Hiroyuki Yabe
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Yabe Hiroyuki (矢部浩之, Hiroyuki Yabe) is a Japanese comedian. He is one of the members of the extremely popular duo (kombi) Ninety-nine, who are one of the most successful acts under Yoshimoto Kogyo. Yabe also plays Luigi in the Japanese Hot Mario Bros advertisement campaign.
Born in Osaka, he was a superior soccer player in his youth. He has worked as a sportscaster on TV Asahi's program "Yabecchi FC", and has interviewed the likes of famous soccer players Ronaldinho and Alessandro Del Piero.