Meet One of the Few Nigerian who is one of the most famous comedians in Japan

Meet One of the Few Nigerian who is one of the most famous Comedians in Japan

 Ike Nwala left finance to become a comedian in faraway Asia. 

 

 

In a homogeneous society like Japan, you will be shocked to find that one of the biggest comedians in the country is a Nigerian.

Meet American-Nigerian, Ike Nwala, 31. At the age of 21, he moved to Japan to get a job with Goldman Sachs. Lo and behold he is a big sensation in the Asian country.

"I worked in computer engineering. And the whole time I was watching comedy DVDs nonstop, teaching myself Japanese, and working on my material" he told VICE in May 2017.

 

 Nwala would later join a comedy troupe on the side. His big break came when he did an impression of the announcer at the Tokyo Disney Resort on a popular TV show. It went viral and he was suddenly in demand.

Today his face is all over TV stations. Apart from being a funny man, he applies his knowledge about business into his shows. On the program  Nakai-Kun no Manabu Switch, he uses his business acumen and his comedy formula to teach the Japanese about bitcoin.

In a country like Japan where black people are viewed in a certain way, Ike Nwala's success is phenomenal. With his success comes a responsibility to represent black people.

 

"I don’t see it as a responsibility. I see it as an opportunity. That’s all I see, just opportunities. It’s one of my goals, just opening their eyes, you know? Showing that not all black people are the same. Me coming out of doing technology, I think that helps" he told VICE.

If Nwala stops comedy he admits that he would go back to tech and finance because he knows he is not funny in English