Full name: Shouzou Hayashiya IX (九代目 林家正蔵 Kudaime · Hayashiya Shōzō)

Real name: Yasutaka Ebina (海老名 泰孝 Ebina Yasutaka)

Formerly known as: Kobuhei Hayashiya (林家こぶ平 Hayashiya Kobuhei)

Blood type: A

An associate professor of humanities at Josai International University, rakugoka, tarento and seiyū.