Hello
 

Hello everyone,

I'm 22 years old from the Czech Republic. I'm trying to learn japanese but my knowledge is very limited (close to zero actually). Anyway, i thought I might stop my habit of forum lurking and become a bit more active, so here I am.

皆さ〜んこんにちは！I'm Miyuki or Miyuchii~ ♥（＊＾－＾＊）
ハイパワー☆！ニャンニャ〜ん！♡
私の名前はミユちいです～！
十五才アメリカからです。
踊ると歌うが大好き！
アキバアイドルになりたい！
初の黒人のアキバアイドルになりたい！(≧∇≦)/
皆さん、わたしを応援してくれてくださいね〜！

Hi everyone! I'm Miyuki or Miyuchii ^^
HIGH POWER~ Nyan nya~n!
My name is Miyuchii.
I'm 15 from the USA.
I love dancing and singing.
I want to become an Akiba (Akihabara) idol.
I aspire to become the first African American Akiba idol! (*^^*)
Everyone, please support me!~

I've been learning Japanese for about a year and I hope to make more progress on here ^^ Talk to mee :)

My YouTube: MiyuCocoChii's Channel - YouTube
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/MiyuCocoChii

Hi to all.
My name is Sasa, 26y.
I am from Serbia.
I am planning a trip to Tokio and I am really fascinated by this city.
I wish You all the best.

Hello! I am Carlos Octavio, from Rosario (Argentina).
I am 40 y/o (09/30/71), and I really like the japanese culture, traditions, and all!

Recently i saw again a kind of documentary from channel "El gourmet" from here, from a cooker who visited Japan, and I really loved all what she described !

hello! my name is Janna (pronounced like john-a) but you can find me on the internet by nomvegannom

I am from new york (not the city, although i have spent alot of my life in the city).

i was born on september 5, 1992

I've been in love with everything japanese since about 2005, and in 2007 was lucky enough to journey there. It was the best experience of my life

Name: Declan
Gender: Male
Age: is but a number....
I have read manga since I could read and watched anime since I could see. I am a 100%, all around otaku for all things Japan and proud of it.
Goals: I just started my own manga and hope to one day write as my proffesion.
Favorite Manga: Soul Eater and Bleach
Favorite Anime: Soul Eater and Dragon Ball/Z/GT

Hi
I just join this forum, hope i will find Friends here.
By profession i am a Marketing person,working in a Multinational Company.
My field is Textile.
So now by by & take care everybody.

Howdy
 

Hi everyone, my name is Abrielle. Looking forward in meeting new friends and acquiring new knowledge about the Japanese culture. :)

Hi, i'm Bennet. I'm new here.
I live in Belgium. I like anime/manga so much, and i just can't wait till i'm graduated cause then i'm going to japan ! :vsign:
My hobby's are watching anime, drawing, collecting weapons, gaming, my youtube-channel MrWB003 , i love tuning and american muscle cars,...etc

What i'm doing at school : Publicity : Drawing, designing, painting, art,..etc
My favorite anime's : Naruto, Elfen Lied, Wolf's Rain, Highschool Of The Dead.
Favorite Movies : The Fast And The Furious (all), Red Lined, Final Destination (all), Saw (all),...etc
Favorite Serie : City Hunter (Korean Drama)
Favorite Games : Final Fantasy XIII and probably Final Fantasy XIII-2 too but it isn't out yet in Belgium (untill februari), Saints Row 2 & 3, Yakuza 3 & 4,..etc
Music : Linkin Park, Trance, Techno, Rave, 80's & 90's, Don Omar, Bullet For My Valentine,...etc

That's a little about me. I hope we can become friends ! ^^

Hello from Shibuya-Ku Tokyo
 

Hi my name is Marina. I am a holistic health coach and macrobiotics researcher living in Shibuya-ku Japan. I'm originally from Boston, Massachusetts but moved here last year around 2/11.

I recently started a website chronicling my research in Japan with regards to healthy eating, cooking, and exploring nature/outdoor events. Click on Marinas Tokyo Cafe

Please stop by and visit. Thanks! Marina

Hi, I'm Marjan and am new here at this lovely forum, I'm glad to see how many non-Japanese people are here like me, they have Japan in their hearts.
Yesterday on TV I watched a National Geographic documentary (made about 10 years ago) about the Sumo yokozumas, I was intrigued by the fact that at that time the best sumo fighters were not Japanese, but Mongolian. They were born in Japan though. They said, they are 100% Japanese, which I find to be great:)
I found out that Sumo has its roots in the Japanese mythology. There were two gods who fought eachother and the winner was the first Japanese. I also found out that Sumo is very much connected with the Japanese official religion, Shintoism. I appreciate that religion principles very much, myself being a religious person as well.
I posted a thread in the Japanese Art part of this forum, in which I tried to explain something about the Christian Orthodox religion. I didn't put the religion itself as the main issue there, but I wrote more about the Orthodox Icons, the ''Holy Pictures'' of the Orthodox religion, which I love and treasure very much.
Those pictures are images of the acting force of the Saints on Earth, they are two-dimensional, and around a Saint's pictured head there is the Aureol, similar to the Asian Holy Pictures. I find this fact wonderful; it symbolizes the commonness of the Religion and Spirituality, the fact that God is One...
I've been professionally drawing My Orthodox Icons for quite some time now, and if you would wish to get introduced to my work, please conntact me ba either sending me a private or not message here at this lovela forum, or you can reach me at my Email address which is: [email protected]
I hope to have some interesting conversation with some of you here:rheart:
Thanks, bye,
Marjan:rheart:

Hello guys!
I'm 16 years old and a student of an middle school in Germany.
It's the same like many others here: I'm here 'cause I want to learn more about Japan, the cultur, the language,...
I have never gone to Japan. But in some years...

Hello everyone, My name is Diana and I taught myself Japanese at age 12 :) I hope to improve it... that's about it.
I love the colour red and I am pretty good at adding to video games. I don't really have much to say.

I'm a ratscallion
 

Hello :~D
My name is [][]⅓[][]%¼[]@ but please call me Naemi, ham pants(no not really [ ; w ; ]), or something of the sorts u0o
I'm an American whom partakes in American activities such as eating and reading and sleeping and whatnot c:
I'm...a youngster @-@ so please don't hurt me (( o—o ))

I've studied Japanese for a while now, but I'm still only so-so (u-u ;;
I can also read hangul...(just not understand anything \(.__.)/)
I like snail mail and Skype and J-Rock and not using commas so y'all should get to know me!
: D
Well...that seems to be it, no~~? UwU

OH AND ALSO ...I love you (´；ω；｀)ｳｯ…
Don't forget to stay fancy (^３–)ミ☆

Hi
Im new here my name is Björn. Im 23 years old, love manga, love anime, love warhammer, love fantasy, love games, love art, love martial art and I love everyting involving swords and polarbears! Couse Im swedish! I am curently looking for friends who shares my intressts and stuff like that.

here is a picture of me, but dont let my asian face decive you I can only talk swedish and english! They say a picture says more then thousand words so heres a picture of me. I was kinda choosing from a normal picture where I look sane, but my inner viking said I should upload this pic on my 2012 zombie apocalyptic "costume"!

Introduction
 

Hello! Konnichiwa!

My name is Yukisoba and I reside in USA. I'm currently studying Japanese as my second language since I wish to (hopefully) someday live and work in Japan. I won't lie and I'll be honest to say that Japanese anime/manga got me interested in the country the first place. I still like and watch a couple anime/manga here and there but now I am more interested in the culture and history.

I've been studying Japanese for two years now... but I still need to work on a lot of concepts (such as keigo, haha). I am hoping this forum may help me but I'm here for the most part to learn MORE about Japan and hopefully make Japanese friends!

I love japan
 

Name: Ian
Coming to you from: USA
First Breath: Jan 1990
Intentions and whatnot:I just saw this website in google ads, and thought I would check it out. It looks cool so far! I also like Japanese manga and i love the country.
Why do you want to go to japan:I really love Japanese music and it is my passion. And because of this, I've become invested with learning the language. Before discovering some music I really love, I actually thought I /didn't/ like music (with the onslaught of "popular" American music). I'd love to go to Japan to see my favorite bands live (many don't leave Japan) and also, it'd be great to buy various cds and stuff without obscene shipping costs!

Name: Ryley
Coming to you from: Canada

First Breath: April/1993

intentions and whatnot: Just wanted to people to chat and hangout online with people who share an interest in Japan

why do you want to go to japan: Been interested in Japan and it's culture since I was 12. Used to be heavily into anime and manga. Nowadays I am interested in Japanese Music (Their Hip Hop. They have lots of awesome rappers) I also enjoy their variety tv shows.

Anyways I hope to become an active member of this forum.

Name: David

Age: Approaching half a century so I'm older than most of you.

Intentions and whatnot: I started studying Japanese 8 years ago because that was the language my oldest son was interested in. I've since been to Japan and a bunch of anime cons. I love sushi. My oldest son has become quite fluent and is in Japan now. I code software as a hobby and I'm working on Japanese language learning software now.

Nice to meet fellow newbies here.

Hey Forum!
I'm Sam, 26 years young :vsign:
I thought it would be a good idea to join the forum since I'm learning some Japanese and do enjoy a decent number of what Japanese entertainment can offer.
I hope I'm not being painfully laconic with my introduction.
Let's get along!

Hello everyone
 

Hello people,

I'm new to the forum and I hope to meet many new people here with the same interests as I have.

I'm 24 and live in Belgium.
Last year I went to Japan and I plan to go again in a year from now.
the country stole my heart and I can't wait to read all about it here, on the forum.

Like probably many of you, I like COSplay and anime but the asian Japanese culture and language is what interests me most!

We'll hope to se you guys around :)

-Calcifer

muh intro
 

Yo! Seems the last post was made a while ago.

Well, for starters, my name's Eric and I'm 18 years old (19 in three months ;-; )
I live in northwest Arizona and I just graduated high school in May.

I was first introduced to Japanese culture in full back in 8th grade when I was 14, and funnily enough it was through a bit of manga and a LOT of visual kei. I'm kind of like every weeb when it comes to anime though. I've watched quite a few, but I'm definitely no expert in the field.
I'd enjoy visiting Japan someday, but that is in the far future most likely.
Anyways, just felt like giving a small introduction so you know at least a little bit about me.
I'm always available on skype if you wanna chat about typical weeb stuff. ^-^

Oh yea, I also play vidya gaems.

Hello everyone,

I am from algeria, male, and very interested in occultism and conspiracies. I want to help humanity.

:)

Introduction
 

I hope I put this in the right place...!
Just saying hello to everyone. I just joined - looking forward to meeting new people who love Japanese culture, especially arts and crafts.

Hey, I'm sarkry I figured I'd say hey and actually finally join this site.

Hi, I'm new here too. I'm a student in Poland, in Europe. I just love manga! Do you reccomend any great titles I can buy in Europe? :p
Luksus Portal - Wiodące produkty, usługi, marki luksusowe

I neither read Dragon Ball, One Peace nor Naruto.

But I recommend this classic one "童夢: DOMU(Child's Dream)" by Ohtomo, Katsuhiro if you are elder than 15 years old.

Domu: Katsuhiro Otomo, Katshuhiro Otomo: 9781569716113: Amazon.com: Books

This book is too expensive right now (75 to 187 US$). I bought the first Original Japanese version for 780 JPY.

Last time I was here was late 2007. And I checked it out only because I wanted to find out if I still remembered my password. I visited during a dark time in my life and this was a nice distraction. I'm hoping there's still life here. I even replied to an old private message.

Nice to meet you all here.

My name is mike from california and I love everything japanese.

Welcome all to the forum fellow newbies!

Happy New year to all.

Hello, I am from Ukraine originally, but nowadays living in Athens, Greece. i woul'd like to make some friends from Japan, or from thouse who are living there...i love Japan for sure.

Haha omg, wassup girl?
I've been checking in and out of here but the MASS amounts of spam make mod'ing so damn frustrating :<

Happy new year everyone!

Gone for a very long time from you guys. . .supposedly my last visit was in 2009. a lot has gone on and changed. nice to meet all the new ones here.

To Reintroduce my self my name is Jessica most call me Jess or Jessi. I am now 29 years old, I am a big anime fan Bleach, Soul Eater, Death Note, Black Butler, Vampire Knight just to name a few I've watched and seen. Don't really listen to any J-pop or rock I did like Visual K for a while with Dir En Gray, Cinema Bizarre, and Tokio Hotel.

I am a Christian of 11 years I really started taking my faith seriously last year. And even more so after surviving a wreck that according to some could have killed me (I fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree)

Need help to win music competition on thestream
 

I am an artist from Norway that need help to win a music competition.
Please help me to Stream my music video video in a competition by following the link.

Ruben Risnes - Rule The World

Hello! I once had an account here a long time ago but I've since forgotten any information on it. I also wasn't very active then. But I'm here now!

Another newbie.

My name's Michael. An Australian.
Had an interest in Japan and its culture/history since I was a kid (I blame Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers), I've visited it twice and intend to visit again.

I've been looking for a community to hang with and it seems this is the closest one that isn't centered solely on learning the Japanese language or working/living overseas.

Newbie Here
 

HI!

I'm Min, 14 years old Girl from Germany.
I've been into Anime/Manga since I was a kid and recently got into J-Fashion, especially Decora.
I hope I'll meet some nice people on here:)

I hope you have a nice day:rheart:
~Min

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Hi there!

My name is Margret and I'm from Iceland. I guess my interest in Japan started with Pokemon honestly but I got more into it when I discovered visual kei bands and manga. I've been studying Japanese for a while and I was an exchange student in Japan in 2013.

I hope I can learn more about Japan while I'm on here (｡･ω･｡)