Channel：Max D. Capo
Episode #23 of “Live in Tokyo”
Shun Kaneko, otherwise known as Kanekin (Kanekin Fitness), is arguably Japan’s first and biggest Japanese fitness content creator. He started in 2014 and shined a lot on fitness content for a Japanese audience, and currently is a Olympia and IFBB Pro competitor and champion in the Men’s Physique category.
In this episode, you will learn about how Japan sees the fitness and bodybuilding world, cultural differences between the USA and Japan, opening up a successful gym business in Japan, and how Shun’s upbringing with extra strict Christian parents made it so he wants to live life harder now to make up for lost time, and other topics related to living and working in Japan.
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Time Stamps00:00 Intro
0:59 Who is Shun / Kanekin?
3:38 Shun on Growing up in Japan with 14 siblings
8:35 Being a bilingual Japanese English speaker in Japan
10:50 Childhood, wanting to be Japanese as a kid and Confidence in life
13:21 When did Kanekin start professionally bodybuilding?
14:53 Bodybuilding leagues in japan explained
17:48 How is Japanaese Fitness different from the rest of the world?
20:05 How Shun got his start on YouTube
22:10 Bodybuilding vs. Men’s Physquie in competitive sense
23:16 Can Japanese people actually achieve the top physiques in the world?
25:28 How is health culture different in Japa and America?
27:12 What Gyms are like in Japan and Kanekin’s own gym
34:20 Tattoo story, Shun got kicked out of a gym in Okinawa
36:38 Being half Japanese and speaking Japanese in Japan
37:57 Being mixed Japanese / American and how it affects Shun
41:40 How Japan/Asia is on the come up in the bodybuilding scene, confidence of Americans vs Japanese
46:05 What motivates Shun now? Shun’s family
46:40 Sending your children to Japanese schools and school uniforms importance
47:55 People are always trying to cancel Shun
50:02 Finding out the end goal and works backwards
51:04 Being the first person to do fitness YouTube in Japan
52:27 Shun was not a rich kid, contrary to popular belief
53:45 Japanese guys love to touch muscles
54:40 Changing Japan’s perception on bodybuilding and fitness
56:03 The World has gotten bigger in Japan, One Piece
56:48 Christian Parents made it difficult to learn about the world, music or pop culture
59:44 Making up for lost time, and finding yourself in your late 20s and 30s
1:04:30 Best food spot in Japan
1:06:08 Concluding thoughts
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