Kōji Nakamoto

{{short description|Japanese actor and comedian (1941–2022)}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|仲本工事|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kōji Nakamoto

| image =Kōji Nakamoto non-free.png

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|5}}

| birth_place = Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|19|1941|7|5}}

| death_place = Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = Comedian, actor, guitarist, singer

| alma mater = Gakushuin University

| years_active = 1963–2022

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{{Nihongo|Kōji Nakamoto|仲本 工事|Nakamoto Kōji|July 5, 1941 – October 19, 2022}} was a Japanese comedian.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BB%B2%E6%9C%AC%20%E5%B7%A5%E4%BA%8B-1798124|title=仲本 工事|publisher=kotobank|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} His real name is {{nihongo|Kōki Nakamoto|仲本 興喜}}.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/owarai/artist/6096|title=ドリフターズ|publisher=ナタリー|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} He was one of the members of The Drifters.{{cite web|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M99-0354&r|title=Kōji Nakamoto|publisher=Viptimes|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}

Nakamoto graduated from Gakushuin University.{{cite web|url=https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/8757|title=仲本工事 77歳 今だから語る「いかりやさんとの"バカ兄弟"が一番難しかった」|publisher=Bunshun online|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} He occasionally appeared in the dramas and films as an actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/453872/profile/|title=仲本工事|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}

He died in a traffic collision on October 19, 2022, at the age of 81.{{cite news |title=「ドリフ」仲本工事さん死去 18日横浜市で車にはねられる 81歳 |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20221019/amp/k10013864731000.html |access-date=19 October 2022 |publisher=NHK |date=19 October 2022}}