I was a confused kid—growing up half Japanese in Thailand, with Aki Yamaguchi

Meet Aki Yamaguchi, a Thai-Japanese content creator and MC living and working between both countries. She sits down to talk to us about growing up in an international school abroad, finding her own identity and starting a visual kei band, and how her unique background led her to where she is today.

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0:00 Intro

0:50 Meet Aki

1:16 International school in Thailand

7:19 Embracing Japanese side

11:27 Finding her own style

13:20 Starting a band

20:38 Bringing the band to Japan

25:50 Start of MC career

31:33 Covid and growing on TikTok

44:32 Addressing stereotypes online

47:40 Aki's unique opportunities

50:40 Branching out to English content

59:22 Content between languages

1:03:01 Aki's message to the dreamers

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@akinoyuutsu

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https://www.tiktok.com/@aki_yamaguchi

https://www.facebook.com/akinoyuutsupage/

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