Mr. Joseph became famous as "a strange foreigner" by the unusual performance of having a camera attached to his head and live broadcasting the Tokyo marathon. In addition to working as a digital media producer, he usually has a wide variety of faces, including artists, marathon runners, speakers, consultants, trainers, inventors, etc. At TEDxTokyo 2014, which will be held on May 31 at Shibuya Hikarie, he is in charge of a wide range of operations, including digital media, and on the day of the event, he will show off surprises with the scrambled intersection in Shibuya It is said that things are also planned. In order to bring surprises and smiles to the surroundings, Joseph, who always keeps thinking of unique ideas, is looking at Shibuya with eyes.

In order to obtain a working visa in Japan, to the Japanese department back to the United Kingdom

_ What kind of been visited Japan in history.

I am from the country town of the United Kingdom of Hereford. When I was young it is not interest in Japan, did not know where to be there. When I was a 17-year-old, but I thought I would go to see relatives in Australia, to be hitchhiking because there was no money. But money will be lost only 40 lbs in Switzerland, now that get worked in a hotel that was in the mountains of a place called Interlaken. Although there were there for two years after all, during which time, I met a lot of Japanese tourists on a daily basis. It really can encounter with Japan. I want to communicate to one of the study of Japanese, will be women and friends that the Japanese travel company of tour guide, because she says all means Come to Japan, Japan for the first time taking a six-week break I went to. First, after the volunteers of pesticide-free agriculture in Kushiro, to Otaru in hitchhike. Over the Maizuru ride from there to the ship, I visited the Tokyo around the Kansai.

Please let us know _ for the first time visit to Japan impression.

During the trip, I made so many friends will love Japan. It human is a very friendly, the city's a beautiful, Akihabara for me love is above all technology, it was already impressed. Once you return home, to come back to Japan in the working holiday visa for one year, within which acts as the staff of the English teachers and pension, now feeling that want to live in Japan. But gone off visa expiration date. At the time is difficult to take a visa because I did not have a degree, spouse visa be useless because it was stated otherwise I tried to propose to her Japanese for visa (laughs). So returning to the entrance to the Japanese Department of the University of tears, I learned the Japanese language and the history and culture of Japan. So the encounter with the current wife was studying from Japan, then, of Japan to Rikkyo University to study abroad for a year, got married. By the way, his wife research theme of when I met a cross-cultural communication, thesis theme is "international marriage". Marriage and I do not may have been a case study (laughs). In 2008, back with her to Japan, and then I lived in Tokyo for a long time.

Joseph, who became famous in the wacky performance of the Tokyo Marathon

I want to see the smile of people around! Driving force is such a thought

How did you start the performance in _ Tokyo marathon?

For lighting the illumination of the costume, run by mounting a plurality of battery

When I came to Japan, I have most of the foreigners and the same English teacher. But, ... the work is insanely boring. Why?, At the school to teach English in a telephone What I had, I did not go to be the same story all over the phone to also 300 student. So, I want to be something different, began or sink the interviews of various people to create a podcast. How such a time, together because they ran around the Imperial Palace from your friends? It I was invited me. In fact, I originally sport was not a so much love. Previously, it was about there is what I ran to the hospital become sore heart just ran to the station. But, just the time to be equipped with a GPS function to the iPhone, which was put in hand, run over you know to be able to record the route that ran of their own, Toka diary from the old days, the heart because it was like personality to leave a life log year. If there is such a thing, when you played for the first time in the Tokyo marathon in 2009, was broadcast live to the net to secure the iPhone in the band in my head, it was quite well received. Theme that street called "Tokyo is to become integrated" in the Tokyo marathon, in an atmosphere such as the middle of Tokyo is a large festival, even people who are cheering some people running I was really fun when there is a sense of unity. So earnest started running, it has participated every year. Or try to wind power while running, or the live on the video camera, or sink the heart rate of the data live, we are rapidly evolving as costume you can see (laughs).

_ Also usually, I think I have been acting in its appearance (laughs).

Although I think that the thing is also stupid yourself (laughs), but it is I like to see the smile of people around. By guy was such a happy-looking suddenly appears in town, good to everyone is to forget a little bit of the daily life. I want to be a presence, such as such spices. Always hung a voice from someone and get on the last train in this dress, I rise to take a picture together with businessmen and young people (laughs). In opportunity that was collaboration in the planning of Nike Japan and "RunLikeMe", now I get to be allowed to appear on various TV shows. Recently adapted to be multiplied by the voice be performed anywhere, so is very happy.

Joseph's and the coming and going people everyone, us to meet the greeting with a smile.

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