Episode #21 of “Live in Tokyo”Sumire Matsubara is a Japanese-American actress, singer, model in Japan. After living most of her life in Hawaii, she moved to Japan at the age of 21 following the Tohoku Earthquake in Japan, and started her career in the entertainment industry.

Hana Burton is a racer, based in Nagoya Japan. She is half Japanese from Los Angeles, California, and has been living in Japan since 2022.

After falling in love with racing on a circuit, she decided to pursue her passion of driving despite being 22 years old, which is considered "late in the game."

Listen to her story of how she made her way into the racing industry in Japan, figuring out her mixed Japanese identity and how to live and adjust to Japan and the Japanese way.

Fadile is a model/actress in Tokyo and is of Brazilian-Lebanese descent. Coming from Brazil to live in Nagoya, Japan since the age of 8, she talks about what the Brazilian community is like in Japan and what it's been like growing up in Japan as a foreigner.
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Matt Cab is a Filipino-American producer who has been living in Japan for 17 years, working as a music producer and creator. Having worked with many artists in Asia including BTS, m-flo, Be:First, as well as brands like JR or Yomiuri Giants, Matt continues to influence the Japanese music industry with his deep understanding for music, hip-hop, and a blend of American and Japanese culture.

Crystal Kay is a singer in Japan who debuted at age 13, and has been singing for the past 25 years. This is her story of her career, as well as being Black-Korean (Blasian) in Japan and what her life living in Tokyo is like. Discussions include the change in people around the globe listening to Japanese music or K-POP now, how Crystal uses her influences in Black music to sing in Japanese, and what it was like to overcome her struggles of being a singer in Japan.

Joshua is a 3rd generation British citizen, born and raised in Japan. His parents are both of European descent who also were born and raised in Japan. He discusses what it's like going to school in Japan and about his life in Tokyo, as well as comparing what it's like living in the UK versus Japan.

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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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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