Akihiro Kakuta

I'll be honest, I knew Akihiro Kakuta as one of the guys in the comedy trio Tokyo03 long before I clocked that he's a legit singer-songwriter too, and that combo just makes me grin. He's got this ordinary, slightly put-upon Tokyo-everyman face, the kind of dude you'd pass on a Bunkyo-ward street without a second glance, and somehow that very plainness is his secret weapon. When he locks into that deadpan, over-explaining everything with a straight face and then suddenly flips into a little burst of character work, it's the funniest thing. The voice carries, the timing's surgical, and you can tell he takes both the laughs and the music dead seriously. A versatile guy who never wears it smugly, he's just got that warm, lived-in flavor I find easy to root for.

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Akihiro Kakuta is a Japanese singer-songwriter and comedy entertainer born on December 13, 1973, in Bunkyo, Tokyo. He is a Sagittarius and attended Tokai University. Standing 172 cm tall, he is active across both music and comedy, and is listed on Universal Music Japan's artist roster.

Name (English)

Akihiro Kakuta

Name (Japanese)

角田晃広

Reading

かくた あきひろ

Born

December 13, 1973 (age 52)

Origin

Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Height

172cm

Occupation

Singer-songwriter / Comedy entertainer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Blood type

A

Agency

プロデューサーハウスあ・うん→プロダクション人力舎

University

Tokai University

Works summary

Appearances

80 (2011–2027)

By year

2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 5, 2014: 3, 2015: 6, 2016: 4, 2017: 6, 2018: 4, 2019: 3, 2020: 6, 2021: 6, 2022: 4, 2023: 8, 2024: 8, 2025: 3, 2026: 3, 2027: 1

Debut work

13歳のハローワーク 第1話

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.universal-music.co.jp/kakuta_akihiro/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/akihiro_kakuta/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%92%E7%94%B0%E6%99%83%E5%BA%83
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11630793

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Singer-songwriter
• Comedy entertainer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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