Jimmy Onishi

{{Short description|Japanese painter and comedian}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jimmy Onishi

| image = Jimmy Onishi IMG 7127-1 20190331.jpg

| native_name = {{lang|ja|ジミー大西}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = {{nihongo|大西 秀明|Ōnishi Hideaki}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|1}}

| birth_place = Yao, Osaka, Japan

| other_names = {{nihongo|Jimmy-chan|ジミーちゃん|Jimī-chan}}

| education = {{Ubl|Yao Municipal Annaka Elementary School|Yao Tatsunaru Method Junior High School|Daisho Large Sakai High School}}

| occupation = Painter, comedian

| years_active = 1982–present

| agent = Yoshimoto Creative Agency

| known_for = {{hlist|Higashino Okamura no Tabizaru|Knight Scoop|Gaki no Tsukai}}

}}

{{nihongo|Jimmy Onishi|ジミー大西|Jimī Ōnishi|born 1 January 1964}}{{cite web|url=http://search.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent_prf/?id=749|title=ジミー大西|work=Yoshimoto Creative Agency|language=ja|publisher=Yoshimoto Kogyo|accessdate=24 Sep 2016}} is a Japanese painter and comedian. His real name is {{nihongo|Hideaki Onishi|大西 秀明|Ōnishi Hideaki}}, in which his given name is a combination of {{nihongo|Hide|秀}} from daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi and {{nihongo|Aki|明}} means "bright" which relates to the New Year celebrations as he was born on New Year's Day.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyzo.com/2008/09/post_918_entry.html|title=TVでた蔵「2016年2月14日放送　ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで！！」|language=ja|publisher=Wire Action|date=14 Feb 2016|accessdate=24 Sep 2016}}

Onishi is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency.