Fumi Abe is an LA-based Japanese-American standup comedian and writer who was most recently one of Just For Laugh’s coveted New Faces of 2023, joining the ranks of household names such as Jimmy Fallon, Amy Schumer, Hasan Minhaj, John Mulaney, Kevin Hart etc. He was also featured on Vulture’s 2023 Comedians You Should and Will Know.
Fumi is a writer who has performed on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and has been a staff writer on The Late Late Show with James Corden. He has written for NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”, the 2022 TIME100 Gala hosted by Simu Liu, and was part of the 2020 Comedy Central Digital Creators Program.
He currently co-hosts the personal finance comedy podcast “Cash Cuties” with Steffie Baik and previously hosted “Asian Not Asian“, which was included in Vulture’s Comedy Podcast Roundup and The AV Club’s Podcast series highlights.
