Kody Seti Kimbulu (born 23 January 1978), known professionally as Kody or Kody Kim, is a Belgian television host, comedian, and radio personality. Kody was born in

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, Belgium to a Congolese family. He attended the

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, studying both politics and business management. After graduation, he joined the theatre group Kings of Comedy and began working in the radio industry, hosting radio shows on

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and

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. In 2014, he was featured in the fourth season of

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's show ''

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'' on

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. He was a

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for

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and C8 from 2015 to 2017. On 18 October 2019, it was announced that Kody would host the

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* * {{authority control 1978 births 21st-century comedians Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Belgian male comedians Belgian television presenters Belgian radio presenters Université catholique de Louvain alumni Living people