Ike Nwala

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Ike Nwala is a Nigerian American comedian, actor and narrator based in Tokyo, Japan.

He had a monologue called "Announcement at the entrance of Tokyo Disney Sea", which became a topic on Twitter upon its broadcast on 21st "Komakasugite Tsutawaranai Monomane Senshuken".

He was born on June 5, 1986, in Manhattan, New York and was raised in Seattle, Washington.

Nwala is a member of the comedy group Chō Shinjuku and is represented by Watanabe Entertainment.

While in college working at a Japanese video shop in Chinatown–International District, Seattle, Nwala was shocked by Junji Takada's early morning bazooka corner on the comedy programme Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!!.

When he saw the characters Muneo Kurii and Yabao Gesu played by Hironari Yamazaki in Richard Hall, he could not understand the dialogue, but felt it was "comical and funny!", and his interest in comedy increased.

After receiving recommended from a fellow clerk, he continued to watch Japanese comedians and their shows, such as Junji Takada, Untouchable, Ogiyahagi, Ninety-nine, Downtown, Cream Stew, etc. After graduating from university with a dream of becoming a comedian in Japan, he moved to Hirano-ku, Osaka and self-taught Japanese and the Kansai dialect through watching more programs.

Five years after he came to Japan, he participated in the Chō Shinjuku audition at the recommendation of actor Gota Watabe.

([木内晶子] In 1997, she applied to the "1st The Japan Audition" by a classmate's recommendation while studying at Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu West High School. She passed the actor division from 190,000 people and entered the entertainment industry. The following year, she debuted as a heroine role at TBS series Pu-Pu-Pu- where V6's Coming Century starred.

Nwala joined Chō Shinjuku on September 29, 2011.

Computers have been a hobby of Nwala's since he was 9.

When he was 18, he entered a private institute of technology in Washington to learn about information technology and technician relations.

He skipped two grades and graduated at the age of 20.

After that, he worked as a data centre engineer at Goldman Sachs, a major foreign-owned securities company.

Actor Gota Watabe and singer Nana Tanimura are two of his good friends.

Nwala is also close to singer Tomohisa Yamashita, who he once called "a really friendly creature."

He came in 10th place in the 2016 half-year TV program ranking "break out tarento", attracting attention.

After that, the number of his appearances on television have steadily increased, going from 13 in the previous year, to 175 the next, and ranking in the sixth place of the final break-out division of 2016.

On September 10, 2020, Nwala tested positive for COVID-19.

Following accusations of innappropriate conduct with a minor, Nwala was charged with ‘Constructive Indecency through Compulsion; Constructive Forcible Sexual Intercourse’.

He has many acts revolving around trying to conform to Japanese culture.

Sometimes he does impressions of famous figures such as Dante Carver, Usain Bolt, Tiger Woods, etc. He also has a two-man act with Koala Koarashi named Nuwarashi.

As part of Nuwarashi, he brought American elements to the Japanese performance art Nankin Tamasudare.

He heavily uses English interjections like "Oh!", "Yeah!", and "Come on!"

in his recitations.

In addition, the act featured a "Pocochin drum," which consisted of vocal percussion produced upon hitting his crotch, which was exhibited at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television's Arita Children, and came in sixth place in Yahoo's search word and trending topics topics.

He performed as a bilingual MC of the popular morning children's program Oha Suta.

In 5-Ji ni muchū, he was in charge as the Kurofune correspondent every Wednesday.

He played a cheerful character like Eddie Murphy who then impersonates Ryo Fukawa with American-style jokes.