Kazuhisa Uekusa (Professionally known as Mr. Uekusa) is a Japanese novelty stripper who reached the Semi-Finals of Britain's Got Talent in Series 12.
Before his audition, he needed a translator to answer the Judges' questions, and even she was unable to provide a coherent answer to some of the questions. However, he did state that what he did 'Made people very happy'.
Mr. Uekusa's audition began by him stripping to his underwear, and balancing a drink on his masked face. He then pulled the mask of, leaving the drink intact. He then repeated this feat with plungers on his chest, before removing his underwear and replacing it with a sheet. A cup was then placed on the sheet, and Uekusa used a tape measure to remove the sheet, before repeating the feat with a champagne bottle. Simon remarked 'Are you aware that the winner of this show gets to perform at the Royal Variety?', however the other three Judges enjoyed the act, with David stating 'It was highly erotic'.
In the Semi-Finals, he stripped to his underwear before placing small rubber balls on his body to 'One More Time' by Daft Punk, before placing a spatula in his underwear, as he set up a Jenga tower upon a table. His performance culminated as he wrapped a sheet around his waist and placed a bauble upon it before removing it, and conducted the same activity with a drone, before balancing a bottle on a sheet covering his body, which he opened the cork off before then balancing a cup on his body to 'I Will Always Love You' by Celine Dion. Amanda buzzed his performance. Alesha remarked that she believed that 'The men on [the] panel had gone nuts' and added if he were to win BGT, it would be the end of the show, with Amanda adding that she found the scale of the performance 'A bit small'.
Before BGT[]
In between 2016 and 2017, Uekusa competed on the 7th season of ‘Georgia's Got Talent’ and made the Semi-Finals (as Naked Comedian) due to receiving a Golden Buzzer on the show.
In early 2018, Uekusa competed on the 13th season of ‘America's Got Talent’ as Wes-P, yet did not make it through the auditions.
After BGT[]
In November 2018, he competed on the 13th season of ‘France's Got Talent’ and made the Finals (as Uekusa), having also been given a Golden Buzzer into the Semi-Finals of the show on by receiving one from judge Sugar Sammy a French comedienne.
Later in 2018, Uekusa auditioned for the 5th season of Italian competition series ‘Tu Si Que Vales’, where he failed to reach the following round yet for unknown reasons this is undocumented on the Italian Wikipedia page however is in both the media and the shows official YouTube channel.[1]
In 2019, Uekusa competed on the 3rd season of ‘Asia's Got Talent’ as a part of novelty superhero group named Suzuki of Bad X Ten (a.k.a Kazuhisa Uekusa) alongside fellow previous BGT competitor TanBA and future BGT competitors Fabulous Sisters, however Uekusa's group was ultimately eliminated during the Judge Cuts.
In 2020, Uekusa auditioned for the 10th season of ‘Romania's Got Talent’, however failed to make the live shows.
In July 2020, he competed on ‘France Got Talent’s: Battle of the Judges’ as to which was most probably the countries format for 'The Champions' as 'Uekusa', however his team was eliminated during The Duels.
In 2022, Uekusa auditioned for the 7th season of ‘Greece's Got Talent’, the 8th season of ‘Bulgaria's Got Talent’ and the 10th season of ‘Australia's Got Talent’.[2]
In 2023, Uekusa appeared as a guest performer on the 1st season of ‘Japan's Got Talent'.
Additionally in 2023, Uekusa reached the Semi-Finals of the 9th season of ‘Spain’s Got Talent’.[3]
In 2024, Uekusa competed on ‘America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League’, where he was drafted onto Simon’s Team and was eliminated in the Preliminaries instead of the Vardanyan Brothers.
In December 2024, Uekusa was featured on ITV’s ‘TikTok: Top 100 2024’ where his content was ranked as the 34th most viewed.
In 2025, Uekusa competed on the 5th season of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’.
Additionally in 2025, Uekusa auditioned for the 20th season of ‘America’s Got Talent’.
Trivia[]
- He is the third ever act to have competed on both AGT and BGT in the same year, with the first being Siro-A, the second being Charlie Plaçais, the fourth being Gonzo, the fifth being Wesley Williams, the sixth being Thomas Vu, the seventh being Andrew Stanton, the eighth being Noodle, the ninth being Duncan Murray, & the tenth being B Unique Crew.