Sankyu Kurata

Okay, first things first: the name. Sankyu Kurata. "Sankyu" as in "thank you" — baked right into his stage identity like a handshake before he's even said a word. I love that. There's something disarming about a comedian who leads with gratitude rather than edge, and it makes you curious whether the persona is a bit and the man is ruthless, or whether he's genuinely just that warm. Born in Yokohama, which carries this breezy coastal cool, and he went all the way through Nihon University before deciding to make people laugh for a living — that's a commitment, not a stumble into the industry. Aquarius sun, Ox year: sounds contradictory until you realize the best comedians are exactly that mix — freewheeling on the surface, stubbornly grinding underneath. I don't know if he's ever going to fill arenas, but something about a guy who literally named himself Thank You feels like he's in it for the long game, and the long game tends to win.

Sankyu Kurata is a Japanese comedian born on February 11, 1985, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied at Nihon University before pursuing a career in entertainment as a comedy talent. He is active on social media under the handle thankyoukurata on both Instagram and X.

Name (English)

Sankyu Kurata

Name (Japanese)

さんきゅう倉田

Reading

さんきゅうくらた

Born

February 11, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Comedian / TV Personality

University

Nihon University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thankyoukurata/
• Xhttps://x.com/thankyoukurata
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E3%81%8D%E3%82%85%E3%81%86%E5%80%89%E7%94%B0

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Comedian

Last updated

2026-06-02

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