Atsuko Okatsuka

Atsuko Okatsuka is a Taiwanese-Japanese American comedian, writer and actor. She was born in Taiwan, spent her early childhood in Japan and came to Los Angeles at eight. She started doing stand-up in small clubs around the city, and in 2020 she put out her first comedy album, But I Control Me, on Comedy Dynamics.

Her debut special, The Intruder, premiered on HBO in December 2022 and won a Gracie Award. Her second, Father, was filmed at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles and streams on Hulu, and on Disney+ outside the US. Variety named her one of its 10 Comics to Watch in 2022. Her late-night debut came on The Late Late Show with James Corden in November 2021.

She has acted in History of the World Part II and Room 104, and she has a role as Ambassador Naos in the 2025 film Elio. She shared her immigrant story on This American Life. She and her grandmother started the Drop Challenge, which went viral online. Fans have turned up at her shows in wigs styled like her bowl cut.

The Big Bowl tour followed Father, with dates across North America. Okatsuka is billed at upcoming Los Angeles shows, and the dates we list for her appear further down this page.