is a Japanese weather forecaster, TV personality, and actor. He is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintarō Ishihara

Shintaro Ishihara

is a Japanese author, actor, politician and the governor of Tokyo since 1999.- Early life and artistic career :Shintarō was born in Suma-ku, Kobe. His father Kiyoshi was an employee, later a general manager, of a shipping company. Shintarō grew up in Zushi...

, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara

Nobuteru Ishihara

is a Japanese politician.He was born in Zushi, Kanagawa, the son of author Shintaro Ishihara . He attended Keio Gijuku High School and graduated from the literature faculty of Keio University in 1981...

 and Hirotaka Ishihara

Hirotaka Ishihara

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kanagawa Prefecture and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003...

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Biography

Ishihara was born on 15 January 1962 in Zushi, Kanagawa

Zushi, Kanagawa

is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 58,793 and a population density of 3,390 persons per km². The total area was 17.34 km².-Geography:...

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He entered Keio University

Keio University

,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...

 in 1980 to study Economics.

He is a self-proclaimed railway enthusiast.

Films

(Incomplete list)

• Kyōdan (1982)
• Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata (2007)
• Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

TV appearances

Ishihara currently works as the regular weather forecaster on Fuji Television

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

's evening FNN Super News programme. He also appears regularly on the Fuji TV daytime variety programme Waratte Iitomo!.

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