The Black Experience Japan | Making Japan Home: Loneliness, Culture & Family (Black in Japan) | MFiles @TheBlackExJp | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
In this episode of The Melanated Files (MFiles), we introduce Justin Bingham, an American Teacher and Shigin singer, who has been living in Japan for nine years. Justin shares his journey in Japan with us, discussing loneliness, cultural exchange, marriage and finding a family for himself in a foreign land that became home. The interview is long, but littered with many gems of wisdom throughout. I hope you enjoy this one and learn much from Justin’s story.
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In this episode of The Melanated Files (MFiles), we introduce Justin Bingham, an American Teacher and Shigin singer, who has been living in Japan for nine years. Justin shares his journey in Japan with us, discussing loneliness, cultural exchange, marriage and finding a family for himself in a foreign land that became home. The interview is long, but littered with many gems of wisdom throughout. I hope you enjoy this one and learn much from Justin’s story.
SUBSCRIBE to our channel: goo.gl/BToqWv
You can find Justin on Instagram here: @shigin_gaijin
You can find Justin's YouTube channel here: @Orthodox_In_Japan
Join our channel membership program to support us and get access to perks:
bit.ly/2N3CPrc
You can support our mission here:
Patreon:
patreon.com/theblackexjp
Paypal:
paypal.me/bejp
Bitcoin address:
12DcfBVZDwS9Ys2vbUmbx45iZ22EFexM8e
Join our Facebook group if you’re looking to visit or relocate to Japan here: facebook.com/groups/theblackexjp
Visit our website: blackexjp.com
Also remember to subscribe for regular videos on the black experience in Japan.
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#blackinjapan #justin #mfiles
![[FULL VERSION] The Most Famous Black Man in Japan (Black in Japan) | MFiles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wVCYJd0ePxs/hqdefault.jpg "[FULL VERSION] The Most Famous Black Man in Japan (Black in Japan) | MFiles
This is the full version of our interview with Dante Carver.
Dante Carver is an Actor, Producer and Designer who has been living in Japan for almost 15 years. Dante is one of the most famous black men living in Japan and in this interview he shares his journey with us. Watch to hear his story.
You can find Dante on Instagram here: @dantecarverofficial & @2dcsan
You can find Dantes YouTube channel here: @DC SAN
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TIMESTAMPS:
4:05 Why Dante Came to Japan
5:49 Auditions/Costs/Lack of Contract Work
8:06 Feedback from failed auditions - too dark
8:57 What kept Dante going after the numerous failed auditions?
9:13 You wont make it in Japan....look at you, youre Black
10:51 When did the first big break happen?
12:42 Difference between actors and talents
13:30 Being an extra on a Vodafone commercial
17:50 What did it feel like seeing himself on TV and what was the response in Japan and amongst diaspora community?
22:00 Accidentally getting typecast/stuck as the Softbank character in non Softbank roles
24:13 Given his success in Japan, would he go back to USA for other opportunities?
25:07 Any negative reactions to Dante, for being Black, when the Softbank commercials were becoming popular?
27:38 Positives of being Black in Japan
30:00 Projects and movies Dante has worked on in Japan
33:50 Motion Cap work
34:15 Design work
37:40 What is something people do not know about Dante?
39:38 Which Martial Arts has Dante trained in?
41:15 Learning Weapons
42:20 His Japanese language journey
46:12 What has been his overall Black Experience in Japan?
48:55 What has he learned?
50:55 Advice to newcomers who wish to follow in his footsteps?
58:00 SmokeHouse
58:40 Konnichiwa, Genki , Mochiron
58:55 His inspiration for acting
1:02:25 What is left to do in Japan?
1:05:47 From the outside, acting looks like fun but what do we not know about it?
1:12:47 Where can we follow Dante and what is next for him
The Melanated Files or the MFiles is a Black Experience in Japans series that highlights black people from diverse countries across the globe. It focuses on sharing the story of the individual; who they are; what they do; what they are passionate about; and what their experience has been so far, as a black person living in a foreign land.
Melanated is a word that is regularly used in the black community. It means “full of melanin.” Files is in reference to the collection of stories of black people that will be shared in this series.
If you would like to be featured or know a black person living in Japan or another foreign land, who would like to be featured, please send us a message on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theblackexjp/ Or tweet or DM us @theblackexjp
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#blackinjapan #mfiles #dantecarver")
