Talk:Ay-O

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I have been unable to locate a date of birth, current status (alive?, residence?), or any reference to the name that appears on his birth certificate or Social Security... i.e. "real" name. Two online references located through Google ended up as "page removed" or missing. It's almost as though Ay-O has consciously decided to disappear himself from history. Arevich 06:20, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

The real person's name is Takao Iijima born in 1931. Jean-marc.bottazzi 13:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)