Education
2004 - Graduated from Kyoto University.
宇治原 史規ロザン菅 広文
2004 - Graduated from Kyoto University.
Given his 146 intelligence quotient score, bachelor"s degree in law from Kyoto University (one of the top-tier universities in the country), and championship titles from a number of television quiz shows, he is also widely known as one of the most intelligent comedians in Japan. He is 177 cm tall and weighs 59 kg. 1976 - Born in Shijonawate, Osaka
1992 - Entered Osaka Kyoiku University Tennoji High school
1995 - Entered Kyoto University majoring in law
1996 - Formed owarai duo "Rozan" with Hirofumi Suga
Ujihara"s parents are originally from Shiga prefecture.
The family moved from Osaka to Hiroshima when he was four.
Living there for ten years, he used to speak in the Hiroshima dialect. During his third year in junior high school, the family moved back to Osaka.
Ujihara"s parents were very stern since his early childhood. He always earned outstanding grades at school, one of the top students in his year in high school.
When he was a high school junior, he scored the second highest in a Yoyogi seminar"s (prep school) nationwide mock exam for expected applicants of Kyoto University (for the law major).
Given his grades, the prep school offered him free tuition and free mock exam fee. Initially, he vaguely planned to be a lawyer, however, his best friend Suga invited him to be his manzai partner when Ujihara was a high school junior. Suga also recommended Ujihara to take the entrance exam of Kyoto University, assuming the school name would be a help when they become a manzai duo in the future.
Ujihara accepted his offer, took the entrance exam, and passed it when he was a high school junior.
However, one day in a television variety show, his father saw him wearing only a shorts and chasing around money in the street. His father became furious shouting at him "Why are you going to university!?" Although His father stayed against Ujihara"s comedy career, the father, having seen Ujihara"s nine-year effort to graduate from the university, eventually recognized Ujihara"s passion for comedy and supported his decision.
Ujihara frequently appears in quiz shows. Nihongo-oh" (Turner Broadcasting System) broadcast on June 24, 2008.
He revealed there that he had earned approximately 5 million yen from quiz shows.
television
Semi Regular
Quiz Presen Variety Q-sama!! (クイズプレゼンバラエティー Qさま!!) -- television Asahi
Nekketsu! Heisei Kyoiku Gakuin (熱血!平成教育学院) -- Fuji television/CX
Irregular
Quiz! Hexagon (クイズ!ヘキサゴン) -- Fuji television
Quiz! Hexagon II (クイズ!ヘキサゴンII) -- Fuji television
et cetera