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Sunshine Ikezaki

Japanese comedian

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Sunshine Ikezaki
Sunshine in 2016
Birth name	Satoru Ikezaki
Native name	サンシャイン池崎
Born	(1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42) Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan
Medium	Television
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Oita Faculty of Engineering, Information Systems
Alma mater	Oita University
Years active	2005–
Employer	Watanabe Entertainment
Genres	Owarai, gags
Same year/generation as: Haraichi

Satoru Ikezaki (池崎慧, Ikezaki Satoru, born October 9, 1981, in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan), better known for his stage name Sunshine Ikezaki (サンシャイン池崎, Sanshain Ikezaki), is a Japanese comedian. His talent agency is Watanabe Entertainment.

Life and career

Ikezaki attended Kanoya High School^[1] and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in information systems at Oita University.^[2]^[3] In middle school, he was in the table tennis club for all three years and had inter-school competitive experience at the prefecture level. In high school, he was a part of the rowing team, and placed 2nd at the prefecture championships, and was a participant in the Kyushu championships.^[4]^[5]

After graduating university, Ikezaki did not pursue any jobs, but moved to Tokyo at the recommendation of his girlfriend at the time^[6] and joined Watanabe Entertainment in April 2005. He formed the comedy duo Sonic Brothers with a friend from university who also went to Tokyo, but were unsuccessful as the group dissolved in September 2007.^[2] Ikezaki continued activities as a solo comedian afterwards.

In 2008, he participated in the R-1 Grand Prix and made it to the 2nd round. In 2014, he made it to the semi-finals.^[7] In 2016, Ikezaki made it to the finals for the first time after finishing 3rd at the Resurrection Stage. The year after, Ikezaki once again made it to the finals from the Resurrection Stage and finished 2nd place overall as a finalist.^[8]

Ikezaki's performance in R-1 Grand Prix propelled him to popularity as he has been appearing frequently on television since 2016. He was already gaining traction before that, with a decent number of appearances on various comedy focus programs.

References

^ "サンシャイン池崎　母校にイェエエーール　"空前絶後"の快進撃に期待". Sports Nippon. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ ^a ^b Tokyo Shimbun 2015-11-11 Page 14「笑う神拾う神」
^ "サンシャイン池崎「180万一括で」　久本雅美を感心させた"一番高い買い物"". Sports Nippon. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "スポーツ経験一覧". Watanabe Entertainment. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "次クル芸人～新時代に輝くホープたち～ (Vol51 サンシャイン池崎)". リアルライブ. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "サンシャイン池崎、普段は普通「ずっと黙ってTV」（1/2）". Nikkan Sports. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "2/21(金)　ラフォーレミュージアム六本木". R-1 Grand Prix（2014）Official Site. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ R-1 Grand Prix 2016 and 2017