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.--0:00 Intro0:50 Meet Aki1:16 International school in Thailand7:19 Embracing Japanese side11:27 Finding her own style13:20 Starting a band20:38 Bringing the band to Japan25:50 Start of MC career31:33 Covid and growing on TikTok44:32 Addressing stereotypes online47:40 Aki's unique opportunities50:40 Branching out to English content59:22 Content between languages1:03:01 Aki's message to the dreamersFollow Aki: @akinoyuutsu https://www.instagram.com/akinoyuutsuhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aki_yamaguchihttps://www.facebook.com/akinoyuutsupage/Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/