How Sora the Troll learned to be proud to be Japanese

Unpacking Japan · Produced by ZenStudio

February 20, 20261h 15m

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Show Notes

Meet Sora, a voice actor from Japan*, who sits down to talk to us about his life and career. He tells us about his struggles with his identity and how weebs helped him learn to be proud of his country, his journey from English teacher to voice actor and creator, and the absolute state of Japan content.

*yes really

0:00 Intro

0:46 Is Sora actually Japanese?

4:21 How weebs changed his perception of Japan

10:28 Becoming an English teacher

15:20 Start as a voice actor

19:15 Sora's most viral roles

23:33 Becoming a meme

27:57 Mindset as an actor

29:22 Being cringe on YouTube

34:04 Making skits about Japanglish

37:59 Is his channel still for weebs?

41:31 Sora's opinion on VTubers

45:20 Sora's opinion on "Japan" content

48:50 Does Sora feel any pressure as a Japanese?

53:44 Sora's obsession with Chris Broad

1:00:57 What fame means living in Japan

1:03:29 Living in Tokyo vs. Osaka vs. Chiba

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