About Yūji Tanaka
Born 1965. Yūji Tanaka is a Japanese owarai tarento, essayist and comedian.
is a Japanese comedian. He is best known as half of the owarai duo Bakusho Mondai along with Hikari Ota. He also played Mike in the Japanese dub of the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc., Br'er Fox in the Japanese dub of the Disney movie Song of the South (special edition), Shaun in the Japanese dubs of Shaun The Sheep Movie and A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon, and Josh Valentine in the Japanese dub of Godzilla vs. Kong. Tanaka was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2000, but was successfully treated following surgery.
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Who is Yūji Tanaka?
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter and essayist (1965-)
When was Yūji Tanaka born?
Yūji Tanaka was born on 10 January 1965 in Nakano.
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Yūji Tanaka is an owarai tarento, essayist and comedian.
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Yūji Tanaka is Japanese.
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