Japanese American Being a Pro Athlete in Japan Playing PRO HOCKEY ft. Issei

Issei and I go back to 2011, where we first met when we were studying abroad in Japan at Sophia University. Surprisingly, we both were into skating/rollerblading, and both from North Carolina, USA. (He was born outside Chicago and I was born in Michigan, so maybe this is why we both like hockey? lol)

Issei shares his story about being a Japanese-American guy, making his way to learn Japanese, learn to adjust to life in Japan, and some of the crazy things in between. His Japanese dad was pretty tough on him to get good at hockey (watch to find out more!)


Issei is currently playing for the Yokohama Grits (yes, Grits) just outside of Tokyo.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Introducing Issei Kashima, Pro Hockey Player in Japan (YOKOHAMA GRITS)
2:43 Issei's Life Beginnings as a Japanese kid in North Carolina
3:46 ASIAN BOWL CUT (BEEN THERE DONE THAT)
4:17 First time skating/playing hockey
7:10 Going to school in CANADA to become a pro athlete
9:14 SHOOT OUT, being called derogatory things in America/Canada as a Japanese-American
10:29 Changing focus away from Hockey (Because of FINANCIAL stability)
13:34 JAPAN ARC: Studying abroad in Tokyo for the first time (learning Japanese)
15:47 CAN'T READ JAPANESE, but still tries to work in Japan (struggles)
18:58 Issei and Max working in a Japanese company
20:14 Joining HOCKEY for a Dual Career
22:50 Making Issei Speak Japanese (formally)
23:47 Cultural differences between hockey in Japan and North America
25:27 Final message to other athletes thinking about future work opportunity
27:15 Issei kicking ass


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