Kazutoyo Koyabu Explained

Kazutoyo Koyabu
Native Name Lang:	jpn
Birth Date:	11 September 1973
Birth Place:	Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Medium:	Television Theatre
Nationality:	Japanese
Employer:	Yoshimoto Kogyo
Active:	1993 – present
Genre:	Owarai, Shinkigeki, mantan, conte
Footnotes:	Same year/generation as: Cowcow Hiroaki Hamamoto (10 Dollars)
Module:	Embed: yes Instruments: Drums Years Active: 2017present Current Member Of: Genie High

^[1] is a Japanese TV comedian, presenter, tarento, and musician, represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo. He is the chairman of the comedy troupe ^[2] and drummer for the band Genie High.

Koyabu graduated as the 12th generation class from Yoshimoto NSC Osaka and speaks with an Osaka dialect.^[3]

Media

Television

Current Programs

• (MBS TV)
• (ABCTV) – Regular
• (Yomiuri TV) – Semi-regular
• BAZOOKA!!! (BS SKP, 2011 -) – MC
• (Fuji TV, 2012 -) – Bi-weekly (Tuesdays)
• (Fuji TV ONE, 2013 -) – MC
• (MBS TV) – Semi-regular (Fridays)
• (TV Asahi) – Irregular
• (Fuji TV ONE, 2015 -)
• (Fuji TV ONE, 2017 -) – MC
• (Kansai TV, 2017 -) – MC
• (TV Asahi, 2019 -) – MC
• (NHK, 2015 -)
• HINABINGO! (Nippon TV, 2019 -) – MC
• (Fuji TV, 2019 -) – MC

Film

• Girl in the Sunny Place (2013), Sugihara^[4]
• A Man (2022)^[5]
• What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? (2024), Tōru Shimakawa^[6]

Television drama

• Rikuoh (2017), Junji Sayama^[7]
• Kirin ga Kuru (2020–21), Nijō Haruyoshi^[8]

External links

• Yoshimoto Kogyo Official Profile
• Kazutoyo Koyabu – Blog
• Kazutoyo Koyabu (@koyabukazutoyo) – Twitter
• Kazutoyo Koyabu (@koyabukazutoyo_shingigeki) – Instagram

Notes and References

1. Web site: スポニチアネックスOSAKA 芸能. https://web.archive.org/web/20080224062733/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/ente/200602/01/ente189737.html. dead. February 24, 2008. February 24, 2008. 25 April 2019.
2. Web site: 座員紹介｜吉本新喜劇オフィシャルサイト. yoshimoto.co.jp. 25 April 2019.
3. Web site: 小籔 千豊(こやぶかずとよ). https://web.archive.org/web/20060211010335/http://www.yoshimoto.co.jp/shinkigeki/html/zain_prof/koyabu_ka.html. dead. February 11, 2006. February 11, 2006. 25 April 2019.
4. Web site: 映画「陽だまりの彼女」に小籔千豊出演、役柄は松潤の上司. August 31, 2021. Natalie.
5. Web site: 妻夫木聡×安藤サクラ×窪田正孝ら共演、芥川賞作家・平野啓一郎の「ある男」実写映画化. August 31, 2021. Oricon. August 31, 2021.
6. Web site: もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら. April 9, 2024. eiga.com.
7. Web site: 小籔千豊が「陸王」出演、"相棒"ピエール瀧「一緒に日本中から嫌われたい」. August 31, 2021. Natalie.
8. Web site: 小籔千豊:大河初出演で周囲の反応に驚き「麒麟がくる」嫌みったらしい公家・二条晴良役「僕を憎んで」. August 31, 2021. Oricon. August 31, 2021.