Naoko Nozawa
Naoko Nozawa born 29 March 1963, in Tokyo, is a Japanese comedian and musician. Her married name is Naoko Auclair.
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 and appeared on television shows. Nozawa refers to herself as a "migrant comedian".
Musical career
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. After her marriage to her bandmate, The Ass Baboons of Venus later suspended their activities to focus on their family.In 2015, Nozawa formed a new band called Electric Machine Gun Tits. 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. 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. Their eldest daughter is mixed martial arts fighter Shinju "Juju" Nozawa-Auclair.In January 2024, Nozawa had announced that the couple had begun divorce proceedings. 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.
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.