Akashiya Sanma, 71, Confesses: “I’ve Never Been Sick a Day in My Life”

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The story

On the October 17 broadcast of MBS Radio’s “Young Town,” Akashiya Sanma expressed concern for comedy duo Jicho Kacho’s Jun’ichi Kawamoto, who filled in for him while under the weather, while revealing that he himself has never been sick once in his 71 years. His remark that “I just can’t relate to how rough that feels” sparked a wave of theories on the forum about why he never gets sick — low body temperature, being a short sleeper, stress relief through laughter, and more. Others pushed back, pointing out that never getting sick isn’t the same as understanding other people’s suffering, splitting reactions over how to interpret his decades-long clean health record.

Akashiya Sanma, 71, Confesses He’s “Never Been Sick” — Admits “Flaw”: “I Just Can’t Relate to Feeling Rough”

Comedian Akashiya Sanma appeared on October 17 on MBS Radio’s “MBS Young Town Saturday” (10:00 p.m.), where he serves as main host.

That day, he expressed concern for Jicho Kacho’s Jun’ichi Kawamoto, who was himself still recovering from illness while filling in for Shoji Murakami.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

What people said

3AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:39
Haven't seen IMALU around lately, have we
10AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:46
Re: #3
She's living abroad with a guy
4AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:41
Low body temperature, was it?
Sounds like the type who'll just suddenly drop dead one day
9AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:45
Re: #4
Isn't that the happiest way to go, though?
6AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:43
Sanma also calls himself a short sleeper
48AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:14
Re: #6
Well yeah, obviously
The guy works an insane amount
7AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:44
Maybe not caring about food is what keeps you healthy
8AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:44
Hard to believe…
People like that actually exist?
11AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:47
He's definitely not living a healthy lifestyle though, so why?
18AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:51
Re: #11
Thanks to mikan oranges and sunshine
12AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:47
I think Sanma's philosophy was that the total amount of hardship in a life stays constant
Worried that if he ever does get sick and "gets it," that might mean he's about to go
50AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:16
Re: #12
That's gotta be complete nonsense
14AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:48
Recent by Sanma's standards, but there was a stretch where his voice was totally hoarse
16AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:49
Guess he just doesn't bottle up stress much. When the mind gets sick, the body follows
19AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:51
Didn't he say he watches his own shows at home and laughs along?
Laughter does lower stress, after all
21AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:52
Psychopaths are said to feel less pain, you know
23AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:53
Apparently he barely sleeps too
Seriously, what kind of body does this guy have?
25AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:54
Tamori and Beat Takeshi have had injuries before,
but I don't think either of them has ever actually been sick either
57AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:23
Re: #25
Wasn't it Takeshi and Tamori who only eat one meal a day? Does Sanma too?
26AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:54
I recall him saying something like "when I catch a cold I eat melon and run toward the sunset" or whatever
29AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:58
Re: #26
Wasn't it mikan oranges, not melon?
34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:01
Re: #26
Re: #29


Just read Re: #1, come on
Why can't you even manage that much
27AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:55
Been a heavy smoker for years and can still talk like that — must have some special lungs immune to tobacco
28AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:56
Even someone this healthy
will one day wake up, head downstairs, and suddenly realize they can never climb back up to the second floor again — that day comes for everyone
It's a common story in home-visit nursing care: you show up and find the futon and pajamas still sitting upstairs, untouched
45AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:11
Re: #28
Heard that exact story from an old man in my neighborhood himself
Said he doesn't know why, but at some point he just stopped feeling like he could go upstairs
Still able to walk, but apparently can't manage the stairs anymore
30AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:58
A cold heals if you just sleep it off — I don't get people who go to the hospital for that
31AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:59
Never having been sick and not understanding other people's pain aren't the same thing
38AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:04
Re: #31
Same as how you can't really understand a parent's feelings until you have kids of your own
32AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:59
They say fools don't catch colds — not because they're immune, but because they just don't notice they're sick
44AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:10
Re: #32
A fool is someone who doesn't realize they're a fool
and keeps repeating the same foolish mistake dozens, even hundreds of times over a lifetime (that's the real affliction)
Recognizing it and correcting yourself is what stops you from being a fool — that's what makes someone a true thinking human being
Knowing that you know nothing
Knowing that you yourself are ignorant
That's the single most important thing
33AnonymousOct 18, 2026 23:59
I heard Nisenshou's asthma got cured through sheer willpower too
Guy really has lived his whole life on pure guts, huh…
52AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:16
They say illness starts in the mind, but
seriously, this guy probably just never gets down in the first place
53AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:17
Re: #52
Even cancer cells would probably just run away from him
60AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:28
Feels like Sanma's gonna go out mid-laugh — like "FAHAHAHA" with a huge grin frozen on his face — and just… stop moving, lol
65AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:35
Re: #60
Feels like everyone around him would send him off crying and smiling at the same time
67AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:43
People like this surprisingly tend to die young sometimes
Old age might actually hit him hard
71AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:46
Re: #67
If a guy makes it past 70, that's not exactly dying young
81AnonymousOct 19, 2026 01:16
Re: #67
71 is already "old age" at this point lol😅
74AnonymousOct 19, 2026 00:55
His upbringing was rough, so maybe all his bad luck got spent there, sparing him from illness at least
Though the emotional toll was probably still brutal
77AnonymousOct 19, 2026 01:01
Re: #74
That's some pretty woo-woo thinking

Background and Key Points of This Story

This isn’t the first time Sanma has claimed he’s “never been sick” — he’s brought it up repeatedly on radio and elsewhere before. On the forum, theories ranged from a naturally low body temperature to being a short sleeper to stress relief through laughter, but none of these go beyond speculation with no medical backing. Where opinions split was over the relationship between the fact that he’s “never been sick” and his remark that “I can’t relate to how rough that feels” — some read his clean health record favorably, while others worried it signaled a lack of empathy for other people’s suffering. Worth keeping in mind while reading: his claim is self-reported and doesn’t actually guarantee anything about his medical health.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Supo Sokuhou+) thread “[Entertainment] Akashiya Sanma, 71, Confesses He’s “Never Been Sick” — Admits “Flaw”: “I Just Can’t Relate to Feeling Rough”.”

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