Masashi Tashiro

Masashi Tashiro (田代 まさし, Tashiro Masashi, real name pronounced the same, but written as 田代 政) (born August 31, 1956) is a Japanese former television performer and a founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor singer for Rats & Star and later made a name for himself as a TV entertainer in Japan. He also directed a movie after his band broke up.

His arrest for filming up women's skirts in September 2000 marked the beginning of Tashiro's troubles with the law.