Exposing THE AMERICAN YOUTUBER In Japan, "DOGEN"

[@CookieMonstaHG]

Wow, Sora was able to have such a long conversation with Dogen entirely in Japanese. Sora's so NIHONGO JOUZU!

[@JohnM...]

Yep. かれは日本語は上手です。

[@kansaidream]

There were a lot of cuts so it's possible Sora had many tries to sound natural. I'm sure Dogen helped him out

[@humanbean3]

🤔@@JohnM...

[@brojoe44]

​​@@kansaidreamtrue and he had to do retakes because Dogen actually got every answer correct, which wasn't good content.

[@mireillekaneza4522]

you sound like weep learn alphabet Japanese あなたの ばか。

[@ghostdunk]

Even Dogen's answer to not knowing everything about Japan was incredibly Japanese

[@314rft]

And Sora basically confronting him is a very American thing to do.

[@tungieuhoa5509]

Man get out with that sense lmao

[@TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod]

I was going to say - his humility is very Japanese of him. I was great to see this collaboration - respect on both sides!

[@munkhzorigk8231]

”　何でもは知らないわよ、知ってることだけ。”

[@Molya]

@@munkhzorigk8231 🤣 aaaaaaaa

[@yuukun-YGO]

That's reversed, Sora-sensei. In the reality you're American, while Dogen-sensei is Japanese. Nice try tho for trying to convince us the opposite.

[@dacueba-games]

Only SHEEPLE believe Sora is American. He's undeniably Balkan.

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

LOL

[@Twidleythegnome]

Pretty sure he admits it in this video by saying if dogen doesn’t know the answer to a question he’s not Japanese but also saying that he got it wrong when he tried it lol

[@howdydobuckeroo1204]

His Japanese is pretty good at least. It’s very impressive.

[@Johnnyvtg]

Sora is an American weeb who would do anything to become Japanese, even if he has to cheat an lie

[@Uthwita]

It’s really nice of Dogen to answer a foreigner’s questions about Japan.

[@Toilet-k9k]

Dude be quiet

[@chilly5321]

@@Toilet-k9k bro this was 10 months ago😭

[@Toilet-k9k]

@@chilly5321 Lil bro was born in 2024

[@Dogen]

official jōzu

[@lolipedofin]

No replies and only double digit likes... what happened here??

[@Inhale_8632]

you speak japanese very well like sora

[@NotPortraitSkits]

after 9 months, and one reply. i made it two

[@ibrahemar269]

1 month after, I made it three

[@JBouBei]

Sora: "If you don't get this question, you're not japanese" Also Sora: "I got this one wrong btw" Hmmmmm

[@lulucool45]

the plot thickens

[@MisterHowzat]

Hint, hint! 😜

[@paulyguitary7651]

😱 self exposed

[@NJDJ1986]

We need more Sora & Dogen collabs like this! They make pretty great content!

[@DareMurdok]

how about...a Rap(Haiku) Battle?

[@3playerpolitics]

It's a great contrast - the prankster Japanese guy vs. the straightman American... or is that the wrong way round? 🤔

[@ChrisCrous-bq1cf]

Yes please

[@314rft]

​@@3playerpoliticsThe Japanese acting American vs the American acting Japanese.

[@Oblithian]

ハードゲン！

[@jumpman93LP]

I'm always so impressed by how good sora's japanese is! I mean considering he's american, he sounds pretty much fluent!

[@MEIKO.V1]

HES AMERICAN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@kumimi_0]

@@MEIKO.V1its just an inside joke lol

[@enetzquindimil1863]

I mean, he already said that he knew more about Japan than the average American, so concluding that he knew more than Sora is unnecessary

[@PersonManManManMan]

Sora your Japanese here was so good, you almost sounded like real Japanese, it's impressive that yoh were able to host the interview with real japanese, ask all questions in japanese and maintain good conversation and even make jokes, keep up the good work!

[@sutorippuwebmaster8783]

How can you doubt Dogen-sensei is Japanese? Just look at him!

[@raidcrhonos]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@raidcrhonos]

その通りですね

[@RVered]

Are you telling me Kevin O'Donnell isn't a Japanese name?

[@wfd87]

​@@RVeredThese kira kira names are getting out of hand...

[@kovaxim]

He even has that cap on, ofc he's Japanese and people still doubt it... Crazy times we live in

[@jukujohantā]

Don't worry Sora, it's ok when one of your fellow Americans knows more about Japan than you. Just try to learn a bit more about Japan and what Japanese people do, okay? 👍🏻

[@doctorakiba]

Dogen is Japanese though.

[@shirolee]

LOL!!!!!!!!

[@ameame32]

In this video we learned that Dogen is Japanese while Sora is definitely American

[@krissyseptember5241]

This is gold 🤣

[@randycouch9571]

素晴しい動画ね。

[@jero7733]

Dogen's English is honestly pretty good. He sounds fluent, like Sora.

[@reviewchannel3038]

I've never doubt this person is japanese. Unlike Sora-san, who is clearly american that speaks good japanese

[@DevynCairns]

The blue/green thing is more interesting than even this explanation, because it's actually a language issue. Midori is a relatively new word and historically ao has meant both blue and green. This isn't weird, many languages divide colors up differently; there is no absolute answer for what falls in which category. Japan's green traffic lights are often bluer than average because of what they're called and I've seen signs depicting traffic lights that show them as very much more blue than green. My girlfriend uses the word "ao" very much more often than "midori" and usually unless something is like a vibrant, grass green, she'll use "ao". This actually leads to mixups when she speaks English as she sometimes calls things "blue" that we would definitely call "green".

[@francisnopantses1108]

Although even in the US for whatever reason blue-green bulbs as well as Kelly green have been considered acceptable for traffic signal heads. With the switch to LEDs they have changed again to a consistent diode green. But in the past the color really did vary across a spectrum. But yeah it's mostly about semantic space.

[@84rinne_moo]

Yea some words follow this pattern too like aodake (green bamboo) or aojiru (green juice) both which are more green really. Although the term “ryokucha” is pretty common for standard green tea, it uses the kanji for “midori” green.

[@84rinne_moo]

Although additionally I was just in Japan recently and we did a road trip and all the lights I saw looked very green. Although my husband thought some looked bluish so maybe it’s how some ppl see it? Lol

[@DevynCairns]

@@84rinne_moo There are international standards that regulate the range of color that's allowed, it still has to look 'green', but I do think it's generally quite a relatively blue green compared to some other places.

[@tariik.h]

In Germany, the "green" traffic lights are turquoise instead. But we call them "green" anyways and in pictographs they're always depicted as "real" green. I had never questioned it before. Quite interesting!

[@ThomasNing]

Although Dogen didn't know specifically about the foreign samurai in question, his knowledge of the nature of the ruler at the time is very impressive.

[@ExplizitDuester]

Well they were talking about oda nobunaga who plays a signifcant role in japanese history...

[@SamsonOng]

Most of us wouldn't know much about our own cultural history (unless it's taught in schools or you happen to have interests in that), so I'd definitely give credits to Dogen

[@kekeke8988]

Nobunaga is extremely well known and featured in 1000s of games, animes, mangas, movies, and doramas. It would be stranger if he didn't know.

[@a-ramenartist9734]

Oda nobunaga is as popular in japan as historical figures like theodore roosevelt in america, so it would make sense that the average japanese person would have some idea of what he was like

[@TryinaD]

Tbh it takes a special kind of personality type to do social climbing and warfare at that time

[@mlvxd]

nice to see Americans like you Sora immerse yourself with the locals for a change. keep it up

[@MEIKO.V1]

He is american?!

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

The crossover I never personally expected but am super happy to receive. Thanks to you Sora and Dogen for a great video together

[@sparkymularkey6970]

I laughed so hard throughout the whole video. Separately, you two are already funny. But together? Amazing.

[@KatsumiRichards]

This could have been uncomfortable to watch but Dogen is so honest and charming and in on the joke. They have a good chemistry.

[@ren7a8ero]

I just love how Sora seemed really obstinated to get some petty revenge, something like a dangerous comic villain would do.

[@314rft]

Or something an American would do.

[@TakahiroShinsaku]

Funfact Comic´s are an American thing so both of you are actually correct and kind of meaning the same in the end. Especially Jeff Bezos is pretty much a Lex Luthor in real lol, just look at him and how he laughts very evil villain like😉😂 @@314rft

[@Weatherman4Eva]

It truly doesnt even matter what he answers here, its really the reserved way of structuring sentences that proves he's culturally Japanese in many aspects. (And yes, yes, we all know Sora is culturally American)

[@314rft]

I mean Sora literally interrogating him over this is indeed very American.

[@laclochard]

I have no idea about this Sora. What is his actual background?

[@peensteen]

​@@laclochardHe is a renowned connoisseur of unchi

[@LetStartWithThis]

how is it reserved?

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@laclochard It appears to be some sort of fabric sheet

[@savvyphilosopher]

二人の日本語力が強く過ぎる　😫 そらさんの日本語は上手って、ネーティブっぽい発音。ドウゲンさんは良い先生だと思う〜　おつかれ

[@I_am_writting]

Sora Is the most fluent American I have ever seen.

[@henryxyz1]

Soraさん 日本語上手👏

[@fevid7617]

So funny, Dogen keeps cracking up after every joke Sora pulls.

[@whitygoose]

the audacity of american telling a genuine japanese he is not japanese is truly remarkable.

[@doublex85]

Jokes should be audacious sometimes.

[@Sophie_chan00]

Dogen does know many things about Japan, he passed the test 👏

[@derlenx1097]

I mean, Thats not very hard though.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Sora keeps on increasing the beef with every KZbinr including Dogen.

[@theb.i.t.1128]

2:49 The smirk on Sora's face at this moment represents a devil who makes a deal with a fool. So malicious, so him 😊

[@_umarro_]

watching sora laughing his ass off is a new experience for me, this is very interesting

[@GaiaLegendNL]

Fun Fact: Dogen is secretly the one and only mentor of Sora and he learned him the secret dark arts of Rasengan

[@d.g.2097]

6:47 ウィーブ「これも、もう間違えた瞬間に日本人じゃなくなる問題ですね」 7:26 ウィーブ「ちなみに、僕は間違えました」 やっぱり非国民じゃないか(憤怒)

[@artemartem2745]

Sora tried to expose Dogen, but turned out to expose himself that he's american 🎉

[@bubblegum_girl]

Sora san keeps tricking us puppies into learning... disguising it as comedy or even drama, but it's always educational 😂

[@teshyatan7346]

Dogen is more Japanese than Sora , but Sora himself is American!

[@ihaveproblems9779]

This crossover was beautiful. I'm so glad it finally happened.

[@dogchaser520]

Not many creators making English/Japanese humor content. Team up more! Lot of overlap in your viewers. When I saw Dogen RASENGAN the first time and saw you comment it brought me great joy.

[@getroid3699]

Sora you should have asked him to remove his cap to see if he has blonde hair or not, if he didn't had then that means he is Not a foreigner who leaves in Japanese as according to ANIME foreigners living in Japan have blonde hair .

[@harmonicarchipelgo9351]

Meanwhile the natives have hair of every color of the rainbow.

[@getroid3699]

@@harmonicarchipelgo9351 True

[@sagua85]

@6:40 Propeller planes are also considered 飛行機 and there are definitely Cessnas and similar planes that are a bit slower than the fastest bullet train. Just goes to show that Sora is not Japanese at all.

[@ReiwaMagi]

If were talking about planes in general, then yeah, no currently operating train is faster than a plane (Maglev doesn't count)

[@ketchup901]

Even airliners have a big range of speeds. A Boeing 737 can safely stay airborne at about 155 knots (287 km/h) which is slower than Shinkansen currently in service and a lot slower than the linear motor car (the one they'll be using in the Chuo Shinkansen).

[@EzraM5]

This was absolutely delightful! Stuff like this is why I love following your channel. That and "OI OMAE!!!!"

[@pupuco_san]

日本人から見て普通の日本人は街中で螺旋丸やナルト走りはしないので、ソラは日本人じゃない疑惑があります。

[@sorathetroll]

それおもった

[@boredpenguin]

2:55 of course you've never seen ninjas do it, they're ninjas

[@koalifix6501]

The vibes this video produces are unique. Sora should really do more collabs with different japanese or japanese speaking content creators. Too bad he was too late to talk to Filthy Frank 😔

[@anachromaly]

sora/dogen collabs are the best, always so funny

[@auroraboracat26]

I love how Sora claps like a seal 😂

[@rafinh0]

8:00 Sora breaking character felt great, I wasn't expecting his laghter either

[@Harry-mb4cs]

I can't believe how fluent Sora is his Japanese is almost as good as Dogen's

[@pietro6032]

Everyone knows that Yuta is not Japanese, Dogen is Japanese and Sora is actually American. Also, Chris Broad is a Puerto Rican Vtuber; Takashi is not from Japan; Garnt is in fact Grant; Rambalac doesn't have legs; ....

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

I'm sure there some Cessna 172 Skyhawks in Japan. Those have a top airspeed of 188 mph (about 302 km/h). Looking at the English Wikipedia page for Shinkansen, some of the lines reach 320 km/h. I'll concede that there could be some idiosyncrasy about the Japanese word used here for "airplane" that I missed, but taken at the subtitle translations, yes, there are some trains that are faster than some airplanes.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

The mag-lev Chuo Shinkansen under construction has a top speed of 505 km/h (314 mph) There is a test track that have had tickets open to the public ... but as it isn't a regular line, does it count? If you count city centre to city centre journey, I'm sure there must already be several regular Shinkansen trips that are faster than the equivalent regular plane, when you take transit to/from the airport into account .. just as there are many other examples of that around the world.

[@vkristof01]

Literally my first thought was that a Cessna 172 cruises at like 120 miles, way below the average shinkansen. If we are talking in general, trains go faster than planes in Japan.

[@ashigarashimo]

@@FindecanorNotGmail I actually answered that question wrong cause I knew about this latest maglev that could outspeed an airplane. I guess I'm not Japanese enough haha.

[@remember78-j3g]

you can see sora trying to supress his laughter after each question 😂😂

[@dhutch13]

which made this video all the more charming 😁

[@HikiyamiMorikoCh]

This is the BESTO collab ever. Love both of you guys.

[@kamiyama-chairdesklamp]

青信号の答え見てホッとした本当。実は色がよく見えないにも関わらず、子供の頃の思い出が中年である今なら歪んでしまうまで薄れるのはおかしくないけど、とりあえずちゃんと覚えてることまだあるってのは安心した。まだまだボケてないぞ！ (ラセンガンして祝いたい🎉🥳)

[@sanghasaga994]

I loved this video so much. It was wholesome and funny, I could not stop laughing. The intro was really entertaining, and the "interview" was well organized. Great job!

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

so unexpected! but very nice! collab between dogen and sora! nice!

[@karsu]

I really love your speaking delivery harkening back to epic Jidaigekis and Hokuto No Ken final boss character speaking delivery in the beginning of the video. Just hilarious. lol. You really need to do Seiyu work.

[@MamboCat84]

Dogen should now ask Sora a bunch of questions about America xD

[@JaredaSohn]

Dogen and Sora collab? I love both of your content! This is a dream come true!

[@ViralOtomo]

You both are a treat to watch. You guys are great.

[@RealPi]

土現さん：日本人じゃないです。 ソラさん：はい、お前！

[@gabrielsancheztorresalcala723]

8:39 in conclusion: Sora the Troll exposes Sora the Troll Adding that to the notes

[@AaronMichaelLong]

Congratulations, Sora-san, you're an honorary American!

[@jcudejko]

This is the best collab all year, nice job getting Dogen for the quiz Sora!!!!!

[@AllenAbbadonia]

This was such a treat to watch when I started my morning!! Thank you!!

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

Thanks! This was super fun, a great collaboration between two of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@Exilum]

6:41 **Actually**, there IS a prototype that goes 520 km/h on a test track if I remember correctly. But in everyday use, none.

[@easytos]

Encore! Encore! More Sora & Dogen! Pretty please 😩

[@Sparky_007]

I really wonder if Dogen was able to retain enough of his original identify after immersing himself into the Japanese culture SO MUCH so as to speak the language as well as he does. Indeed, to speak a language fluently is to be able to adopt to a very high degree the mannerisms and cultural values of that country. Especially Japanese. I find this hard to do as, just like I disagree strongly about various things from my origin culture of America, I also feel the same way about some things from the Japanese culture. Thus I'm stuck in the middle and don't think I'll ever be able to speak Japanese well enough to be considered 'fluent' in the language.

[@childofcascadia]

I dont know about that. I speak (but not read) Japanese at a conversational level, albeit with an American accent, but native Japanese speakers have no issue understanding me. Im extremely culturally a pacific northwesterner. I have never spent much time in Japan. Culture defines language, not the other way around. If you are conversationally fluent, you will have no problem talking in the language to native speakers regardless of your own culture.

[@Sparky_007]

I can speak conversationally. Enough to have general conversations. But still lack some grammar and vocabulary that can make it rough. Outside of that the difficulty is all the formality levels, needless counting methods, the mixing of hiragana/katakana word exceptions, the Kanji and add the ON/KUN meanings, sonkeigo and the like. It's just a very complicated language. French is way easier for me.

[@ajaysatpalkar856]

😂😂 i was wondering when this was gonna happen!!

[@StLauncelot]

Wholesomely funny !

[@Angela-jk4bl]

This is a classic case of two people who have switched bodies. For sure.

[@numberfreee]

This is your best video to date. Watched it from beginning to end

[@GoldenSuperKamichu]

ドーゲンはいつもアメリカ人のふりをしとるなぁ

[@Rufiowascool]

What about the chuo MAG-LEV train being tested in Yamanashi?? That bastard is faster than any light plane surely!

[@daviddavidson1090]

どうげんの発音、普通のアメリカ人より百倍うまいけど 正直「ラリルレロ」は　なってません

[@EnzoGabriel-p7n]

DOGEN's rasengan was perfect.

[@yohannessulistyo4025]

I like how you use thinned Tokugawa Ieyasu picture for Nobunaga Oda.

[@sorathetroll]

As Japanese I have to say this but Ieyasu has a full beard

[@yukitokamiya3238]

man dogen looks to be a very nice guy dont know why but after watching this video my brain is telling me to subscruibe to him so that's what ill do😁 im curious to see what kind of content he's doing and thank you sora for showing me a new youtuber to enjoy hope you will do more videos like these with other youtubers that ill end up subscribing

[@wr24markii55]

How can you be a weeb and never seen any of Dogen's videos? He's one of the best and most fluent non-Japanese KZbinr there is. Damn you must be living under a rock.

[@rina5407]

@@wr24markii55 bro chill

[@patchthelad]

Dogen-sensei's English is really good!

[@ebonykitsune5031]

Omg ❤ I love Dogen, you are just as awesome and hilarious to watch! Subscribed!

[@rapthor666]

Good stuff, thanks for the laughs! That wait at the end Perfect

[@honey3762]

These actually seem like easy questions, I think maybe knowing stuff about comedians and pop culture might be harder. I hope you both do this again it was fun to watch!

[@Zarothmaster]

The collab we never knew we wanted. Wonderful.

[@VoidOrc]

This is my favorite video on the internet

[@youravantgarde]

This was a fun video. You should do more stuff like this.

[@akahige8967]

the master of NIHONGO JOZU vs the master of EIGO JOZU. been wanting content from these two guys together since i discovered them

[@moreuse]

6:05 Mr. Sora didnt expect the answer lol

[@ashproductions]

The setsubun one at the end....lol...it's like one of the most famous Japanese holidays. I wonder if Sora didn't know that

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

YOOO DOGEN COLLAB WOOOO how did that happen

[@l2enegadesofFunk]

Why the fuck was I getting so hyped during the intro lol

[@user-ke4tk3cy9b]

I like how Sora learnt both English and Japanese so he could make content in either one as a foreigner. Joke btw, im very sorry if anyone got angry.

[@DevlynneSloth]

True! The traffic lights in Saitama are blue! I thought it's due to discolouration because of age, but after going to more places around the area I realized all of them are blue.

[@verablack3137]

Sora is my favorite American KZbinr

[@shawnbuchanan01]

OMG, This guy Sora is so funny! I don't know who Dogen is, but my daughter taught herself native level Japanese at 11. Everytime we go to Japan people thinks she is hafu. Her student job is teacing Japanese.

[@The_Real_Paradox]

I love this collab so much haha 10/10 vid

[@StevenMarques1993]

About Japan, i know a lot about cars, i am a passionate fan of japanese cars 🇯🇵, especially about the Skyline R34 GT-R, king of japanese cars and my favorite japanese car, i learned a lot about Japan that has to do with the good manners and hygiene, Japan is a respectable country, for me who dream of setting foot on japanese soil for the first time, i already know at least that Japan is a very different country, i know even more things, but the main thing i really need to know, is the japanese language, i really enjoy the japanese language and hearing Sora speaking japanese 🇯🇵

[@RevanR]

0:21 that's suspicious statement mr. Sky

[@Crackalacking_Z]

His Japanese is pretty good for an American! Keep it up, Sora. Maybe Dogen can teach you?

[@zengrath]

This was funny. I wasn't sure what to expect when clicking the video. I was slightly worried as I do watch Dogen's videos and worried you were going to say something bad about him since sadly there are many Japanese on social media right now threatening foreigners in Japan but happy to know this was a positive fun video instead.

[@mosubekore78]

So next video, Dogen exposing Sora, Sora as american who live in japan and can speak really good japanese