Yoshizumi Ishihara


Yoshizumi Ishihara is a Japanese weather forecaster, TV personality, and actor. Born in Zushi, Kanagawa, he is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara and Hirotaka Ishihara.

Biography

Ishihara was born on 15 January 1962 in Zushi, Kanagawa.
He entered Keio University in 1980 to study Economics.
He is a self-proclaimed railway enthusiast.

Works

Films

Ishihara was remembered for his appearances in Seibu Keisatsu as Detective Jun Godai and Taiyō ni Hoero! as Detective Yu "Microcomputer" Mizuki, together with his uncle Yujiro Ishihara. He currently works as the regular weather forecaster on Fuji Television's evening FNN Super News program. He also appears regularly on the Fuji TV daytime variety programme Waratte Iitomo!., and was also a judge on numerous episodes of the original Japanese Iron Chef.

TV commercials