Kyosen Ōhashi

Kyosen Ōhashi (大橋 巨泉, Ōhashi Kyosen, March 22, 1934 – July 12, 2016)[1] 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 Ōhashi Katsumi (大橋 克巳).[2]

Kyosen Ōhashi
大橋 巨泉
Ōhashi in 1966
Born	大橋 克巳 (Ōhashi Katsumi) (1934-03-22)March 22, 1934 Sumida, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	July 12, 2016(2016-07-12) (aged 82)
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Television host and writer

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, Ōhashi was succeeded by Marutei Tsurunen, the first European-descended and openly foreign-born Japanese person to serve in the Diet.