Yuji Tanaka

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Yūji Tanaka
田中 裕二
Yuji Tanaka at Kadena Air Base (cropped).jpg
Tanaka on a tour of Kadena Air Base in 2012
Born (1965-01-10) January 10, 1965 (age 56)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationComedian
Years active1988–present
AgentTitan
Height1.54 m (5 ft 12 in)
Spouse(s)
Moe Yamaguchi
(m. 2015)

Yūji Tanaka (田中 裕二, Tanaka Yūji, born January 10, 1965 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian.[1] He is best known as half of the owarai duo Bakusho Mondai along with Hikari Ota. He also played Mike in the Japanese dub of the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc., Br'er Fox in the Japanese dub of the Disney movie Song of the South (special edition) and Shaun in the Japanese dub of Shaun The Sheep Movie and Tanaka was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2010, but was successfully treated following surgery.

References[]

  1. ^ Nishiyama, George (3 May 2007). "Japan comedian wants to change world like Chaplin". Reuters. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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