‘Tony’ Yasumura reveals all about his not-naked shtick and its origins in Japanese comedy

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — The shtick that’s gone viral features a soccer player, a Spice Girl, James Bond, you name it, appearing to be naked. Except they’re not really naked at all. The disarming sight gag by Japanese comic Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura is simple and rather silly. But its bare-all message about the deceptiveness of what meets the eye has a lot of people laughing. His appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent” has drawn millions of views. He says the secret to his comedy is to majestically deliver sheer nonsense, with total confidence, no matter how unfounded that confidence might be.