[3] Born in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan, Ariyoshi formed the owarai duo Saruganseki with Kazunari Moriwaki in 1994.
Denpa Shōnen when they were made to hitchhike across Asia, a task that was covered on the show for six months.
[6] While for a time they were earning 20 million yen a month (about $170,000[7] in 1997 US dollars),[8] their fame did not last long, and the duo broke up in 2004.
[4] His career really began to revive around 2006 when, on shows like Ametalk (hosted by Ameagari Kesshitai), he became known for giving mischievous nicknames to famous personalities.
[10] In 2009, public opinion research conducted by Oricon found that those polled considered him to be the number one "comeback" personality of the year.