Description[]
Hissu Amoto San, nicknamed to Airmoto, (Japanese: 必須アモト酸) is a 2007 popular tag associated with MAD parodies based on My Beautiful Life (Japanese: すばらしき わが人生), a promotional interview with Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento Masami Hisamoto released by the Japanese evangelist Buddhist organization Sōka Gakkai International (transl. Value Creation Society). Somewhat similar to western parodies of Scientology & Tom Cruise, most of these MAD videos are aimed at mocking the well-connected religious sect and the celebrity actress Masami Hisamoto, who has made several media appearances in advocacy of the Sōka Gakkai movement in Japan.
Origin[]
According to Nico Nico Pedia, an internet encyclopedia for the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND), the first instance of the meme was posted on NND in November 30, 2007, featuring Miss Hisamoto in an interview clip with the music set to Kirby's Gourmet Race soundtrack. This MAD video was titled as "久本雅美の頭がカービィのBGMに合わせて爆発したようです。". This is also the trigger video of the MAD series for Kirby's Gourmet Race Remixes on NND. The original was removed, but the info, including upload date and scrolling text, was left. The video was later re-uploaded with the same title on July 5, 2008 and again on May 10, 2009. More info about the removal in the "Spread" section.
In the original interview, Miss Hisamoto gives an emotional account of how happy she felt when Daisaku Ikeda, the current leader of SGI, praised the actress for her TV performances. Out of sheer joy, she then exclaimed “PAN!” (or “PARN!” as seen in many related MADs) with hands over her face, rendering herself quite exploitable for remix artists on NND
Other characters seen in Airmoto YTPMV's[]
Daisaku Ikeda[]
He's the current aged leader of the SGI. In the videos used, he's shown sitting at a conference held in Los Angeles in 1995. Most MADs replay some misheard lines as well as clips where he does strange moves or hit the table.
Ishikawa, Kurachi, and Backman[]
Everyone seen in Ishikawa's Visit. To left, Ishikawa and Backman. To right, Kurachi.
They are actors from a short clip wherein Ishikawa comes to Kurachi to introduce him to Sōka Gakkai, in a video clip from a show produced by future2 (not displayed in the main TV program). Kurachi closes the door in front of Ishikawa, but he comes back later and greets him by saying "KON BAN WA!" (Meaning "Good evening!", which is often heard "HON DA WA") out loud and ask for him again.
Ishikawa is often portrayed knocking the door and saying "KON BAN WA!" in MAD movies, whereas the unnamed character behind him (or "Backman"), who disappears mysteriously in the second scene is partially hidden and his appearances are followed by some music played with the same xylophone sounds used for the ambient music of this scene. Kurachi is mostly portrayed closing the door.
There are 239 videos under the tag "男子部の石川" ("Ishikawa from men's section") on NND as of March 2020.
Masayuki Oshima[]
Taken from Know Your Meme, text created by gi97ol
He is one of the audiences during the Future2 episode. Becoming a popular source for MAD videos under the "Hissu Amoto san" tag has been started since January 2009, when a NND user スマン。 took the episode and slowed down the parts, where Masayuki appears. What is mostly favoured by him is the hand gesture, the V sign, which can be proved as an ASCII-art "vO" posted by NND users in comments. The slowed video became a source for MAD videos since then and there are more than 600 videos of him. He's also sometimes featured in "Hissu Amoto san" videos.
gi97ol's comment: Do not use text created by other people and post it on other pages without credit and consent.
Fusako Saito[]
Fusako Saito (斉藤ふさ子) is an old woman with a short haircut. She is not an professional actress, but a believer of SGI.
In the original video, Rie Shibata tells Fusako that she had a too few orders and was being disappointed. Fusako replied to her "oh, in that case, you can do our religious activity!" (じゃあ 学会活動できるじゃなーい!, Jā, Gakkai Katudō Dekiru Janāi!) and cheered her up. Of course, it's assumed a bad idea to do a religious activity without working by common sense, but it seems natural for Fusako, which made that comment looked silly. Her comment is used in many MAD movies, but a shorter version can also be heard: "you can do that!" (できるじゃない!, Dekiru Janai!). Dekiru janai! is often herd "Dead kill the Night!".
In addition, her nonsensical shouting "Kuntsuo!" (クンツォ!) in the original video is also reused in many MAD videos as well.
Those MAD videos featuring Fusako are tagged under The potential of Fusako" (ふさ子のポテンシャル) on NND.
Masaharu Mori[]
Masaharu Mori, also known as Saika Yo, is another actor from the same agency of Hisamoto. He isn't a believer of the SGI but as he's featured in the promoting videos, he's a "victim" of this meme's success.
He is much more famous as the man of "Saika Yo" than his real name. "Saika Yo" is a misheard phrase and doesn't mean anything: it's uncertain what he said correctly. People enjoy it by doing various interpretations.