Edd China

Edd China is one of those rare people where the job title "inventor, engineer, and TV presenter" actually makes complete sense once you see him work. Standing at 6'7" and somehow managing to fold himself under a car bonnet, he spent years on Wheeler Dealers turning basket-case vehicles into something genuinely desirable — and the man clearly loved every greasy minute of it. What set him apart from the typical TV mechanic was that he never talked down to the audience; he explained things like someone who genuinely wanted you to understand, not just be impressed. When he left the show in 2017 over concerns about reduced technical content, a lot of fans sided with him, which tells you something about the trust he'd built. His Grease Junkie workshops and inventor side keep that same spirit alive — hands-on, curious, never satisfied with "good enough."

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Name (English)

Edd China

Name (Japanese)

エド・チャイナ

Reading

えど・ちゃいな

Born

May 9, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Height

201 cm

Occupation

television presenter / journalist / engineer / businessperson / inventor

University

London South Bank University

• Official sitehttps://www.greasejunkie.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theeddchina/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheEddChina
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd%20China
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2678279

Tags

• television presenter
• journalist
• engineer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.