Ike Nwala (アイクぬわら, Aiku Nuwara, born 5 June 1986) is an American comedian, actor, and narrator based in Tokyo, Japan.
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!!.
[3] 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!"
[3] After graduating early at the age of 20, he worked as a data centre engineer at Goldman Sachs, before leaving and moving to Osaka, Japan to teach himself Japanese and pursue comedy.
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,[3] and came in sixth place in Yahoo's search word and trending topics.
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".
[10] ([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.