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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/

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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: @rikodonworld YouTube: ‪@rikodon_‬

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 to get 10% off your order. Also please subscribe to their YouTube channel as they are trying to grow it! Found here: ​https://www.youtube.com/@ITOEN-tea Erika's Socials: https://www.lionlifts.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lionlifts/ YouTube: @LionLifts

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__?

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.

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 him talk about his come up in Japan, and what it has been like learning English and seeing Japan from a different perspective after moving to the USA (New York). Follow kemio below! Instagram: mmkemio YouTube: mmkemio

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!