Teppei Arita (有田 哲平, Arita Teppei, born 3 February 1971,[2] in Higashi-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture) is a Japanese comedian, television presenter and television writer who performs boke of the comedy duo Cream Stew.
His partner is Shinya Ueda.
[3] He is nicknamed Aripei (アリペイ) and Aripē (アリペー).
[citation needed] Arita is represented by Natural Eight.
To see his appearances with the comedy duo, see Cream Stew (comedy duo).