Katsura Sando

Okay, this guy fascinates me. Katsura Sando wears so many hats it's almost greedy: rakugo storyteller, comedian, actor, and behind-the-scenes broadcast writer, the kind of person who can both kill a room and quietly script the laughs for someone else. Born in 1969, a Kyoto Sangyo University grad, and honestly that tracks, he reads less like a guy chasing the spotlight and more like a craftsman who'd rather sharpen the bit until it lands clean. There's something I love about a performer who's just as comfortable on the cushion telling a long story as hunched over a desk shaping someone else's punchline. He doesn't seem flashy, just stubbornly, durably funny, the type who builds a whole career out of being genuinely good. I'm rooting for him to keep at it.

Katsura Sando is a Japanese rakugo performer, actor, comedy entertainer, and broadcast writer born on August 27, 1969. He graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University and has built a multifaceted career spanning traditional rakugo storytelling, acting, and script writing. Standing 174 cm tall, he maintains an active presence on social media via his account on X (formerly Twitter). His agency affiliation is private.

Name (English)

Katsura Sando

Name (Japanese)

桂三度

Reading

かつら さんど

Born

August 27, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Japan

Height

174cm

Occupation

Rakugo Performer / Actor / Comedy Entertainer / Broadcast Writer

University

Kyoto Sangyo University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://search.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent_prf/?id=083
• Xhttps://x.com/katsurasando
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E4%B8%89%E5%BA%A6

Tags

• Rakugo Performer
• Actor
• Comedy Entertainer

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.