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Yamasaki talks with a senior rakugo about why he decided to become a rakugo himself (and as a result graduate to gain the title of Tsukitei from his rakugo master Tsukitei Happo). I believe he talks about his career as Yamasaki Hosei (I think I hear "Moriman Taiketsu", Moriman VS?) and circumstances around his decision alongside mentions of input from Downtown and Koji Higashino (just what I gathered from Google Translating so maybe innacurate). The senior gives him some words of advice. Tsukitei gets emotional and begins crying. I believe the next day Tsukitei has such a bad hangover he can't remember all the details though

Since we can't read Yamasaki's book "Why I became a rakugo", I was thinking this clip, could be the closest to getting an insight straight from Yamasaki himself.

(Youtube seems to refuse to pick up the fact it has a higher resolution and is stuck at 480p, so the ZippyShare file should be higher quality).
This is actually just parts of a 45 minute episode clipped together that featured him and the senior Yonesuke.
The full episode:
Recent "Reason for Name Change / Rakugo Work" Articles:
On a related note heres some articles which I think offer further insight:
Anyway again, MAJOR thanks to anyone who feels they could translate this, it was touching to watch without subtitles but of course much more informative knowing what was said.
