Ringo means apple

Photograph of a Japan train station advertisement of Ringo and apple juice

Screenshot from the Apple juice commercial

Screenshot from Ringo's apple juice commercial

"Ringo was not too keen on doing the advert until the £500,000 price tag was attached.  It was easy work."  - Ah So! Hollywood gossip writer after former Beatle, Ringo Starr, finally found the yen to speak just one line in a TV plug for natural juice in front of a fake Mount Fuji -- in Japanese.