Ken Tanaka Sings!

very touching…;_;
the first “Ken Tanaka” post suspected it to be a fake…
if it really is, this “Ken Tanaka” is quite skilled in drama.

nevertheless, hope he’d find his parents sooner or later.

He does a good impression of a Japanese person attempting to speak in Engrish; but if he is a native Japanese speaker it’s not quite as convincing to hear his Japanese. His enunciation of Japanese words are the equivalent of a foreigner living in Japan who honed their Japanese speaking skills (5+ years with a lot of hard work can get it to his level). His Japanese pronounciations with intonations remind me of Dave Spectre.

Even when he attempts to speak in English it is interesting that he has no hesitation in saying the word “difficult”; yet he pauses at saying the word “sad”. A bit too much 演技　if you ask me.

Guess he needs his niche. Apparently trying to gain popularity playing the sympathy card.

Halting pronunciation, no grammatical errors whatsoever. He’s definitely not a native Japanese speaker. Is there really any doubt as to whether or not this is a gag?

There was an interesting article on Ken TAnaka in Ameba Japanese web magazine.
http://news.ameba.jp/2007/06/5210.php

It is in Japanese though.