Yamaguchi AJET Staff Members
Hozumi Inoue
Yamaguchi AJET Staff Members
Hello hellooo to my fellow Yamaguchiites. My name is Hozumi Inoue, I am illiterate, so instead of a paragraph introducing myself, I leave you with....this.
Nickname: Zumi
Job: CIR, PA
Year: 2nd (2009!!)
Representing: North Carolina! The US of A!
Interests: shopping, eating, sleeping, karaoke, deer, belugas
Favorite foods: green-tea and ume (plum) flavored things, Chris Mack's lasagna, bagels, Brie cheese, vegetables (tomatoes, asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, etc)...
I also like my sunny-side up with soy sauce.
Tiffany Yoshida
Aloha ladies and gents! My name is Tiffany Yoshida and I'm a 2nd year JET from Honolulu, Hawaii. I graduated from the Univ of Hawaii in 2009 with a degree in cell&molec biology. Rather than go on to live in a lab amongst test tubes and beakers, I moved to Suo-oshima Island, a tiny dot of land off the east coast of Yamaguchi to teach English at 18 elem and Jr. high schools.
My loves include surfing, snowboarding, spam, running, movie making, and shabu shabu. I can't wait for this new year of AJET to begin! Get set kids, you're in for one incredible ride!
Kris Nand
In Yamaguchi-ken, I am known as KNand (kay-nand), a legendary second-year JET. I am from one of the most stunning countries you will ever see -Canada. I completed a BA in Psychology, specializing in comparing cultural differences between Japanese and Canadians. Now, I live in Iwakuni and teach High School on weekdays and spend my weekends solumnly swearing that I am up to no good. My single goal is to convince other Yamaguchi JETs to engage in 日本-style debauchery. <3 I also enjoy beaches, bunnies, purikura, and cookies.
Brent Arnes
Hey there, name's Brent, but am also know as Brenty, Brento, Brentacles, or Raptor Face. I'm just your average 2nd year goofball from Oklahoma City who loves music, traveling, and being random. I'm always up for a good time and am currently located in the heart of the Guch aka Yamaguchi-shi . I'm looking forward to working with my other awesome AJET buds, and we hope we can plan some superfuntastically kick ass stuff for you all this upcoming year. Oh yes, I am particularly fond of making sounds and beach parties. Umm..think that's about it. See ya kiddos around...
Mike Leung
My name is Michael Leung. I am half-Chinese and half-Kiwi. I reside in a quiet town known as Shinnanyo in Shunan. I am the only kiwi in the south side, and possibly the only one in the entire ken as the other two seem to have mysteriously disappeared…
Back in the real world I gained a degree in ‘Fine Art Photography’ and spent my spare time illustrating for a magazine, making books, Djing and playing guitar.
I am currently heading into my second year as an ALT and I teach in high school.
I teach English via my guitar spreading the good word of New Zealand music and culture. I am a member of the AJET committee and editor of the prefectural Zen Zen Magazine.
What is my deal in Yamaguchi? I want to get a sort of creative society flowing while I’m here. To help ALT’s keep their studies and work going while they are here, to get some collaborative work and critiques going on and to get involved in like minded communities within Japan.
I’m all about running round mountains in bare feet and playing loud music.