Shunpūtei Shōta

Shunpūtei Shōta
Birth nameYūji Tanoshita
Native name春風亭 昇太
Born (1959-12-09) December 9, 1959
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationTokai University
GenresRakugo
Notable works and rolesShōten

Shunpūtei Shōta (春風亭 昇太; born December 9, 1959) is a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single performer or storyteller appears on stage and tells comedic stories to the audience.