Guess The REAL JAPANESE

I challenged the idea of what it means to be Japanese by inviting 5 "foreigners" and one Japanese person to see if my friend Harukaze could figure out who the "real" Japanese person is!

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[jesseogn]

Did the results turn out how you thought they would? What do you think it means to “belong” to a certain culture?

[RealTragoe]

I agree with Harukaze about Sasha being Japanese, she should for sure be considered Japanese. Also would have been interesting to see some information on each participant like if they were born in Japan or for how many years they have livied in Japan

[JyGproductions]

When the real Japanese aaid "hai" for no reason, I burst out laughing.
That would be the biggest sign for me who would be the real Japanese

[icslush]

Would've been nice to have short interviews with each of the other contestants throoughout to get to know how they learned japanese as well

[lifeofvix]

Harukaze thank you so much for saying what you said about Sasha being Japanese. My kids were born in Sapporo and most of their lives have been in Japan, we left Japan about a year ago and they still identify as a Japanese and have troubles identifying to their passport countries. My oldest especially, he went to school in Japan and the keeps telling me he is Japanese. That love and connection to their "home" is impossible to erase and it breaks my heart that anyone would tell them they are not Japanese. They don't have the passport, but their heart and soul is strongly shaped by the country they grew up in.

[Valliecane]

...Wait, so she was born and raised in Japan, went away a few years, then got back? So... the question wasn't who is japanese, but who is biologically japanese? Quite a diffrence.

[Leonlion]

I appreciate the effort to find everyone who are SO native on their accent. It actually made the challenge difficult.

[jasmithyantro]

There isn't a difference in speech between an ethnic Japanese person who was born and raised in Japan and a non-ethnic Japanese person who was also born and raised in Japan so someone like Sasha should just be counted as a Japanese in a challenge like this.

[chippukumikyoku]

The people that were born and raised in Japan should just be counted as a Japanese since they learned Japanese the same way 'real' Japanese people learned it.

[Thayrinesayuri]

I’m a Brazilian who was born and raised in Japan too, and I fell sad when people says I’m not Japanese cuz, I lived my whole life in Japan and my first language is Japanese. I feel you Sasha 🤍🤍

[abikuru]

Honored to be in this video! What I want to say to everyone studying Japanese is that your second language does not need to be perfect or “native” to be valid. Never feels bad about your level or your process!❤

[Tornado]

10:45 "nihonjin dayo!~" sent me hahahaha

[chloeyorke]

Love this video. I recently moved away from Japan and I miss it so much. This brought me a lot of joy and hope to return in the future ❤ also, Sasha is definitely Japanese and Haru did a great job narrowing everyone down!

[JericBrual]

Love seeing Ananya in all these collabs with Japanese content creators. First Takashii, now Jesse! And omg! ABI! I love her TikTok content!

[avsambart]

The conversation at the end is really important. There's a lot of Japanese people who don't "look Japanese" so they tend to be treated like "foreigner" by other Japanese people. But the end is correct, she is Japanese, she grew and lived in Sapporo. She is Japanese regardless of where her parents are from and what they look like. It's a shame this is still an issue in Japan in 2024.

[xjrgyfu]

Great video!

I wonder if most of the 'foreigners' were actually born in Japan and the whole idea of this was to teach us not to judge someone by their appearance. In that case they are all real Japanese.
It would have been cool if the Kyoto guy knew that and so he purposely let Sasha win to prove a point.

[ケイリakaケモイ]

Lol that shouldn't have even counted, Sapporo girl was actually Japanese!! I was thinking everyone except Kyoto-san was gaikokujin. Damn, maybe if I was Japanese myself I would've suspected she was native from the start.

[MaxDCapo]

Petition to get Jesse to be the Jubilee/CUT of japan 🎌✨

[JesusChristBC]

Accents aside, their grammar and placement of words is all perfect they already speak Japanese better than tons of actual Japanese people 😂

[lizziedoyle]

Would have loved to see more of the ethnic Japanese person’s reaction😂 such a touching and surprisingly deep philosophical ending. Very cool.