Growing up Japanese (and) American
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Mayuko Inoue is a content creator and Software Engineer. After working in Silicon Valley tech companies like Intuit, Patreon, and Netflix for six years as an iOS Engineer, she became a full-time creator in 2020. Her work aims to help people find their way through the tech industry by sharing her own experiences navigating this world through technology, career advice, and lifestyle videos. She is passionate about discussions around mental health, cultural identity, and creating technology with empathy and compassion.
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I’m half Mexican and half Filipino. I also asked my dad what I was “supposed to be” when I was younger and he just told me that I was human. Idk. I kinda like that sentiment
+1
biracial gang
Nope. Be both and be independent and free to construct your own identity. When you chose a label for you that means you are losing your freedom to choose whatever you like. I’m an Aisan from Araba, I’m Arab, brown, Asian, human, free and independent all these hashtags belong to me as I chose them myself.
american
Mex and Pinoy can be confusing to others (esp. when based in Cali). The skintone, the names etc., many of such qualities seem way too similar to the average observer (myself included). That said, having both qualities can be an advantage as well......
growing up American-Japanese and feeling shame for bringing bento to school lunches as a child was soooo real 😭 also equally regretted not appreciating it as much as a kid...
Love this video! Thank you for sharing your story. It was so relatable, I remember how much I hated going to Chinese school but now as an adult, I’m glad my parents made me go. I love learning about my two cultures and sharing it with my community!
I love your happy face, I love the energy that you bring to this video.
Very positive!
You go girl!
ok
Babe im traveling to usa in sept would you like to join me?
Are u Vietnamese?! :D
@Jacky Phantom She is Vietnamese. Just look at her surname. 🤣
@Jacky Phantom OK... I see~
We love to see you travelling in Japan, and show us some traditional good stuff in there. Super like!
Love this video! I’m Japanese American and I definitely understand where you are coming from. I appreciate you sharing your experiences and I agree that there are different “types” of “japanese Americans”.
Hi Mayuko, thanks for the interesting vids! Great perspective, very informative.
Thank you so much for this video. You voiced so many of the same questions that have been floating around in my head for the past several years and I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one! I think I might've had more Japanese people around me growing up than you did, so there's a part of me that has always felt very connected to Japan. But having been born and raised over here, there's a part of me that's just not at all Japanese, whether it's in terms of lifestyle or just the way I think. And like you, as a nisei, I have a hard time also relating to the multi generational Japanese Americans who have a 100+ year history in this country.
And I kind of smiled when you mentioned that you listen to jpop and watch Japanese TV as a way to just stay in touch in Japan because I do that too. And I'm happy to have friends that kind of understand why I'd do this, but I also feel like it's in a sense a bit of an impulse that they won't 100% get.
Watching this, I just thought うわ〜、マジ泣けるわ！And some people might think it kind of silly for me to feel so moved by this videoでも、まぁ…しょうがない！
Cheers from Oakland! これからも応援してます！
How you switched up from English to Japanese, that's a super power!
How many of you guys noticed there’s a cutie sitting besides her?
ma lil loaf ❤️
Two cuties 😅
Plot twist she is the cutie
You: How dare you not notice!! *smack*
Me: Ow!
i wanna have one slice of that loaf 😳😍
I met many "Asian Europeans" when I went to school in Europe. To me, I saw their struggle a lot since they were also born and raised in there. My experience with racism was not about my name was hard to pronounce for a teacher or kids try to hook you up with same race person but simply others told me to go back home, why are you here or people just talk about what races they prefer rather than other races more openly than U.S. On top of that, those Asians speak a local language, but they were always labeled as something else. When I came to U.S to study, you can still say I'm "Asian American" "Irish American" or whatever identity you have connections too. I didn't really see my friends being able to do that back in the day. What I learned about it was not to think about being Asian or your identity so much though it is still crucial part of your life. Relationships between Asian American, and Asian Asians are not my favourite sometimes, but hopefully everyone of us will be able to look at each other more equally. You are who you are. Appreciate the fact that you can live happily, and have friends who care about you. We all have sad experiences, that remain in our heart, but once we move on, great things are ahead :))
L A F O R Ê T Well, he said not to think about being Asian “so much”, like don’t dwell on it too much that it’s becoming the main aspect of your identity rather than it becoming a part of who you are, like a piece of a puzzle that is you.
@@jesssc402 Ya he said he loved being Asian as if to say well I wouldn’t love myself if I were white. I used to say I love being autistic, what I meant to say is I am what I am.
Thank you for sharing your story. I'd say that your name is not hard to pronounce at all - the problem is that people who've grown up with just one language get themselves stuck trying to pronounce your name with English pronunciation. That is to say, as someone who grew up learning Spanish first and then English, I find it's easier for bi or multi-lingual persons to pick up nuances in other languages, and accents for that matter, than it is for those growing up most of their life in a monolingual and cultural bubble. I hope that things have gotten better for you and those who you know who've also suffered. For every person that gives you a hard time, know that there are many many more who support you.
man mayuko always has this positive energy to spread. everytime i watch her video my mood is all boost up.
Wow Mayuko I love the duality!!!! Please do more videos like this when you can!!
Also, my parents are from East Africa and I’ve never been. I was born and raised in Canada and I never felt the need to know where I was from....I know that sounds very weird but I felt like I already knew enough but to other people from my country I know nothing! Oddly enough I’m fine with it and I don’t know how this came to be. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed hearing your perspective!!!
A lot of this stems from our parents. When we are young, regardless of if our parents are right or wrong, we look to them for guidance.
As such, if they do not take us back to their birth countries during the school holidays or see family in their respective countries, when we become older, we don't feel the need to do.
This was Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing 😊
OMG AWWWWWW I SAW THIS AND JUST SCREAMED IN HAPPINESS
I’m Japanese and American myself and totally agree with the pressure you feel to feel connected to Japanese culture. There’s a significant clash between the 2 cultures that it’s so easy to forget about your Japanese heritage if you’re just trying to survive/fit in to American society. Thank you for sharing this!
It's a very great channel, Mayuko
It feels like a real deep conversation and fully of advance.
Congratulations for being that way.
Great videos , like the real and casual way you tell things , with no beating around the bush and really wanting to help people with even the small stuff.
I’m learning about the coding, so I watched all of your tech series. It’s also learning English for me. You’re so positive, always give me more energy. I like to watch your video😊
thank you for making this video mayuko. Count me in for being interested in your story videos- I like them the best:)
Loved this video. I totally related to all the points you made, especially the Saturday Japanese school bit. Sending love 😚
Second, I love the variation in your content, keep it up
This video was so interesting! As a Filipino American, I’m so glad you talked about this topic. Please talk more about your experiences. What was it like visiting Japan every year?
I'm glad I found this video prior to May. Nice and looking forward for future video!
Absolutely love your videos! You’re such a great speaker and your stories are so interesting! I became a Patreon patron of yours because of this video and your last full length one!
I've never come across a more relatable story! I also grew up Japanese (and) American in a predominately-white space, being bombarded with questions about my obentou, attending Japanese school every weekend, and trying to keep up with J-pop (2010s Arashi & Perfume) to stay relevant within the small Japanese circle. College was definitely the time I could finally take classes about Japanese culture and meet people with similar narratives through JSA.
Growing up Japanese in America is quite neat, but I know I've struggled much due to lack of (accurate) representation, and therefore, identity for who we are to society. But it's kinda empowering because our own stories pave the way within our communities.
I'm used to not relating to any story, so this content was very comforting and refreshing. Thank you!
Luna Terauchi So relatable! I’m mixed but very similar experience.
I love this video because I can relate so much to your experience as an Asian American. Especially when you talked about how we had to figure out on our own how to prepare or apply for college since our immigrant parents didn't really understand how the American education system worked. I honestly didn't even know what the SAT was till the end of junior year of H.S. Because of that, I've always felt like everyone around me had it all figured out except for me. Now I am studying computer science in college and ever since I came across your channel, you've been such a role model to me and someone I can identify myself with as an Asian American, as a child of immigrants, and as a woman aspiring to work in the tech industry. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and so many other Asian Americans.
I'm brazilian and my grandparents are japanese. There are a large japanese community in Brazil, most of them are in state of São Paulo, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. And in almost all city that have a japanese community there is a bulding hall.
my mom is a japanese peruvian. there’s also a large japaenese population there. :)
This video was really informative. I love learning about different cultures like this. She seems like such a well rounded person.
Great video mayuko! I also struggled with my own cultural identity, but after a while of delving deep into the subject I found it was too complicated and gave up. Then I found that in the end, I was the only one keeping track. To me It seemed like specific labels weren't ever that important to begin with.
I love the style of this video
It's so refreshing to hear you talk. You got a lot of positive energy and optimism. I can listen to you talk about a wall all day and not get bored. Keep doing what you're doing. Love from Pakistan.
Super cool to hear the perspective of someone who grew up close to the culture and how they dealt with the consequent unique identity issues. As someone who falls under the Japanese-American 日系人 category, sometimes I just really loathe myself for not being as Japanese as what few relatives I have back at the mainland. We can't choose our upbringings, but it's encouraging to hear you talk about just being who you are. Really needed that. Thanks!
Even though I’m not Asian American,,, I’m Mexican American so I can relate !!! Also so cool you loved in San Diego,,, I was raised there 🌞🙌🏼
Eyyy SD represent!
Thanks for always keeping it real, I find asian culture very interesting. I am ghanaian and Italian but growing up in the uk
You find it interesting as you are ignorant. They wish to be white, this sort of culture is not for us.
日本からよくまゆこさんのビデオ見てます！こういうビデオも新鮮ですね！
応援してます、これからも頑張って！
But the video is in English, do you understand it?
bbb888 🤣🤦🏻♂️
Very interesting video! As a third generation Brazilian Nikkei, I went through many similar experiences and conflicts of identity as well. Along my childhood I always imagined how nikkeis on other countries experience these feelings...
Mayuko!!
Great video, love your stories!
Mayuko thanks for your video!
thanks for sharing your story :) it's actually really similar to a lot of asian Australians here who are sort of caught between two worlds since our parents are first gen immigrants. I found it surprising that even though I'm Chinese Australian our experiences aren't too different
*_LOVE THIS CONTENT_*
Thanks for this - I can totally relate to this as a British Chinese.
Loved this video and your channel!
Love the video!!
I always wondered how it feels like to be in such environment.
Love your outfits Mayuko😊
Hi, Mayuko :) Excellent video! As a French-Pakistani, your story relates so much to mine, even tho it's a different culture. Growing up with 2 different cultures can be hard but at the same time, it's really good !!! It brought me a lot of knowledge about my roots and the society we live in. :D
Very relatable video! I was also born and raised in the US but my parents are both Japanese.
Great video, thanks for sharing your experience Mayuko
lmao wait a minute. this is the most relatable video ive ever seen youtube LOL. im half japanese half chinese with parents that both immigrated from Japan and hong kong. I went through the exact same existential crisis sometime before college, Im currently a student at UCSD and am also apart of a Japanese org on campus. Thank you for making this video, I agree that I have not come across a lot of japanese american, especially those who have parents that had immigrated. I think people with similar circumstances to you and me will really appreciate what u have to say! Especially the younger ones going middle school and high school. I never comment on videos but i felt like this one hit a little too close to home to not say anything!
If you are C/J half then you have the basic language advantage. That said, you'll still have to take additional steps to ensure those advantages will serve you justice in your later work life. Having one true multiglot in the society in existence is much more referred to one monoglot......
Hey Mayuko, I just want to tell you that, I love your genuine authenticity keep it up :)
The cat and dog are the mvps of this video! But im really liking this type of content!
Love your sharing!
I am seeing this a year later, when the norms that we know it are being challenged and I have to take the time to comment that I am very happy to have stumbled upon your videos through the weird YT algorithm. You are a breath of fresh air and seem to have a nice personality that I find difficult to not like, and I am enjoying your content immensely. I hope you continue to make videos you enjoy.
Thank you.
Very nice video, Mayuko. I live in Brazil and here there are many Japanese emigrants with this situation like yours. It was very good to hear and learn about how do you feel and think about this dilemma of being from one country and living in another.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I'm in your parents' shoes; both my wife and I are Japanese, but our kids were born and being raised in the States.
I personally don't know that many people who's been through what our kids are going through, so it's a lot of figuring stuff out on the spot, and it certainly was valuable to hear your perspectives. Thanks!
Love this video !
リアルだなーってめっちゃ思いました。日本からも楽しませてもらってます。
Interesting video! Great job! 😁
My Motivator, thank you :) HelloMayuko
Nice advises, today was my frist home-office day and i started wearing my pijamas lol, but you are right, it felt kind of "not beginning the day yet" so i decided to dress properly , thanks for all your videos , love your channel and kinda get a crush on you
i really like this topic.
mayuko hope you did more about this topic video.
Thanks for sharing this mayuko T_T
Hey Mayuko, great video. I don't have experience in this since I'm full American but I do want to move to Japan later in life, probably after I get out of college. It's super cool to hear people's experiences in this type of stuff because you don't really see it being talked about. Again, great video! :D
It is great to be someone unique, although it needs some struggle, and the struggle is caused by people expecting you to fit in a fixed category. However, identifying yourself to be in a fixed type is the easiest thing to do and what most people do, but the most difficult and interesting part is the journey to finding yourself.
Very interesting talk. I especially like how you take the negative experiences with philosophy and comprehension. Your enthusiasm is contagious!
I don't know why listening to these words made smile ... keep it up MAYUKO
I stumbled upon your video today. This is my first time seeing your video. I watched the video in its entirety. As Korean and American, I fully empathize with you. And, as you said, do your thing. :)
Hi, Mayuko-san!
It was first time for me to watch your video, and I felt that your English is easy to understand for English learners!! Dunno, maybe because I'm a Japanese...😂? And the topic was very interesting! I'm gonna watch your videos more to study English!
Hi Mayuko~ ! I’m Japanese American as well and a programmer and I thought you are so relatable! Thanks for sharing your story!
Thanks for sharing your story it was insightful to listen to!
Btw You remind me of my cousin😆 both in looks and personality!
You're a straightforward speaker with good speaking skills combined with your positive nature and energetic nature keep up the good work mayuko! 💛💛💛
Very interesting! Thank you ^^
Great video mayuko
It’s gonna be fun if seeing you and TechLead come up with a video together lol
It was really precise how you describe your identity. Talking about "The identity" with this amount of detail and accuracy shows that you are intellectual enough to understand such an existential matter and brave enough to share it to public. I really like this video, good job.
Loved this video.
Just found your channel, really like it! ^^
Hey Mayuko, Thank you for letting us know about your family history and your history in general... I am pretty sure that we all appreciate it very much :-)
Thanks for opening up, I can relate. also you are so pretty wtff
love you mayuko!
Hey Mayuko, I loved your videos, especially when you talk about Japan because I'm a non-Japanese person who grew up for a large part of my life in Japan, and as you said there's not that many Japanese-Americans on youtube, so I love when I do see the rare stuff. Love from Fukuoka~ Keep up the great vids!
I enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Great video thanks! Have a wonderful day 😇👍
Hello Mayuko, thank you for sharing this video.. I enjoy this video..
I never comment on videos but thanks for sharing! Vibed a lot with the things you said as I was raised by my first generation Japanese parents in North Carolina with hardly any other Asians around. All in all, let's just be us.
Really love your content. Keep it up 👍😊 I'm an IT person, but super introvert. Watching your videos inspire me, how awesome is the combination of (Software Engineer + Extrovert) * Girl who code = super duper cool!!
Thanks for the video, Yappie Mayuko :)
also so glad someone is talking about the distinction between Japanese-American and being American and Japanese!!! it's a unique identity that most people aren't familiar with unless it's explained. The difference in experiences between Japanese-Americans whose lineage in the US goes back several generations, vs. 2nd generation American-Japanese like ourselves is v real
Same same same. From the bento, Saturday School to the existential “what am I?!” Thanks for sharing!
That was really interesting, also your 🐈 and 🐕 are adorable
It was so interesting to hear why you couldn't connect with the identity of being Japanese or American or Japanese American. It really made me realize that I connect with the title of Japanese-American because of my family being involved in WWII being put in the camps etc. Like I never thought that their history would make me connect with that term as much as it does. I just figured, I was born in American and my heritage is Japanese so that makes me Japanese-American. I throw around the term yonsei a lot to people in Japan when they question why I can't speak Japanese but so much of my own identity was shaped because of my families struggles and knowing there weren't terribly high expectation (family just wanted me to do what I wanted) it made me embrace that title even more. I didn't even think about those who have come here after WWII would think about that especially because a lot of activism within the JA community is still based around WWII. Wow, I'm so glad your video popped up in my recommendation, it was a great video to watch!
Mayoko , your cat just sat there in the same spot .. lol .. Very touching Video - I have Subbed. And you're right about Japanese American, I am from Plainboro, NJ by way of NYC, and I have not seen many Japanese folks...
Hola Mayuko! Thank you for sharing your life story! My life experiences are simular to yours. I'm Puerto Rican and American, it's werid to say that because Puerto Ricans are American weather born in mainland USA or on the island. I was born in Florida and I grew up there up until I was 7 and went to live in Puerto Rico for the first time like a year. Even though I been to Puerto Rico as a child, culture shock set in like going to school and stuff is completely different and was awesome! I really connected with my family there and my culture. Then we moved to North Carolina due to my brother asthma and a specialist from Puerto Rico recommended his colleague in Duke University to check my bro out because his life was at risk. Due North Carolina was like..... To me as a kid. It was so different and lot of the kids in school would say comments like the Spanish kid and try to speak Spanish to me when i can completely speak, read, write English lol. I was also introduced to ESL in middle school and I was like why? But I glad I did go because I had a huge crush on this girl, her name is Jen who is Asian hehe😍. So....😳 I kinda blushed right now reminiscing lol... I faced also racism as well and didn't really had friends although I would connect with the Hispanics in my school and other people from different cultures which is great! Those times where rough but I always accepted that I'm Puerto Rican, American, and me. Im learning a third language which is Japanese, because one good thing I got out of ESL is that I like to learn from different cultures and connect with people!
Your fabulous and your worthy of acceptance and love. 👍😁👍 Love and light to you.
日本で生まれ育ち、日本に馴染めず高校まで過ごしていました。日本の大学に進学し2度の留学の機会を掴み取れました。仲の良い友達ができて、必死に勉強できる環境に身をおける幸せな毎日を過ごし、やっと海外に居場所を見つけた様に感じていました。いつしか、アメリカで生まれ育ちたかったな〜とか思っていました笑 しかし、日本で生まれ育った限りMayukoさんの様な方の境遇を知る機会がなかなかなく、CZcamsを通してMayukoさんの様な方々がどんなcultural identityをもっていて、どんな経験をしてきたのかを知る事ができるのはとても嬉しいです。私自身、カナダ・アメリカに身を置いてみてやはりアジア人で、日本人で、その国に生まれたことに誇りを持てる様になりました。結局何を言いたいのかわからなくなってしまいましたが、日本人として世界で活躍していける様に頑張ります！笑
自分のアイデンティティが分からなくなるのはとても大変ですね。
自分らしく生きるのが大切だと思いました。
Thank you for sharing! Your story is so relateable for me except that I am Indian American. Even the parts of moving and Computer Science at UCSD is the exact same. 😂 You sharing makes me feel like I wasn't alone in this pressure and journey. Currently I am figuring my self out since I graduated from UCSD last year so your videos really help me gain perspective even now since your perepctive aligns almost exactly with mine.
Hi Mayuko, I'm watching your videos since you uploaded your first vid. And I'm waiting that you'll make a video about WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WISHED YOU DID WHEN WERE 20'S/COLLEGE STUDENT, RELATED OF COURSE IN TECHNOLOGY AND MAYBE YOUR PERSONAL LIFE LEARNING. Thank you! I've been waiting for this kind of content, and specifically waiting for you to make a video about it. Have a great day!
UGH thank you for this. I feel like you just explained and put into real human words everything I always think about in my head about being a Japanese/Kiwi - the identity struggle always does my head in 😂
I love your videos very inspired