



Japan Times: How gei can one get? 'Pretend gay' is as far as it gets
Laser Ramon (Masaki) Sumitani...made his broadcast debut only last February and since then has become one of the most talked-about personalities on Japanese television...Sumitani...appears [as] Hard Gay, a hardbody dressed in stereotypical S-M couture: black-leather hot pants, tight sleeveless zippered leather jacket, Beatle boots, big motorcycle sunglasses, and a leather cap. Sumitani performs acts of yonaoshi (social improvement) in his Hard Gay persona, which, in addition to the striking costume, incorporates a great deal of suggestive pelvic thrusting and periodic outbursts of "Woooo!", a cry of abandon that has become as much of a trademark as Crayon Shin-chan's mischievous nasal tones. Sumitani's gimmick is juxtaposing...being a responsible citizen and being a homosexual libertine who can't control his libido.