*CORRECTION:* Nick actually belongs to *Sun Music Productions* , not Yoshimoto Kogyo!! Not sure how I managed to mess that up! Really sorry!! Skip to 24:14 for an explanation of what Manzai actually is! You can watch some of Nick’s Japanese comedy by searching “タイムボム”, which is the of the Manzai duo that he’s in! Just caught an error in the English subs at the beginning of the video. At 00:38, the subtitle should say “And the good thing about Japanese language schools is”. Sorry, I had been up for over 24 hours when I made the intro for this video; maybe you can tell I don’t look so great in the clip lol 😅

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@Makiaveliiste

3 жыл бұрын

Why would we skip? the beginning is interesting . Don't listen to matt guys! don't skip !!!

@benmacdonald5445

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt, I’ve got a little Japanese problem that I need your help for. I’m relatively new to Japanese, and one of my biggest problems is processing. I can hear the words I know, but it takes me about 2 seconds to process what that means. How can I fix this?

@rikuown

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know HighGai?

@pritheebecareful7070

3 жыл бұрын

You do seem tired in the intro. I respect your dedication. Now get some rest!

33? the guy looks like a teenager dude

@henriquerezende5106

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he was around 17 lol

@ankushds7018

3 жыл бұрын

The "Asian effect"

@PacificUnity

3 жыл бұрын

That is the youngest looking 33 year old white dude I've ever seen lol I'm younger than him and I look 10 years older than he does...

@iliaantipin9919

3 жыл бұрын

As he said, he became an adult in Japan, and in a safe country like Japan you don't age as fast as in the US, for example

@homelander4926

3 жыл бұрын

@@wanderingdoc5075 their diet is the carry

part way through I noticed his hat looked like a mini pope hat and I couldn't unsee it.

@peterhebden1557

3 жыл бұрын

me too hahahahaha

@PauloGarcia-sp5ws

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no, why did you do this to me.

@mikajapanesemia346

3 жыл бұрын

I can't unsee that now.

@GilBeloGil

3 жыл бұрын

oh god man....

Matt has a really good ability for interviewing people. Can't wait for more.

@metaforically

2 жыл бұрын

But he didn't know Arrested Development

"I would definitely recommend to people who wanna learn the language, to think about how they wanna use that in the future." I don't think anyone really considers this starting out, for me anyway I just ended up learning Japanese and now I have to figure out how to make the most of it.

@iliaantipin9919

3 жыл бұрын

Hitting on girls was my primary objective, but then I realized if you can't do it in your native language, you can't do it in Japanese too ahah

@lolozo214

3 жыл бұрын

...time to start thinking. I'm learning it at university just because I was going to learn the language anyway, so I may as well get a degree out of it.

@Astro-gf1bm

3 жыл бұрын

KGB 48 Lmaooo

@CMTJTG

3 жыл бұрын

@@iliaantipin9919 Lol

@mistbornlazarus2611

3 жыл бұрын

Um. In my case I'm super interested in a lot of japanese media (i mean, games, anime, novels) and at some point, not being able to understand japanese became a barrier. I'm still trying to overcome that language though hahaha Maybe someday.

This is my favorite interview on your channel so far, Matt. I love the riffing on cultural differences with comedy in Japan vs the west.

@JJWalters

3 жыл бұрын

So many differences man. Nick had a lot of different experiences than me being a comedian in japan but he nailed a lot of the points for sure. I sometimes dive into different aspects on my channel though.

Dude sick interview! Keep up the great content

As usual, Matt hits the nail with his questions. I found this interview, as the one you made with the Shakuhachi player, to be profoundly interesting despite having no significant interest in both their areas of expertise. Good job and please keep these coming 👍

This is awesome Matt. Looking forward for Part 2.

Such a great interview!! Well done Matt!

Thanks for this interview!

Wow. This was great. I will absolutely watch pt2. Thanks to you both.

This was my favorite interview yet, can't wait for pt 2!

Awesome interview! Love hearing these conversations with different types of people.

By far my favorite interview so far. Very interesting topics and insight on the entertainment industry. Can't wait for more like these.

This was such a great video! Great perspectives and insights from both sides - thanks for making this video!

Awesome video! I’ve been watching nick for a while so this is amazing to see.

Insightful questions and a great guest. Thanks for the content. Also, yeah, a part two with Nick would be great

This interview is amazing!

These are my favorite videos. Super relaxed podcast vibes

Loved this interview and enjoy all your content, Matt!!

This is the best interview so far on this channel! So interesting and would love a part 2 to hear more about the 芸能界

This was a really good interview. Thank you nick. I learned a lot from him and I think he has a super interesting perspective. I'd definitively want to see a part 2.

Do a part 2! I really enjoyed learning about his experience and the Japanese comedy world

Thank you for content, Matt

Really interesting talk, especially the part about well known and famous people. Thanks!

Thanks for this interview! As someone living here in his first year, it's just very encouraging to hear someone else's experience. Especially outside of the English teacher bubble.

Super interesting and insightful interview. Great job and thank you for doing this!

Great insights from this guest. You can really tell that he's really passionate and has thought a lot about what he does from the interesting points he makes.

Awesome interview, I saw Nick on the youtube video that was included as a clip here as well, seems like a really nice dude. Getting a unique look into the 芸能界 is really special, would happily see a part 2!

Amazing interview! Thanks

Really interesting how everyone you interview have a completely different perspective of Japan. In Justin's interview, he said that you can "become" Japanese if you wanted to, and how everyone should try to reach that level of cultural understanding. In this one Nick says that Japanese people can't really ever get past your "gaijinness". I wonder how much of that is a difference in the different industries that they are in. Looking forward to part 2!

@TheAnikeenko

3 жыл бұрын

As a person who been to japan a few times due to having a Japanese girlfriend i can tell you it will never happen in this century. They would always ask me if it's my first time and why im there. They can't understand someone is living there, for them all the white people are English teachers or tourists. Im not even american, im russian.

@flaviospadavecchia5126

3 жыл бұрын

Which interview was Justin's?

@memeking8734

3 жыл бұрын

ive seen that even if you are born in a certain country and live exactly like a person in that country, if you look "foreign" you will never be consider a local.

@cryan9137

3 жыл бұрын

I think they're talking about slightly different things. The public is limited in how they can know famous gaijin, so they will just perceive them in the stereotypical way, and Nick had to deal with that. Justin, however, was talking about his experience working in the finance industry and how his coworkers began treating him over time. By demonstrating competency and dependability in that corporate environment, he lost his privileges as a foreigner in that context and would get in trouble for making a mistake that a Japanese person would never have made (due to cultural/linguistic misunderstandings). Why exactly he lost this privilege, and what exactly it means in terms of "becoming" Japanese is up to speculation, but it's definitely meaningful.

@RonaldMcPaul

3 жыл бұрын

Does Matt have any good videos from his "hate Japan culture disillusionment stage??"

Couldn't stop listening to this interview. Super interesting guest. Nick seems to be very down to earth.

Looking forward to seeing this Part 2 with Nick!

Wow. I never comment on things on KZread, but this was a phenomenal interview. Well done, Matt, and your guest was extremely engaging in his own right. Would definitely watch a part 2.

One of the best videos on your channel for sure - such an interesting story and personality!

I'm really loving your recent interviews. You have interesting guests and you are a great interviewer.

I feel like I’ve looked 30 since I was 15 - this man looks 22 at the oldest 😭

@just1frosty516

2 жыл бұрын

Bro I’m 17 n ppl usually think I’m 21-27 I was thinking the same thing the entire time this dudes a vampire

This is awesome, Matt!

英語の勉強になります！ アメリカ人カッコいい🇺🇸

ニックやーん！！笑 I’m Japanese and learning English but your videos and tips are so helpful!:) and I completely agree with your ways of learning foreign languages! I wasn’t able to verbalize my thoughts on language learning, but your amazing videos did exactly what I was thinking! I wasn’t sure about my way of learning English and I was worried if I’m learning English in the right direction, but you gave me confidence! I wasn’t wrong!:) Actually I just found your KZread channel a few days ago but I’ve binge watched lol Thank you so much Matt! Keep up the great work😆✨ 応援してますがんばってください♪

really enjoyed this the whole way through. i've enjoyed watching nick on atsueigo's channel before but i had no idea nick was a comedian. hearing him talk about it has got me really interested in japanese comedy now. i hope you guys get to talk again soon I just went back to watch nick on atsu's channel and on a vid called 使うだけで頭が良く聞こえる英単語３つ, his third english word is ostentatious, really funny to me that he uses it in this video 36:06

nice video Matt, its these types of videos that keep me motivated with my studies

Such a great conversation. Both intelligent and insightful individuals!

Great interview!

He made a point that I really want to emphasize. Build a skill stack. If you have a strong skill alone, that's not spectacular, but if you have a bunch of complimentary peripheral and parallel skills, you create a skill stack, which essentially makes you someone that people can't ignore. You can fill positions that nobody else is uniquely qualified for.

That was a great interview! What an interesting guy with some unique experiences and insight.

This guy is the fucking GOAT dude. He's the epitome my dreams, fucking got his own band in Japan, he's broken the barrier and became a comedian making people laugh in a totally different culture, just wow man. I'd kill to have a beer with this dude. If he's ever on again ask him about his band life and how that whole experience is!!

You two talk really well together… was really cool to watch this. Learned a lot.

Really nice interview, and really cool guy! Would definitely enjoy a part 2.

@nadroj9082

3 жыл бұрын

ドンドン、ドンキ、ドンキ、ホーテ🎵

You ask great questions. Thanks for this insight interview.

Great interview

Hits the nail with questions on all topics relevant to language learning.. thanks..

Wow. this is so amazing. Both of you!

This is great. I think a lot of people learning Japanese would've loved to see this interview in Japanese with some subtitles.

Very enjoyable interview with a very interesting guest.

This is such good content, love it. So interesting.

Very interesting watch I'd love to read the dissertation Hoping for another episode

Thanks for this

Great interview! Very interesting!

Very deep and rich conversation for personal Growth. I really like how you go deeper in the topics and not stay only in the shallow

50:50 からの話、ベッキーと川谷絵音だな笑

this interviewee seems to be very humble, glad to listen to him

Great interview, also big fan of Bilingual News, I would recommend it to anyone who is studying Japanese. I actually started reading 革命のファンファーレ recently based on Nick's recommendation on the podcast a few weeks back. Pretty interesting read.

This is such a great video. I've seen clips of Nick's performance online when I was a college student, like 4 years ago, and at that moment I thought he was like half-Japanese and half-American... I didn't know he's an American until today so it's a little bit shocking to me. But as a Chinese person who's interested in Japanese culture and went to college in the States, I can understand a lot of things Nick said in this interview. Being a foreigner in Japan is difficult. Respect.

Good interview!

最高の組み合わせです♡

Once you hit play on a Matt video, there's no going back. Amazing content.

Two intelligent bilingual people talking about comedy. Epic!!! I was a huge fan of manzai in 80s and now standup after I left Japan. Right up my alley. Thank you so much.

This was super interesting, Thx

The Sci Fi channel was my first ever exposure to anime. I remember seeing the last 30 minutes or so of Akira and a few other really "adult" anime and I was pretty blown away. Also got into Akira Kurosawa movies through my high school friends so this guy's introduction to Japanese culture sounds really similar to my own ^__^

Can we still get part 2? Please? 😀 I really like your interviews, in fact this channel for me is all about the interviews and semi-interview collabs, like the one with Dogen or the debate with George Trombley; I'm not even sure I want to learn Japanese (in fact I have a dumber issue: I'm suffering from analysis paralysis about which Asian language to learn). But anyways, I think this guy has a lot to say and your questions are really good. I've learned quite a lot from all the content on this channel already. You're like a Zach Sang for interesting gaijin. So, in short, I hope you make a part 2. And just a lot more interviews. With any kinda people.

really great stuff

Oh my god he's the guy from Nogizaka Eigo!!! Great interview omg

Timeless commune. I became a big fan of you both with this 🤗

Great questions!

Part 2 would be awesome

Is that a cheeky anki reference I see on 39:50, even if it wasn't it would fit pretty good. Good vid as always!

@MidosujiSen

3 жыл бұрын

Matt heard "immerse" and probably had flashbacks 9 layers deep

Thanks!

Enjoyed this interview and would love to see a part 2. Any more info on what school Nick went to?

@nikkuniisan

3 жыл бұрын

I went to Toho Gakuen’s Announce Gakuen! -Nick

@davidmaney8793

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikkuniisan Thanks, Nick. Seems like a pipe dream for me at the moment, but in the future I might be able to pass the info on to a fellow weeb and change their life.

This was my first time hearing about Japanese comedy but I immediately realized that classic American comedy has so much 漫才 Laurel and Hardy Marx Brothers I Love Lucy Threes Company All in the Family Three Stooges There are so many examples. That whole “Who’s on first” bit is 漫才.

Really interesting. A little insight into Japanese comedy. Nick is inspiring!

no way! nick was the guy who did the vice mini-documentary on the Japanese dance dance revolution scene! cool to see him here!

Fascinating interview! "Slow learner?" Really? He became highly fluent in Japanese in his early 20's! I would really like to know more about how many years he actively spent learning before he became fluent enough to attend comedy school. It's totally amazing.

@TheZenomeProject

Жыл бұрын

According to Nick when he was interviewed by Atsu, he took a huge risk and attended manzai school before he became fully fluent in Japanese. That's why he calls himself a slow learner, though that's obviously debatable. Clearly, though, that self-forcing and extreme immersion is the thing that pushed his Japanese ability over the edge.

Hey Matt how are u doing?, this has nothing to do with the video but I'd like to ask a few things about MIA especially when it comes to Anki, how I'm supposed to use it? For instance I'm going to get new vocabulary and do sentences with it? Or I'm going to use some vocab list to start? I also wanted to mention that you literally Changed the entire way that I think about language learning, I was extremely frustrated because I've been studying japanese for a few months and I wasn't having a lot of progress ( because I was studying too much grammar and not immersing myself at the language) and you method seems to be awesome !

I don't know any word to describe Nick's personality other than beautiful. Totally impressed.

This was a really fascinating and deep discussion. Great interview! One thing I've long thought is that the rise of reality shows also coincides with the rise of more realistic acting across all genres. If you watch movies, it feels more like they recorded a play, and the actors seem to be putting on a production. The older the movie, the more obvious it is. Of course there is still the occasional sort of slapstick physical comedy here and there that kind of hearken back to the style popular 80's and 90's, but they're widely panned by critics now. Nowadays it's more about the witty banter and clever wordplay delivered (mostly) realistically, as if recorded from a hidden camera. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thought that, but it occurred to me when you were talking about western comedy. It's kinda like this shift toward realism just hasn't happened in Japan. Ironically, these days, reality TV shows are more apparently fake than fiction shows.

27:10 Arrested development is one of my favourite shows.

At 48:25, or around there, Nick says people aren't watching this interview for him, and I have to say I actually am watching this video because of you. I saw your interview with Takashii from Japan, and I really dug your vibe and when I found out you were a celebrity I figured I'd check you out. You're cool man.

すごかった ありがとう!

I’ve been using MIA Anki for one week now. The progress is amazing.

@younlok1081

3 жыл бұрын

what is this

@elless9730

3 жыл бұрын

@@younlok1081 mass immersion approach. Anki is a program for spaced rep. Watch the vids on this channel.

@younlok1081

3 жыл бұрын

@@elless9730 k ty

@deathonion404

3 жыл бұрын

@ريان مروة pick sentences you almost understand except for 1 word / grammar point. Then learn it and put it in anki for revision

Hey matt I don't know another place to ask but can you explain about the ON reading on japanese and the KUN reading and when do you use this readings and how, I'm a little confused

ＮICK, YOU REALLY PUT YOUR SOUL IN THIS INTERVIEW. THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OPINION

I wish I could go back in time and change my major to Japanese. Being able to dedicate that time purely to language study would have been invaluable. Trying to balance study with a job and girlfriend isn't easy. I really wonder if it would be worth leaving work for a year and studying all out.

I have a question about MIA... I'm learning Japanese and I've start MIA for 4 days now and it's been going really well. I'm currently doing immersion and RRTK. What I am wondering is that on the website (Japanese quick start guide) it says the it'll take about 3 months to do RRTK and that you should continue practicing RRTK for another few months. And then it also says that you shouldn't start grammar and vocab untill you've completed RRTK. After completing grammar and vocab (from what I understand) I've completed stage one. This seems like it'd take like minimum 1 year, maybe even longer for stage 1. In your MIA introduction video you said that if you practiced diligently it'd take 3 months in the first stage and if you practiced less then it'd take 6 months to a year. So far I've been going *ham* with immersion and I've been doing the daily reviews aswell. It seems like I can't complete any faster then in 3 months and only after completing that will I start grammar and vocab. So in total it'll take 1 year which is way more the 3 months. Is there something I misunderstood or can I somehow complete course 1 faster then 1 year. Ps. I didn't matter if it takes 1 year or 3 months, I just want to know if I'm doing things properly. Thank you very much.

Terrific interview guys. I live in Tokyo myself for 3 years, kind of jealous of your level of understanding language 😁 But true is I didn’t have any prior knowledge of Japanese behind こんにちは😃 I am big fan of US stand up so great to hear opinion from professional 👍

Holy shit!!! As another big japanese TV fan I will be watching the hell out of this haha. So excited!

@PatChatGC

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah that was amazing! Thank you for doing this interview! And got a good show suggestion, never heard of オドぜひ haha

Enjoyed.

what a humble guy.

What he said at the end about geniuses being kinda bad teachers. Soooo true. My math teacher and french teacher in senior high school. They just didn't understand how some(actually, most) of us students didn't understand/really get the topic/subject. And my French teacher was so smart. Sheesh, it made you wonder what the heck he was doing teaching. Plus he was kinda bad at teaching(as stated) and didn't exactly enjoy it.