| Rachel and Jun | ||||||||||
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| Born | Junichi Yoshizuki (Jun) | |||||||||
| Nationality | American (Rachel) Japanese (Jun) | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012 – present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | vlog, interview, documentary | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.52 million | |||||||||
| Views | 363 million | |||||||||
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Last updated: 4 Sept, 2024 | ||||||||||
Rachel and Jun are an American/Japanese married couple ofYouTube personalities who make online videos aboutJapanese culture and society (sometimes calledJ-vlog(ger)s), and reciprocal perceptions between Japanese and Westerners.
The videos on theRachel and Jun andRachel & Jun's Adventures! channels consist ofvlogs on various topics related to Japanese culture and society, personal experiences and daily life, and also interactions with other Japan-related vloggers.[1][2] The initial name of theRachel and Jun channel, "MyHusbandisJapanese", was created by Jun as a reference toJapanese pop culture, inspired by the title of the manga seriesMy Darling Is a Foreigner. The breakthrough was the video "What NOT to do in Japan", in March 2012, which quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of views (at the moment of its launch they had about a dozen subscribers).[3] The channel proved to be popular and became an increasing priority in their lives.[4] A video of a visit to the "Fox Village" (Kitsune Mura) fromZaō (July 2015) went viral and was featured on many websites.[5][6][7]
Some of the videos are documentaries with interviews on specific topics. The 80-minute documentary "Black in Japan", interviewing black people living in Japan, was featured in theBBC article "What's it like to be black in Japan?"[8] and in other news media websites.[9] Other videos synthesize information about Japanese society that is not readily available in English, as in the case of the video about the women's reaction onTwitter to the news that theTokyo Medical University rigged test scores to admit fewer female candidates.[3]
In 2016, they traveled from the northern to southern tip of Japan for the travel website Odigo (nowTokyo Creative [ja] Travel), visiting a total of 20 prefectures and producing a series of travel videos. They were also scheduled panel guests at the anime conventionAnimazement inRaleigh, North Carolina (May 27–29, 2016).[10]
The couple were featured inBBC,[3]The Japan Times,[4]Japan Today[11] and in the TV showAsachan fromTBS, in a section dedicated to foreign YouTube personalities based in Japan.[12][13]
Rachel and Jun have collaborations with other notable YouTubers such asSimon and Martina,[14]Sebastiano Serafini,The Anime Man, einshine, and Miranda Ibañez.
Jun has an associated channel,Jun's Kitchen, where he posts videos about cooking and culinary arts[15] (the appeal of the videos is increased by his interactions with his cats Haku, Nagi, Poki, and Pichi).[16][17] He also has an additional personal vlog channel, titledJun Yoshizuki, which hosts more informal cooking, DIY, and gardening videos.
Rachel is fromCincinnati, Ohio. Rachel (b. 1988) and Junichi "Jun" Yoshizuki (b. 1989) (葦月淳一,Yoshizuki Jun'ichi) met atNagoya University of Foreign Studies in 2010. They married in 2011 but spent four years in a long-distance relationship while Jun finished his studies in Japan and Rachel served out an obligation as an officer in theUnited States Air Force.
Rachel and Jun live inFukuoka with their four cats, Kohaku, Poki, Nagi and Pichi.
