 (born September 26, 1936) is an educator and celebrity in Japan. His full name is Anton Wicky Ampalavanar. He was born in Ceylon and went to Japan in 1961 as a Mombusho scholar. In 1969 he earned a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. His teaching career has included Ohu and Reitaku Universities.
He began his Nippon Television show "Wicky-san's One-point English Conversation" in 1979. It ran for fifteen years. The show began again in 2007.
Since 2006, Wicky has appeared in commercials for Yellow Hat, a chain of automotive-supply retail stores.
References.
Kobayashi Ginko: Minutes with our man on the street - Sri Lankan appeared on TV spot with unsuspecting Japanese. "The Daily Yomiuri" (Tokyo), October 13, 1994, p. 9.