Naoko Nozawa

born 29 March 1963, in Tokyo, is a Japanese comedian and musician. Her married name (and as a permanent resident, her legal name in the United States) is .

Nozawa is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency. Her grandfather was author Naojiro Kuga, her uncle was voice actor and theatre director Nachi Nozawa, and her cousin is actor So Nozawa.

After relocating to the United States in 1991, Nozawa occasionally returns to Japan on a yearly basis to appear in Japanese media, in order to remain contracted with the Yoshimoto Kogyo agency. As such, Nozawa has taken part of special units (such as the comedian-based idol group Yoshimotozaka46) and appeared on television shows (Waratte Iitomo! and Bokura no Jidai). Nozawa refers to herself as a "migrant comedian".

Musical career In 1991, Nozawa took a break from the Japanese entertainment scene and moved to New York. In 1992, she announced that she was in a rock band called The Ass Baboons of Venus. After her marriage to her bandmate (see Personal Life), The Ass Baboons of Venus later suspended their activities to focus on their family.

In 2015, Nozawa formed a new band called Electric Machine Gun Tits (EMGT). The band performs regularly in nightclubs and venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Electric Machine Gun Tits opened for Guitar Wolf, Lolita No.18, and PUFFY during their American tours.

Personal life In 1992, Nozawa married her Ass Baboons bandmate, Robert "Bob Limp" Auclair. Nozawa and Auclair later relocated to San Francisco to raise their children: one son and two daughters. Bob Auclair later took on a career as a nurse and the couple had suspended their band.

In January 2024, Nozawa had announced that the couple had begun divorce proceedings. Later that year, Nozawa simultaneously announced that she is dating her EMGT bandmate Tora Fujimoto, who is 13 years Nozawa's junior, and that the couple plans to marry upon finalization of her divorce from Auclair.

On July 18, 2025, during an appearance on Tokyo MX's "5-ji ni Muchū", Nozawa announced that her divorce had been finalized and as planned, she had already married Fujimoto. Nozawa and Fujimoto have since uploaded various Instagram posts announcing themselves as a married couple.

Program appearances Former appearances Year Title Network Hyōkin Yobikō Fuji TVJōdangahōYūyake Nyan Nyan 1984 Kibun wa Meitantei NTV 1985 Party Yarō ze! TV AsahiOsawagase Kenshi: Suzunosuke Akado Fuji TV 1986 Checkers in Namida no Request 1987 Waratte Iitomo! 1988 Quiz Sekai wa Show by!! NTV 1989 Yume de Aetara Fuji TVSekai no Chō Gōka Chinpin Ryōri Quiz kore wa Uma i! TBSKayō Dokkiri Daihōsō TV AsahiOdekake Komachi-gumi MBS 1990 Beat Takeshi no Owarai Ultra Quiz NTV Hana no Joshi-kō: Sei Cattleya Gakuen TV TokyoRaion no gokigen yō Fuji TV 2016 Shikujiri-sensei: Ore mitai ni naru na!! TV Asahi

Kansai local Title Network MBS Young Town MBS Radio

Chūkyō local Year Title Network 1987 5-Ji Sat Magazine CTV 2016 Honnō Z CBC

Discography Title Notes Hanaji Recorded "Ōwada baku", "Michael Tomioka no Yoru wa Fukete", "Tomoko to Yobanaide", and "Alps no Shōjo Heidi" Fukazume Tonyoshi Chinpei Kanta Recorded cover of Linda Yamamoto's song "Komacchauna" Seiri de Pon! Naoko Nozawa Super Best

Filmography Year Title Money zansu'!Tokyo zansu''' "Tokyo Escalator" Hayashiya Parko no Yabō|- Teito Monogatari|- Ashita Ga Arusa|-

The Legend of the Water Breakers''