A Japanese girl who isn’t Japanese

Happy New Year! I wanted to start cover some of my experience stories that might be helpful for other. I started my carrier at startup age of 23 and started my company when I was 25. Now I'm 28 and turning into 29 this year. I've learned many and have accomplished several things so far. I wanted to share my stories so that might be helpful for someone who's looking for some opinion who went through. Because I was seeking when I was younger. あけましておめでとうございます！今年で私も29歳の代です。23歳から社会人を始め、25歳で会社を登記し、あっという間に会社も3期目を迎えようとしています。まだ未熟な部分も沢山だけど、今年はこれまでの経験の話を発信する事で、少しでも若い子達にもっと明るい未来を持てるように、やりたい事に挑戦してもらえるように。そんな後押しになる様なコンテンツを発信出来たらなと思ってます。

How my 2022 was? First international travel since covid hit and my business has been growing…personal growth, relationship, new goals and so much. I'm excited for 2023 already! 1年の振り返りです！話すことが沢山ありすぎてまとまり悪くてすみません。でも沢山学んでこれからも沢山色んなことやってみようと思います！！笑

To stay positive and live happy isn't so easy, but it's not impossible. Personally it took me couple years to figure out and there were ups and downs. I learned a lot especially after I founded my company with my team in 2020, it wasn't simple but I'm happy where I am today. So here's some tips I learned:) 色んなことが起こる日々、毎日ハッピーでポジティブに生きるのはそう簡単ではありません。私も自分の会社を始めてからメンタルヘルスについて沢山悩んで学びました。今日はそのtipsについて少し話したいと思います

I believe traveling make you richer. You get to meet new people, culture, ideas and so much more. You'll learn more about who you are and I've experienced my own too. So here's my story

Japan's currently population is about 125.8million, but it is forecasted to decrease down to 60million by 2100. That's crazy. Lately, the Japanese government started to encourage young people to drink more alcohol. Why?

Coming to somewhere where it's completely different is challenging. Doing all alone could feel lonely at the beginning. But pioneer does exist and it's not impossible! 全く新しい土地に飛び込むのは簡単じゃないし、寂しかったり辛いこともあるけど…無理ではない。不可能ではないから私は頑張りたい✈️

I recently met age of 16 to 19 years old entrepreneurs who is working and building their dreams. They inspire me and seeing those youth trying hard is definitely nice. At the same time they made me realized I have grown. 最近10代の若い起業家達に出会いました！若いってやっぱり最強だな！と思ったし、早くからいろんな経験できて最高だね！と思いつつも、彼らを見て自分もそれなりに成長したのかな。みんな頑張れ！！と思った話について

Making decisions aren't so easy. There are lots of thoughts and responsibilities involved. It can be scary because you have probably never done it before. But will you let it just be a dream or make the move? 決断をするのは怖いし、簡単なことではないと思います。色々考えるだろうし、たくさん責任を伴う事だからこそ決定の意思が遅れる…でも何もやらないで考えてるだけだったら、ただの夢で終わってしまうから。怖くてもやらないと

Having a self moment makes you realize that you need to change the way you live? Yes - Too much self time feels lonely but sometime it does good effect on you. 自分時間って1人で寂しいけど、1人でいるから気がつくこともあると思います。今だから出来ること、出来ないこと色々あると思うけど…時々自分時間を持つのも大切と思います

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS

Let me talk about my startup team. My founder and I are SO DIFFERENT but it is working 100%. I've learned so much from him and as a team we have been growing, even thought we face so many difficulty and challenges almost everyday. I wanted to share my team story how exactly we are different. このエピソードでは私のスタートアップのチームについて話したいと思います。共同創業者であり代表の彼と私の考え方は、ひと言で言うと「真逆」です。でも違うからこそ会社をこれまで成長させることが出来て、今日まで来れたと思っています。まだまだこれからだけど…。何がそんなに違うのか、スタートアップの日常について知りたい方はどうぞ

People go in and out of lives, but real friends stay. I am thankful to have those friends and how they inspire me always. It is crazy to see how they started to get married, pregnant, or becoming a mom…but we still have each other's back and keep growing❤️ 生きていく上で色んな人に出会うけど、最終的にずっとそばに居てくれる人たちは本当の友達だと思います。友達ってほんとに素敵だなぁ！って思うし、そう呼べる子たちが周りにいることに感謝です。結婚や妊娠、親になったり…昔から知ってるからこそ凄く感銘を受けるけど、いつも一緒に高め合っていけてゲラゲラ笑っていられる友達の存在って何より大切だなと、最近より深く感じます❤️

Learning about yourself to know who you are is not so easy, but it is VERY IMPORTANT. I recommend take a test of “16 Personality Test” to understand your personality trail and overcome your weakness. *it's not fortuneteller lol 自分の事を理解する事は時間がかかるし簡単に出来ることではありません。でもめちゃくちゃ大切！！！自分を知る事は本当に大切。今回は私がどうやって自分のことを理解して、それに対してアクションを起こしているかについて話します。「16の性格診断」テストがおすすめです！※心理テストではない笑

I went snowboarding and got injury…the physical limit and psychological limit is two different thing!! I have high tolerance and it is positive mindset I have for the most, but not when you get injure

Happy new year everyone! I'm going to share the 6things that I've learned in 2021. Not just as an entrepreneur, but as an individual self! If you are struggling of what to do, how to live happier…hope this episode helps;) 本ポッドキャストは2021年に私が学んだ6つのまとめについて話します。起業家としてだけではなくて、ひとりの人間として大切な事を沢山学びました…私の経験話が少しでも誰かの役に立てばと思います！何をすればいいのか分からない、モヤモヤしてる、ハッピーになりたい…そんな人に聞いて欲しいです

Losing something you thought you could win will make you realize “there's something off”. WHY?? I had this realization yesterday after losing the pitch competition that I thought I could win. 勝てると思ってたのに負けた時…何かがおかしいと気がつく。なんでなのか？昨日ピッチ対戦で負けて思ったことを話してます✋

I use audio books to learn new ideas. Listening audio books could make you smarter while you are just walking or driving. I find it very convenient! And made me realized how important to keep learning new thing at any age in our life. 学ぶことって大切だなぁ。とつくづく思います。新しいことを学ぶことでできる幅も広がるし知識も増える！良いことしかない、そんなことならずっとやっていた方が幸せになれる可能性も高くなりそう。最近そう思います！詳しくはエピソード内で

I recommend doing a share house if you are interested because it not something you can do all the time in your life…and why not! I've done several different type of share house and lived with different people so far. Here's my experiences and why should you do a share house! 私は今まで色んな人と住んだ経験があり、ルームシェア、ホームステイ、シェアハウスなど学生の時からしています。現在、高校の時の親友達と一緒にシェアハウスをしていて、本当によかった！と思うので私の経験を踏まえて「何故シェアハウスをすべきか」について話したいと思います

I was feeling shit when everything in my life was going good. I didn't know why but it's okay to have those moment. Everyone has down time and it's about how we get out from there! | 全てにおいてうまく行っているにもかかわらず、やる気が起きなくて…自分ってダメだな。と思う時だってあります。人間だもの！でもそこからどうやって抜け出すかが問題

In this episode, I had a special guest Kinota, the author of “Mio the beautiful”, also the father of two beautiful mixed daughters. His kids are Japanese/African-Canadian, and he was concerned about them getting any bullying at school...because they might look different than other kids in Japan. And what he was afraid happened which was Mio getting bullying at school. So he wrote a book about it to spread his daughter's story that bully and racism should stop. *This episode is also available on YouTube “A Japanese girl who isn't Japanese” ｜このエピソードは「Mio the beautiful」の著者であるキノタさんとの英語での対談です。キノタさんはアフリカ系カナダ人として生まれ育ち、日本人の奥さんとの間に2人の可愛い娘を持つお父さんです。ごく普通の日本が大好きな娘が日本で小学校に通い始めた時に彼の恐れている事が起きました。それは「いじめ」…肌の色が違うだけで…「日本において人種差別は無知から来ることが多いかもしれない。娘のような経験を他の子供にはして欲しくない。」そう思い娘のストーリーを本として出版したお父さんにその想いをインタビューしました！YouTubeにもビデオ版がアップされています⭐️

August 9th was Memorial Day of Nagasaki Atomic Bomber. It's been 76 years since 1945 and that sounds like wasn't so long a time ago. I went to Nagasaki for the first time last summer and got me thinking...its important to talk about such topic “what is peace?” 先日、9月8日で長崎原爆から76年が経ったとニュースで見ました。全く想像できない恐怖だけど、そんなに昔に起きたことでもない…人間の力は恐ろしいと原爆資料館に去年初めて行った時に思いました。自分のインスタで「平和って何だと思う」と質問した所沢山のDMをもらいました。このエピソードでは「平和」についてお話ししようと思います

I've been workation all around Japan…I'm currently in Iwaki but was in Miyako island before and many other places..! I wanted to update what I've been up to recently

As an entrepreneur, I've been participating in many pitch events. I've seen many other great founders talking about their startup, some of their technology/service is amazing...and makes me feel I can't win but I won - Why? All this got me thinking...”What is a good entrepreneur?” I was so focused on myself but I've started to be able to watch other and think as one of the audience. Here's what I think

I never thought of myself becoming an entrepreneur or wanted to start my own business. Many people asked me “why” and I'll explain how I ended up where I am today. 学生の頃から起業をしたいとか、起業家になりたいと思った事は全くありませんでした。でも何故、今チームと共に会社を経営し起業する事になったのか？これまでの経験をお話しします

Every one isn't perfect and I'm not nearly perfect. I make mistake, I fail sometimes and this time I failed. But the most important thing is ‘what you do after' so here's my thought on learning from my own failure. 誰も完璧な人はいないし、私は完璧ではありません。間違える時もあれば、失敗する時だってある。今回私は「失敗した」そう感じました。でも何より大切なのは『その後どうするか？』私が思う失敗からの学びについて話します

I think men and women should treated quality and treated as the same. Half of the world populations are women and why people think we are less capable?and less good? I'm taking about my thoughts on this topic. 日本における1番の問題は、女子達がこれを問題視してないからっていうのも思う！人口の半分は女なのにな全部、女子の方が頭悪い、け決めつけるなのはよくない

On April 26th I turned 27

I've post this on my Instagram (@ntmj_ito) but I'd like to dive in to talk deeply about this topic. Why I say this? Because I think earning big money now isn't the best way of building your life plan if you have big dream in your future. And I've learned “why” on my own especially after I started my company with a team. お金で買えないもっと大切なものについて、インスタにも投稿しましたが今回のエピソードで深掘りしてお話します。今大金を手にすることが目標でいいのか？なぜお金では買えないのか？将来に本当にやりたいことにそれが繋がるのか？自己経験から学んだからこそ分かったことを話します

We marked 1st founding anniversary on March 16th, 2021!! (We closed as profitable

I was invited to talk at TEDx on March 14th and I shared my story about “How NOT to give up and finding your opportunity”. On this podcast I wanted to share what I mean by my story. 先日テッドトークに呼んでいただいて自分の経験について話をしました。『諦めないでチャレンジし続けることの大切さ』について…今回のポッドキャストではその内容について軽く触れたいと思います

Last week, I attended Monozukuri Hardware Cup 2021 and I WON! Many people think that I'm naturally good at pitch but truth is that I practice, practice, and practice. So here's the story

[special guest] My other half, Yuri❤️ I'm not sure what is the right definition of best friend, but mine “Yuri” because she's literary my best friend for life. We are so similar and super loud but I can't stop love her more than anything

My friend got cancer. She's only 27 and found out she has tongue cancer stage3...I was happened to be studying a lot about dental and medical for my work. I couldn't believe someone who I know would face “death” this close in her life right now. 知り合いの27歳女性起業家が舌がんになりました。ステージ３だそうです…同年代だからこそ凄く尊敬していて、いつもかっこいいな！と思っていた彼女がなんで。「死」と隣り合わせで考えないといけなくなったら私は何をするのだろうか。あなたはどうしますか？

Tokyo 2020 Olympic president resign following sexiest remarks...you probably seen this news and thinking “oh Japan” - I work at water industry which is old and old minded industry (compared to where I used to work “IT”) and I think Japan have so much problems. How come the one of the top GDP country can be ranked as 124/176 countries for gender equality? Here's what I think why

Everyone is going crazy and addicted with the new SNS app called “clubhouse” I've got many questions from my friends asking what it is...is it good?...is it fun?? So let's dive into those topic

It's very personal but here's what happened to my family recently. I'm grateful to have my family and my mom's surgery went well

I work for my own startup which is innovative water technology's expansion...Also I run an Instagram media with my team, helping my friend's company's video editing, etc. I do many things and that's my life and here some updates

Happy new year everyone! It's finally 2021!! It's been a while too... here my new year resolution talk

Honest opinion can hurts. But it's not because they don't like you. Opposite. You have the potential and he/she sees it. So I take honest feedback as my growth even if it hurts. Because it's love❤️ 嫌いだから、気に食わないから、そうじゃないと思う。その人に素質があると思うから言ってくれる「愛情」だから全部全力で拾っていきたいですね✨

I'm typical IT person who heavily use all kinds of digital devices on daily basis. I almost forgot how to write and recently started back journaling. Journaling is good for you because it could be your meditation and reminder. It is important to have your moment to write. And here's why

Japan records the longest life expectancy for both male and female. But one out of two person die due to cancer...You might be thinking, ”I thought Japan is super healthy country?”. On the other hand the US's number of cancer patients has been decreasing!! WHY? I learn one of the big reason why

Yes, I had mental breakdown. Why? What happened? Life happened and mental health is very important especially today. So I wanted to share my journey! Find out what happen and how I got out of it. メンタルブレイクダウン！メンタルやられました。「え？この人強そうなのに？」そう思った方もいるかもしれない…でも人間誰でもなるんです。今回は私のメンタルブレイクダウンの理由、そしてどうやって抜け出したか！について話します

I'm not an expert...but we all been in love and relationship. Probably. I'm currently single

26 is also my age today. I used to think age matters a lot and I should be better by age of 30...etc. But as I've been traveling and working, realized this is not true. It's all about our heart and not about age! このエピソード26とは私の年齢の数字でもありますが…「年齢ってそんなに大切か？」「これはただの数字か？」そんな事を考えたことはありますか？私はこれまで色んな年齢層の人と出会い、色々な事を思います。その中でいつも強く感じるのが『年齢は関係ない』、1番大切なのは『こころ』だと思います。詳しくはポッドキャストで

Trying NEW thing could be SCARY but you'll never know what's gonna happen without not trying. But if you try, you'll learn so much from it. I learned this from college experience and I'm gonna share my story

I was surprised when I first came back to Japan and work. What made me surprised the most was people's MINDSET. It is very different, especially for girls... So here's what I thought and a way to improve your career path. 「自分のキャリアについて」はすべての人が話すことだと思います。でも、日本に帰ってきた時に驚きました。「誰もキャリアについて話さない？話すとガツガツしてて嫌？」そして好きでもない仕事をずっと続けている人が多くて驚きました。私が思う自分のキャリアパスを爆速で良くする方法・マインドセットについて話しています

I've traveling to Fukuoka, Iki island, and Nagasaki because I can work remotely and we are allow to travel domestically. Lots of people asked me how I do so much travel and work, of course. It's not normal

My startup is exhibiting at TechCrunch's Disrupt SF 2020 virtually! It's super exciting and new experience. I've gone to several EXPO and global conferences but this is my very first online one and think this might be the new normal..? 今私のスタートアップはスタートアップの登竜門とも言われる世界的に有名なピッチコンテストDisrupt2020に出展しています。初めてのオンライン…でもこれがアフターコロナのニューノーマルになるに違いない。そう思いました

I've worked for two startups and running my own startup now with the team. I figured some of the things about startup and everyone should have this expectation in order to understand “STARTUP” これまでスタートアップでしか働いた事が無く、今ではスタートアップの企業をチームで経営しています。まずスタートアップってどんな会社なのか？内側から見た現実と期待値をお伝えします

This is the one of the most asked question that I always get. As a women entrepreneur people ask me about “motivation” and why I can do so many different things at once or stay positive?!? モチベーションに関する質問は1番される質問です…なぜいつも楽しそうなのか？なぜいつも色んなことをやってられるのか？なぜ基本的にポジティブなのか？！インスタのDM等でも色々聞かれます。知らないだけで意外とシンプルなたった『3つの事』を紹介します

I'm not native English speaker, but I get a lot of feedback saying that I speak good English. So how did I studies? Do you have to be smart enough to learn different language?! 私は英語ネイティブではありませんが、「アメリカ生まれ？上手だね」などよく言われます。どうやって私は英語を習得したのか？