Ken Tanaka looks for his parents (videos)

This is just like Haneru no Tobira in reverse, however I found it funny. I think I did this before.

When he says “konnichi ha”, the foreigner shines through.

His accent is quite bad… And very fake.

Yeah, I agree with Alex… sounds more Middle Eastern at times.

James is right. After all, he does convey a lot of Japanese heart if nothing else.

Why is he looking for his parents?

He does a better “Japanese Speaking English” accent than I do, but his Japanese accent isn’t what you would expect for someone brought up there, unless Shimane has some really weird hougen. He’s taking the piss out of the current Angeline Jolie adopt-a-baby-from-each-continent thing, and together with his observations on how a lot of Japanese do tend to speak English, it’s pretty good. Could get old fast though – haven’t seen the second video yet….

its fake, his accent reminds me alot of Manuel from the british comedy series ‘fawlty towers’, and the actor could speak proper english.

at the speed he is talking, he is easy to understand, even with a dodgy accent. maybe something big will happen on april 1st

Ai donto supiku Ingurishi

I think Ken’s pseudo Japanese accent is decent, however, he must want us to believe he has been raised in an all female family and went to all girl schools his whole life in Japan because his accent is that of a Japanese girl.

He should also remember the vowel sounds after the end of most words. If a word doesn’t end with the “N” sound in Japanese then it ends with a vowel sound, and most Japanese English speakers with an accent like Ken’s continue to hook the vowel sound to the end of their English words.

I do love his “Speak Japanese without saying a word” lessons on youtube.