Yasuko

Yasuko has one of the least likely resumes in Japanese comedy. She grew up in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, joined the Ground Self-Defense Force after high school, moved into comedy and television, and never quite left the military behind: she still holds a ready reserve commitment. Most comedians build a persona; she kept the one she already had, camouflage uniform and parade-ground posture included. What makes it work is that the brightness is not an act. Japanese variety television runs on mockery, and someone who is funny without needing a target is rarer than it sounds. She has also spoken openly about being raised in a children's home, without asking anyone for sympathy, and that is a large part of why audiences trust her. Her run as the charity marathon runner on Nippon Television's 24-Hour Television showed the whole country the same thing: exhausted, and still relentlessly good-humoured.

Name (English)

Yasuko

Name (Japanese)

やす子

Born

September 2, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Height

154 cm

Occupation

owarai tarento / Ready Reserve Self-Defense Official

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%84%E3%81%99%E5%AD%90

Tags

• Yamaguchi Prefecture
• owarai tarento
• Ready Reserve Self-Defense Official

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.