Dayu Koume

White paint, a kimono, a strangled falsetto, and a punchline that lands like a dropped plate. Born in Suginami, Tokyo in 1972. What interests me is not the television breakout but the years after it: he kept posting a new gag online every single day, and the reliable failure became the act itself. Most performers quit when the laughs stop. He made not stopping the point.

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Name (English)

Dayu Koume

Name (Japanese)

コウメ太夫

Reading

こうめだゆう

Born

April 20, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

owarai tarento

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Blood type

O

Agency

SMA NEET Project

University

Asahikawa University

Spouse

泉美木蘭

Works summary

Appearances

97 (2006–2026)

By year

2006: 2, 2007: 6, 2009: 3, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 5, 2015: 2, 2016: 2, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 5, 2020: 2, 2021: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 8, 2024: 2, 2025: 4, 2026: 6

Debut work

1億3000万人が選ぶベストアーティスト2006

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://id13.fm-p.jp/12/akaichan/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/koumedayu/
• Xhttps://x.com/dayukoume
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayu%20Koume
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A1%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11301873

Tags

• Tokyo
• owarai tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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