Is Ken Shimura famous in Japan?

Hi guys,

I have to do a presentation about Japan, and I decided to talk about Ken Shimura. The thing is, I am not sure how popular he really is over there. My teacher said he is quite popular, but I could barely find any information about him. I am having trouble finding a reputable source that has his information. Do you guys know any site that I could gather info about his life and career?

I've been searching, but I couldn't find anything much. :(

Ken Shimura is a famous comedian and well known from children to elderly in Japan but he is not received civilian honorary awards or anything so I suppose he is not a suitable person for your speech and presentation(thus you can not find about him so much).

Search for a Japanese person who had received an award or medal in the dedication to your country.

I think it's difficult to find a person living in Japan who doesn't know Ken Shimura.

His official blog
http://ameblo.jp/shimura--ken/

Wikipedia (Japanese and English link)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%97%E6%9D%91%E3%81%91%E3%82%93

Other numerous information
https://www.google.co.jp/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=%e5%bf%97%e6...

Thanks for the responses, guys!

I asked my professor, and she suggested me to use a book called "Owarai" of Japanese as a source. Though, I am not really sure what it is, or if it's worth getting or not. Anybody knows this book?

Can you link me to a few articles that details his career? Anything will do. Meanwhile, I'll be doing my own research, hopefully Google Translate works well enough.

Too bad my Japanese is abysmal. :(

Can you link me to a few articles that details his career? Anything will do.

I assume the Japanese websites don't qualify as "anything." Good luck.