person “.