Razor Ramon slices along Japan's cutting edge
Razor Ramon "Hard Gay" Sumitani's cutting humor parodying stereotypical homosexuals has made him a firm favorite of Japan's fickle schoolgirl fans, according to Asahi Geino (7/28).
Looking akin to an outcast from the Village People, clad entirely in black leather -- a body-hugging, sleeveless, shirt, micro-hotpants and a studded black cap -- and his every move accompanied by Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" blaring out in the background, 29-year-old Razor Ramon is fast becoming one of the most recognized faces on Japan's small screen.
Calling his brand of humor Haado Gei, which can be translated as either "hardcore art" or "hardcore gay," Razor Ramon HG first made a name for himself on the Saturday night TBS variety show "Bakuten."
Hosted by comic duo Bakusho Mondai, "Bakuten" screens at a family hour despite Razor Ramon HG's raunchy rolls and bondage rig-out that many deem to be "too erotic," the men's weekly says.
Razor Ramon HG has a corner on the program where he helps others, whether they want his assistance or not, suddenly springing up in front of them, holding his arms above his head, then wildly gyrating his hips and thrusting his pelvis forward while screaming out a piercing, "Whoooooo!" and announcing himself as "Haado Gei!"
Among those he has helped in his stints on the show include crying children, tissue distributors and old women he has piggybacked across pedestrian overpasses. He claims to gain his apparently boundless energy from memories of late Queen singer Freddie Mercury.