Ike Nwala

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

Ike Nwala
BornNew York City, New York
EducationWashington State Private Institute of Technology
Years active2011–
Partner(s)
  • Eagle Mizokami
  • Tiger Fukuda
  • Thank You Yasutomi
  • Boo Fujiwara
  • Koala Koarashi (Chō Shinjuku,[1] Nuwarashi)[2]
WebsiteOfficial profile
Same year/generation as:
Colocolo Chikichiki Peppers
Shimofuri Myojo
Kaminari
Hanako
Nora Hirano

Biography

While in college as a Japanese video shop worker in Chinatown–International District, Seattle, he was shocked by Junji Takada's early morning bazooka corner of the comedy programm Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!!, which became a big opportunity to seek as a comedian.[3] When he saw "Muneo Kurii" and "Yabao Gesu" played by Hironari Yamazaki in Richard Hall, he could not understand what the dialogue, but felt it was "comical and funny!", and his interest in comedy increased. After being recommended by a clerk, he continued to watch Japanese comedians and their shows, such as Junji Takada, Untouchable, Ogiyahagi, Ninety-nine, Downtown, Cream Stew, etc. After having graduated from university with a dream of becoming a comedian in Japan one week after coming to the country, he started living in Hirano-ku, Osaka and studied Japanese and the Kansai dialect by way of self-teaching through watching more programs.[3]

After five years passed since he came to Japan, he participated in the audition of Chō Shinjuku with the recommendation of actor Gota Watabe[3] and joined Chō Shinjuku,[1] who was selected by the audition on 29 September 2011.

Personal life

Since he was nine years old he continued IT as a hobby. When he was eighteen, he entered a private institute of technology in Washington to learn about information technology and technician relations. He grade skipped for two years and graduated at the age of twenty. After that, he worked as a data centre engineer at Goldman Sachs, a major foreign-owned securities company.[3]

Actor Gota Watabe[4] and singer Nana Tanimura are two of his good friends.[5] Tomohisa Yamashita is also close to him, and says that he is "a really friendly creature," in regards to Yamashita's personality.

Style of acting

Chō Shinjuku

He has many blurs trying to conform to Japanese culture. Member Tiger Fukuda dubbed American jokes into the neta. Sometimes he imitates Dante Carver, Usain Bolt, Tiger Woods, etc. Along with Koala Koarashi and the two of them also have a combi-activity with the name Nuwarashi.

Nuwarashi

As a representative example, he is the one that made Nankin Tamasudare American style. He heavily uses "Oh!", "Yeah!", and "Come on!" in the stories. Koala Koarashi makes the neta. In addition, there was a rhythm net "Pocochin drum" that shows vocal percussion by hitting the crotch, which was exhibited at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television's Arita Children,[3] which recorded sixth place in the Yahoo search word and collected topics.

Pin activities

He performed as a bilingual MC of popular programme Oha Suta.

Oha Suta corner nameContents
Sugu ni Tsukaeru! Kakkoe-go!!!Teach English used at daily life not taught at school with high tension
Nwala ChallengeChallenge various things such as backing, break dancing, lifting
Don-Nwala Hakase no Science WorldCorner introducing magical phenomena using science
Nwalaman!Corner to challenge the mission where the perfect superman Nwalalman can easily feel free

In 5-Ji ni muchū, he was in charge as Kurofune correspondent every Wednesday. He is a cheerful character like Eddie Murphy and it turns back on the pretend of Ryo Fukawa with American jokes and lower neta.

He has a monologue story called "announcement at the entrance of Tokyo DisneySea", and it became a topic on Twitter and so on at the moment on the fact that this was broadcast at the 21st "Komakasugite Tsutawaranai Monomane Senshuken".

He was ranked in the 2016 half-year TV programme ranking "break tarento" department tenth place, attracting attention.[6]

After that, the number of his appearance programmes had steadily increased, the number of his appearance program was 13 in the previous year, which increased to 175 and ranked in the sixthplace of the break-thread division of 2016.[7]

Publications

Newspapers
  • The Japan Times (29 Nov 2017) "The consummation of cool is a funny business for comedian Ike Nwala".[8]

Magazines
  • Shūkan Taishū (Shūkan Taishū 16 Oct 2017 issue) "Ike Nwala 'America Hitotoshite Saikyō no Entertainer ni' Warawaseru Ningen Chikara".[9]

Discography

Participation work
Release date Artist Album name Part no. Song name Recorded works
27 Jan 2016KishidanDefective itemAVCD-93336/BTsuppari High School Musical (Tōjō-hen)Introduced Kishidan at intro
21 Sep 2016team Third WaveSingleiTunes ID1148459555Kimi ni Third Wave[10]Lead vocals of songs

Films

Dramas

Appearing programmes

Current regular programmes

Former regular programmes
Regular
  • Moshi Moshi Nippon TV (NHK G, 31 Jul – 12 Nov 2015, BS Fuji, NHK World) (pin)
  • Nep & Imoto no Sekai Banzuke (NTV, 13 Nov 2015 – 11 Mar 2016) (pin)
Quasi-regular
  • Eigo de Asobo (NHK E) (pin) Occasional appearances

Former appearances
Other appearances
HBO
TV Tokyo
  • Konya mo Doru Bako (25 Aug 2015) (Nuwarashi)
  • Kore Kangaeta Hito, Tensai ja ne!? –Sekai no Benri Goods Atsumemashita Special– (27 Nov 2015, 11 Jan 2016) (pin)[17]
  • Goddotan (20 Aug 2016) (pin)
  • Nichiyou Chaplin (5 Nov, 24 Dec 2017) (Chō Shinjuku)
Nippon TV
  • 24-Jikan TV "Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu" (31 Aug 2014/23 Aug 2015) (Chō Shinjuku) 37 Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu
  • Ariyoshi no Kabe (3 Aug/28 Dec 2015) (pin)[18]
  • Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (9 Aug 2015) (pin)
  • Monomane Grand Prix (22 Sep 2015) (pin)
  • Uchi no Gaya ga sumimasen! (13 Dec 2015) (pin)
  • Geinin Hōdō (28 Dec 2015) (Chō Shinjuku)
  • Sukkiri! (5 Jan 2016) (Nuwarashi)
  • Kyūkyoku no ￮× Quiz Show!! Chō Toi! Shinjitsu ka? Uso ka? (2 Jun 2017) (Nuwarashi)
  • Uwasa no Neta (21 Jun 2017) (pin)
  • Intelli ga Shiranai Sekai no o Baka Gimon (26 Aug 2017) (pin)
  • School Kakumei! (5 Nov 2017) (pin)
Fuji Television
  • Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita (2 Apr 2015/22 Dec 2012) Hakase to joshu –Komakasugite Tsutawaranai Monomane Senshuken– (pin)
  • Sakigake! Ongaku no Jikan (15 Nov 2015/17/24 Jan/6 Mar 2016) (pin)
  • Proyagu Chin Play Kō Play Taishō (5 Nov 2016) (pin)
  • Nep League (12 Dec 2016/27 Mar/17 Apr 2017) (pin)
  • Love music (6/13 Aug 2017) (pin)
  • Ninki Geinōjin ni Itazura! Gyōten Happening * Renpatsu (5 Oct 2017) (pin)
Tokyo MX
  • Barairo Dandy (16 Sep 2016) (pin)
TV Asahi
  • 'Pu' Suma (27 Mar 2015) (Nuwarashi)
  • Nihonjin no 3-wari shika Shiranai koto Cream Stew no Hana Taka! Yūetsu-kan (19 Jul/30 Aug/4 Oct 2015) (pin)
  • Nanikore Chinhyakkei (9 Dec 2015/14 Dec 2016) (pin)
  • Buramayo to yu kaina Nakama-tachi Atsu Atsu'! (27 Feb/5 Mar 2016) (pin)
  • Kikinikui Koto o Kiku (8 Jun/24 Aug 2016) (pin)
  • Morning Show (7 Jul 2016) (pin)
  • Onegai! Ranking (31 Aug/14/28 Sep 2016) (pin)
  • Ametalk (10 Aug/14 Sep 2017) (pin)
  • Cream VS Osamu Hayashi! Quiz Survivor (31 Dec 2017) (pin)
  • Sekai wa tatta 6-ri de tsunagaru (4 Jan 2018) (pin)
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
BS-CS broadcast
Sky PerfecTV!
  • Dream Series Geinin All Star Champion Bowling 2018 (30 Jan 2018) (pin)
Iwate Asahi Television/Akita Asahi Broadcasting
  • Katte ni Kankō Taishi (7 Nov 2015) (pin)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting
  • Owarai Wide Show Marco Polori! (1 May 2016) (Nuwarashi)
  • mu-Jack (21 Apr 2017) (Nuwarashi)
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Space Shower TV

Current regular programmes
  • Love music (CX, 16 Oct 2015 –) Narration charge; Every Sunday

Former appearances
  • The Big Chance! (29 Dec 2014/3 Aug 2015) Narration
  • Countdown Anime Heroine (29 Dec 2014, NHK Radio) Narration
  • Yachimata TV (12 Apr 2017) Narration
  • Zettai! Kazlazer (19 Apr 2017) Narration
  • Mission "Hawaii-shima no Zaihō o Sagase!" (30 Sep 2017, NHK E) Narration; as Boss
  • VS Arashi (12 Oct 2017) Narration; In the corner "Quiz Jun Matsumoto"[19]

Radio
  • Lotti no Dame Dame Radio Tenshi no Okotoba (17 Ayg 2013, NHK Radio) (Nuwarashi)
  • Radipedia (14 Apr 2014, J-Wave) (Chō Shinjuku)
  • CRK Music H.E.A.D.S. (21 Feb 2015, Radio Kansai) (Chō Shinjuku)
  • Alco & Peace no All Night Nippon 0 (27 Aug 2015, NBS) (pin)
  • Mana Sakura-Hollywood Koshisho no Asamade Maruhadaka (30 Jul/6 Aug 2016, NCB) (pin)
  • Gold Rush (13 Jan 2017, J-Wave) (pin)
  • Avalon (23 May 2017, J-Wave) (pin)
  • Sanshirō no All Night Nippon 0 (24 Dec 2017, NBS) –Radio Charity Musicthon Special– (pin)

Former appearances

([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.

Stage

Personal live
  • Ike Nwala no Comedy Challenge
    • Vol.1 (4 Jun 2016) Guests: Miracle Hikaru, Saraba Seishun no Hikari's Tetsuya Morita, New York's Hiromasa Yashiki. VTR Navigator: Ogiyahagi's Ken Yahagi
    • Vol.2 (5 Mar 2017) Guests: Jun Miho, Shizzle's Jun Murakami, Zigzag Ziggy's Masaru Ikeda. VTR Navigator: Drunk Dragon's Taku Suzuki

Guest appearances
  • Chidori no Dai Manzai (Surprise Guest appearance on a single live of Chidori)
    • Tokyo Yomiuri Hall (5 Nov 2017)
    • Osaka Shin Kabukiza (10 Nov 2017)

Events
  • 8 May 2016 "Dynamite Kansai 2016 –Open Tournament Zenyasai–" (Lumine the Yoshimoto)[20] (pin)
  • 21 Aug 2016 "Rocketman Summer Fes' 2016 thank you for the music!" (Tokyo Ebisu The Garden Hall)[21] (pin)

Advertising

Television

Internet

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