Ichikawa Koikuchi was a flatulist who competed on America's Got Talent: Fantasy League, competing on Howie Mandel's team. He was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
Background[]
Ichikawa hails from Japan. He has been performing since 1993, explaining that his talent came from his family as it ran in their blood.
In 2019, Koikuchi auditioned for the third season of Asia's Got Talent where his performance was buzzed by David Foster.
In 2022, Koikuchi auditioned for the seventeenth season of France's Got Talent, where his performance was buzzed by Sugar Sammy, Marianne James and Hélène Ségara.
In 2023, Koikuchi reached the Semi-Finals of the sixteenth season of Britain’s Got Talent, auditioned for the ninth season of Spain’s Got Talent where his performance was buzzed by Risto Mejide and competed on the tenth season of Italian competition series Tu Si Que Vales.
Fantasy League Nominations[]
Ichikawa Koikuchi was nominated as one of the Top 40 acts, sending him through to the Draft Pool.
Fantasy League Draft Pool[]
Ichikawa was drafted onto Howie Mandel's team.
Fantasy League Preliminary[]
Ichikawa Koikuchi's preliminary performance in Episode FL03 consisted of making party blowers move, blowing soap bubbles and popping a giant balloon on a helmet on Howie's head by farting. Mel B buzzed the act, but Simon Cowell and Heidi Klum gave him a standing ovation. As he walked off stage, Mel B pushed each of the other judges' buzzers. He did not receive enough votes to advance to the Semifinals, eliminating him from the competition instead of Loren Allred and Chapel Hart.
After the Show[]
Additionally in 2024, he competed on the sixteenth season of Das Supertalent.
