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Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox YouTube personality Chris Broad (born 21 April 1990), also known online as Abroad in Japan, is an English YouTuber, filmmaker, podcast host, and former Assistant Language Teacher. He focuses on the creation of videos about Japanese culture, Japanese food and travel in Japan, primarily in the Tōhoku region.

Personal life

Broad was born on 21 April 1990 in the English town of Maidstone in Kent.[1] Broad's interest in filmmaking began at the age of eight when his grandfather had him record his aunt's wedding in Vancouver since his grandfather could not travel from England to attend the wedding.[2] Broad briefly appeared on the TV series Robot Wars in the UK, where his father and team were regular contestants, with their robot Killertron.[3]

Broad studied English and business at the University of Kent from 2009 to 2012. While attending the university, he developed interests in film making and Japanese culture. Broad moved to the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture to teach English as a part of the JET Programme in 2012 while creating videos about his life and experiences in Japan.[4] He has since left the programme and moved to Sendai.[5]

YouTube channel

Upon moving to Sakata, Yamagata to teach as an Assistant Language Teacher with the JET Programme in 2012, Broad decided to vlog about some of his experiences as a foreigner living in the rural Tōhoku region.[6] One of Broad's first videos to gain widespread attention was his review of the Japan-only McDonald's McChoco Potatoes.[7] Other subjects of his early videos included topics like what it's like to drive in Japan, KFC as a mainstay of every Japanese Christmas, and love hotels. He later moved to Sendai to remain in the region, but to be somewhere better connected to the rest of the country to expand his business opportunities as an influencer.[8] As the channel grew in notability, Broad began to make more travel-themed videos, such as a video describing a trip to Aomori where he visited the city's Nebuta museum and another where he visited Hokkaido with his close friend Natsuki Aso, who often appears in Chris' videos.

On 29 August 2017, Broad was visiting a town in Aomori Prefecture near Shirakami-Sanchi wilderness area when he was woken up by the J-Alert being triggered by the North Korean August 2017 missile launch over Japan. He posted a video about how rude it was that they would carry out their test so early in the morning and proceeded to criticize the regime of Kim Jong-un. The video was featured as "Trending" the day it was posted.[9] It then went on to attract national attention in Japan, with Broad being selected to represent the word "J-Alert" in Japan's annual Words of the Year event.[10]

On 31 May 2018, Broad released the documentary film Natsuki: The Movie telling the story of Broad and his friend Natsuki's journey to Europe.[11][12]

In 2018, Broad started his Journey Across Japan series featuring various YouTubers, such as The Anime Man, and his friends as he travels across Japan by bike, documenting local customs and daily life along the way.[13] A sequel to the series was made in 2020, featuring The Anime Man and Natsuki in a road trip adventure originating in Tokyo, but taking place primarily around the Chūbu region called Journey Across Japan: Escape to Fuji.[14] In early 2021, Broad began filming a third entry in the series, titled Journey Across Japan: The Lost Islands with The Anime Man and Natsuki, which takes place in the region of Kyushu.[15] In June 2021, the single "Too Much Volcano!" by Abroad in Japan and featuring The Anime Man and Natsuki was released on the iTunes Store and Spotify; the song and accompanying music video was recorded during the production of The Lost Islands.[16] The song peaked at 65 on the UK downloads charts on 25 June 2021.[17]

Documentary work

The channel also has featured some documentary-style videos. In addition to the Natsuki movie mentioned above, one focused on the effects of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the citizens of Kesennuma and how they and external powers are working to rebuild their city's image and livelihood.[18] Broad noted that the aversion to the area because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster bothered him and that caused him to work on documentaries about the area, including one that is in development that will focus on the positive aspects of life in Fukushima.[19] In December 2019, he released a documentary interview of the rock artist Hyde, during the artist's performances at Zepp Tokyo.[20] Broad revisited the disaster area in a second documentary uploaded in 2020 about the region's recovery.[4] YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki praised Broad's documentary work in reference to this second documentary about the 2011 disaster in a tweet she posted on 1 December 2020.[21] A publication by the Cabinet of Japan praised Broad's work on the documentaries for how his ability to capture "the heartbreaking sorrow of the disaster victims and the hopeful steps being taken towards recovery".[22]

Podcast

Together with Pete Donaldson, Broad presents a twice weekly Abroad in Japan series of podcasts on Radio Stakhanov about Japanese culture, current events, and cuisine. Some recurring topics of the series are the Lotte soft serve, Coolish and a pizza vending machine that was once functioning in Hiroshima.[23] The pair also talk about Japan-related stories and questions submitted by their audience by email in a segment they call the "Fax Machine" as a jest towards the obsolete method of communication that is still commonly used in many Japanese workplaces.[24][25]

Other work

Broad spoke at a TEDx conference at Tohoku University where he spoke about the power of YouTube and encouraged the audience to share their experiences with the world through the platform.[26] In 2017, Broad was the host of a documentary about cats in Japanese culture called Cat Nation where he (despite being allergic to cats) travelled throughout Japan to document the cat-centered activities or places, such as visiting the Wakayama Electric Railway where a cat named Tama became a tourist attraction after it became the station master of Kishi Station.[27] Broad hosted an episode of "Explore Regional Flavors - Visiting the Hidden Village", a documentary about Japan's local cuisine broadcast on NHK World in August 2017.[28]

Discography

Singles

Title Year
"Too Much Volcano"
Vorlage:Small 		2021

Collaborators

References

Vorlage:Reflist

External links

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  1. ↑ Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, volume 16, General Register Office for England and Wales, (Please provide a date or year), page 1930
  2. ↑ 外国人YouTuberの僕が、"奇妙ではない"日本のアイデンティティに惹かれた理由 (ja). In: Yahoo News Japan, 14 February 2021. Abgerufen im 22 February 2021. 
  3. ↑ acast: Abroad in Japan: Myths about Japan! | Abroad in Japan on acast (Englisch) In: acast . 4 April 2018. Abgerufen im 21 December 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Hana Fujita: British YouTuber Chris Broad spotlights resilient locals in Japan in wake of 2011 tsunami. In: Mainichi Shimbun, 23 November 2020. Abgerufen im 3 December 2020. 
  5. ↑ A foreigner living in Japan. A charm of Miyagi from a YouTuber. Interview / Mr. Chris Broad. In: Stories of Miyagi. Abgerufen im 22 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Atsuko Matsumoto: Videos 'like a party' look for the real Japan. In: The Japan News. 13 July 2019. Archiviert vom Original am 12 October 2019. Abgerufen im 13 September 2019..
  7. ↑ McDonald's Japan's chocolate covered fries: 'it works' – video review. In: The Guardian, 28 January 2016. Abgerufen im 3 December 2020. 
  8. ↑ Shizuka Anderson: Get To Know Chris Broad from Abroad in Japan. 30 March 2018. Abgerufen im 17 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Mark Saunokonoko: Japan wakes up to TVs being taken over as North Korean missile whizzed overhead. Abgerufen im 17 December 2018. 
  10. ↑ 2017: The Winning Words. nippon.com. 1 December 2017. Abgerufen im 3 December 2020.
  11. ↑ Abroad in Japan: Natsuki: The Movie (Life in Japan Documentary). 31 May 2018. Abgerufen im 27 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Tessa Randello: Japan's YouTubers go long with crowdfunded content. In: The Japan Times. 9 June 2018. Abgerufen im 22 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Journey Across Japan. Tokyo Creative. 2018. Abgerufen im 3 December 2020.
  14. ↑ 連載：クリス・ブロードの「ガイドブックに載っていない日本」（第0回） 外国人YouTuberである僕が「日本人が見落としている日本の魅力」を伝えるためにできること (Japanisch) Real Sound. 2 January 2021. Abgerufen im 10 January 2021.
  15. ↑ Journey Across Japan: The Lost Islands (Englisch) In: Abroad in Japan . Abgerufen am 29. Mai 2021.
  16. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  17. ↑ Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.
  18. ↑ What Happened In Japan After The Tsunami?. 1 February 2018. Abgerufen im 17 December 2018.
  19. ↑ Atsuko Matsumoto: Videos 'like a party' look for the real Japan. In: The Japan News. 13 July 2019. Archiviert vom Original am 17 July 2019. Abgerufen im 13 September 2019.
  20. ↑ British youtuber spends a week with HYDE. In: J Rock News. 22 December 2019. Abgerufen im 23 December 2019.
  21. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  22. ↑ Broadcasting the Unknown Japan to the World. In: Kizuna. Cabinet of Japan. 15 April 2021. Abgerufen im 17 April 2021.
  23. ↑ Pizza vending machine attracts crowds in Hiroshima. In: The Japan Times. 6 September 2018. Abgerufen im 13 September 2019.
  24. ↑ Martin Fackler: In High-Tech Japan, the Fax Machines Roll On. In: The New York Times. 13 February 2013. Abgerufen im 13 September 2019.
  25. ↑ Abroad in Japan- A Japanese culture broadcast. Abgerufen im 17 December 2018.
  26. ↑ Your audience is waiting. 18 May 2017. Abgerufen im 17 December 2018.
  27. ↑ Cat Nation: A Film About Japan's Crazy Cat Culture.. Abgerufen im 18 December 2018.
  28. ↑ Explore Regional Flavors - Visiting the Hidden Village - Part 2. Abgerufen im 24 December 2020.
  29. ↑ Ryotaro Sakurai's LinkedIn. Abgerufen im 21 December 2018.
  30. ↑ TEDx Talks ((Please provide a date)) Learning outside Japan, telling Tohoku to the world | Ryotaro Sakurai | TEDxTohokuUniversity[1]
  31. ↑ I Drove to Japan's Most Extreme North | Hokkaido Road Trip[2] (in en), (Please provide a date or year)
  32. ↑ Chris Broad: ALSO a big shout out to my best American friend Pete for coming on the journey (Englisch) In: Twitter . 1 May 2021. Archiviert vom Original am 1 May 2021. Abgerufen am 27. Juli 2021.
  33. ↑ PremierTwo - Twitch[3], (Please provide a date or year)
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