Naoko Nozawa

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Born (1963-03-29) 29 March 1963 (age 62)
Tokyo, Japan
OthernamesNaoko Auclair (American name)
EducationTokyo Agricultural University Daiichi High School
OccupationsComedian, Musician
Naoko Nozawa
野沢 直子
Born (1963-03-29) 29 March 1963 (age 62)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesNaoko Auclair (American name)
EducationTokyo Agricultural University Daiichi High School
OccupationsComedian, Musician
Years active1983
AgentYoshimoto Kogyo
Television
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
SpouseRobert Auclair (1992-2025) Tora Fujimoto (2025-Present)
Websitehttps://profile.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent/detail?id=720

Naoko Nozawa (野沢 直子, Nozawa Naoko)[1] born 29 March 1963, in Tokyo, is a Japanese comedian and musician. Her married name (and as a permanent resident,[2] her legal name in the United States) is Naoko Auclair (ナオコ・オークライヤー, Naoko Ōkuraiyā).[3]

Nozawa is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency. Her grandfather was author Naojiro Kuga, her uncle was voice actor and theatre director Nachi Nozawa, and her cousin is actor So Nozawa.

After relocating to the United States in 1991, Nozawa occasionally returns to Japan on a yearly basis to appear in Japanese media, in order to remain contracted with the Yoshimoto Kogyo agency. As such, Nozawa has taken part of special units (such as the comedian-based idol group Yoshimotozaka46) and appeared on television shows (Waratte Iitomo! and Bokura no Jidai). Nozawa refers to herself as a "migrant comedian".[4]

In 1991, Nozawa took a break from the Japanese entertainment scene and moved to New York. In 1992, she announced that she was in a rock band called The Ass Baboons of Venus.[5][6] After her marriage to her bandmate (see Personal Life), The Ass Baboons of Venus later suspended their activities to focus on their family.[7]

In 2015, Nozawa formed a new band called Electric Machine Gun Tits (EMGT).[8][9] The band performs regularly in nightclubs and venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Electric Machine Gun Tits opened for Guitar Wolf, Lolita No.18, and PUFFY during their American tours.

Personal life

In 1992, Nozawa married her Ass Baboons bandmate, Robert "Bob Limp" Auclair.[10] Nozawa and Auclair later relocated to San Francisco to raise their children: one son and two daughters. Bob Auclair later took on a career as a nurse and the couple had suspended their band.[7] Their eldest daughter is mixed martial arts fighter Shinju "Juju" Nozawa-Auclair.[11][12]

In January 2024, Nozawa had announced that the couple had begun divorce proceedings.[3][13] Later that year, Nozawa simultaneously announced that she is dating her EMGT bandmate Tora Fujimoto, who is 13 years Nozawa's junior, and that the couple plans to marry upon finalization of her divorce from Auclair.[14]

On July 18, 2025, during an appearance on Tokyo MX's "5-ji ni Muchū", Nozawa announced that her divorce had been finalized and as planned, she had already married Fujimoto. Nozawa and Fujimoto have since uploaded various Instagram posts announcing themselves as a married couple.[15][16][17]

Program appearances

Former appearances

Year Title Network
Hyōkin YobikōFuji TV
Jōdangahō
Yūyake Nyan Nyan
1984Kibun wa MeitanteiNTV
1985Party Yarō ze!TV Asahi
Osawagase Kenshi: Suzunosuke AkadoFuji TV
1986Checkers in Namida no Request
1987Waratte Iitomo!
1988Quiz Sekai wa Show by!!NTV
1989Yume de AetaraFuji TV
Sekai no Chō Gōka Chinpin Ryōri
Quiz kore wa Uma i!TBS
Kayō Dokkiri DaihōsōTV Asahi
Odekake Komachi-gumiMBS
1990Beat Takeshi no Owarai Ultra QuizNTV
Hana no Joshi-kō: Sei Cattleya GakuenTV Tokyo
Raion no gokigen yōFuji TV
2016Shikujiri-sensei: Ore mitai ni naru na!!TV Asahi

Kansai local

Title Network
MBS Young TownMBS Radio

Chūkyō local

Year Title Network
19875-Ji Sat MagazineCTV
2016Honnō ZCBC

Discography

Title Notes
HanajiRecorded "Ōwada baku", "Michael Tomioka no Yoru wa Fukete", "Tomoko to Yobanaide", and "Alps no Shōjo Heidi"
Fukazume
Tonyoshi Chinpei KantaRecorded cover of Linda Yamamoto's song "Komacchauna"
Seiri de Pon!
Naoko Nozawa Super Best

Filmography

Year Title
Money zansu'!
Tokyo zansu' "Tokyo Escalator"
Hayashiya Parko no Yabō
Teito Monogatari
Ashita Ga Arusa
2006The Vagina Monologues
Monkfish Dream
The Legend of the Water Breakers

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