, better known by his stage names and , is a Japanese comedian, television personality and entertainer. Kosaka insists that Pikotaro is another personality promoted by him, but they are considered the same person. He is currently signed with Avex Management Inc. under
Avex Group
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other busi ...
.
He is best known for his single "
PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)".
During US President
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
's Fall 2017 trip to Asia, Kosaka was chosen to sing at the official state reception, reportedly due to Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe
Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍 晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...
's wish to keep the mood "upbeat".
Kosaka is also known for portraying Muryou Hakataminami in ''
Mashin Sentai Kiramager
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama. It is the 44th entry of Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries and the first series to air exclusively in the Reiwa era. ''Kiramager''s main motifs are genies, gemstones and vehicles. It is the fifth veh ...
'' (2020-2021).
Personal life
Daimaou Kosaka married Hitomi Yasueda, a
gravure model
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, on 3 August 2017. On 17 June 2018, Yasueda gave birth to their first daughter.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Singles
Other singles
Filmography
Kosaka portrays Muruyo Hakataminami (The owner of Carat, Mentor to the Kiramagers, and Younger Brother to Kiramei Silver) on
Mashin Sentai Kiramager
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama. It is the 44th entry of Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries and the first series to air exclusively in the Reiwa era. ''Kiramager''s main motifs are genies, gemstones and vehicles. It is the fifth veh ...
. His role as Pikotaro (Most notably making PPAP) has been poked at many times, including (but not limited to):
* In the main base, a poster can be seen reading "Perfect Performance And Physical" in an
Acrostic
An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the ''first'' letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. The term comes from the Fre ...
style.
* Episode 16's Pre-Credits scene has Juuru holding a pineapple and an apple, while asking whether Mixelan (the new mecha, and a cement mixer) can mix fruit. Hakataminami is standing next to him the whole time.
* In the Movie he performs the song in earnest in order to wake the team up during a fight with a dream themed monster
References
External links
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1963 births
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people
Avex Group talents
Japanese comedians
Living people
People from Aomori (city)