柳家小山，Kosan Yanagiya was born on January 2, 1915 in Nagano, Japan. He was an actor, known for Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (1994), Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) and Shin Yotarô senki (1969). He died on May 16, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan.