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Australian comedian
Takashi Wakasugi
若杉 昂志
NationalityJapanese
Alma materDoshisha University
Occupation
  • Comedian
Years active2019–present

Takashi "Waka" Wakasugi (Japanese: 若杉 昂志, Hepburn: Wakasugi Takashi) is a Japanese comedian who performs in both Australia and Japan.

Wakasugi attended Doshisha University in Japan. During his studies there in 2012, Wakasugi studied abroad at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where he first performed stand-up in English. Having previously worked for a time as a backpacking farmworker across Australia, Wakasugi moved there in 2019, where his love of comedy and desire to further practice English resulted in him deciding to pursue stand-up full-time.

In 2021, Wakasugi presented his stand-up show Farm Backpacker (Subclass 417) at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). His show Stay Home Stay, about his experience in Perth during the COVID-19 pandemic, premiered in 2022. At the 2023 MICF, Wakasugi won the Director's Choice Award for his show Japanese Worry.

Wakasugi presented Japanese Aussie at the 2024 MICF, and he performed his show Welcome to Japan at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2023 and at Edinburgh Fringe in 2024.

In 2018, Wakasugi was a guest on Tonightly with Tom Ballard, and he was a performer on Thank God You're Here in 2024. Wakasugi will appear on the fourth season of Taskmaster Australia, set to broadcast in 2025.

References

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