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dean ryuta

things happen for a reason they say, but i say there's a reason things happen

About Me



half yonsei/half shin-nisei. japanese citizen living in tokyo for the first time. currently employed as an english teacher, where i have to wear a tie five days a week (basically a glorified two-year vacation in tokyo). also have a part-time job doing translation and am finally getting my foot in the field of freelance journalism.

i love hip-hop, asian american issues, fantasy sports, taking the subway to work, quality time with my family, planning vacations i never take, web 2.0, snowboarding, baseball, golf, recreational reading, and freecell. sharing good food and drink with friends is one of my favorite feelings in the world.

read my blog if you so desire.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

japanese americans living in japan. anyone that wants to offer me a job. cool folks that are down to kick back and chop it up anytime and everytime.

Music:

conscious hip-hop (mad love to the blue scholars and native guns), 90s hip hop and r&b to bring me back, hyphy music cuz i'm hella bay area like that. and i believe that jazz is the purest form of musical ..thelonious monk and john coltrane inspire me).

Movies:

cool runnings, fight club, hero, indiana jones and the last crusade, the three amigos, tanpopo, the star wars series, notting hill, lost in translation, the godfather part 2, ocean's eleven, my blue heaven, any james bond, any austin powers, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, finding forrester, forrest gump, eurotrip, garden state, the matrix, saving face, after life, chan is missing.