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Artist
Kaya Yanar
12+ albums
comedygermankabarettGerman Comedygerman stand up comedy
about
Kaya Yanar (* May 20, 1973, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German comedian, television presenter, actor, and livestreamer. He achieved breakthrough success with the multi-award-winning Sat.1 comedy show "Was guckst du?!" ("What Are You Looking At?!"). Kaya Yanar is the son of a construction engineer. His parents are of Turkish descent and lived in the southern Turkish city of Antakya before immigrating to Germany. German was the only language spoken at home, and religion did not play a role in the family. He has one brother. Yanar attended the humanistic Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium in Frankfurt (Main), where he graduated. He then studied phonetics, American studies, and philosophy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main but did not obtain a degree. He is an animal rights activist and supports the animal rights organization PETA with campaigns against fur and promoting vegetarian and vegan diets. Between 2003 and 2005, he was in a relationship with Mirja Boes. In 2018, he married his longtime girlfriend, Swiss dressage rider Josephine Rosen. The couple has been living in Zurich since 2012. In 2019, they welcomed a son, and in late 2021, a second child. Career He became known in 2001 through the Sat.1 comedy show "Was guckst du?!," a television format adopted from Britain, also known as ethno-comedy, in which he played with the stereotypes of various ethnic groups. He was both the host and main actor in most sketches. In addition, he toured Germany with three
