Nobu

I have a soft spot for a tsukkomi who commits this hard, and Nobu commits. He's the straight man of Chidori, the guy left holding the chaos while his partner Daigo just lobs nonsense and wanders off, and every single time Nobu sprints in to clean it up with that thick Okayama bark. There's something genuinely thrilling about how loud he gets, like the volume itself is a punchline, and yet it never curdles into mean. That's the trick I keep coming back to: a kid from rural Okayama who can yell the roof off a studio and still land it with charm. Watch him host and you see the range too, easy crowd work, quick setups, all instinct. Quietly one of the most reliable hands in Japanese comedy.

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Nobu is a Japanese comedian and television host born on December 30, 1979, in Yoshii-cho, Okayama Prefecture. He is best known as the tsukkomi (straight-man) of the comedy duo Chidori, formed with his partner Daigo. Raised in Okayama, he attended Okayama Prefectural Kasaoka Commercial High School. He is active across comedy and television hosting in Japan.

Name (English)

Nobu

Name (Japanese)

ノブ

Reading

のぶ

Born

December 30, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Yoshii-cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

A

Height

173 cm

Agency

吉本興業

Occupation

Comedian / TV Host / Entertainer

High school

Okayama Prefectural Kasaoka Commercial High School

Spouse

既婚

Works summary

Appearances

80 (2011–2026)

By year

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 7, 2018: 21, 2019: 15, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 6

Debut work

女の子宣言!アゲぽよTV

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/noboomanzaishi/
• Xhttps://x.com/NOBCHIDORI
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%96%20(%E3%81%8A%E7%AC%91%E3%81%84%E8%8A%B8%E4%BA%BA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30301463

Tags

• From Okayama Prefecture
• Comedian
• TV Host
• Entertainer

Last updated

2026-08-26

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