San'yūtei Enraku V | |
Birth Name: | Hiroumi Yoshikawa |
Native Name: | 5代目 三遊亭 圓楽 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1932 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Genre: | Rakugo |
Notable Works: | Shōten |
was a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for hosting the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV.[1] His comedic career spanned several decades.
He was born and at the time used Enraku as his stage name.[1] He was known using the Japanese comedic style of rakugo, in which a single performer or storyteller appears on stage and tells comedic stories to the audience.[1] Enraku's last public rakugo performance took place at the National Engei Hall in Tokyo in February 2007.[1]
Sanyutei Enraku died of lung cancer on October 29, 2009, at the age of 76.[1]