about who I am

Hello everybody =) !!

My name (or my blog name) is brave0angel. I am starting a blog about my life, describing how I get closer to (or sometimes go farther from) my goal of going to America. I am currently a graduate student at University of Tsukuba in Japan, and I am hoping to get into a PhD program in the U.S. with a fellowship. I am a Japanese 24 year old female graduate student, who has a unique life background from everybody else. I am what people call, “halfy” (a person who was immersed in two different cultures and likes and respect both).

I was born and grew up in Japan until I was 13 years old. After I finished 7th grade, I moved to Michigan with my family because of my father’s job. I started my life in a brand new environment in a different language, not knowing what the hell people were saying to me, little lost, but I survived my grade school years with much help of grateful teachers and nicest friends. Then, just a little before my HS graduation, my parents went back to Japan because my father’s job, again. But I stayed with a host family and continued my studies in MI. I went to Michigan State University and obtained a degree in Linguistics. There, I met many interesting people, and I also made good friends. There, I met my love as well.

me with Spartan statue.

entrance ceremony at Tsukuba

After graduating MSU, I came back to Japan for graduate school. The reason why I came back to Japan is to test my ability to live in Japan as a Japanese person. I was a little hesitant about jumping into Japanese culture and society because I’ve always thought that Americanized me will never fit in. But now I got accepted to a prestigious Japanese graduate school (University of Tsukuba) and involved in much research here, I could prove myself wrong. Now that I defeated my insecurity as a Japanese person, I thought my life goal over…. I want to get a PhD in America. With my long-distance love supporting me at all times, I can’t think of any other options now. This is my second and last year for my MA program, so I don’t have much time until it comes into reality (or not).

In writing this blog, I will try to post entries periodically. So please keep coming back for updates =D I also appreciate any comments or advice you leave under each entry !! Thanks for reading!!

from – brave0angel