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Kakuryu, Sakana-kun join carp streamer flying ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New yokozuna Kakuryu (2nd from L in the top row) and television personality Sakana-kun (R in the same row), along with nursery school students, pose for photos on April 21, 2014, in a carp streamer flying ceremony held at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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Supporters appointed for Japan pavilion at expo

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality and fish expert Sakana-kun (R) poses with Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2012. The ministry appointed Sakana-kun and seven others, including Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of Japanese pop group SMAP, as official supporters of the Japan pavilion at the upcoming international exposition in Yeosu, southern South Korea.

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Fish ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert, illustrator and TV personality Sakana-kun (fish guy) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo in December 2010. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Feb. 17, 2011, that it has appointed Sakana-kun, also a visiting associate professor at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, a ''fish ambassador'' to expand fish consumption.

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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago.

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Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (second from left) and Ministry of the Environment Zero Plastic Waste Ambassadors (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun at the launch ceremony. June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Original My Bag by Sakana-kun, the Ministry of the Environment's Zero Plastic Waste ambassador. (June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (second from left) and Ministry of the Environment Zero Plastic Waste Ambassadors (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun at the launch ceremony. The power of each one of us is weak, but we should work together to make an effect. All the speakers posed with Kiyoshi Nishikawa's joke, "Start with small things and work your way up. (June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Mr. Sakana-kun, the Ministry of the Environment's Zero Plastic Waste ambassador, participated in the launch ceremony. (June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment (second from left) with his own bag, and (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun, ambassadors of the Ministry of the Environment for zero plastic waste. (Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo, June 25, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nagasaki cafe made from iconic British bus draws shutterbugs

Hiroshi Sakana stands in front of London Cafe, his recently opened establishment made from a British double-decker bus, in Hasami, Nagasaki on Oct. 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki cafe made from iconic British bus draws shutterbugs

Hiroshi Sakana of London Cafe, a Nagasaki business he created from a British double-decker bus, shows off his signature dish on Oct. 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fish ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert, illustrator and TV personality Sakana-kun (fish guy) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo in December 2010. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Feb. 17, 2011, that it has appointed Sakana-kun, also a visiting associate professor at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, a ''fish ambassador'' to expand fish consumption. (Kyodo)

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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago. (Kyodo)

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Supporters appointed for Japan pavilion at expo

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality and fish expert Sakana-kun (R) poses with Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2012. The ministry appointed Sakana-kun and seven others, including Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of Japanese pop group SMAP, as official supporters of the Japan pavilion at the upcoming international exposition in Yeosu, southern South Korea. (Kyodo)