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The story
Sandwichman’s Tomizawa Takeshi revealed on his September 5 radio show that he had visited his hospitalized comedy partner, Date Mikio, the day before. He shared how he greeted him with “You haven’t lost any weight at all!” and described Date’s condition and rehab progress, saying “it can be hard to make out what he’s saying at times.” On 5channel’s entertainment/sports news board, reactions split between posters who read that single comment as a sign of a serious condition (“not exactly mild”) and those who took an optimistic view given that visits and conversation are already possible. Many also brought up celebrities who recovered from speech impairments after similar illnesses, such as Saijo Hideki and Nasu of the duo Nasu Nakanishi.
9/5 (Sat) 13:44
Tomizawa Takeshi (52), of the comedy duo Sandwichman, appeared on the 5th on Nippon Broadcasting’s radio show “Sandwichman The Radio Show Saturday” (Saturdays, 1:00 PM), where he reported that he had visited his hospitalized partner Date Mikio (52).
Filling in for Date on the show was Kano Eiko. Tomizawa reported that he had “gone to see Date yesterday,” revealing that his very first words to him were “You haven’t lost any weight at all!”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Well yeah, the reason he even went to get checked out in the first place was "something's off, I can't talk right today."
Honestly if he's recovering this fast I think he'll be okay. Though he might be left with some residual paralysis.
They should really turn that into a bit.
He didn't rehydrate after the sauna, right? Sweating out water weight to cut like that is basically suicidal.
It's sugar that wrecks your blood vessels.
Noodles are basically all off the table then. Honestly, it's a wonder the Japanese diet produces such long lifespans.
Wasn't it under 7.5g? Even that's hard enough — under 6g is flat-out impossible, you'd barely be able to eat anything lol
Re: #38
That phrase isn't funny anymore, ban it.
Tanaka got better though, didn't he?
Nasu said back in June this year he still had lingering speech impairment and was doing rehab.
Probably facial paralysis — like half his mouth doesn't move right.
"Something's off, I can't talk right."
"Idiot! Get to a hospital right now!"
That's how this whole thing started, so yes, there's a speech impairment. The question is whether he'll recover enough to speak in public.
Re: #73
Nasu said he used to eat out 360 days a year. No wonder.
Just bring in Kuchibue Naruo as the sub already.
They already said early on they're looking at six months. That's presumably the doctor's prognosis, so yeah, it's not exactly mild.
Tomizawa wouldn't actually say that, right? He's clearly decided illness isn't something to joke about.
Background and key points of this discussion
With cerebrovascular conditions like cerebral infarction, depending on where the damage occurs, patients can be left with not just limb paralysis but a speech difficulty known as “dysarthria.” In this thread, the single remark “hard to make out” drove a lot of speculation about how serious the condition really is, splitting posters between those who saw it as serious and those who took an optimistic view given that visits and conversation are already happening. Posters cited the aftereffects Saijo Hideki experienced and the rehab journey of Nasu Nakanishi’s Nasu, but it’s worth remembering these are entirely different people’s cases and don’t guarantee anything about how Date will recover. It’s also worth noting that this radio appearance never specified exactly what condition Date is hospitalized for — the thread’s comments remain speculation based on symptoms alone. With celebrity illness coverage, secondhand details like this tend to take on a life of their own beyond what the person involved actually intended, so waiting for further updates seems like the sensible approach.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Sandwichman’s Tomizawa: ‘I Visited Date Yesterday’ — Reveals Condition, ‘His Speech Is Hard to Make Out,’ Plus Rehab Details.”
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