What is Shin Yasuda?
{{No sources}} {{Infobox person | name = Shin Yasuda | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 安田伸 | native_name_lang = ja | other_names = | birth_name = Hidemine Yasuda | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|9|19}} | birth_place = [[Ōta,_Tokyo|Ota City, Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|11|5|1932|9|19}} | death_place = [[Tokyo, Japan]] | occupation = Actor<br>Saxophonist<br>Comedian<br>Composer | years_active = 1953-1996 | credits = | spouse = [[Miyoko Takekoshi]] (1966–1996, his death) }} '''Shin Yasuda''' (安田伸, ''Yasuda Shin'', September 19, 1932 - November 5, 1996) is a Japanese saxophonist, comedian, actor, and composer. His real name is '''Hidemine Yasuda''' (安田 秀峰, ''Yasuda Hidemine''). His nickname is '''Ya-san''' (ヤッさん), Mister Ya in English. == Career == Yasuda grew up in the [[:ja:江原町_(中野区)|Eharacho area]] ([[:en:Nakano,_Tokyo|Nakano City, Tokyo]]) in 1932. His father was from the [[Saga Prefecture]] and a [[Right-wing politics|right wing activist]], but he soon started the fur and leather business. He moved to [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]] shortly after Yasuda was born and was evacuated when he was in the sixth grade from the [[:ja:大阪市立高津小学校#:~:text=%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E5%B8%82%E7%AB%8B%E9%AB%98%E6%B4%A5%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%EF%BC%88%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B,%E5%86%8D%E9%96%8B%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B%E3%80%82|Takatsu Elementary School]]. Yasuda then moved to [[:en:Atsugi|Atsugi]] (also known as Kakio, Kawasaki City), where his mother's parents' home lived and failed his grades when he was in the first year of the old [[:ja:神奈川県立厚木高等学校|Atsugi High School]]. Aspiring to become a soldier, Yasuda applied to the [[:ja:陸軍幼年学校|Army Nursery School]], but due to his fail grades, he changed his career to the path of music and learned to use the [[cornet]] by himself. While attending the new year at th