Yuriko Kotani
UK
PERFORMER
Yuriko Kotani is a Japanese stand-up comic based in the UK. She began performing stand-up in 2014, her material focussing on the cultural differences between Britain and Japan. She won the 2015 BBC Radio New Comedy Award, making her the first Japanese person to win the award. She debuted her solo show Somosomo at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has also performed at Glastonbury.