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Yuriko Kotani, Glastonbury Festival, 2019

Yuriko Kotani is an England-based Japanese comedian and the BBC Radio New Comedy Award winner.[1][2][3]

Kotani began performing stand-up in 2014. She was named as "One To Watch" by Time Out in 2015.[4] She went on to become first runner-up in So You Think You're Funny 2015?,[5] won the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015,[6] placed third in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2015,[7] and was nominated for Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2016.[8]

On the radio, Kotani has been interviewed on The Comedy Club on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[9]

In 2016, Kotani appeared on series 2 of Russell Howard's Stand Up Central.[10]

In March 2017, Kotani made her TV acting debut in the BBC Three series, Pls Like.[11]

In January 2018, Kotani appeared on the CBBC panel show, The Dog Ate My Homework.

References

  1. ^ "BBC - BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 winner announced - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  2. ^ British Comedy Guide. "Yuriko Kotani wins BBC New Comedy Award - News - British Comedy Guide". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  3. ^ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Yuriko Kotani scoops BBC New Comedy Award : News 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-25. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "One to watch: Yuriko Kotani". Time Out London. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. ^ "So You Think You're Funny | Gilded Balloon". gildedballoon.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. ^ "Jill Edwards | Comic Boom Comedy Club | Komedia Brighton | Seann Walsh". jill-edwards.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  7. ^ "What's On - New Comedian of the Year - Museum of Comedy". www.leicestersquaretheatre.com. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  8. ^ http://www.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/show.php?event_id=5371&showdate=2016-02-20&venue=270
  9. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Comedy Club Interviews, 20/03/2016". BBC. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  10. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Stand Up Central - Comedy Central Stand-Up - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  11. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Pls Like Series 1, Episode 5 - Technology - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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