Dude was walking casually in English then started triple backflipping when he switched to Japanese

@joshuainlondon

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@NinjaMindwithRigoStaRR

6 ай бұрын

☠️😭

@PradeepNMoosath

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@tinavino1575

6 ай бұрын

I am a Korean who is familiar with those 2 languages, and he definitely sounds like a British who speaks some Japanese words.

@harleynguyen5301

6 ай бұрын

@@tinavino1575some? What are u talking about?

Ironically, it's very Japanese of him to not consider himself Japanese because of his ethnicity.

@LadiiLike5

9 ай бұрын

What a conundrum right? 😂

@yabigitisine7164

9 ай бұрын

It’s not very “japanese” it is just what it is

@lavendher

9 ай бұрын

If you know you know@@yabigitisine7164 Anon4584u3 is right lol

@ed-schramm

9 ай бұрын

i was just about to say that lol

@emmyfoder3458

9 ай бұрын

No, it's common sense. He is a Japanese national but not truly Japanese.

The moment he started speaking Japanese, you could tell he was in his natural state of being. ❤

I like how he has a Japanese accent while speaking in English.

@haroldhale272

6 ай бұрын

It's less an accent and more his cadence when speaking English, but there's definitely hint of an accent in there too.

@TomorrowWeLive

6 ай бұрын

Lolwut? It's obviously an American accent

@TotalNoobAtEverythin

6 ай бұрын

@@TomorrowWeLiveIt’s an interesting mix of British and Japanese, definitely doesn’t sound American. I think at moments it might sound that way because he’s making such a conscious effort to speak clearly, and most American accents are very clear and enunciated (most def not all lol)

@adayfortea

6 ай бұрын

Well he is from Japan lol

@summerrr1

6 ай бұрын

@@TomorrowWeLiveit’s Scottish

Bro went from 35mph with English to 300mph with the Japanese lmao

@DBT1007

8 ай бұрын

Both dont use mph😅. It's kph

@haze1482

8 ай бұрын

@@DBT1007🤓

@foxtrottermuse

8 ай бұрын

@@DBT1007We use MPH in the UK.

@AB-ox9nh

8 ай бұрын

it is wpm

@riccardomorgagni5181

8 ай бұрын

He did a "KANSEI DORIFTO!".

He's clearly more comfortable speaking in Japanese than in English

@DinnerForkTongue

9 ай бұрын

I know I have a German name and surname, but you won't catch me speaking German. Portuguese first, English second, and now Japanese about to be third.

@diggs0n

9 ай бұрын

​@@DinnerForkTongue facepalm

@DinnerForkTongue

9 ай бұрын

@@diggs0n I don't speak that language, sir.

@foddyfoddy

9 ай бұрын

Why would you say that? His English is 100% perfect, although, strangely, with a slight American accent.

@Teuwufel

9 ай бұрын

​@@foddyfoddyhe himself said that it's easier for him to talk in japanese

As a Japanese who learn English in UK, I can tell his personality from the way of speaking Japanese a lot more compared to when he speaks in English. He is a Japanese who just looks like a British person. I wanna talk with him in Japanese to get to know him well.

@glasshalfempty1984

6 ай бұрын

I love this comment, "he is a Japanese who just looks like a British person" haha

@AlaborJinta

6 ай бұрын

haha

@chriserony

6 ай бұрын

That is very kind. Americans would say he is Japanese too, but Japanese people are not always so kind when you look like a foreigner.

@TT-tl8bx

6 ай бұрын

@@chriseronyFrom my perspective, because most of the Japanese have no confidence or they feel quite uncomfortable with speaking English, they don't sometimes look nice. They are afraid of making mistakes and being embarrassed. Adding to that, in general, we grow up with only Japanese societies ( who look like absolute Japanese) so that's why they may feel uncomfortable or get nervous with people look like from overseas . I say they are not used to foreign faces..? but in this case, soon after people get to know he's a native Japanese speaker and own Japanese common value as he grew up in Japan, people would feel much more comfortable with him. I love multicultural enviroment tho!!! :) and it's also true that lots of Japanese people feel same and they are looking for opportunity to talk with you guys! so please enjoy staying in Japan 😂❤ Sorry for the long statement lol

@jimmythe-gent

6 ай бұрын

Yet if you dont refer to Pakistanis in the UK as "British" or Algerians in Ireland as "Irish" youre a bigot...

Omg you can even hear his speech pattern change when he switches to the language he grew with. His comfort level even changes

He became alive when he started speaking Japanese.

@donizettilorenzo

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@shayt0r

8 ай бұрын

😂

@LA_HA

8 ай бұрын

Because it is easier for him to speak Japanese having lived in Japan his entire life, and with parents and grandparents who've done the same

@LaDivaAlexandra

8 ай бұрын

😂so true

@denisealexander5795

8 ай бұрын

That's sad though...if you were born and raised in America then you would automatically say your American no matter what color or ethnicity you are. Your just a different ethnicity

You can tell how comfortable he was speaking Japanese it just rolled off his tongue like water it was so satisfying I genuinely wish to learn a few languages

@pattyofurniture

8 ай бұрын

Duolingo

@Ju_yo

8 ай бұрын

@@pattyofurnitureyes.

@TroikaMexicana

8 ай бұрын

Don’t do Duolingo. It’s more of a game and it’ll take you foreverrrrrr to actually learn much language. I highly suggest Pimsleur. It’s been rejuvenating my love of learning a new language, and it’s cheap!

@kutsuwi523

8 ай бұрын

bruh obviously if he grew up in japan😭

@syncity5697

8 ай бұрын

@@kutsuwi523 obviously smart ass but that doesn’t mean shit you can be born somewhere and still not be so confident in the language especially if you speak multiple languages.

Bro finally could breathe when he started speaking Japanese 😂

Dude you are pure japanese who is look like british. He is more confident when speaking japanese. His gestures relaxed immediatly.

@vidaacheampong2563

4 ай бұрын

No he's not ,🙄

@tinyelephant2104

4 ай бұрын

@@vidaacheampong2563 hes a japanese citizen. hes japanese. hes just ethnically british

@themeangene

3 ай бұрын

@@tinyelephant2104 Ethnicity is more important to certain cultures than citizenship. And there's nothing wrong with that. Europe is quickly learning that if you don't value your ethnic ties at all outsiders will abuse your trust.. Western people are literally being taken advantage of by mass migration from cultures that do still value their ethnic bonds. Western people need to realize they're going to go extinct if they don't realize this. There are now native English populations that are being told to not fly the Union Jack during Muslim marches.

@Jack-mf5lw

3 ай бұрын

Japanese people are ethnonationalists, he would never be accepted as Japanese in most places. Even if there were to be many more foreigners this would never change.

@backloggamereviews

2 ай бұрын

He’s a British guy born to British parents in Japan. He had to get Japanese citizenship himself. It wasn’t given to him since he doesn’t have any Japanese parents or background. Nationality and culture wise he is Japanese. Ethnicity he’s British. He’s one or the other depending on how you want to look at it

He may not be ethnically Japanese but he is clearly culturally Japanese.

@hawaiigirl8089

8 ай бұрын

Ethnically he is. Clearly he is white this manipulation of racism is pure gas lighting by Asian culture

@notanotherone5564

8 ай бұрын

He’s a white Japanese man. Not sure why this is confusing people lol

@solo.stand312

8 ай бұрын

@@notanotherone5564 i guess because you don't see many white japanese people. Japan is not that diverse yet.

@TazzyZee14

8 ай бұрын

@@notanotherone5564 Because he's not ethnically Japanese & Japan is so homogenous, we associate Japanese nationality with Japanese ethnicity.

@SR-iy4gg

8 ай бұрын

I'm not confused. Are you?@@notanotherone5564

His Japanese is fluent and his English feels like it has a Japanese intonation.

@mary-janereallynotsarah684

9 ай бұрын

He sounds pretty Australian. I wonder if he had a lot of Aussies in his school.

@dwj8620

8 ай бұрын

@@mary-janereallynotsarah684 I'm Aussie, he doesn't sound Australian at all

@IAmACatMeowMeowIDontLikeYou

8 ай бұрын

@mary-janereallynotsarah684 I’m not Australian but my mother is, he definitely doesn’t

@laracroft1063

8 ай бұрын

@@mary-janereallynotsarah684, I thought he sounded more American

@nikolaplivna

8 ай бұрын

Do people not realise there is an 'international English accent'?

He's a human. A very awesome one to me.

@unrussleablejimmies4428

6 ай бұрын

Most based comment

@TheRealDoctorBonkus

6 ай бұрын

How Grand of you

@Scarred4life420

6 ай бұрын

Sadly, that just isn't enough for far too many of us. We are all victims of the assertions and lies we inherited from our uniformed ancestors.

@boxelderinitiative3897

5 ай бұрын

​@@Scarred4life420It isn't enough, you're right. Why would just being human make someone awesome

@Scarred4life420

5 ай бұрын

@@boxelderinitiative3897 why wouldn't it? You don't think you are an awesome person?

Bro was dropping bars in Japanese

@cristobal.ashton

9 күн бұрын

bars?

@eliasmartinez4260

9 күн бұрын

@@cristobal.ashton hip-hop term my G 😅

@cristobal.ashton

9 күн бұрын

@@eliasmartinez4260 thanks

God, it was such a RELIEF to hear him speak Japanese... the relaxation and self expression was palpable.

@ArnoBach

8 ай бұрын

Please refrain from using God's name as a profanity.

@lynnz7501

8 ай бұрын

​​​@@ArnoBach Not everyone is religious and in no way is that using God's name as a profanity. Its the same as saying Gosh which is not a bad word 🤦‍♀️ How about instead you let others express themselves in peace and don't push your views onto others? People aren't going to cater to your views just because you ask nicely. Thats not how the world works. You must instead learn to live peacefully among others with differing opinions and views. Now, have a nice day and hopefully you choose to at least think about my words. :)

@orestispalampougioukis6043

8 ай бұрын

Please go away@@ArnoBach

@nibi7099

8 ай бұрын

@@ArnoBach Do not be so narcissistic to think that your relationship with god is the same as everyone else's. This request should only be made to those speaking directly to YOU or if someone is in YOUR house or in YOUR place of worship. People do not need to abide by what you feel about god otherwise. Adding please in the front does not make this less obnoxious of a request.

@mischr13

8 ай бұрын

@@ArnoBach why do you assume anyone saying "god" is referring to your god?

My man slipped in fluent Japanese so quickly and effortlessly, I thought I had a stroke for a moment 😂 respect

@wolfzmusic9706

9 ай бұрын

Well his family has been there for three generations

@Some_Guy_87

9 ай бұрын

Respect for speaking his native language effortlessly? Case in point I guess? :D

@kusaiashionamete220

9 ай бұрын

Fluent yes, weirdly accented...also yes. Must be his grandparents Hokkaido accent because that's no Tokyo accent 😅

@DinnerForkTongue

9 ай бұрын

Almost like it's his native language :D

@joshuainlondon

9 ай бұрын

@@kusaiashionamete220 it’s probably because I’ve lived all over Japan as well 😂

I lived in Japan with my family from the age of 1 to 6 years old, I went to school at a Japanese kindergarten and spoke fluent Japanese. Japan will always have a big influence in my life and my identity although I am a Canadian with Scottish/Irish heritage. I am 52 and I still love Japan and my memories there, it is part of who I am.

@de-nz4jp

3 ай бұрын

Are you still fluent in Japanese?? Curious😊

His English sounds ESL, it's very interesting! He says "for past three generations" and omits "the" before "past". It must be difficult to not feel fully Japanese due to your ethnicity alone. If he were a third-generation American, there would be no question about whether he was American or not.

I think he’s very respectful to both his cultures. Hearing him speak in Japanese is beautiful

@sakurakou2009

8 ай бұрын

I wonder if he would feel at home in Britain, cuz he have American accent he wouldn't be veiwed as britisher in uk with that accent

@lennysummers

8 ай бұрын

@@sakurakou2009It sounds more English than American. I dont think people in England would think he was English tho.

@OnlyGrafting

8 ай бұрын

​@@sakurakou2009doesn't happen. The way he speaks, whilst not sounding directly British, is in a manner easily recognisable as being from the UK rather than the US.

@svefnhnuturthorgeirsson

8 ай бұрын

​@@sakurakou2009Lmao his accent doesn't sound like any type of regional American accent at all. You can definitely tell he's a Brit. It's just mixed with a Japanese accent as well.

@illthinkabooutitt

8 ай бұрын

im british i would say wrong. he doesnt sound british he sounds like english is his second language an he learned english in a international school. I live near london so im used to hearing all different types of accents speaking english@@svefnhnuturthorgeirsson

It's really interesting hearing him speak British English with Japanese cadence!

@Rebecca-bz6ph

9 ай бұрын

I’m British and to me he has a North American twang. It’s certainly a unique accent from his unique circumstances.

@jasonm.3933

9 ай бұрын

@@Rebecca-bz6phI’m American and he sounds more American than British to me.

@mathematicallymade

9 ай бұрын

He speaks with a mostly North American accent, yet he still sounds non-native. It's very slight, but still noticeable. I'm curious how much his family spoke English at home

@laarsss

9 ай бұрын

british english?

@timelessrealms

9 ай бұрын

He starts off sounding British but then sounds slightly American. The sort of accent that an American stage actor living in London might have.

You have to acknowledge his humility and respect when he says he is not ethnically Japanese. ✊️

I'm American and moved to Thailand when I was 27. I have a wife and 2 daughters here. I speak fluent Thai and speak English on average every 3 or 4 days. I end up thinking like a Thai a lot of times. I understand this guy.

@necilya

4 ай бұрын

This so true. Your way of thinking does change depending on where you live and the culture you embrace. It’s just amazing.

@ReyOfLight

4 ай бұрын

I'm Swedish and didn't start officially learning English until I was about 10 years old. I'm 38 now, and for some 18-20 years or so, I've been using English more than my native Swedish in daily life. It's gotten to the point where my brain works in English, I think in English and even dream in English. When I speak Swedish, I have to translate my thoughts from English to Swedish before speaking the words. Damn thing? I live in Sweden and have lived here all my life, except for some years of living and/or working in Denmark when I was in my early to mid 20's. So while Swedish is my native language, English has become my adopted preferred first language. 😅

@j.k8833

15 күн бұрын

Very interesting! Is that common in Sweden to use English more than Swedish, or is it just like that within your social circle? ​@@ReyOfLight

He may not "look" like a typical Japanese but he sounds Japanese. He speaks both English and Japanese fluently.

@HighFrequencyGuru

8 ай бұрын

He’s Anglo Saxon tho

@Joseph-dm8xi

8 ай бұрын

It seems like his Japanese is better than his English.

@jacobmartinez5263

8 ай бұрын

@@HighFrequencyGuruYes captain obvious. Racially he’s an Anglo saxon. The comment already pointed to him not looking Japanese. The point is he’s fluent.

@justanotherbaptistjew5659

8 ай бұрын

@@HighFrequencyGuru Then you can’t say immigrants in England are English

@Frankly_Speaking_English

8 ай бұрын

Interestingly he sounds more american than British though

The way he speaks, he is Japanese ♡ That is his mother tongue, his culture, his home.

@mckendrick7672

8 ай бұрын

It's quite literally not his "mother tongue" though. Strange way to phrase it if you were trying to make a point.

@crazyape515

8 ай бұрын

​@@mckendrick7672it literally is his mother tongue...he was born and raised in Japan and grew up speaking Japanese. His parents grew up in Japan. Mother tongue is the language you grew up speaking, your native language, your first language.

@mckendrick7672

8 ай бұрын

@@crazyape515 The literal (as in taken-at-face-value) definition of "mother tongue" is the tongue you inherit from your mother. His parents are both British in spite of being raised in Japan, and so were all his grandparents. His mother tongue is *English* in a very literal sense. He is likely to have learned some Japanese from his parents, but he's more likely to have learned that environmentally from being raised in Japan while his parents taught him English at home. Most immigrant families, especially where both parents speak the same origin language, tend to speak their native tongue at home so that their child retains it. By the literal definition of "mother tongue" it is not necessarily the language you speak best from growing up with it - it's the language you speak in to your mother. (And for you dumbasses typing up your dictionary quotes when dictionaries don't even all agree with one another about the specifics of the definition, "mother" and "tongue" are two separable words with very clear separate definitions from which you can derive the original meaning of the term without using a dictionary - the tongue of your mother)

@ChickensAndGardening

8 ай бұрын

@@mckendrick7672 Doesn't it depend to some extent on what language was spoken at home? Presumably his parents (born & raised in Japan, themselves) spoke English at home, but perhaps they spoke Jinglish or sometimes Japanese or...?

@crazyape515

8 ай бұрын

@@mckendrick7672 the definition is the language you grew up speaking. He is more likely to have learned some English from his Japan born parents than learned some Japanese. Edit: furthermore his parents were also born in Japan and likely are more comfortable speaking Japanese than English. Such as children in the US being born in the US to Spanish speaking migrants. I learned Spanish first and am more comfortable with English. Many next generation grandchildren of Hispanic migrants even end up not even speaking Spanish fluently in the US because the parents didn't teach it to them

Such a respectful man.

Its nice to see someone be so humble

The switch to Japanese was so smooth I thought a whole other person was talking 😂

@grimsgraveyard3598

8 ай бұрын

It's almost like he was raised from birth to speak Japanese and English or something lol.

@AJWRAJWR

8 ай бұрын

That smooth transition you experienced was just editing.

@phu9340

4 ай бұрын

​@@AJWRAJWRBro please learn how to read He means his japanese is good

@AJWRAJWR

4 ай бұрын

@@phu9340 No. You learn how to read, boy. I never implied that his Japanese wasn't good. Humble yourself, fool.

He cha cha slided into Japanese so fast that it gave me whiplash😂

@zephyrias

8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@MrBlackBono

8 ай бұрын

😂😂

I feel this guy. I grew up in multiple different countries from Turkey, to Malaysia, to the longest stint of five years in Oman, and it leaves you feeling so disconnected and like you don't really belong anywhere. Seeing how much more comfortable he was speaking japanese made me smile.

Out of all the videos I've watched on this channel, this one I identified with the most. As a woman of a Barbadian and Nigerian family, but was born in the states, I still grew up culturally with heavy Bajan and Naija influence. I don't identify with the states, I never have. Anything that's to do with my families homelands is like a sirens song to my soul. I identify with it. I understand it. It is who I am. But when you're talking about Africa, if you're not culturally African, they see you as different. Not African. It's definitely mostly to do with culture. And I was stunned at the disparagement. The Caribbean is not so strict with this. The times that I've been there I have felt immediately that I was at home. They saw it in me. The connection was immediate. So I always end up feeling like I'm basically a person with no country, no roots. My blood tells me who I am. My mannerisms, my way of seeing things, doing things, my dancing, my cooking, my way of talking, the immediate connection I have always felt with my ancestral lands -- especially by way of having been taught, all of it tells me that my blood does not lie. But culturally as far as Africa goes, it's like I am an alien. So I say what this gentleman says when I am asked. And in the states I am always asked are you from Nigeria (specifically) or are you from the Caribbean. It is truly the strangest and most disconcerting thing. To be seen, yet not seen.

Being politely hesitant when question about calling yourself anything - especially regarding (quite often sensitive) topics of ethnicity or such - is a high-level Japanese move.

@ExploringTheTube-fd1oo

7 ай бұрын

And a very un-American one!

@THENAMEISQUICKMAN

7 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you grow up around people who are probably racist to you. You don't see yourself as one of them. Cool trying to make it sound cool or admirable or cultured but it's the same reason a Mexican person born in the US might not consider themselves American.

@Svg784p

7 ай бұрын

why is it " sensitive" ?

@aprioriontoast704

6 ай бұрын

@@Benedictus-tl5uz idk a lot of us British people have lost our manners, we do not have the same politeness and sensitivity that those in Japan are famous for, a lot of folks here are very unruly , blunt and vulgar even xD lots of drinking and swearing and plenty of bar fights

@shaunsmith9013

6 ай бұрын

​@ExploringTheTube-fd1oo well imo you should be able to consider yourself Japanese. Ethno nationalism is cringe and should be phased out.

Daaaang, he speaks faster than Japanese people 😅😅

@ckydmk

9 ай бұрын

Because he is Japanese...

@jasonm.3933

9 ай бұрын

@@ckydmkhe was born and raised in Japan*

@Diana-sb4yl

9 ай бұрын

He's a white skinned British background Japanese... Like a bullet train he goes n glows like a Sakura..... All he needs is a baller hat n a long black umbrella... 😅 Stereotype much.... 😮😅...he would make a interesting Character in anime..

@DinnerForkTongue

9 ай бұрын

@@jasonm.3933 Therefore Japanese, by law and by fact.

@jasonm.3933

9 ай бұрын

@@DinnerForkTongue but not viewed as Japanese by the society he lives within.

めちゃくちゃ聞き取りやすい。ありがたい

Here in Mexico you don't have to be born in Mexico or have a Mexican family. You just need to love our culture and be part of it to be a Mexican, we welcome everyone

@sherrimusic9172

4 ай бұрын

That is the sweetest thing ever T-T

His whole body language is so typically Japanese! I love how respectful he is towards both cultures❤

@theweyrd

8 ай бұрын

That’s what I thought, too. He „feels“ very Japanese but looks British. 😁

@southpaw117

8 ай бұрын

Why wouldn't it be?

@maureengilmartin4381

8 ай бұрын

I actually thought he was American. 😮😮

@user-fe8du3ig7n

8 ай бұрын

The way he's talking is totally Japanese (like the rythm of the speech itself), but ge is whiter than sour cream, it's so confusing, he is an anime character

@user-fe8du3ig7n

8 ай бұрын

​@@hamansing787what?

Yo this japanese guy speaks really good English!

@sarahbrower2453

8 ай бұрын

I see what you did

@lifeoutsidecomfortzone

8 ай бұрын

Love this

@mrpathfinder3665

8 ай бұрын

@@sarahbrower2453 I did too prison trump

@MelanieWashington-xt9yp

8 ай бұрын

Lol, I know right

@angelchampagnechildofGod20

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Fr I was thinking that

We need this level of common sense in the west hats off to this man and his family ,its refreshing to see this ❤️

@themeangene

3 ай бұрын

I wish Western people from Europe realized that there's nothing wrong with wanting to maintain your ethnic heritage. It doesn't equate to racism. Europe is losing so many rich traditions. London doesn't even look like an English city anymore. It doesn't even have a majority British population We could learn from the Japanese.

As a person of mixed culture, I can relate to an extent. My parents are Italians that were born in Brasil, in a community of Italians and Germans that emigrated there in 1896. I was born and raised in the US. I traveled to Brasil after high school, Learned the language to a high degree of fluency and fit in very well after being there one year. I felt like i was, at the time, Brazilian. My cousins kindly explained to me that I was Italian. Now, 35 years later in the US, I'm a multicultural, multilingual American. Makes sense, right?

@AaAa-pf7tj

5 ай бұрын

I'd say that your parents are Brazilian Italians and you are American Italian (in this context, first nationality then ethnicity)

At first I wonder why he speaks so slowly, then realized he’s much more fluent in Japanese 😂

@TDKOALA1992

8 ай бұрын

Must be his first language

@soleil7259

8 ай бұрын

I mean some people just speak slowly and some faster in general. Speaking more slowly in one native language, doesn't automatically mean being less fluent in that language. Some pronounciations of words in different languages can slow you down naturally.

@markkoetsier6475

8 ай бұрын

His English isn't even slow, he just comes across as someone who weighs his words and is maybe a little awkward being interviewed. :/ You _feel_ that way because of the contrast between it and his super fast Japanese.

His Japanese is so smooth. I wish I could speak Japanese this smooth.

@eduardof7322

8 ай бұрын

Well... It´s native Japanese. Tell me what native Japanese doesn´t sound smooth.

@RageOfTheTiger

8 ай бұрын

Probably learned very young to adapt. It's flawless, far as I can tell.

@solus8685

8 ай бұрын

It's almost like it's his native language 🤯🤯🤯

@serenitynow85

8 ай бұрын

Weeb

@vukcevu5854

8 ай бұрын

You have to be born and raised in Japan

I live in Canada and I think of anyone who lives here as Canadian. I always like to ask backstory and find out where they came from, not like that's gone from them, but they have their own heritage, and became Canadian...I lived abroad in Cairo for four years, and I never felt "Egyptian" there, but I've formed a lot of bonds with Egyptian people here since coming home. Shared experiences make a big difference. When people go abroad and experience other cultures...sky is the limit. I wish people could be more tolerant, and visit other countries and cultures is so important.

This is absolutely fantastic. I wish him well.

@bokiNYC

Ай бұрын

Same 👍

This is the difference between nationality and ethnicity. He explained it so well

@anna8282

8 ай бұрын

Not really cause he's neither...

@DaBinChe

8 ай бұрын

@@anna8282 People like would say I'm not American cause I ain't white.

@anna8282

8 ай бұрын

@@DaBinChe Well that's odd since American is not an ethnicity, anybody can be American...

@DaBinChe

8 ай бұрын

@@anna8282 Nah there are plenty of folks that are American citizens for the benefits of US citizenship but have no loyalty to America but lies with thier "home" country. There are also plenty of Americans that also have no loyalties to America. You saying America has no culture? The majority part of ethnicity is culture it is not only genes. I get asked all the time what nationality I am and I tell them I'm American and they have a perplex expression. These same folks think that only white or blacks are American. I have and many black folks ask me this. What they should ask is what my ethnic background. Pleny of whites and blacks in America and ask them what they are they all tell you American. No one has a problem with that but if the person is any other skin color it is...Anyways by your definition of ethnicity pretty much no one from any country is a ethnic but a nationality. For example Italy is a country and Italians are poeple of that country but Italian is not an ethnicity cause if they are from Rome they will be one ethnic if from Tuscany will be of that ethnic etc. Same can be said of Great Britan, China, etc etc.

@ScionStorm1

8 ай бұрын

@@DaBinChe had someone in college keep saying I'm Hawaiian because I was born and raised in Hawaii. But I have no native Hawaiian blood at all so my response is always "I'm not Hawaiian."

It’s stuff like this that makes the analysis of heritage and culture so interesting. If a family had made a choice to migrate somewhere else like America or Scandinavia in the 50’s, most would have no problem seeing themselves as American, Norwegian or Finnish. Physical features can make such a difference and it’s very interesting to see

@loltom3703

8 ай бұрын

Its also interesting how the cultures accept the migrants. For example, an ethnically Japanese family moves to America, their children would be considered American by Americans even though their ethnicity is Japanese. Whereas a much more ethnically homogeneous country like Japan would still consider the man in the video to be British despite Japan being his birth home and native language. For that matter the Scandinavian countries are very homogeneous and would still embrace them as their own, especially after 2 generations, so, maybe its more of a Japan thing. Very interesting indeed.

@blu8451

8 ай бұрын

I was just thinking this lol, he just just said that 3 generations of his family were born and raised in Japan, here in Canada if that was the case here the families and everyone else would think of them as Canadian no question.

@jaihawkins

8 ай бұрын

It's less physical differences and more a matter of naturalisation laws and the Japanese government's refusal to allow dual citizenship.

@blu8451

8 ай бұрын

@@jaihawkinsWhat exactly do you mean? The man's family has been in Japan for 3 generations so how does naturalization come into play?

@jaihawkins

8 ай бұрын

@blu8451 It is never stated in the interview whether he holds Japanese citizenship or not. In Japan, citizenship is not automatically conveyed by being born in Japan, if his parents never became citizens and maintained their British citizenship, he would not be a Japanese citizen and would need to apply for Japanese citizenship. The chap states multiple times that he is British, and that would seem indicate he holds British citizenship rather than Japanese citizenship. Unfortunately, Japan does not currently allow dual citizenship for adults, he may well have held a Japanese passport while a juvenile and subsequently chose British citizenship over Japanese citizenship neither scenario is made clear in the interview.

I find it interesting that he speaks with an American accent, given that he's British and his study abroad was in the UK. It probably goes to show how thoroughly Japanese his upbringing was. I assume that he did not learn British English at home.

@AleisterCrowleyMagus

6 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. He has thoroughly American English vowel sounds - not British RP at all, which “years” in school in London would produced. Notice that “move” sounds Australian - “murve”

@celestialasmr9624

6 ай бұрын

Interesting, im from London and I thought he sounded British with a slight Japanese twang. No American accent imo!

@ashleyhoughton8592

6 ай бұрын

​@celestialasmr9624 I'm from Portsmouth (South Coast UK for anyone unfamiliar) and it sounds very much like a British accent to me, and not American at all.

@ashleyhoughton8592

6 ай бұрын

But then again when I see someone with a "British" accent in American media, that doesn't sound like literally anyone I know. So their idea of a "British" accent is just one incredibly specific accent that only a very small amount of brits really speak... and even then its half a caricature of that.

@carlena4300

6 ай бұрын

They learn American English in Japan, this is probably why.

his last sigh when saying tokyo confirms he's from tokyo

You don’t need to know ANYTHING about Japanese to know his Japanese was FLAWLESS.

@jayATUK

8 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense, and would be weird if his Japanese wasn't flawless. After all, it's the country that he was born and raised in (and to top it off, so were his parents).

@seaweed1068

8 ай бұрын

It's most likely his first language, so yeah of course it is

@MothGirl007

8 ай бұрын

Totally!

@birgittabirgersdatter8082

8 ай бұрын

Why wouldn’t it be flawless, he grew up there his parents did too and he lives there. That’s like saying a third generation US immigrant speaks perfect English and being amazed by it. It would be natural, not amazing.

@spiderdude2099

8 ай бұрын

@@birgittabirgersdatter8082 bro, Japanese people in the comments on this very video are saying his Japanese was impressive. It was good even for them.

It's fun to see him speaking English like a second language but when he switches to Japanese, he speaks like a native. He's so humble and respectful as a Japanese person. He sounds American when he speaks English though.

@jenm1

8 ай бұрын

Maybe because he *is* a Japanese native?

@mbkbenz

8 ай бұрын

@@jenm1 Yeah, he actually is

@jamesj9537

8 ай бұрын

He has an accent that is hard to place.. I would have thought he was Dutch.

@falsevacuum4667

8 ай бұрын

He sounds more like an Irish accent

@OtterSC2

8 ай бұрын

It's far more British than American, but it's also not an accent anyone raised in Britain would have.

He speaks better English than most Americans and it's his second language lmaooo

What a good man.

He sounds like a Japanese who speaks very good English. Complete with the almost undetected grammatical errors. Bless him

@emilieduncan7917

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I noticed the missing article (very Japanese) and his slightly Japanese cadence/intonation across his sentences - even though individual words are native English sounding

@carinalindberg7377

7 ай бұрын

He speaks better English with a more correct pronunciation than most British people I've met and know.

@iche9373

7 ай бұрын

Japanese is NOT a "race" and he is a native Japanese.

@carinalindberg7377

7 ай бұрын

@@iche9373 Nobody in this comment said anything about race, though.

@iche9373

7 ай бұрын

@@carinalindberg7377 When they mention Japanese "ethnicity," they are essentially referring to "race" within the context of cultural racism. This individual is born in Japan (a native) and holds Japanese citizenship. However, they are unwilling to acknowledge him as a "genuine" Japanese due to underlying cultural racism, which is truly cynical.

it’s so crazy how much deeper his voice got while speaking in japanese

@empressmarowynn

8 ай бұрын

I've noticed that when people speak with an English accent in general their voices get a little higher. If you listen to many British and American actors who do both accents a lot of the time their voices deepen when doing an American accent and get higher with an English one, regardless of which is their native accent.

@luthientinuviel9942

8 ай бұрын

Japanese isn't a tonal language but it does have something called "pitch accent," which is similar. Going from speaking English to Japanese you can especially hear when his tone goes lower which is the pitch accent coming in :)

@joylynch5204

8 ай бұрын

I’ve noticed that too

@redhawkneofeatherman261

8 ай бұрын

He doesn't really have an English accent though

@kristylove418

8 ай бұрын

My voice is much higher when I speak Japanese. Maybe because most Japanese women have higher pitched voices- that’s how I heard it so that’s how I speak it

He’s “CRACKA-NESE!!!” Love it. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

Omg. That’s a great thought!!! I never actually thought about it that way. Thank you for sharing!! 💚🤙

Technically he's Japanese, not by ethnicity but by nationality he's Japanese

@jlydon29

8 ай бұрын

No.

@paperheartsconst

8 ай бұрын

​@@jlydon29 bro this man literally was born there. he's a japanese citizen, he's very fluent in language and i'm sure he genuinely and fully understands the culture and philosophy of japan. yes, his ethnicity not japanese, but it's a closed-minded saying he's not japanese. make a little reserch, idk

@Mykidsaresmarterthanyours

8 ай бұрын

​@jlydon29 ... so a Japanese person born and raised in America is not American?

@Nik-L-Nips

8 ай бұрын

@@jlydon29 There are two things here, he is Japanese by nationality, but not Japanese by ethnicity I am Vietnamese by ethnicity, but not Vietnamese by nationality. To say he is not is like saying someone born in London isnt British because of the color of their skin, that is racist and wrong.

@Norigui

8 ай бұрын

Imagine being born and raised in a country and people still say you're not from that country because of ethnicity/looks.☠️

I would love to see a longer interview with this guy. His experience is so unique.

@mariamcneil1842

9 ай бұрын

There's a 20 minute video on Takashii's channel. I've also seen him on another youtube channel, but I can't remember the name of it at the moment

@AlienLiz

9 ай бұрын

@@mariamcneil1842 I think it was that "Orientalpearl" channel. At least I remember seeing him there

@viridionwaves

9 ай бұрын

I would as well. Sounds like a super interesting and unique story

@Estefaniagasca

8 ай бұрын

It’s really not that unique tbh. This is the situation for a lot of Latinos that live in the US, just different countries.

@name.1031

8 ай бұрын

@@Estefaniagascai understand what you mean and I’m not trying to undermine your experience, but it’s not quite the same. Japan is extremely monoethnic, compared to the USA’s more diverse set of cultural backgrounds. That would definitely affect how different his experience would be from a Latino in America, or another one example, an Indian in the UK. Since there are so few foreigners in Japan let alone a family of three generations, it would be quite an odd experience growing up that way.

He's Japanese. Euro-Japanese, but Japanese, nonetheless. He thinks, acts and speaks Japanese as his 1st language. He's native, a citizen, bi-lingual and conducts himself as such.

@dreamcore

5 ай бұрын

Hen'nagaijin

Hello from Estonia! Wonderful relaxing music ☕️

He has a good manner from Japanese behaviour. It means he has Japanese heart. He looks calm and polite like Japanese do.

@Unaveragemoe

8 ай бұрын

Japanese heart? 😅

@yasminxx9329

8 ай бұрын

What

@eme1468

8 ай бұрын

Have you heard of what the Japanese done to ww2 pow’s 😂

@gangrenemccluster7680

8 ай бұрын

? He's as calm and polite as any typical Westerner too lol

@solus8685

8 ай бұрын

​@@gangrenemccluster7680 except Americans

Bro, His Japanese hit me like a freight train. I was not expecting that. His Japanese was like a hot knife through butter. 😂😂😂

@danaglass1265

8 ай бұрын

Why is it such a shock if he’s born and raised in Japan, and went to school there is entire life up until college??

@Carla-ek5mi

8 ай бұрын

@@danaglass1265thank you lol like what part of four generations and born-and-raised Japanese do people not understand …

@Lesjanna

8 ай бұрын

​@@danaglass1265ikr

@AnarchyStockers

8 ай бұрын

@@danaglass1265I think for me I didn’t even notice his English WASN’T natural sounding until I heard how perfectly natural his Japanese was

@udontevenwannaknowbruv

8 ай бұрын

@@danaglass1265 It’s more a shock because he spoke so fast and it came out of nowhere, like usually the interviewer asks them if they want to speak in Japanese before it cuts to them trying/doing it. But it was just immediately Japanese speaking in the next phrame. I don’t think OP meant that he was shocked that he is fluent in it

I needed this perspective. As a Canadian born, white man, most of my friends and co-workers are of a different ethnicity than myself, despite a good few of them not knowing their native language or having any cadence of an accent. But depending on who I ask, I don’t think they’d necessarily associate themselves as just Canadians or choose Canadian over their own family heritage.

My grandfather has a similar story. All of his four grandparents came from Spain to Chile. Both of his parents were borned and raised here. And he wouldn't doubt to call himself chilean.

I hope that he is able to view the complexity of his life as something beautiful

@BaronHumbertvonGikkingen

8 ай бұрын

this is such a sweet comment

@AmodinAM

8 ай бұрын

@@BaronHumbertvonGikkingen thanks. I'm going through some shit

@jameswilkes451

8 ай бұрын

I often think of guys like David Harewood, who never felt like they fit in to their culture and end up quite mentally ill because of it

@ludvikalexander8618

8 ай бұрын

This is the real outcome pretty much all of the time, its nice to theorize that one can overcome this, but it isimpossible in practice@@jameswilkes451

@hsbswjwsb

8 ай бұрын

@@jameswilkes451 i suffer a similar thing, its to do with a sense of identity and belonging to a place, some people do fine with it while others like me may struggle

Ethnically British, culturally Japanese, 100% a perfect example of how quite often the categorizations we’ve invented to organize ourselves can fall short when it comes to the incredible diversity of unique life experiences.

@kathynj6479

8 ай бұрын

Beautifully said 🙏

@danieljohnson2005

8 ай бұрын

We didn’t “invent” them, they formed naturally over generations.

@serenitynow85

8 ай бұрын

Labels ugh. I'm ...

@ravenwolfkittyface1802

8 ай бұрын

This is the correct answer

@lindam9018

8 ай бұрын

Yes, this is so interesting in that you must consider what factors make a person who they are and why it is that you think that way. I would like to hear many more stories like this because we need these lessons to realize maybe some of our social constructs to classify people don't reflect the modern world.

My friend that was born in Vietnam, moved to Czech Republic when he was 3 years old and then moved to Japan when he was 11 y.o. He's fluent in Japanese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Czech, English, French and the last time we saw each other, he started learning Dutch, because of me :^) I love frenchcore music and he fell for the genre so bad, he visited Netherlands 4 times already. He was in South Korea, China, Vietnam, all EU countries, Brazil, US, Canada, around 5 African countries, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. This person is in my eyes the most happiest person I know. His passion for learning and exploring the world, I can't wait for 2024 when I'll finally visit him in Japan! It's gon' be the BEST time of my life! Right after my 2 months "Vacation" in Swedish wilderness. Where I was living in a house where the nearest town was 28km away. No electricity, no internet, just foraging mushrooms, catching fish and once week my friend from Sweden whos family owns the house I was at brought me some canned food, pasta, etc. that lasted me like 2-3 days. SO FAR, this was the most exciting moment in my life and I'm convinced that's how I'm gonna be living once I'll be able to afford one of these houses far from civilisation ... it just feels different, when you wake up with no streetlights, no cars or faul smells from the city, the only noise outside of nature are occasional planes, but that's it. Wildlife casually just walking around the house that felt like the animals accepted me and knew I wouldn't do them no harm, one morning I even found a wolverine taking a nap next to the fireplace because it was quite chilly in the morning. Sure it gets quite scary, when It's pitch black outside and you hear something rustling in front of the house, but that's in my opinion part of what makes it so awesome. To anyone wondering (and crazy enought to read through my rumbling) I was in the northen part called "Jämtland" and no, not a single bear or wolf came close and if they did? I didn't notice at all. I saw Moose, arctic fox on the nearby field, Wolverine, one boar and Some smaller mammals like otters and beavers, since there was a small river nearby with a lake. Oh I would give ANYTHING to be able to go back right now. Just leave everything where it is and just disappear into the wilderness... something about being in nature is so much more rewarding for me, than anything else.

How interesting, Would love you to interview his whole family. I imagine they speak Japanese when they gather.

He has the mannerisms of someone raised in Japan, even when speaking English.

@zacheast3910

4 ай бұрын

wonder why

His body language, thought process, and speech cadence is all Japanese.

@kopii00

8 ай бұрын

no, it isnt. its so weird to say that. i guess hes also sitting Japanese right?

@CaptainXD

8 ай бұрын

@@kopii00 stfu, his speech cadence is obviously japanese and it's not weird to say that whatsoever

@jonesparza2323

8 ай бұрын

Sounds homosexual to me

@reuben7548

8 ай бұрын

admit it @@kopii00

Possibly most honest and accurate description by someone who has at least partly different culture and ethnicity (looks different) than the country he was born and grew up in. My story is similar, although my ethnicity is the same, but being the only one from a mixed culture background I never felt being either or nationality, never really felt I belonged more in any other country than the other. The advantage of never truly feeling that I truly is that uprooting myself and moving to another culture (and language) very different I had experienced before, was just as easy in my 50s as it was in my 20s. The hardest question for me is "Where do you come from?" Because the simplest and most accurate answer is telling which CONTINENT I come from. Even telling what passports I have just confuse the issue. (I also don't feel as comfortable speaking my birth language these days as I used to.

I just love these videos

i speak no Japanese and yet it's so clear that he is speaking the language absolutely fluently and that he's truly himself when doing so.

@barneyboyle6933

8 ай бұрын

Great. Doesn’t make him Japanese though

@praxisunique

8 ай бұрын

@@barneyboyle6933I swear your going into every comment just to try and make your point that isn’t sticking because you are just salty he has can speak two different languages fluently. Just stop honestly.

@Soken50

8 ай бұрын

​@@barneyboyle6933 Ethnically ? No. In every other way ? Yes he absolutely is.

@Xerrand

8 ай бұрын

@@praxisunique Lay off him, the replies are probably the best part of his day.

@susannelidwina

8 ай бұрын

Well, his parents were already born and raised in Japan, so is he...I would expect him to be fluent 😅

His accent in English sounds like other native Japanese speakers who are fluent in English and speak it very well. He has a very neutral sounding accent in English and I wouldn’t place it as British or even American. Its clear he’s Japanese, but ethically English. Very interesting story! I’d love to see more interviews like this!

@marias5088

8 ай бұрын

He sounds more American than British but speaks with a Japanese accent. This is the first time I've seen something like it.

@Ihchkciyiyhgifuofyr555

8 ай бұрын

Technically he probably isn't Japaneese. Japan has different citizenship criteria than other countries. You aren't considered Japanese just bc you're born in Japan. That's why he kept calling himself British. Japan is just his home but he is not a citizen.

@dee_lav

8 ай бұрын

​@@Ihchkciyiyhgifuofyr555If his ancestors have been there since the 50s it's pretty likely he's a citizen

@CraigHamil

8 ай бұрын

If I'm placing a specific UK accent he sounds like a Scottish person from Edinburgh who maybe watched a little bit too much American TV growing up. Its quite a neutral accent but definitely some flatter Scottish vowel sounds in there. Perhaps it's just his Japanese intonation.

@DonBean-ej4ou

8 ай бұрын

If he had been born and raised in the UK he would have described himself by one of the 4 countries. Like English or Scottish before British.

That switch up is a mind trip

It's weird how in other countries, like mine (Italy), you would consider someone raised here, no matter the ethnicity or if them are just born somewhere else but still grew up in Italy, a real Italian, but in Japan if you're not of that ethnicity you're not japanese. Here it's more about culture, like I have a friend who's born in Dominican Republic but lived here since she was 4, and now she moved to Canada (her mom married a canadian), and even if she hasn't the Italian citizenship I consider her completely Italian

"I just feel like a person from Tokyo" I thought that was very sweet

He's in that special place between worlds and understands that his personal identity is not the same as and will never be what is perceived by others. I can relate 100%. To this predicament I say, our home is secretly where our heart is 🙏 I wish this individual a sense of acceptance and a balanced state of mind forever and ever.

@Zane-It

8 ай бұрын

Similar to being a white Latino

@SushiPaiPai

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's true. My siblings and I have a similar thing going on with our parents both being a different race and nationality. You're categorised as one or the other depending on who you're talking to, but also often never fully accepted by either side. It seems to be a common problem when it comes to nationality/ethnicity/race combinations. I'm proud to be mixed and would prefer people to call me that, but I think some people need it to be clear and easy for them to categorise according to what they understand/know. Like you, I hope he manages to find that balanced state where he can comfortably identify himself according to what he feels is right. ❤

@Jamie-kk5fq

8 ай бұрын

​@Zane-It a lot of Latinos are white though?? Like argentina and Uruguay for example, most peoples ancestry is pretty much entirely European.

@Zane-It

8 ай бұрын

@@Jamie-kk5fq my father is Mexican my mother is irish my siblings are really dark while I am really white.

@ggjr61

8 ай бұрын

Yes but a lot of people in the US don’t consider Latino’s to be white and if they are often don’t consider them Latino or not ‘real’ Latino. This is because even though Latino is more of an ethnic designation a lot of people think of it as racial.

That "British" accent is all over the place. Unique

Among missionaries this is referred to as being a “third culture kid.” The blend of your family’s original culture plus the culture you were born into creates a unique fusion, essentially a third culture.

How can you not love this guy's attitude? Embrace all cultures, learn from them, and grow.

@michaelrmurphy2734

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, he is a special man.

@dauntless0711

8 ай бұрын

How can I dislike his pathetic groveling “I’m not _really_ Japanese,” attitude? Very easily. I don’t care what skin color someone is, if their family has been Natural Born Citizens for multiple generations, they would certainly be American to me.

@rickrose5377

8 ай бұрын

@@dauntless0711 I don't even understand what you're trying to say or to whom it applies.

@dauntless0711

8 ай бұрын

@@rickrose5377 I’m talking to you. You asked a question, albeit rhetorically, but I answered it anyway.

@rickrose5377

8 ай бұрын

@@dauntless0711 Where does being 'American' enter into it? And he clearly made the distinction between ethnicity and nationality. A Japanese American is still ethnically Japanese, even if he considers himself an American.

His English: 🐢 His Japanese: 🐇

@Its.savedie

8 ай бұрын

Hhahahah😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Theomite

8 ай бұрын

His Japanese was so good that other Japanese speakers are like "Wait, slow down! What are you saying?!"

@sonhuu2456

8 ай бұрын

@@Theomitenope i dont think so , iam living here for 6years and i sometimes see people speaking really fast ( in news or real life ). Actually if they speak fast + clearly, its not hard to understand.😅 ..

The nicest British man ever.

What difference does it make to you? He seems to be an educated , thoughtful person.

I’m racially 100% Japanese, but 3rd generation American. This gentleman is much more Japanese culturally & spiritually than I, plus I don’t even speak Japanese hardly at all.😅

@freddiemercury2075

8 ай бұрын

You should speak Japanese, it's a very very beautiful language. I am chinese but I always want to learn Japanese, it's much better than Chinese, which sound really awful.

@Seraphina.Is.

8 ай бұрын

Because he’s white Japanese and you’re Japanese American. So culturally you’re American and he’s Japanese. So bizarre lol

@sdb-sj5qd

8 ай бұрын

You are still japanese and he’s still european. Living in a fishbowl doesn’t make you a fish.

@Leo-nh9ui

8 ай бұрын

Btw Japanese is an ethnicity and not a race.

@freddiemercury2075

8 ай бұрын

@@Leo-nh9ui oh, yes

It's heartbreaking when you dont feel like you belong. But you want to belong. Edit four days later: Holy smokes! That's a lot of likes!! 😳

@nicoleturczynski7730

8 ай бұрын

I fully understand this, BuT it gets better, by 40 you just don't care anymore 😁

@KwispyZ

8 ай бұрын

Exactly how I feel because I'm mixed and living in America. Certain places and people (especially when growing up) made me feel like such an outsider.

@letisia626

8 ай бұрын

Life of a Mexican American

@mistymountainhop1971

8 ай бұрын

My sister in law is South African, but white, she was born and raised there, but when tells some Americans this, it is taboo. In Africa, they don't get hung up on race like the states do. He should definitely say he's Japanese

@MattMcConaha

8 ай бұрын

He didn't say he doesn't feel like he belongs, he just said that he doesn't identify as Japanese, since the term "Japanese" has strong ethnic connotation. But he is completely comfortable saying that he's from Japan and that's where his family lives, it's the language he speaks, and the culture he grew up with.

I’m a Middle Eastern Jew who was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, so I totally relate to his experience I too wouldn’t call myself Russian, because I’m not ethnically Russian, but I do feel like “a person from Moscow”

The way he sits and his posture say it all

He talks so fast in Japanese which is how you know it’s his heart language ❤

@DefinitelyNotAFerret

8 ай бұрын

Damn I speak slow af in English 😂

@mamipanda90

8 ай бұрын

Its just because he grew up in japan

@whoami6702

8 ай бұрын

Yes!!! "Heart language"!! I was born in Asia & lived there for 19 yrs of my life but everything in school was in English so by time we migrated to USA it felt more like "home" for me. I never wrote a poem in my Asian language bec it does NOT come to me that way. My emotional language is American English; I can speak my Asian language but there is a "translation" process which goes on in my head!

@chelmi7899

8 ай бұрын

Not necessarily true. English is one of the slower spoken languages, and Japanese one of the fastest spoke languages. Thus the contrast seems much more apparent when spoken side by side.

He's merely acknowledging the difference between ethnicity and citizenship.

@SuperCrazyEstonian

9 ай бұрын

Ethnicity isn´t just race. Culture also plays a role in it. Which is why I found it interesting that he said he didn´t grow up in a Japanese family. He is a man born in Japan, raised in Japan and he has embraced Japanese traditions, yet his home life might not be what is a typical Japanese home. Regardless, he is more than just a citizen. He is more Japanese than British, most likely. Such an interesting place to be.

@knightrider8359

9 ай бұрын

@@SuperCrazyEstonian why don't Australian people call themselves aborigines. Since they were there first

@thee2724

9 ай бұрын

​@@knightrider8359By Australian are you referring to colonial descendants? It wouldn't make any sense to call themselves aborigines as by definition they weren't there first. Now if you're talking about the native population then many of them wouldn't call themselves aborigines either due to the colonialist connotations. First Nations is a more accepted term but because it's a very general term that covers many unrelated groups it's best to refer to each group individually.

@knightrider8359

9 ай бұрын

@@thee2724 that's my whole point. Ethnicity vs citizenship

@thee2724

9 ай бұрын

@@knightrider8359 Why are you dodging my question? Are you referring to colonial descendants or the First Nations peoples?

What’s interesting is that his English is mostly an American accent. There a slight Britishness to a couple of his words but it’s very subtle.

This is why we must understand the difference between race and ethnicity. Best example here

@xv2660

6 ай бұрын

you mean ethnicity and nationality

@Shalyn-ln9tu

6 ай бұрын

@@xv2660 both, because ethnicity means to identify with a particular group based on cultural background, regardless of sharing a color

He speaks english like a fluent japanese speaker with a drop of a japanese accent .... so cute

His English is fine but after hearing him speak Japanese you can really hear how much thought is involved in speaking English for him

I can relate when he said "I think it's changing every minute."

I’m Italian Canadian. My grandfather came from Italy . My mother and I were born here in Canada. He can say he is English-Japanese

I love his final statement, "I just feel like a person from Tokyo." ❤

@Rob-ik3fd

7 ай бұрын

This man will never be Japanese. And will at best be a mediocre Englishman. This is due to the disconnection he has suffered from his nation. You can't remove identity from race - when you do, you end up with pathetic desk rabbits like this guy.

@RobertoNachoz

7 ай бұрын

That's exactly it. Just a dude from Tokyo. It would be awkward to tell people he's just Japanese.

@NGFreya

7 ай бұрын

This to me sounds a bit sad..

@iche9373

7 ай бұрын

What else? He is a Tokyote

@Vugen18

7 ай бұрын

its only sad because u dont understand the culture and history and u obv dont read his bodylanguage as he is absolutely not sad about this. @@NGFreya

It's notorious his efforts to be clear in English as he thinks every word while he closes his eyes. It's so relatable to me, even while I write these lines 😂

@fordhouse8b

8 ай бұрын

Notable. Notorious means having a bad reputation.

@missterious711

8 ай бұрын

you're doing great :D

@madamcatussy

8 ай бұрын

@@fordhouse8bsometimes bad it just means generally well known but mostly used unfavorably

@supersophisticated9943

8 ай бұрын

@@fordhouse8b I'm an English native and even I have messed that up later on. Haha.

@konstantin7596

8 ай бұрын

​@@fordhouse8b That doesn't make sense at all. 🙃

He'so cool when suddently change language from english to japanese❤

Sounds amazing!🤗❤