Half Japanese Swedish Personal Trainer on Female Fitness Culture in Japan | EP #11

[@LionLifts]

Thank you so much Max for having me😄✨

[@misscaroline542]

@LionLifts Wohoo! Äntligen en svensk gäst på podden! Så roligt att höra din historia. Japanska kvinnor behöver en förebild som du. 💪 Tack för din medverkan. Soliga hälsningar från den kungliga huvudstaden Amsterdam. 🙃🇸🇪🌞

[@oodo2908]

You look so tall!

[@pandaplutten2573]

Erika, du gör både Japan och Sverige stolta! Jag känner igen mig i mycket då jag själv är halvjapan (och halvkines) men född i Sverige. Gambate!

[@nicholasammon4790]

＠lionlifts I have been vegan for 14 years in JP and I live in Gifu. Its easy. Its not that hard. I surmise you havent tried that hard because it's really not that hard at all. If you aren't vegan onyl becuase it's "so hard to find." that is. Online stores for dried beans, grains, spices, and even now more and more vegan pre-fabricated frozen vegan meats and stuff are available online. And you live in Tokyo where vegan restaurants and options are everywhere!

[@nicedragon815]

Great interview! Love hearing Erika talk English with her Swedish accent. ❤

[@MarinaTaylor]

Erika is my favorite fitness creator I’m so happy to see her here 😍

[@MaxDCapo]

Nice!! I am glad you know her.

[@DanTJones]

very relatable. ive gotten a similar experience here in Thailand. im half thai half rhodesian born and raised in the UK. moved to thailand a little over a decade ago. i speak read and write thai native level. but as i wasnt born here, im not looked upon as thai like other mixed folk who were prehaps born and raised here. very intersting interview. also we have that itoen tea here in the 7/11s. its lush.

[@MaxDCapo]

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[@_nihongo_jouzu_]

you're link in the description leads to a 404 error

[@MaxDCapo]

@@_nihongo_jouzu_Fixed. Thank you!

[@ITOEN-tea]

Great video 👏 Proud to be a Live in Tokyo partner 💚🍵

[@MaxDCapo]

Thank you. Also proud to be an Ito En partner!

[@seve_kai]

Let's go!! Shoutout the best tea, ITO EN 🙌🙌

[@Mary-pi3iv]

エリカさんをここで見かけるなんて！ 興味深い内容でした。 特に、日本の美の基準の話。本当にその通り。日本の多くの女の子は、細くないといけない強迫観念があると思います🥲 エリカさんみたいなロールモデルがこれなら増えてくれたら、良いですね❤ けど、少しずつ変わってきているとも思います^ ^ 少なからず私は（日本育ちの20代女性）、細い ＜ 健康　を重視しなきゃとSNSで学んだ気がします。

[@deutschlanddeutschland7111]

25:10 Yo Max! Your mindset changes automatically when you speak a different language! The language shapes the thinking! It's still authentic! You're just multiple persons if you speak multiple languages!

[@s0u09q5]

Japanese culture has many parts in common with sweden, talking to outsiders brings so much tension when i talked to people from both countries…

[@MarinaTaylor]

Max you have the exact right take on Ichiran 😂 couldn’t agree more

[@MaxDCapo]

Ichiran is good it's just not as good as these lines would make you think lol

[@Momo-qo7is]

I saw her yesterday on Saturday at B-Monster. She is very pretty, slim but much taller than the Japanese standard.

[@clmentksh]

yeah Max is right! I really enjoy hearing a lot of hafu experiences of social media these past 10 years. (By an over 40 ha-fu.)

[@MaxDCapo]

Awesome! Glad to have you listening to these

[@elroloLive10]

Hey Max, not sure if you are aware, but Peru has a large Japanese population too. So much so that one of their presidents was of Japanese decent during the 90s. His time in office ended up full of scandal and was forced out, but that's not neither here or there. lol! Would be cool if you could find a Peruvian-Japanese guest.

[@MaxDCapo]

Thanks for the info! Did not know about that scandal but kind of funny lol I do know of one mixed Peruvian-Japanese person I met years ago! May reach out, sounds interesting :)

[@maxsmart99]

Max!

[@JohnPowell6]

I'm curious - do you think it is easier for people with no Japanese blood to make Japanese friends than for hafu? Does being raised in Japan make a difference?

[@marioh5172]

Ichiran is super good in Fukuoka.

[@MaxDCapo]

Hmm I might have to change my opinion then. Maybe I spoke too soon 🙏

[@samojede6776]

Especially Hakata Ramen

[@pandaplutten2573]

My father was from Hong Kong! Och jag är också "hafu" ... då min mamma är från Kawasaki, men jag är född i Sverige :D

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

マッスルママ ❤

[@MaxDCapo]

10:51 so you have it time stamped 🙏😂

[@micheIIini]

Capital is Amsterdam, omg Max hahahaha

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

That is hilarious and I’m Indigenous American 🪶❤!!

[@adrianmercado3092]

OH MY GOD

[@_nihongo_jouzu_]

No Max, Ichiran is really good ramen and worth waiting in line, but its ok if you disagree, you can be wrong sometimes :p

[@MaxDCapo]

I probably just am impatient 😂

[@sdsddai]

I have the impression that Ichiran is the kind of place you go to only as a last resort when no other places are open at 2 a.m. after drinking😂

[@yourmajesty122]

she is strikingly beautiful, smart, and seems so nice. shocking to hear a super hot girl had a few friends growing up, has trouble fitting in and is so shy with social anxiety

[@cooliipie]

Too dark

[@alvintobu3568]

1:10 Till alla som kom från TikTok

[@Tony-m3p1v]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@nicholasammon4790]

nah dude its just creating artificial scarcity which increases desire and makes people continue to line up for it each day. in the end maximizes profit over the long term by keeping up the hype. (its just a different version of capitalism)

[@Cobbido]

Is she really half ethnically Swedish?

[@shaunduquette5992]

Could be German since she lived there early on.

[@JohnPowell6]

How great would it be if the only requirement for Japanese citizenship was to eat natto in front of a government representative and convince them you enjoyed it?

[@jsurfin1]

My cousin is half Swedish and East Asian and she really looks hafu. Erika looks East Asian or can even pass as Southeast Asian. The eyes are a giveaway. Her Swedish part can just be a nationality instead of ethnicity.

[@DfgghDhghgfh-xk5hn]

Her facial bone structure is 100% Swedish.

[@aramisone7198]

​@@DfgghDhghgfh-xk5hnNo there is no such thing.

[@MaNu-tv2cn]

Yeah she probably grew up in Europe and got a real swedish accent while speaking english. But physically she looks full SEA

[@Tinatina-m7h]

She doesn’t look Swedish at all

[@ad.6472]

Totally does, her demure is very Swedish!

[@Tinatina-m7h]

@@ad.6472I mean she looks more Japanese

[@pinky99280]

She looks swedish

[@Dave-qx3yz]

The Japanese genes are strong in her , but I do see some swede features

[@DfgghDhghgfh-xk5hn]

She does. The Bone structure of her face mostly. It’s just that her Japanese features are more immediately noticeable.

[@laughoutmeow]

Even though she is half Swedish she looks practically full Japanese

[@pandaplutten2573]

That is true ... only when you know very little about Japan and Japanese.

[@samojede6776]

People there look different. She looks half Asian half White

[@laughoutmeow]

@@samojede6776 but she looks way more Asian than white I’ve been around mixed race ppl a lot here in California

[@tbrown4080]

Tell this to a Japanese and they will say she looks like a non Japanese.

[@cooliipie]

You've never been to Japan bro. She looks quite unusual

[@RikimaruNobunaga]

Stop using the term 'half' it's horrible

[@MorganFrieman]

0 information about parents, I think she is not half

[@MaNu-tv2cn]

I think so, she is not mixed race. She looks 100% asian, 0% of white DNA

[@Ahmadhasan-yl9xi]

Jeg viste ikke at hun kunne snakke svenske men hennes svenske er ikke så godt som en opprinnelig svenske men ja jeg tror hun er en flink jente

[@Amandas4868]

Vad snackar du om Ahmad? Hon pratar ju helt flytande svenska😂

[@pandaplutten2573]

Hun har bodd kun en kort tid i Sverige ... som barn så blir man "stille" - som hun sa, fordi man blir fort mobba og det er umulig og smelte inn. Jeg vet som halvtkinesisk og halvtjapansk men födt i Sverige! Hun snakker veldig godt svensk.

[@takotako3321]

Hun snakker flytende svensk.

[@lw4423]

shocking another product of wmaf

[@ViljoVihannes]

Loser lmao

[@DiamondFlame45]

To be fair, WMAF are statistically the most common interracial pairing.

[@lw4423]

@@DiamondFlame45 I am not criticizing the guy for lack of representation of other pairings on his channel lol Just noticing how "international dating" is just men from the dominant group getting women from the subordinated (with literally thousands of tons of ordinance plus two nukes) group. not some sort of equal cultural exchange