Nakayama Kinnikun

I'll be honest, the first time I clocked Nakayama Kinnikun I figured he was a one-joke guy: flex, yell, exit. But the longer I watch, the more I think that's the whole genius of it. He's a comedian whose entire body is the punchline, and there's something disarming about a Kitakyushu kid who decided his bit would be, well, actual muscle, built for real over years. The "Ya!" pose makes me laugh before I've even processed why, which is the kind of dumb magic you can't fake. What sticks with me, though, is the gap underneath: the goofy, sunny persona sitting on top of genuinely brutal discipline. You come to giggle at the flexing and leave weirdly respecting the man. That mix of clown and craftsman is rarer than it looks, and I'm a little charmed by it.

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Nakayama Kinnikun is a Japanese comedy entertainer born on September 17, 1978, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. He is known for a performance style that combines muscle-flexing physical comedy with his signature catchphrase delivery. He attended Fukuoka Institute of Technology Joto High School. He maintains an active presence on social media, including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Nakayama Kinnikun

Name (Japanese)

なかやまきんに君

Reading

なかやまきんにくん

Born

September 17, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

177cm

Occupation

Comedy Entertainer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Blood type

AB

Agency

吉本興業（2000 - 2021）→フリー（2022 - ）

High school

Fukuoka Institute of Technology Joto High School

Works summary

Appearances

38 (2001–2026)

By year

2001: 3, 2002: 1, 2003: 1, 2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2017: 2, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Debut work

できちゃった結婚 第1話

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nakayama_kinnikun/
• Xhttps://x.com/kinnikun0917
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8B%E3%82%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D%E3%82%93%E3%81%AB%E5%90%9B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11274105

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Comedy Entertainer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.