Daisuke Miyagawa

Daisuke Miyagawa is a comedian I have quiet respect for, because his specialty is the least glamorous one available: being genuinely, physically thrown into things. He was born in Kyoto in 1972, grew up in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, and built his career inside Yoshimoto, the engine room of Japanese comedy. What sets him apart is stamina. Plenty of young performers will take a fall for a laugh; very few are still doing it at full commitment in their fifties, screaming with real fear on location on the far side of the world. He can talk, he can act, he can carry a segment on his own. And yet the image that sticks is his mud-covered face. That is a raw deal, but it is also the whole point: you cannot fake that reaction, and audiences always know the difference.

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Name (English)

Daisuke Miyagawa

Name (Japanese)

宮川大輔

Reading

みやがわ だいすけ

Born

September 16, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

172 cm

Occupation

comedian / owarai tarento

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Blood type

B

Agency

吉本興業

High school

Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School

Spouse

既婚

Works summary

Appearances

209 (1993–2026)

By year

1993: 1, 1996: 2, 1999: 2, 2000: 1, 2001: 2, 2002: 5, 2003: 1, 2004: 2, 2005: 2, 2006: 4, 2007: 10, 2008: 13, 2009: 9, 2010: 8, 2011: 7, 2012: 14, 2013: 6, 2014: 4, 2015: 8, 2016: 7, 2017: 5, 2018: 11, 2019: 14, 2020: 8, 2021: 5, 2022: 7, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 2, 2026: 5

Debut work

ワタナベ

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/miyagawadai/
• Xhttps://x.com/kesuidawagayami
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke%20Miyagawa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E5%B7%9D%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94%20(%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12963092

Tags

• Kyoto Prefecture
• comedian
• owarai tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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