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Cha Katō (加藤 茶, Katō Cha, born 1 March 1943), also known as Kato-chan, is a Japanese comedian and actor. His real name is Hideyuki Katō (加藤英文). Cha is one of the members of The Drifters and plays drums. His work with Ken Shimura, another Drifter, is well known in Japan.

Personal life

In November 1987, Katō married his non-celebrity partner who was 18 years his junior and their wedding reception was broadcast live on television on the show Katchan Kenchan Gokigen TV on November 21, it recorded one of the highest audience rating of 36.3%, the fourth highest viewership rating of any celebrity wedding reception broadcast in history. He divorced his wife in March 2003. Katō shares three children with his first wife.

Many in Japan were surprised when it was announced in 2011 that he had married a woman 45 years younger than him (making her 22 years old). They held their wedding ceremony a year later in March 11, 2012.

TV programs

• Hachiji da yo! Zen'in shūgō (1969–85) (with other members of The Drifters).
• Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan (with Ken Shimura).
• Dorifu Daibakusho (1977–98) (with other members of The Drifters).

References

1. "加藤茶の長女が『水ミス』で女優デビュー". ORICON NEWS. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. ^ "加藤茶 ４６歳差妻とラブラブ披露宴！子づくり宣言も？ - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能" [Kato Cha and his wife, 46 years apart, hold lovey-dovey wedding reception! Will they even declare they want to have children?]. スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. 「文春オンライン」編集部 (30 December 2021). "(3ページ目)「僕が欲しいのは綾ちゃんと…」21歳の女子大生と66歳の加トちゃん、加藤綾菜が語る2人の馴れ初め秘話" ["The one I want is Aya-chan..." Ayana Kato talks about the secret story of how the two first met, a 21-year-old female university student and a 66-year-old Kato-chan]. Bunshun Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

External links

• Kato-chan Page

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