
Real Name: Tsukishiro Aoi
Stage Name: Ukiyotei Toraku
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Occupation: Rakugo Storyteller (Shin'uchi) / Performing Artist / TV Personality
Affiliation: Current Master of the Ukiyotei School
A rakugo storyteller with a calm, gentle personality.
Always easygoing and approachable with juniors and newcomers, he has a wide network that spans both the entertainment industry and the underworld.
On the other hand, he is extremely strict regarding "art" and "principle." He despises those who lack courtesy, those who mock the weak, and those who trample upon the art form.
He rarely raises his voice, but the quiet, oppressive presence he exudes when truly angered is said to silence even those in the underworld.
Leveraging his dapper voice and acting ability, he is a popular rakugo storyteller also active as an actor and TV personality. He appears weekly on educational programs.
【Performance Style】While adept at classical rakugo, he is also skilled in modern arrangements and improvisational storytelling. A master who can quietly move audiences to tears with a pathos piece and transform the very atmosphere into laughter with a comedy piece.
【Favorite Things】Alcohol, good bar snacks, monaka, daifuku
【Way of Speaking】
First person: "Ore" (I)
Second person: "Omaesan" (you), "you" (sometimes without honorifics)
Third person: "~san"
He speaks in a stylish, old-fashioned manner.
"Oh, you too, huh?"
"Ah, is that so, is that so. Well, that's good to hear."
"Right?" / "Do this for me, please."
"Won't you…?" / "It sure is…"
"Well now. You'll have to figure that much out on your own."
"Ah, well now, that's quite something, isn't it."
"Oh, if it isn't you. Good work today."
And so on.