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My Take
Ueshima is the comedian I would point to if someone asked me why Japanese variety television works at all. As part of the trio Dacho Club, he built a career on being the one who gets pushed, dunked and humiliated, and he did it for decades with a discipline most viewers never noticed. Repeating the same gag until an audience cheers for it rather than tires of it is far harder than inventing a new one. At 162 cm he was usually the smallest presence in the room, and he used that, taking the losing role so the younger performers could win. He came from a small town in Hyogo and somehow his comedy belonged to the whole country. When he died in 2022, something ordinary and load-bearing went missing from the screen.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryūhei Ueshima
- Name (Japanese)
- 上島竜兵
- Born
- January 20, 1961 – May 11, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Kasuga, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 162 cm
- Occupation
- actor / owarai tarento / tarento / comedian
2. Background
- High school
- Saisei Engineering High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E5%B3%B6%E7%AB%9C%E5%85%B5
Frequently asked questions
When was Ryūhei Ueshima born?
January 20, 1961 – May 11, 2022.
Where is Ryūhei Ueshima from?
Ryūhei Ueshima is from Kasuga, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
What does Ryūhei Ueshima do?
Ryūhei Ueshima works as actor, owarai tarento, tarento, comedian.
How tall is Ryūhei Ueshima?
Ryūhei Ueshima is 162 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-26
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.