He's doing a great job and you can actually understands him, having a conversation with him would be 10 time more fun than speaking to the average native English speaker
I’m Japanese and currently trying to improve my pronunciation but he made me realize that confidence is the most crucial thing. I sincerely respect him.
100% correct. If you don't have native speakers in your area, try finding people on to video chat with. Easy to find friends if you have a hobby like video games. Don't use AI to correct your pronunciation. It's more about muscle control so you need someone to actually look at your mouth to say R and L correctly.
I'm an English teacher, and YES!!!! Confidence is super important! Don't worry about mistakes, just keep speaking! Confidence increases the effectiveness of communication!
Japanese nods a lot, it's just part of their body language and communication. In his case i'd say it's of kind of an equivalent of "yeah?", "okay?" or "uh uh", or even "know what i mean?".
This man knows that the disconnect between him saying "IM VERY EXCITED" and then staring dead eyed into the camera for a long quiet moment is hilarious and you cant convince me otherwise. he may have not mastered english but he's mastered deadpan comedy
TBH, this is probably the best kind of humour you can do without fully speaking a language. It takes a high level of proficiency to make witty jokes because you have to understand the language on an intuitive level.
@@urphakeandgey6308 exactly, so many jokes involve wordplay. Some jokes rely on it entirely. Like when is a door not a door? When it's ajar. That joke will not translate to any language. It's more of a riddle but the point stands
No other MLB would answer that baby noises in Japanese questions like he did .I think most guys would say the same thing and start getting upset at the person interviewing . Then again the question wouldn't be asked to a guy who only knows English lol. He truly seems like a good guy.
George Osboon does it really matter to you? they both mean the same thing, have the same amount of letters, and are both informal ways to say “going to”.
Yeah it's so much more important to just get your message across than worry too much about grammar. Actually speaking regularly is the only way to become close to fluent.
It’s true that speaking despite not 100% fluent helps. I came to US when I was 13 knowing English but not good at speaking. But I just speak anyway and now 6 years later I’m an interpreter and most people don’t even know from my accent I’m from Thailand
The Crane Apparel youve not talked to many foreign people huh. he clearly means that his son will probably learn english, givin how he is living in america xD
I don't know anything about baseball or sports in general, especially in the US, but I've watched anything I can find on youtube with this guy in it because he's just so damn likable. I love him!
@SSG Live yes, but that doesnt necessarily mean he was expressing said pride with a head nod. the person you replied to explained it just fine, dont continue this unnecessary conversation
Jackie Chan only spoke mediocre English before Hollywood, by his own admission, because he learnt English in Australia when he lived here, and found the accent nearly impossible to understand. He COULD, and DID speak it, but even in Hong Kong he never got a lot of practice. His English really improved after his Hollywood career took off. Does a mean Aussie accent though, way better than most US actors.
@Apache Helicopter that would be very unlikely. Japan doesnt have that many good players in foreign leagues and the ones that are good enough all go to europe for obvious reasons
@@astropgn That's pretty much the staple in learning another language. You can always understand more than you can speak. I was in an ESL class for 3 years as a kid. I could understand what my teachers and classmates were saying, but kept vomiting random words and couldn't speak at all. It was hard putting into words what you wanted to say. Understanding? No problem.
@@BatkoBrat Yes, but still, those are 2 different things. My first language is French, and learning English and then Spanish was quite easy. Those languages are all quite similar to one another, so learning other Latin or Germanic languages is usually not that bad when you're born into one. I did try to learn Japanese though, and trust me, it's much harder, the reason being that the language is very different and does not follow the same logic at all.
I love it when non-English speakers try to speak English. I know how hard it can be, but giving it a go is amazing and, really, we can still understand what you are saying!
Baby noises in my language, when you describe them (I think as an onomatopoeia?) are different than in English. In English we say goo goo ga ga, in Farsi it's tee too tee.
He most likely does, he's aware he's making jokes and is deliberately dabbling in deadpan humor as well. His western friends probably laugh at him often in a friendly way, and he comes to expect it when he talks
Thats another cool thing about watching UFC. You can watch some of the biggest names in the sport go from knowing zero english to being fluent in it within a short period of time.
Lil Sokz I don't think anyone is hating. You don't speak the English language... so what? If I went to Japan and didn't speak Japanese, I wouldn't be embarrassed.
I still struggle with Spanish here and there, despite studying it for 2 years. And that's supposed to be the easiest language for native English speakers to learn. So my hat's off to this guy.
@@cookiewoke1899 I took Spanish for 5 years in school and still have no clue how to use se/le/la/lo/te/me or whatever. I kind of get it, but mostly dont. That's American Spanish classes for you!
I was expecting a japanese dude to fail miserably. Instead I get him. Damn. His English is actually really good. He is literally understanding and replying to every sentence. He is just lacking vocabulary. Mad respect
because he is mimicking what he has in Japanese and turned it to English. English vocabulary is hard and specific not as straightforward as Asian language
They actually do. Becouse babys try to mimic parents in their respective language, so you can expect diferent onomatopeic sounds from babies of different nationalities.
@@LilHongBoot It's alright, it is a totally acceptable mistake. I once heard a guy ask me, how do Dogs bark in Japan. That right there, is the stupidest thing I have ever heard and disserves all LilHongBoot's comment and more. Becouse everybody knows Japans dogs are robot dogs and they speak perfect japanese (You weren't expecting that one did you).
As a German I always thought that english is one of the easiest languages to learn. After a while I realized that it really depends on where you are from, where your parents are from, what your interests are..... What a lovely interview :)
German and English are distant relatives, at least in their structure. Learning a lanuage that doesn't follow any of the grammatical or phonetic rules your're familiar with is so much harder.
English is a Germanic language, so it's relatively easy for a native German speaker to learn English, and vice versa. Japanese and English on the other hand are two of the most different languages from each other, so relatively it's extremely difficult for a native speaker of Japanese to learn English, and vice versa. It's easier for a native Japanese speaker to learn Chinese because of the borrowed writing system and many loanwords, or Korean because of the similar grammatical features.
Like.. I laugh because he sounds like my 4 year old son.. but then I remember I can barely speak one language and this guy is like, "yea, I'll just learn these other 2 languages.."
You americans shouldn't feel bad about only speaking 1 language. To us foreigners its easy to learn english because EVERYTHING is in english...it was never hard work, but entertainment. Movies, TV shows, games, etc, etc.... I'm from South America, Portuguese is my mother language, speak a German dialect called Hunsruck because of my heritage, speak spanish cuz i live near Uruguay and Argentina, and know english because you know...entertainment. Go easy on yourselves. You dont NEED to know French or freakin Italian.
@@AK-Kessler0907 in Indonesia better yet. we're here when we speak with an American accent. but when it comes to dictionaries and theory, we use British English.
@@AK-Kessler0907 That and the USA is so massive that most people will never leave it or have a reason to speak another language. Don't get me wrong we're taught a new language in school (maybe not well.. But still). I just couldn't speak one sentence in French and I took it for 4 years lmao. But I'm sure if I found myself traveling to Quebec (not too far from my state of NY) I'd use it more. Lots of countries in Europe are very close together and very different in terms of culture and languages. Some states in America are as big as countries. It's neat to see all the different accents within the US tho.
I've heard that native Japanese speakers are often very impressed with how well Americans sound speaking the language. It helps when you've mastered more than enough sounds speaking English.
I think that's the part that stood out to me. Learning a new language, I find that it takes a lot more effort than I thought to concise and get my point across on the fly. I spend too long trying to just lay out full sentences. This guy is not only learning a language with WAYYY more of a disparity (I'm just learning French), but he was expected to respond on video interview -- where you can't really just sit and piece things out before talking. It takes a seriously well-ordered mindset to be able to handle
I’m Japanese and what’s very impressive is his continuity in thought, he speaks very confidently regardless of the language barrier, try taking 3 years of Spanish and go to Mexico can you really cohesively communicate? I tried this and I miserably failed, people talk about how his English is bad but the grammar is really unimportant the central idea he is trying to convey is
If you're diligently studying Spanish for three years straight and can't hold a decent conversation while in Mexico, then it kinda sounds like it's the students or teachers fault at that point.
@@grimmsby3011 One of the issues I've witnessed (and least here in Europe) is that the language taught in schools and universities tends to be the most distilled, filtered out and standardized form. You know, the type of language you'd generally hear being used on TV or in dubbed movies: 100% correct, clean and clear. But very few people actually speak like that in real life. I studied Spanish for 4 years in university, I could read without issues, comprehend complex ideas and hold a conversation with other people in my university. And then I went to Barcelona. Confident in my abilities, I started a conversation with a bunch of locals. They were really impressed, and even commented on the fact that I sounded "like a TV host". But then they started talking more, and I realized that *they* could understand everything I was saying, but I could only catch like half of their speech. Because A: they were speaking much faster than I anticipated, B: they weren't trying to pronounce everything clearly (as I've been taught), C: they used obscure local terms and idioms I wasn't familiar with, and D: some of them also had pieces of Catalan in there. And I felt like a complete fool XD Sometimes the only way to actually learn how to speak a language is to practice it with the locals, at least occasionally. Even better if you can live somewhere where they speak the language - but that's not that easy, obviously.
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He is trying with full confidence, I respect him for that.
He's doing a great job and you can actually understands him, having a conversation with him would be 10 time more fun than speaking to the average native English speaker
have confidence
no confidence
@@ptchl ayy a fellow man of culture
Blood moon aint it funny how that works?
It's the only way
Dude has better timing than most professional comedians.
LOL
I was in buffalo... ... ... Two days ago
This comment made me laugh hahahahahah
Better than roe jogan and brenda schaub
"My son speak English..... _maybe"_
I’m Japanese and currently trying to improve my pronunciation but he made me realize that confidence is the most crucial thing. I sincerely respect him.
Good luck buddy.
Yea what the 2 dudes said above me you got this ✊
100% correct. If you don't have native speakers in your area, try finding people on to video chat with. Easy to find friends if you have a hobby like video games.
Don't use AI to correct your pronunciation. It's more about muscle control so you need someone to actually look at your mouth to say R and L correctly.
I'm an English teacher, and YES!!!! Confidence is super important! Don't worry about mistakes, just keep speaking! Confidence increases the effectiveness of communication!
Good luck, Kazuma. You'll do great. Are you learning for personal use or for business?
"I have book" was the most elegant and efficient explanation how his english got better.
lol true.
Too good 😂
The most important thing is that he is TRYING. I value the point very high.
But it's still funny for the time being xD
@TJFF ITs Huh? Sorry I'm korean and my english is not like native speakers. What does "word brother" mean? Positive?
@@Zentle_mann the way he's using it is like calling someone comrade
It’s impressive actually! Since he’s learning English and Spanish!
It's broken but it's damn good enough to communicate. I want my Spanish to be as good as his English.
“Your English is getting good” yes I have book
Lucio main
In 2015 interview they talk about his English getting better and he says he has two books now.
@@FirstWorldProblemz Lucio mains we out here!
Me: uninstalls Duolingo
Hey Google, where can I get book?
I have book
His English really isn’t that bad. He’s completely understandable which is the whole point.
Yes!
The news guy confused him alot
It's just fine and dandy
And he'd be way less understandable without the confidence.. really says something
I liked this comment.
Huge props to him. It's incredibly difficult and vulnerable to speak on television in a language you're not that comfortable with.
let's see u do better tough guy
@@Dr_Jim57???
@@Dr_Jim57dude wasn’t saying anything 😂
@@Dr_Jim57you are fighting windmills here 😂
i dont think he cares.:D
I automatically like this guy I can't explain it
dude, I totally feel the same lol
He's trying hard, regardless of where you are from, that's more than most give.
he is straight. thats it.
It's cuz he's Asian
Same 😂
"Buffalo very cold. But more cold Minnesota. Unbelievable"
*Nods like he's made the most important statement ever*
That's how I feel too as an English learner when I manage to verablise my thoughts in English. They feel like mini achievements.
@@asdefg374 i thinks that with every language
@@asdefg374 that was typed better than most native speakers LOL
Why does this sound like Trump lol
imagine saying that in a foreign language that you’re not familiar with.
“I’ll be back”
* winks entire face *
"Winks entire face" LMAOOO
That’s when you know it’s serious
LOOOOLLLLL
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That gave me a good laugh
His confidence overcame his language skills. Great guy!
I love how he says “Yeah” when he finishes. Almost like confirms his statement was accurate to himself hahaha
Kk
Like a self-high-five
I do the exact same thing when I speak Spanish
same thing for me in german haha
KAOS NATION thanks for the info!
All jokes aside I applaud him for learning. It’s not perfect but his message is still getting across and his confidence is amazing.
he actually really seems like a nice person. I didn't even care that his english sucks.
We stan with him
I don't watch sports and legit thought this guy was mocking the Japanese with how confident he speaks lmao. I thought this was a joke
Yea
@@assassinaria lmaooo me too bru
I haven't a single clue who this man is but I already love him.
same, I've never heard of him but he looks like a really sweet guy!
He's Kawasaki that's it
facts this guys great 😂 i honestly need a motivational japanese dude to walk around with me
Owns a motorcycle company I think
Same
i admire and am addicted with kawa, hes not scared of social anxiety, social anxiety is scared of him
The 2-eyed "wink" at the end gets me every time.
u mean its hot?
I didn't catch this at first, so glad you pointed it out 😂😂😂
O.O >.< O.O
That's called blinking bro
It’s a Japanese gesture. 👍
Love how he nods after every sentence, like saying “nailed it” haha
I would probably do the same like “yea, I’m getting better, I can carry out a conversation” that’s how I felt after my first year of Spanish
Japanese nods a lot, it's just part of their body language and communication. In his case i'd say it's of kind of an equivalent of "yeah?", "okay?" or "uh uh", or even "know what i mean?".
Very common in Japanese culture.
E Wok goes to show how different languages can be, even our body language is different
E Wok dattebayo
Literally the best thing that ever happened to this team, we miss him dearly
What happened to him?
Retired in 2016@@jaeikjeong3686
@@jaeikjeong3686died bro
Didn’t die. Retired after getting released, due to some health issues like a nerve disorder. But not dead.
@@rayafk8502 how old is he?
“In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand.”
Hilarious
One day, yakuza boss need new heart.
Yea😂😂
I do operation. But mistake!
But, it was not MISTAKE!
This man knows that the disconnect between him saying "IM VERY EXCITED" and then staring dead eyed into the camera for a long quiet moment is hilarious and you cant convince me otherwise. he may have not mastered english but he's mastered deadpan comedy
I thought the same thing. He yelled it, then straight face looked right into the camera. That timing lol
TBH, this is probably the best kind of humour you can do without fully speaking a language. It takes a high level of proficiency to make witty jokes because you have to understand the language on an intuitive level.
This guy is legitimately funny and knows it, can't tell me otherwise
@@urphakeandgey6308 exactly, so many jokes involve wordplay. Some jokes rely on it entirely. Like when is a door not a door? When it's ajar. That joke will not translate to any language. It's more of a riddle but the point stands
He is a comic genius
He has strong confident mannerisms. He'll definitely learn to speak fluent English fast
Yea man.. this video was uploaded 6 years ago. Think he’s got it by now😂
@@iPlayboyBoyd Dont watch baseball or look at the date so I didn't realize. He's gotten better but still needs work
Not at all. He still didn't improve that much.
@@temporarymomentary 😂
Literally best advice for learning language. Fake it till you make it.
英語力の前に、何よりもこの自信と堂々とした態度が必要なんだな〜。尊敬。
Exactly 👍
or any other language
Honestly, the important thing is he's trying. It'll be interesting to see how much he's learned in the ten years since this video's been up. :)
No other MLB would answer that baby noises in Japanese questions like he did .I think most guys would say the same thing and start getting upset at the person interviewing . Then again the question wouldn't be asked to a guy who only knows English lol. He truly seems like a good guy.
Honestly, the fact that he's trying is enough for me, learning another language isn't easy, and it takes bravery to just do an interview like that. :)
He looks surprised at everything he says
Yessssd
😂😂
😂😂😂
So do I.
😂😂😂😂
“My son speaks English......maybe”
dawg I was in tears 💀💀💀
They don’t know how they baby finna turn out 😂😂😂
Scooby-Doo please explain to me young American boy, why tf do yous keep saying “finna” as opposed to “gonna”?
George Osboon does it really matter to you? they both mean the same thing, have the same amount of letters, and are both informal ways to say “going to”.
@@punkchris lmao fr tho like no one could give two shits about what you say
George Osboon Please explain to me why u don’t use finna? You sweet young little American princess 😋😋😋😋😋
It’s hilarious because despite his limited vocabulary, he’s so confident and speaks like he’s fluent.
I mean they probably encouraged him to because it'll help him learn English way more quickly
It's the only way to learn. Kids learning to speak don't shut up in shame when they can't talk, or pronounce words correctly.
Yeah it's so much more important to just get your message across than worry too much about grammar. Actually speaking regularly is the only way to become close to fluent.
It’s true that speaking despite not 100% fluent helps. I came to US when I was 13 knowing English but not good at speaking. But I just speak anyway and now 6 years later I’m an interpreter and most people don’t even know from my accent I’m from Thailand
That's confidence bruh
This warms my heart, much love for people learning languages that aren’t their own. I wish I had that confidence
"I have book" - I don't know why... But I like that guy. 🙂
it rhymed
@@michil.1192 LOL, it did.
Michi L. lmao
That's because you love books too!
I have a apple → Apple book
"My son speaks english... Maybe."
+Rp3k3 LOL
What a terrible life of a traveling professional.
Whose mans is this
The Crane Apparel youve not talked to many foreign people huh. he clearly means that his son will probably learn english, givin how he is living in america xD
engrish
Bruh you can't be pulling straight faced sarcasm in a language he barely knows
Well well well... He did though
Yet he pulled through :ooooo
Coming from a chad with two first names
@@cfv704 💀
Bro how did you go from second person to third person mid sentence. You hardly know any more English than him
I don't know anything about baseball or sports in general, especially in the US, but I've watched anything I can find on youtube with this guy in it because he's just so damn likable. I love him!
イエス
You just cannot hate this guy, only love for him
racis
@@Gerald0613 what
So true
Haha l-am gasit pe rapha din greseala :)))
He talks just like my japanese grandmother
his nods of pride after a full sentence are wholesome
@SSG Live yes, but that doesnt necessarily mean he was expressing said pride with a head nod. the person you replied to explained it just fine, dont continue this unnecessary conversation
@@spimbles LMAO
That nod of assurance every time he finishes a sentence💀
phahaha)
"Nailed it"
just japanese thing
@@grimcore119 This guy knows.
This is a Japanese habit for normal everyday communication.
I like the way Mr. Kawasaki winks with both eyes.
It's just a blink😂
isn't all winking just blinking with one eye though
One day he will randomly start speaking perfect English and say “I never said I don’t speak English you just assumed I didn’t”. Like Jackie chan.
Honestly i wouldnt be surprised because he said things like “do you know what i mean” and then spoke horrible english just now
Add yao Ming to that list
Jackie Chan only spoke mediocre English before Hollywood, by his own admission, because he learnt English in Australia when he lived here, and found the accent nearly impossible to understand.
He COULD, and DID speak it, but even in Hong Kong he never got a lot of practice.
His English really improved after his Hollywood career took off.
Does a mean Aussie accent though, way better than most US actors.
Jacky is chinese though😅
"You better call FBI or else I'm dropping his ass off at Panda Express" - Detective Carter
Me: bored
RUclips: Hey wanna see a Japanese baseball player talk english during an interview even tho you never watched baseball?
Me: yuh
awesome upvoted
Aaah it's baseball.
@@jronjonnsen4947 I have no idea what sport it is, but it must be baseball because its th only sport these two countries have in common
I thought it was racing because his name is Kawasaki
@Apache Helicopter that would be very unlikely. Japan doesnt have that many good players in foreign leagues and the ones that are good enough all go to europe for obvious reasons
I really appreciate how much he can keep the conversation going with limited vocabulary
It seems he can understand a lot more than he can speak. Which half way there!
His confidence is superb. Hella respect for his character
@@astropgn That's pretty much the staple in learning another language. You can always understand more than you can speak. I was in an ESL class for 3 years as a kid. I could understand what my teachers and classmates were saying, but kept vomiting random words and couldn't speak at all. It was hard putting into words what you wanted to say. Understanding? No problem.
He doesn’t stutter much either, he just pauses and thinks when he’s struggling with a word. Really good speaker
And does not pause awakwsrdly or make the guy uncomfortable. He doesnt search too long for the words her needs. Brilliant!
聞こえたこと100%理解してなくてもちゃんとすぐに答えてるのがすごい
Kawasaki is a gold mine for good quotes.
“I’ve been eating a lot of bananas because a monkey never cramps”
he actually said monkey never CRAPS
I am very exciting!
@@jtluns9 no
@@lx051225 No monkey ever told him they cramped, so the logical conclusion is monkeys never cramp.
@@Rattenhoofd Everything in the world should work according to this logic.
Dude learning a second language as an adult is so hard. He’s so legit
I learned spanish as an adult and it wasn't hard
@@BananaJoe42 congratulations... now learn japanese
@@conorredmond6217 ok
@@conorredmond6217
Japanese is surprisingly easy to learn
@@BatkoBrat Yes, but still, those are 2 different things. My first language is French, and learning English and then Spanish was quite easy. Those languages are all quite similar to one another, so learning other Latin or Germanic languages is usually not that bad when you're born into one. I did try to learn Japanese though, and trust me, it's much harder, the reason being that the language is very different and does not follow the same logic at all.
That kind of personality breaks down any language barrier.
h.
Very true
I was once so high i was speaking Romanian with Bulgarians and we understood eachother
"Banana , because monkey never collapse. Banana, everyday.
Mad respect for this dude’s effort & genuineness 👍
“I’m very happy. I’m fun! I’m exciting!” Way to put yourself out there.
Ngl. He had me convinced right away
this is how you say "i'm a fun guy" not like kawhi
I think he means he’s having fun and is excited
@@EnviSnipes Yes, he's having fun and exited the building.
@@JamesBrown-wy7xs wow dude your so halarious, you can be sarcastic because I made a typo smh
0:13 0:32 1:00 I love the way he goes like "damn, i nailed It" everytime he ends any sentence.
so much confidence, i love it
I snickered from his charisma, but this comment had me belting laughter for a straight minute.
That's the best part
can't unsee it. thanks man👍
The nods, we love to see it.
I love it when non-English speakers try to speak English. I know how hard it can be, but giving it a go is amazing and, really, we can still understand what you are saying!
my mans winking with both eyes at the end
Lmao 😐
Got the whole population laughin
@@username-pq4nb yeah he do
He was transforming into the terminator “I’ll be back”
As they do in Japan
"I am exciting."
*deadpan face*
pan face
Lmao
stoic face*
Das Licht darum ging's gar nicht. Es ging darum, dass die Aussage überhaupt nicht zu seinem Gesichtsausdruck passt.
Levi Flaman japanese kanye west
Did he just ask how those baby noises sound in Japanese???
Ikr , what does that even mean? 😂
I think the reporter was joshin with him.
They actually can sound different in different languages, it's pretty interesting
Baby noises in my language, when you describe them (I think as an onomatopoeia?) are different than in English. In English we say goo goo ga ga, in Farsi it's tee too tee.
Papa Moomin True. I heard Japanese onomatopoeic description for baby sounds are “ogya ogya”.
He's so adorable, I wish I knew someone with this kind of uncomplicated and confident personality
This guy doesn’t realize how funny he is
Correction: This guy realizes exactly how funny he is
He most likely does, he's aware he's making jokes and is deliberately dabbling in deadpan humor as well.
His western friends probably laugh at him often in a friendly way, and he comes to expect it when he talks
He embraces it with a great level of confidence
I think he’s fully aware how funny he is. Dude rules.
Funny how?
"I'm exciting"
Damn right you are
Hahaha 🤣
"You're goddamn right"
With the straightest face ever.
i loved the way he said minnesota, because it kinda does sound like a japanese word.
"Yeah, everyday exciting."
"Welcome back."
"Thank you very much, I'll be back."
That's a reverse uno card right there.
This comment is so underrated 😂
uhhh he clearly said "I be back" you simpletons.
*winks with both eyes*
Hahahahaha
Lmao!
guy just did not doubt himself for one second during the entire interview...massive respect 😁
When he said “I’ll be back” I thought of a Japanese Arnold Schwarzenegger
the funniest part is that he just blinked at the camera, not even a wink, just a hard blink
Read this as he said it. Total whammy 😂
It’s funny to us but mad respect to him for doing his best to learn a whole new language in short time.
tru are they mocking this guy for not speaking perfect english
If l heard correctly he said he was learning Spanish too…
@@_Tp__ nobody is mocking him. Im sure he knows some of the things he says are funny. He is probably a very funny guy in Japanese.
Don’t try to learn French I lived in France for 5 years and it was so hard the language and the grammar are so hard
@@zzzzzz-rn3oh nah people said he shouldn’t be on the team since he can’t speak English lmao
Big credit to him for learning English!
Yo
Thats another cool thing about watching UFC. You can watch some of the biggest names in the sport go from knowing zero english to being fluent in it within a short period of time.
For a successful man you spend a lot of time on RUclips
@@genogeno7289 he’s everywhere lmao
English is the largest language in the world. Why big credit?
1:35 the best wink ive ever seen. Thanks for making my day better.
“It’s cold in buffalo, but more cold in Minnesota. It’s unbelievable.” Lol
he's not wrong
Lunar4 pretty sure its like hot as fire in minnesota rn
why say lot words when few words do trick?
He looked so proud of himself when he pulled that sentence off lmfao
Definitely ain't lying
respect to my Japanese homie. Keep practicing, don't let the haters get at you!
***** why don't you shut up? rude
xXPuNkRoCkRulesXx Turmoil is a troll and he does this in every video he comments on. Relax.
How can I guy like this have haters?
How can anyone hate this guy? :'^D
Lil Sokz I don't think anyone is hating. You don't speak the English language... so what? If I went to Japan and didn't speak Japanese, I wouldn't be embarrassed.
Respect. People don't realize how hard learning a foreign language is
I still struggle with Spanish here and there, despite studying it for 2 years. And that's supposed to be the easiest language for native English speakers to learn. So my hat's off to this guy.
@@cookiewoke1899 dutch and indonesian is easy :))
@@cookiewoke1899 I took Spanish for 5 years in school and still have no clue how to use se/le/la/lo/te/me or whatever. I kind of get it, but mostly dont. That's American Spanish classes for you!
@@chromberries7329 Im Spanish and trust me not even spanish people speak proper spanish 🤣
Yeah tell me about it im from finland so I have to learn my own language, swedish and english.
I was expecting a japanese dude to fail miserably. Instead I get him. Damn. His English is actually really good. He is literally understanding and replying to every sentence. He is just lacking vocabulary. Mad respect
because he is mimicking what he has in Japanese and turned it to English. English vocabulary is hard and specific not as straightforward as Asian language
Straight forward like asian ? As in indian hindi as in indian English nah man nah youre far from right.
@@anuragbhave if you think you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong either. Deal with it.
Okay, but you don't seems to deal with it well, are you well?
@@anuragbhave Indo-european language, not sino-tibetan or japanese.
“My son speaks English, maybe. He says waaa waaaa waaaa” 😂😂😂
Okay but how do you say those noises in japanese
@@frauleinhohenzollern ”ogya-ogya-"日本では赤ちゃんの泣き声をおぎゃーおぎゃーと言います
@@frauleinhohenzollern same waa waaa
He's the guy who writes, "Sorry, my English bad" in the comment section
Lol that's so wholesome
Forgive English, I am Japan
@Carl Marston ah ywes wen contries don’t kow laguages
I always write it in my every comment.
Sorry my bad english
That’s what Brazilian people do
That nod after every sentence like *NAILED IT* I love it.
"But more cold... Minnesota... Unberierable"
*Confident head nod, looks away from camera*
@@Ricekrispy10 😂
the nod is a very japaneese idiom
I was looking for this comment! Love it!
Hell yeah
Looks like a cool guy.
Robert Sivonjic where is the gif of that player eating at left side?
Robert Sivonjic Thanks, made my day! :D
no
@@michaeldengg why not?
Many more happy returns💝🥰
Who even are you
"I am very happy! I am fun! I am exciting!"
I feel like he was trolling based on the face he made afterward lmao
o_ o
The sheer confidence in this man is inspiring.
Don't know shit about baseball, but this dude is very warn cheerful and true to himself.
Alright calm down
What the hell does that have to do with Baseball.
@@Jygg414g Hes a baseball player dumbass
@@jmac1851
It was in reply to another comment but it got deleted dumbass, that's why Max W was saying "Alright calm down" for a reason you rat
@@Jygg414g Ok son, whatever he said was on topic because its a baseball video lmao
I still come back to this when I’m feeling down, I LOVE this. It is so heart warming.
"He says waaa waaa"
"But that's in English, right?"
Like how tf was the reporter able to keep a straight face with that question? Somehow I have a feeling they were in on it.
Yo did we watch the same video that's crazy
Maybe
@@billy1998vn 😂😂😂
@Lee Roy thought the same thing
This reporter really asked if his Japanese kid cries in a different language
@SoHo That would weird to literally any regular person regardless if whether they're living in their mom's basement or not
They actually do. Becouse babys try to mimic parents in their respective language, so you can expect diferent onomatopeic sounds from babies of different nationalities.
@@dragoezcurra I like how you reply with educated info and dont judge, unlike SoHo.
@@LilHongBoot It's alright, it is a totally acceptable mistake. I once heard a guy ask me, how do Dogs bark in Japan. That right there, is the stupidest thing I have ever heard and disserves all LilHongBoot's comment and more. Becouse everybody knows Japans dogs are robot dogs and they speak perfect japanese (You weren't expecting that one did you).
The reporter is a troll
No joke. Not mocking this guy. This makes me laugh but with joy. He’s awesome.
He's got that Jackie Chan vibe tbh. So charismatic and full of confidence in his body language. Just makes you happy
He makes you laugh because of his intensity and confidence 😂 despite the limitations, that is the right mindset.
That's called unintentional humor
As a German I always thought that english is one of the easiest languages to learn. After a while I realized that it really depends on where you are from, where your parents are from, what your interests are..... What a lovely interview :)
German and English are distant relatives, at least in their structure. Learning a lanuage that doesn't follow any of the grammatical or phonetic rules your're familiar with is so much harder.
English is a Germanic language, so it's relatively easy for a native German speaker to learn English, and vice versa. Japanese and English on the other hand are two of the most different languages from each other, so relatively it's extremely difficult for a native speaker of Japanese to learn English, and vice versa. It's easier for a native Japanese speaker to learn Chinese because of the borrowed writing system and many loanwords, or Korean because of the similar grammatical features.
English and German are very similar
english is german mixed with french
Dude it's probably the hardest to learn from scratch.
"But more cold, Minnesota. Unbelievable." As a northern Minnesotan, I can confirm.
I’m Minnesotan too. What he said is true. It is cold here😂
wisconsin and minnesota are extremely cold places to live
🤣
Minnesota isn’t cold
Edit: my water bottle froze
Lol
The level
Of confidence is 1000%.
I think you mean “OVER 9000!” 😁
Confidence is imperative in his line of work.
“I am exciting!“
“You sound excited.“
“No, I said I am exciting, damn you!“
😂
Wish I could give 2 thumbs up😂😂😂😂
Haduken!
💀
Had to check if he actually said that lol
It’s hard not to love him!
I can speak English better than him but there's no way I can be as confident as the way he spoke. This guy's awesome.
Me too!😭😭😂😂😂
@@ChaosLord5129 got some issues buried underneath all that yourself?
@@ChaosLord5129 Lmao what an incel you are
@@ChaosLord5129 do you not have anything better to do with your time than act like a middle school bully?? dude, that's embarrassing
@@ChaosLord5129 lmao you really just take someone giving you the slightest bit of attention and just run with it, have fun with that edgelord
Like.. I laugh because he sounds like my 4 year old son.. but then I remember I can barely speak one language and this guy is like, "yea, I'll just learn these other 2 languages.."
Props to you for having a relatively objective view of the world
You americans shouldn't feel bad about only speaking 1 language.
To us foreigners its easy to learn english because EVERYTHING is in english...it was never hard work, but entertainment.
Movies, TV shows, games, etc, etc....
I'm from South America, Portuguese is my mother language, speak a German dialect called Hunsruck because of my heritage, speak spanish cuz i live near Uruguay and Argentina, and know english because you know...entertainment.
Go easy on yourselves. You dont NEED to know French or freakin Italian.
@@AK-Kessler0907 well, its better to learn french than going mad at people not being able to speak english in paris.
@@AK-Kessler0907 in Indonesia better yet. we're here when we speak with an American accent. but when it comes to dictionaries and theory, we use British English.
@@AK-Kessler0907 That and the USA is so massive that most people will never leave it or have a reason to speak another language. Don't get me wrong we're taught a new language in school (maybe not well.. But still). I just couldn't speak one sentence in French and I took it for 4 years lmao. But I'm sure if I found myself traveling to Quebec (not too far from my state of NY) I'd use it more.
Lots of countries in Europe are very close together and very different in terms of culture and languages. Some states in America are as big as countries. It's neat to see all the different accents within the US tho.
WHY IS THIS ONLY GETTING RECOMMENDED TO ME NOW!! such a gem
RUclips wants us to be entertained during quarantine
Same, man. Same. Especially when youtube knows I love this guy.
The algorithm has a sense of humor
IKRRR!
That two eye wink at the end is iconic
I immediately love this guy
True that
Imagine if Americans tried to speak Japanese!
Basically any American who watches anime has done that at least once lmao
@@yakume1851 haha
Hiroshimaaaa, Nagasakiiii!
I've heard that native Japanese speakers are often very impressed with how well Americans sound speaking the language. It helps when you've mastered more than enough sounds speaking English.
Nani!?
Damn, his confidence
Simon .I ikr
The trick to confronting your fears.
Where is the confidence showing
I would love to have this confidence when I talk to my crush:
ruclips.net/video/lCl7I7png08/видео.html
@Ann Piez sooo you're a gen z?
I miss him
his facial expression after "I'm exciting!!" 😂
That side eye lool
He’s like, “yeah. Nailed it.” Lol
That look is what 5 year olds make lol
Lol
Hahahaha cracking me up
He's totally understandable, It's not quite right, but everything he wants to say is being said and understood. Nice one.
here's also something understandable for you - stfu , thnx
@@95ExtremeAI lmao what?
@@95ExtremeAI ok troll
@@95ExtremeAI who asked
I think that's the part that stood out to me. Learning a new language, I find that it takes a lot more effort than I thought to concise and get my point across on the fly. I spend too long trying to just lay out full sentences. This guy is not only learning a language with WAYYY more of a disparity (I'm just learning French), but he was expected to respond on video interview -- where you can't really just sit and piece things out before talking. It takes a seriously well-ordered mindset to be able to handle
It's been 6 years does his son speak English???
- Maybe
*Engrish
@@randomthings7359 Engerish
Well, at least he isn't lying lol
ruclips.net/video/MwUPFU9rDMg/видео.html
@@mikooaxdcdz his English is the same, but man he nails that joke
Love his energy. Miss you Kawasaki.
I’m Japanese and what’s very impressive is his continuity in thought, he speaks very confidently regardless of the language barrier, try taking 3 years of Spanish and go to Mexico can you really cohesively communicate? I tried this and I miserably failed, people talk about how his English is bad but the grammar is really unimportant the central idea he is trying to convey is
I'm not trying to brag or anything i'm just answering your question
Yes
One thing that probably helped his English/Spanish development is that he spends so much time around native speakers. Immersion is really important!
@Team rocket rockin Why so rude. I think its interesting to hear from the perspective of someone else who tried to learn English.
If you're diligently studying Spanish for three years straight and can't hold a decent conversation while in Mexico, then it kinda sounds like it's the students or teachers fault at that point.
@@grimmsby3011 One of the issues I've witnessed (and least here in Europe) is that the language taught in schools and universities tends to be the most distilled, filtered out and standardized form. You know, the type of language you'd generally hear being used on TV or in dubbed movies: 100% correct, clean and clear.
But very few people actually speak like that in real life. I studied Spanish for 4 years in university, I could read without issues, comprehend complex ideas and hold a conversation with other people in my university.
And then I went to Barcelona. Confident in my abilities, I started a conversation with a bunch of locals. They were really impressed, and even commented on the fact that I sounded "like a TV host". But then they started talking more, and I realized that *they* could understand everything I was saying, but I could only catch like half of their speech.
Because A: they were speaking much faster than I anticipated, B: they weren't trying to pronounce everything clearly (as I've been taught), C: they used obscure local terms and idioms I wasn't familiar with, and D: some of them also had pieces of Catalan in there.
And I felt like a complete fool XD
Sometimes the only way to actually learn how to speak a language is to practice it with the locals, at least occasionally. Even better if you can live somewhere where they speak the language - but that's not that easy, obviously.
This guy seems sick! Never heard or seen him in my life, but i'd hang out with him.
Looked healthy to me.
“In Japan. Numba one. Heart-a surgeon. Steady hands. One day, yakuza boss need new heart...”
But! Mistake! Yakuza boss die!
Yakuza very mad!
lmao
My secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose
I love this
The important thing is to communicate! This man is great! No shame. He has the confidence is all!
His English is really good. He understood the interviewer perfectly. Good on ya mate!
And I understood everything he was saying and now importantly what he meant.
no his english is not really good :D
But it doesnt has to be
he probably understands english completely
i understand 80% of german, but i cant form 1 proper sentence
@@teratoma. Du kannst deutsch verstehen? Cool
@Melian huh okay thanks
I don't know who this guy is, but god damn. I love him!
Listen to him talk about eating bananas. Funniest thing I’ve ever seen
Japanese baseballer.
Aww this is so cute
Xerardo Pazos dafuq man?
LOLd so much :D
I'm Asian man but my Engrish very good
***** i think its kinda obvious that he was joking.. ._.
*****
obvs joking
I want this guy’s confidence and enthusiasm for learning.
"I'm exciting! :D" - The way he said it man LOL I just lost it - He seems like a real chill, modest dude ;p
KoivuTheHab Generalizing all Americans as not modest makes you look so narrow minded
Did your parents have any kids that lived?
KoivuTheHab What's that supposed to mean?
Me too man that face when he said it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He should be modest with his skill set.