Photo: 東海オンエア / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Tetsuya is a musician and YouTuber. Tetsuya was born on October 30, 1993 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. That works out to 32 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Nagoya University of Commerce & Business.
My Take
Tetsuya, born 30 October 1993 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, is best known as the leader of the YouTube group Tokai OnAir, and he is also credited as a musician. A graduate of Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, he built something that runs against the usual Japanese entertainment logic: instead of relocating to Tokyo, he stayed in his hometown and made Okazaki itself the stage. For a country where creative careers have traditionally meant moving to the capital, that is a quietly radical choice, and it has given the work a texture that a studio in Tokyo could not replicate. What impresses me most is longevity. Online video is a format built on churn — audiences move on, formats exhaust themselves, and most creators peak and fade within a few years. Staying relevant across a full decade means constantly reinventing the format while keeping whatever made people show up in the first place. That is a harder job than it looks from the outside.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tetsuya
- Name (Japanese)
- てつや
- Reading
- てつや
- Born
- October 30, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- musician / YouTuber
2. Background
- University
- Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tetsuya born?
Born October 30, 1993 (age 32).
Where is Tetsuya from?
Tetsuya is from Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Tetsuya do?
Tetsuya works as musician, YouTuber.
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