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Ken Shimura
The Drifters, Hachiji Da Yo! Zenin Shugo, Baka Tonosama, Daijobuda. A comedian who kept all of Japan laughing from the Showa era into Reiwa. Before finishing high school he became an assistant to the group; as a full member, he became known across the country through “Higashimurayama Ondo”. On 28 September 1985, Zenin Shugo came to an end after sixteen years. What began then were twenty years of carrying the laughter alone. Those twenty years coincided with a period in which the ten-year fortune falls void, and the day of the final broadcast was itself a day bearing the stem-branch of the void in his destiny. Why did laughter open most fully within the void? We read his seventy years against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Ken Shimura (志村けん) — Comedian, The Drifters
- Period analysed
- 1950–2020
- Three pillars
- Day 丙戌 / Month 戊寅 / Year 庚寅
- Void branches
- 午未 (Horse–Goat)
- Void decades
- Ages 35–54 (1985–2005)
- Destiny area
- 0.099 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 15 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- The twenty years from fifteen were a period in which the element second most supportive of his destiny came round. He rose from assistant to full member, and became known nationwide through “Higashimurayama Ondo”.
- The twenty years from thirty-five were a period in which the ten-year fortune falls void. Into it, at the same time, came the element most supportive of his destiny.
- On 28 September 1985, Hachiji Da Yo! Zenin Shugo reached its final broadcast. That day bore the stem-branch of the void in his destiny.
- His is a two-sided destiny, in which fortune and misfortune arrive in turn. Within a year of the show’s close, programmes bearing his own name began one after another.
- He also holds a star that makes power hard to use at the very summit, and a star that keeps a person working into old age. He ended his life at seventy with work still in hand.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did laughter open within twenty years of void fortune?
- What overlapped on 28 September 1985?
- How did fortune and misfortune arrive in turn?
- Why did he remain active to the very end?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1950 | 庚寅 | 20 Feb — Born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo |
| 1968 | 戊申 | Becomes an assistant to The Drifters |
| 1974 | 甲寅 | Joins The Drifters as a full member |
| 1976 | 丙辰 | Wins nationwide popularity with “Higashimurayama Ondo” |
| 1985 | 乙丑 (天) | 28 Sep — Final broadcast of Hachiji Da Yo! Zenin Shugo |
| 1986 | 丙寅 (天) | 28 Apr — Shimura Ken no Baka Tonosama begins |
| 1987 | 丁卯 (天) | Shimura Ken no Daijobuda begins |
| 2004 | 甲申 (天) | Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen begins |
| 2020 | 庚子 | 29 Mar — Dies |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- The twenty-year void × first guardian element
- The four layers of 28 September 1985
- The ground-grade method for 1985
- A destiny of two paths
- Double half-union 戌寅寅
- 天将星 and 天堂星 in void
- The 午未 void and the generation of Genbu
- Independent systems
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii