Episodes
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Published 10/15/24
Published 10/15/24
Priyanka Ghosh Yoshikawa is the first Half-Indian Japanese Miss World Japan from 2016, and is a businesswoman based in Tokyo. Priyanka's Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priyankayoshikawa/ 📙Like the Live in Tokyo Podcast? Support me on Patreon!
Published 09/25/24
Riko is a self-taught English speaker from Kagoshima, Japan. This is her story on how she is not a typical Japanese woman, and how learning English and traveling opened her worldview. Like tea? Try my sponsor, Itoen's Oi Ocha straight from their website! https://itoen.com/collections/oi-ocha Use code MAXDCAPO10 to get 10% off your order. Also please subscribe to their YouTube channel as they are trying to grow it! Found here: ​   / @itoen-tea   Riko's Socials: Instagram:...
Published 09/03/24
Erika is a fitness instructor and self-employed mixed Japanese-Swedish person living in Tokyo. In this podcast we discuss topics on what it's like being half Japanese in Sweden vs. in Japan, fitness culture in Japan and what gyms are like, Japanese healthy foods, mental health and loneliness, finding a community, and much more. Like tea? Try my sponsor, Itoen's Oi Ocha straight from their website! https://itoen.com/collections/oi-ochahttps://itoen.com/collections/oi-ocha Use code MAXDCAPO10...
Published 08/27/24
Pele is a Blasian content creator and "salaryman" in Tokyo. After living in Ghana for many years, he moved to Japan for work and is currently 27 years old. Hear about his experiences being mixed Japanese Black and what it's like living in Japan. This one is full of comedy! Pele's Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pelegroso_ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pelegroso__?
Published 08/16/24
Elianna is a Mixed Nigerian-Japanese rapper based in Tokyo. She was born in Tokyo, but spent 7 years in Nigeria where she learned both Yoruba and English. In this episode, she speaks about what it's like being mixed Japanese of African descent living in Tokyo, how it was going to school, fashion in Japan, discrimination from police while being Black in Japan, as well as how Blasians in Tokyo are "trendy" now, but a lot of Blasians try to be overly Black American.
Published 08/16/24
Kemio is a mixed Japanese Persian-Italian model, TV personality, and social media sensation from Tokyo. His parents both unfortunately passed away when he was 2 tragically in a car accident, so he was raised by his two Japanese grandparents, and told he was "full Japanese" rather than half Japanese until age 18. Originally getting his start from Vine, he was one of the original social media personalities in Japan that successfully made the jump from internet to mainstream stardom. Listen to...
Published 08/08/24
This episode features a close friend, Alex, who discusses some of the norms when working at Japanese companies. Discover how different working in Japan is compared to the West!
Published 07/02/24
Isaac is a mixed Japanese/Cameroonian filmmaker, podcaster, and music video creator from Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan. She was born and raised in Sapporo his whole life, and self-teaching himself with the Disney Channel, and eventually moving to Los Angeles. Listen to him talk about the differences Japan and the US, Hokkaido and Tokyo, and what it's like being mixed Japanese/Blasian in Japan.
Published 07/02/24
Lily is a mixed Japanese/British pole dancer based in Tokyo. She has lived in Japan her whole life, having been born and raised here. Her education was all in English, so she touches topics on what it's like teaching pole dance in both English and Japanese to western and Japanese students, and some of her experiences being mixed Japanese in Tokyo.
Published 05/20/24
Victoria was born and raised in Niigata, Japan. She is 23 years old and a student at Temple University in Tokyo. Both her parents are Russian, having moved 25+ years ago into Japan from Russia. Victoria speaks Japanese as her native language, as well as Russian thanks to her parents, and is a self-taught English speaker.
Published 05/14/24
Live in Tokyo Podcast Episode 3 features Kai Kojimoto, a video creator based in Japan but originally from Hawaii. Here he talks about what it was like making the transition from living in the US to Japan, teaching English in Japan in Tottori, and experiences living in Japan ranging from Topics of being above 6 foot, as well as anime cooking.
Published 05/09/24
Grace Aimi is a singer songwriter from Okinawa, Japan. She is 1/4 Okinawan, and makes amazing music. Check out her latest song "OKIDOKI" on BigKnotRecords!
Published 12/31/23
Takashii from Japan, a YouTuber in Japan with 1.5M subscribers on YouTube, talks about what it's like living in Japan currently. Topics involve best places to visit in Japan, what it's like for a 24 year old Japanese guy to live in Tokyo, as well as dating in the biggest city in Japan. Video version of this interview is available on the "Max D. Capo" YouTube Channel
Published 12/31/23