三遊亭金翁さん死去、９３歳　「お笑い三人組」、芸歴最長落語家

　現役で芸歴最長の落語家で、「お笑い三人組」への出演でも知られる三遊亭金翁（さんゆうてい・きんおう、本名松本龍典＝まつもと・りゅうすけ）さんが２７日午前１時３３分、慢性心不全のため東京都内の自宅で死去した。９３歳だった。東京都出身。葬儀は近親者で行う。喪主は長男松本理一郎（まつもと・りいちろう）さん。
　１９４１年、１２歳で三代目三遊亭金馬に入門。４５年に二つ目に昇進し、小金馬を名乗る。５６年にテレビ放送が始まったＮＨＫのバラエティー番組「お笑い三人組」に講談師の一龍斎貞鳳さん、物まねの江戸家猫八さんと出演し、国民的な人気を集めた。
　５８年真打ち昇進、６７年四代目三遊亭金馬を襲名。２０２０年、弟子で次男の三遊亭金時さんに五代目金馬を襲名させ、自身は金翁を名乗った。
　親しみやすいしゃがれ声と分かりやすい語り口で、「文七元結」「藪（やぶ）入り」などの古典の他、新作にも取り組み、落語界屈指の持ちネタ数を誇った。
　国立演芸場の開設にも尽力し、落語協会顧問や日本演芸家連合会長なども務めた。（2022/08/27-17:11）

Sanyutei Kino, having the longest career among active professional rakugo storytellers, died of chronic heart failure at his home in Tokyo on Saturday. He was 93.
   A native of Tokyo, Sanyutei, whose real name was Ryusuke Matsumoto, became a pupil of Sanyutei Kinba III in 1941 at the age of 12. In 1945, Sanyutei Kino was promoted to the rank of "futatsume" and began to use the stage name of Sanyutei Kokinba.
   He began to appear in "Owarai Sannin-gumi," a television variety show of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, which started in 1956, with "kodanshi" storyteller Ichiryusai Teiho and impersonator Edoya Nekohachi. The TV show became a major hit.
   Sanyutei was promoted to "shinuchi," the highest rank of rakugo, in 1958, and assumed the name of Sanyutei Kinba IV in 1967.
   In 2020, Sanyutei started to call himself Kino while having his second son and pupil, Sanyutei Kintoki, assume the name of Sanyutei Kinba V.