Takeshi Hirata

Finding a comedian who primarily specializes in slapstick is pretty rare in today's world- but if you're bound to know anyone in the genre, it’s got to be Takeshi Hirata! The child of Japanese comedy darlings Junpei and Aki Hirata and the world-renowned former Ultimate Bartender Kana Hirata, Takeshi got his start in entertainment at an early age when he co-hosted an edutainment program on YouTube with a classmate of his. His career continued upward from there, peaking when he starred in his own sitcom “Detention Duty”, where he plays an incredibly stressed former principal observing a group of kids intent on making his time a living hell. Despite his character’s nasty persona on the show, Takeshi is a much more optimistic and down-to-earth person when the camera stops rolling, seeming to always have a joke on hand.