| Shunpūtei Shōta | |
| Birth Name: | Yūji Tanoshita |
| Native Name: | 春風亭 昇太 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Education: | Tokai University |
| Genre: | Rakugo |
| Notable Works: | Shōten |
[1] is a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single performer or storyteller appears on stage and tells comedic stories to the audience.
Shōta was born as . In 1978, he entered Tokai University and joined the college rakugo club. His then was . When he was a student, he entered the and won the championship.
In 1982, he left the university and became a disciple of .[1] He first used Shōhachi as his stage name.[1] In 1986, he became and assumed his current stage name. In 1989, he was promoted to .
Since May 2006, he has appeared on Shōten as an member. On May 22, 2016, it was announced that he would become the sixth host in the show's 50-year history.[2]