Masato Kubota

Born in Tokyo in August 1961 and educated at Rissho University, Masato Kubota has worked as a voice actor, a television personality, and more recently as a YouTuber. The detail I keep coming back to is his official Instagram handle: wakuwaku_kousaku, which translates roughly as "exciting crafts." A voice actor who becomes known for making things with his hands has done something unusual with a career. Holding the attention of small children armed with nothing but paper, scissors and glue is a genuine skill, and one that does not fade with fashion. What I respect most is that a man past sixty went out and learned video platforms rather than living off whatever recognition he already had. Performers who survive decades tend to share that trait: when the tools change, they simply pick up the new ones and keep working.

Name (English)

Masato Kubota

Name (Japanese)

久保田雅人

Reading

くぼた まさと

Born

August 8, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

seiyū / tarento / YouTuber

University

Rissho University

• Official sitehttps://kubota-masato.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wakuwaku_kousaku/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E7%94%B0%E9%9B%85%E4%BA%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11369136

Tags

• Tokyo
• seiyū
• tarento
• YouTuber

Last updated

2026-08-07

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.