Iori: being the bridge between two cultures and what it was like being on Japanese reality TV
- Author
- Tao
- Published
- Mon 09 Aug 2021
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/not-your-token-minority/episodes/6472904be689970012fd7b14
When I first met and got to know the guest of this episode, it was like the gift of her story just kept giving. Each layer that I peeled back revealed something even more mind-blowing and I knew it only made sense to invite her to share her story as a guest on this podcast.
Iori is half-Australian and half-Japanese and she embodies the terms "bicultural" and "biracial" through and through. She split her childhood between Japan and Australia, which allowed her to experience both cultures fully and be fluent in both languages. She grew up with 7 brothers (she's the oldest of 8 children) and her family had its own reality TV show for a significant part of their childhoods and teenage years.
We talk about what it was like for her growing up split between two very different cultures, where she felt like she fit in the most, her experience growing up in front of TV cameras, and the most important things to giving your own children the truly multicultural upbringing.
You can follow Iori and her family on their YouTube channel, 大家族フォーサイス家 (Large family Forsyth). Note that the channel is in Japanese only.
Iori is half-Australian and half-Japanese and she embodies the terms "bicultural" and "biracial" through and through. She split her childhood between Japan and Australia, which allowed her to experience both cultures fully and be fluent in both languages. She grew up with 7 brothers (she's the oldest of 8 children) and her family had its own reality TV show for a significant part of their childhoods and teenage years.
We talk about what it was like for her growing up split between two very different cultures, where she felt like she fit in the most, her experience growing up in front of TV cameras, and the most important things to giving your own children the truly multicultural upbringing.
You can follow Iori and her family on their YouTube channel, 大家族フォーサイス家 (Large family Forsyth). Note that the channel is in Japanese only.
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