Kyosen Ōhashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kyosen Ōhashi

Japanese TV/radio personality, writer and politician

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1934

Place of Birth: Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2016

Profession: screenwriter, actor, businessperson, politician, television presenter, music critic, tarento, critic, broadcast writer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Kyosen Ohashi (?? ??, Ohashi Kyosen, March 22, 1934 – July 12, 2016) was a Japanese television host and writer.
He also served briefly as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan.
His real name was Ohashi Katsumi (?? ??).Born in Sumida, Tokyo, he grew up in Chiba prefecture and dropped out of the Waseda University.
Declaring "semi-retirement", he then spent most of his time outside Japan, particularly in Canada during the summer, as well as in Australia and New Zealand during the winter in the northern hemisphere, in which he ran his "OK Gift Shop" (OK stands for Ohashi Kyosen). When he resigned in the House of Councillors, Ohashi was succeeded by Marutei Tsurunen, the first European-descended and openly foreign-born Japanese person to serve in the Diet.