[Guyver Spawn]

People born outside of Japan living in Japan are giving the "Gaijin" treatment. If you become full blown Japanese and become one of the culture, you are still view as "Gaijin" going from what I can remember in my history class.

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

People born outside of Japan living in Japan are giving the "Gaijin" treatment. If you become full blown Japanese and become one of the culture, you are still view as "Gaijin" going from what I can remember in my history class.

Thats about right. As a foreigner you will never be anything else than a foreigner in the eyes of a japanese. Even if you've been born there.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

People born outside of Japan living in Japan are giving the "Gaijin" treatment. If you become full blown Japanese and become one of the culture, you are still view as "Gaijin" going from what I can remember in my history class.

That was actually one of the reasons they cast Kane Kosugi in Kakuranger; there was apparently a lot of discussion at the time about how to integrate the children of emigrants back into the country and Jiraiya was added to the show to reflect that issue.*

*(at least that's what the wiki says)

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

That was actually one of the reasons they cast Kane Kosugi in Kakuranger; there was apparently a lot of discussion at the time about how to integrate the children of emigrants back into the country and Jiraiya was added to the show to reflect that issue.*

*(at least that's what the wiki says)

More or less yeah. The type of person Jiraiya played is called a nikkeijin. So a japanese that was born and raised outside of japan and doesnt have any real connections to japanese culture/society than any other foreigner has. The problem with nikkeijin at that time was that the native japanese didnt saw him as a foreigner. As a nikkeijin they would still expect you to be fluent in japanese and know their culture and society as well as they do.

Thats where most of the comedy with Jiraiya came from. Him not being familiar with japanese culture and the other Kakuranger just not getting it.

[Sunred]

Come to think of it Reuben Langdon who is the English voice of Ken in Street Fighter currently was a tokusatsu hero named B-Fighter Yanma/Mac Windy in B-Fighter Kabuto.

[RacingWolf7957]

I had been watching Turkish dramas for a while and I would like to reference it if there was an actor or actress from Turkey in a Tokusatsu series?

[RacingWolf7957]

I know it sounds crazy and it will never happen but what if there was a Tokusatsu series with MotoGP racer, Valentino Rossi?