@@kupillas-1638 No wonder it was clean and nice. The thing with Japanese and Korean is that both R and L are treated as R uniformly, so R and then L after would get blended together as just R. or L, for that matter. chinese mandarin the two are not always mixed, but sometimes, one can be pronounced like the other. Which means there's clear bias. What we can tell the Japanese "Katayori arimasu!"
i've heard that they don't consider americanized japanese a real japanese and don't treat them like one of their own. but she seems to fit in fine here. or is that for those who can't really speak japanese. wonder how that works
I lived in Japan for three years. While struggling to learn Japanese, I had an idea to use their primary school textbooks. Upon inspection, I noticed their English textbooks used katakana for phonetic notation. I was shocked at that time and then had a clear understand of why nearly all the Japanese speakers share a distinctive English accent even the high-level ones.
There's a Scottish guy at some club I joined, and I genuinely cannot understand half of what he says most of the time. Its inanse how thick his accent is.
There’s a saying in Japan: “the nail that sticks out gets the hammer.” By acting surprised by her “achievement,” treating it as luck, she is trying to avoid sticking out
@@whiskasthinkingaboutuu say your name is John, and you want to tell me (in third person) that you're going to the club, you say: "John is going to the club"
Yeah I was like "That was pretty good!" up until i realised it wasn't the word they were going for. Rock n roll was tough, because I definitely understood a couple of them really easily, but I guess the accent was still too strong.
@GrandHighGamer Same for me. 😂 At first I thought "damn, this woman was good!", then I realized the word wasn't "god" but "girl". Still, she has high potential, ngl.
It's because the katakana phonetics they are taught generally follow a British English (which includes a non-rhotic r) pronunciation (I don't know why). However, because they don't have an "uh" sound (short u, /ɜː/), they turn it into an "ah" sound (short o, /ɑ/). Also, their r (sometimes confused with an l) is a slight alveolar tap (/ɾ/), which is close to the more pronounced alveolar tap of double tt/double dd in American English. so their "girl" (gɑɾ) becomes (in American English) G-AH-dd (i.e. "god" in American English"). It would be so much better if they were taught phonics with IPA instead of katakana, which would include teaching them correct tongue position and actually being able to articulate the difference between an R and an L. That's one reason why I don't find using British English pronunciation very helpful for Japanese; its bad enough for them to confuse the two but then to essentially say that one is not even pronounced after vowels (non-rhotic) is even more confusing and it leads to even more difficult to understand speech.
@@TheAbnormalShrimpOfficial This might be because the AI learned the British English emphasis and not the American English. American English is derived from British English so it makes sense to me. Like in Germany we have many accents/dialects and High German which is understood by everyone, so an AI is probably trained in that and not something like Bavarian or Swabian.
I was raised in Misawa in Japan and I was blessed to have access to their American airforce base due to connections with the American families. I was exposed to a lot of English when I was a child in Japan and I was basically like Hiratasan being able to speak both Japanese and English. I was always stuck being the translator among my friends whether be an encounter with Americans in the street or translations while watching American movies.
In japanese pronunciation, Consonants are typically followed by a vowel. For instance, in Japanese you would never use the letter "R" on its own. You would say "Ra, Re, Ri, Ro or Ru". Hence its very difficult for native Japanese speakers to pronounce the "rl" in Girl. Because its a sound they would never have had to make speaking their native language.
this is also proof that the japanese "r" sounds like an english "d" since the tongue position is similar, useful tip if you're trying to perfect japanese pronounciation yourself
I can tell that this tech is old stuff that doesn't detect it very accurately either, the second and third girls on "Rhythm" were actually much more clearly saying the word they were trying to than what the tech noticed.
This is so cute. I admire Rina who’s a native level speaker, yet she’s being humble and acting surprised when she’s got the pronunciation right. Also, this is reminding me of one particular scene from Sofia Coppola’s movie Lost in Translation (2003) where a Japanese person can’t tell the difference between the sound of “L” and “R”
That American really hurt her like she was having mood swings. Himeka was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder so it must be hard to be in a show sometimes😢
Himeka had Adjustment Disorder. Her moods and feelings were intensified. And she developed an eating disorder. She was trying to be polite to the foreigner as that was her character, and pretty much herself. Rina didn't have a character. I think she was struggling to find a balance between American behavior and Japanese behavior. Himeka was taken aback by the first comment which was rude to the Japanese. But she got into the swing of things. She was a guest to the English club. Her protégé Mayya Wada was a regular member. Rina, from AKB48 was like a hired tutor because she speaks English.
I'm learning Russian. I stop and check my pronunciation sometimes with Google Translate, but there are a couple sounds in Russian that I still _really_ struggle to make. Hilarity sometimes ensues. Once I attempted to ask, "Does he have a dog?"...instead I apparently said, "He's a fucking dog". I don't think I'm ready to talk to people yet...
I love the Japanese so much! I am always happy we are so strongly connected with each other, each enamored with the other. I love that Japanese are as interested in English as I am interested in Japanese. This clip was so fun to watch, I love seeing the Japanese learning or interacting with English and bettering their skills. I will say I do find the Japanese accent endearing. The first two girls were difficult to understand, the third was better but still hard to understand, the fourth was perfect. It’s good that they had a native English speaker for comparison and calibration. I think it would be funny to participate in one of these as a native speaker! 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇯🇵 日本＆日本人は愛してる❣️
@@FrogWithAngerissues They definitely didn't say girl either. When the voice detection gets a poorly pronounced word it has to make a guess without any context (context like you had, already knowing what they're trying to say).
The rest of the world when a smartphone can’t understand them speaking English with an accent: “This is so frustrating! Not everyone speaks English with an American accent, you know!” Japan when a smartphone can’t understand them speaking English with an accent: “This would be a great tool to humiliate teenage girls on TV!”
for any foreign people worried that if they go to an english speaking country people won’t be able to tell what they’re saying, don’t worry, we probably will. if used within the right context, we will understand
Nah! That girl must of had tutoring outside of Japan & her English pronunciation is too perfect every time 😅 She finds speaking English, just as easy as her native Japanese language.
@@Nathan-hk5xp Do you not read comments before you make yours? About 50 other people before you have said she is from Phoenix. This video is 6 years old, why would you think you are the first to tell people that
Americans the largest group of native english speakers. Far larger than, british, australians, irish, kiwi etc. The Canadian accent is indesigusable from the american one other than a few words.
i will always blame Akimoto for not promoting correctly Hirata, she is literally so well in shows and she also sings really well if she could´ve wait a little longer, im pretty sure she would be in PD48
God loves you and you don't have to "become better" to go to God, we go to him to become better, and because we are lost without him, and also because He wants us to❤
Damn these comments suck. It's just an entertainment show, why are you being so serious? It's not like they told them they were horrible for not getting the answers correct.
You're damn right I can. Zedd - Addicted To A Memory. Zedd is right up with Avicii for me as far as influence on electronic music, definitely worth checking him out if you haven't heard of him, though you'll almost definitely recognize some of his work. Also, this song has an amazing community mapping on Beat Saber.
@ there's way that I don't know abt Zedd I've got Spectrum Bulldog & Guardian on my vlrt acc but nevertheless I didn't know this was his song 😭 Anyway magnificent work on writing it down abt Zedd for me and god bless ya
By the way, to any non native English speakers. In the United States everyone will know what you're saying no matter your accent. The same way that those in Okinawa can understand those in Tokyo.
I will defend my girl Rina for the rest of my days cuz everyone’s complaining about her didn’t even bother to think of the context. She wasn’t there to “learn English” but to be the “native” representative. That’s the format of the show. In fact, the main attraction of the show was the Nogizaka girls (the idol group Nogizaka46) because it was a Nogi show and Rina, not a Nogizaka but in fact a “rival” AKB48 girl, was there to function as the “side character” that highlights main characters. And come on, It’s no prize winning in English over Japanese and the even games are not reward-based. The act surprise thing is just a cultural thing because if she was in fact acting nonchalant about it then people around would be uncomfortable and think she’s full of herself. Also just to put it out, She’s half Japanese with her other half being American. While Rina was never considered to be among the famous ones in/from AKB48, she did get a quite a few side quests and 1 of them was interviewing One Direction
I love that Arizona-born Rina Hirata acts surprised when her first language is English 😂
I think it’s like part of the show lol, but yea she was literally perfect lmfao
@@kupillas-1638 No wonder it was clean and nice. The thing with Japanese and Korean is that both R and L are treated as R uniformly, so R and then L after would get blended together as just R. or L, for that matter. chinese mandarin the two are not always mixed, but sometimes, one can be pronounced like the other.
Which means there's clear bias. What we can tell the Japanese "Katayori arimasu!"
@@musenw8834 those r sound aren't R like English and they lie in between R and L sometimes would sound L sometimes soft R
You think she has to go not appear rude?
@@musenw8834 no, Japanese don´t have any L sound at all, only R with ら、り、る、れ、ろ
That one girl is obviously native level in English. Totally not fair LOL
well, she was born and raised in Amerika, so yeah...
lol I love how she acts "surprised" when she gets it right, then purposely fails the next few to keep the game alive
@Ahlurglgr so why's she in the game 😂
Im pretty sure these are usually staged
i've heard that they don't consider americanized japanese a real japanese and don't treat them like one of their own. but she seems to fit in fine here. or is that for those who can't really speak japanese. wonder how that works
I lived in Japan for three years. While struggling to learn Japanese, I had an idea to use their primary school textbooks. Upon inspection, I noticed their English textbooks used katakana for phonetic notation. I was shocked at that time and then had a clear understand of why nearly all the Japanese speakers share a distinctive English accent even the high-level ones.
wow they need to get on that IPA train
@@ShredST Very little people know how to pronounce sounds from a foreign language, let alone read IPA
@@stargazer07 Do not use text books
@stargazer07 that's a bad way to learn japanese.
I’m Japanese and that’s true fr
Rina reaction to speak her first language fluently 😮😮😮
Tbf, speech to text doesn't even like us native speakers so I'd be surprised too!
One of these girls is American born. Literally fluent in English. Why is she taking part in this? That’s unfair lol.
To try and improve the English test score rates www
She's not
It's not that deep bro😂
girl its not that deep why are yall taking this so serious
Wait.... Americans can speak English? 😮
As a Scottish person, this is what it's like for me too.
Purple burglar alarm!
parepull bergeler allaarem
- scottish person
As an English native, I can tell you she is speaking American, but whateverrrrr
You as a Scottish person need to learn English.
Nobody understands you if you go to another country. Even English people often struggle
There's a Scottish guy at some club I joined, and I genuinely cannot understand half of what he says most of the time. Its inanse how thick his accent is.
Rina speaks fluent English, so it should be no surprise to her if she gets it right.
She used to live in the state I believe in arizona correct me if I’m wrong?
@@jackietran4623she was born and raised there
rinafuny
Her appearance is Japanese but man her accent doesn't even have that natural Japanese style 😅
There’s a saying in Japan: “the nail that sticks out gets the hammer.” By acting surprised by her “achievement,” treating it as luck, she is trying to avoid sticking out
Rina Hirata is also the announcer. She speaks about herself in the third person when she participates.
That’s not weird or anything
@@NisJolyeah I've noticed most Japanese girls refer to themselves in third person
@@ezwsI think it's actually more common in japanese
what does third person mean
@@whiskasthinkingaboutuu say your name is John, and you want to tell me (in third person) that you're going to the club, you say: "John is going to the club"
The second woman gave the perfect native-like pronunciation of "god", though. Even though the supposed word was "girl".
Yeah I was like "That was pretty good!" up until i realised it wasn't the word they were going for. Rock n roll was tough, because I definitely understood a couple of them really easily, but I guess the accent was still too strong.
@GrandHighGamer Same for me. 😂 At first I thought "damn, this woman was good!", then I realized the word wasn't "god" but "girl". Still, she has high potential, ngl.
It's because the katakana phonetics they are taught generally follow a British English (which includes a non-rhotic r) pronunciation (I don't know why). However, because they don't have an "uh" sound (short u, /ɜː/), they turn it into an "ah" sound (short o, /ɑ/). Also, their r (sometimes confused with an l) is a slight alveolar tap (/ɾ/), which is close to the more pronounced alveolar tap of double tt/double dd in American English. so their "girl" (gɑɾ) becomes (in American English) G-AH-dd (i.e. "god" in American English"). It would be so much better if they were taught phonics with IPA instead of katakana, which would include teaching them correct tongue position and actually being able to articulate the difference between an R and an L. That's one reason why I don't find using British English pronunciation very helpful for Japanese; its bad enough for them to confuse the two but then to essentially say that one is not even pronounced after vowels (non-rhotic) is even more confusing and it leads to even more difficult to understand speech.
I'm a native english speaker, and the text to speech doesn't even understand me.
lol
Maybe you’re Australian or something
@@Myfunnievalentine I'm from the US, sometimes I have to speak in a British accent for it to understand me.
@@TheAbnormalShrimpOfficial This might be because the AI learned the British English emphasis and not the American English. American English is derived from British English so it makes sense to me. Like in Germany we have many accents/dialects and High German which is understood by everyone, so an AI is probably trained in that and not something like Bavarian or Swabian.
@@TheAbnormalShrimpOfficialI think Imma start having to do the same thing 😭
Rina is literally a native speaker she's AMERICAN what's the point of fighting with an American girl
She should have gone first as the example and then the other girls try to copy her
Yeah, didn't go so well August 6th, 1945.
@@Ranstone lmao
idk why did youtube recommended me this but I definately don't regret
ew
1:48 She is the control while the others are the variables in this experiment. Lol
loool
The “complex guessing” game was so uncomfortable to watch. Why were they being forced to insult each other lol
well, some japanese tv programs are offensive, others are bizzare, there are thousands and thousands of them
Reminds me of early 2000s reality TV
I was raised in Misawa in Japan and I was blessed to have access to their American airforce base due to connections with the American families. I was exposed to a lot of English when I was a child in Japan and I was basically like Hiratasan being able to speak both Japanese and English. I was always stuck being the translator among my friends whether be an encounter with Americans in the street or translations while watching American movies.
That’s cool to be able to speak two languages so well
You let a native speaker compete against non-natives and then the best ones have to insult each other. what the fuck is this game lol? xD
It's not for us bro :D
She's not competing
@@yoshisarethebomb But Rina Hirata is native and she is competing.
I didn't know about the other girl being native, but I was hella surprised when they had to "guess" the complex of the other and offending them xD
mtfkr spoke perfect english and gotta act surprised for the TV lmfao
She's American and has a white dad. lol
@@Haywood-Jablomie BRUH LMFAOOOO WHY WAS SHE EVEN HERE
@@EmphasisOnPBJ I don't know. Lol. She's a popular Japanese "skin" model and the main reason why they like her is because she's half white . lol
@@EmphasisOnPBJ My posts keep getting blocked. Search up some of her modeling pics. remove filters
@@Haywood-JablomieYou seem to be the one bringing her down to just her being mixed.
Hello to everyone who randomly had this 6 year old video recommended in 2024.
Hello
Yep
Real
✋
Me😅
the complex game was weird, took me a while to understand what's even going on
for anyone wondering the music at 0:20 is Addicted To A Memory by Zedd
It's Dunkin love
The last game was brutal. I started sweating for them
In japanese pronunciation, Consonants are typically followed by a vowel.
For instance, in Japanese you would never use the letter "R" on its own. You would say "Ra, Re, Ri, Ro or Ru". Hence its very difficult for native Japanese speakers to pronounce the "rl" in Girl. Because its a sound they would never have had to make speaking their native language.
this is also proof that the japanese "r" sounds like an english "d" since the tongue position is similar, useful tip if you're trying to perfect japanese pronounciation yourself
so true
@@ruggeroantonacci between L and D is how you best produce the sound.
@@iracingtf5051 I have found that it's very similar to the Spanish "r" (both languages' "r" sound is the "flap" sound on the IPA chart)
No shit Sherlock
rina's english is more than just fluent lmaoo
Real, she speaks better than most people I know 😂😂
She was born in Phoenix, Arizona lol
Ai Kago:My Engurishu is bery guud!!!
Also Ai Kago:
Gyaru(God)
Rizzum(Little)
Rokkunrow(Lookalike)
Karei(Kelly)
she not in the video wutchu talkin bout
6 YEARS LATER?
Holy goodness!!
UA-cam!!!
that last girl is acting so surprised like come on english was your FIRST language. bffr.
3:37 rock and roll
AI just didn’t understand. but human speaker can understand what she say.
1st girl: "Lock and loll."
2nd girl: "Lock and loll."
3rd girl: "Lock and loll."
4th girl: "Luck now."
I can tell that this tech is old stuff that doesn't detect it very accurately either, the second and third girls on "Rhythm" were actually much more clearly saying the word they were trying to than what the tech noticed.
Yeah, I completely understood what they were saying, but didn't recognize the programs version of what they said at all.
This is so cute. I admire Rina who’s a native level speaker, yet she’s being humble and acting surprised when she’s got the pronunciation right.
Also, this is reminding me of one particular scene from Sofia Coppola’s movie Lost in Translation (2003) where a Japanese person can’t tell the difference between the sound of “L” and “R”
This is the most Japanese thing in Japan to ever be Japanned
Thing, Japan:
That one girl with the perfect accent is an undercover American
rina acting like she wasnt born and raised in arizona 😭
Hirata the goat of engrish, love how the first girl pronounced "rhythm" too lol
That American really hurt her like she was having mood swings. Himeka was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder so it must be hard to be in a show sometimes😢
Himeka had Adjustment Disorder. Her moods and feelings were intensified. And she developed an eating disorder.
She was trying to be polite to the foreigner as that was her character, and pretty much herself. Rina didn't have a character. I think she was struggling to find a balance between American behavior and Japanese behavior. Himeka was taken aback by the first comment which was rude to the Japanese. But she got into the swing of things. She was a guest to the English club. Her protégé Mayya Wada was a regular member. Rina, from AKB48 was like a hired tutor because she speaks English.
9:45 Girl WHAT
HAHAHAHA
😭😭😭
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
shits funny asf
Omg it’s been years since I saw this 😂
That second part is brutal, must be hurtful.
Rina: "you know I'm a native English speaker, right?"
Producer: "I don't give a fakku. Just acto supurised!"
So funny
I'm learning Russian. I stop and check my pronunciation sometimes with Google Translate, but there are a couple sounds in Russian that I still _really_ struggle to make. Hilarity sometimes ensues. Once I attempted to ask, "Does he have a dog?"...instead I apparently said, "He's a fucking dog". I don't think I'm ready to talk to people yet...
That last game is kinda sadistic
Tsuji Nozomi speaking English😂
Wan dailekushon
Zyasuteen bibaa
Teylaa suweefuto
Aleaahna gulande
I love the Japanese so much! I am always happy we are so strongly connected with each other, each enamored with the other. I love that Japanese are as interested in English as I am interested in Japanese.
This clip was so fun to watch, I love seeing the Japanese learning or interacting with English and bettering their skills. I will say I do find the Japanese accent endearing.
The first two girls were difficult to understand, the third was better but still hard to understand, the fourth was perfect. It’s good that they had a native English speaker for comparison and calibration. I think it would be funny to participate in one of these as a native speaker!
🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇯🇵
日本＆日本人は愛してる❣️
They have been bamboozled by the sussy Rina-Chan.
The guess flaws of members game was sooo weird, also I had no idea it’s considered a bad thing to have a big butt lmao
I noticed it's a thing among Japanese girls. While the Japanese guys don't seem to mind
I think they all did a good job. Google is just being a hater
No.
*INCORRECT.*
They definitely didn’t say god ??
@@FrogWithAngerissues They definitely didn't say girl either. When the voice detection gets a poorly pronounced word it has to make a guess without any context (context like you had, already knowing what they're trying to say).
nah
fun fact: Himeka Nakamoto is the older sister of BABYMETAL's Suzuka Nakamoto (SU-METAL)
Say rock & roll…. “Duck in love”. 🤔. Hmm slight misunderstanding there
That second game was so awkward 😂
my girl was smurfing 😭
All 4 girls are beautiful and adorable.
Miniskirt clearly speaks native English. That's obvious from the first word.
Maybe she's half Japanese
@@filmallfavoritescenes7465i think she's full japanese
yes clearly but she acts surprised😅
She’s from Arizona
Rina speaking perfect textbook english in a room of Japanese girls gives me the same vibe as luigi going "Hello Mario" in perfect textbook english
bro's just smurfin lmao
Once Rina spoke, I was shocked how native she sounded
It's because she is a native speaker of English; born and raised in the US having an American father.
@@Patrick-vv3igwtf. Rigged
@@Patrick-vv3iggross so interracial? Yikes
She's American
@@yesyes9698 mmm idk
The curry one was low key unfair the first girl gave an almost perfect pronunciation of curry and still got it wrong
the opponents skill based match making gives you:
Their singing at the end made me spit my drink out. 😂
okay but the one girl knew english. Thats not even fair.
Her name is rina
8:00 throwing the 5-head shade cracked me up... "eto... hiroi!?"
The left one looks, acts, smiles like, and sounds like an American.
my braincell died
Of all the places I expected to hear _Addicted to a Memory_ by Zedd, the explanation of a reality show game was not one of them.
Same, same
LOL everytime shes shocked that shes fluent its so funny 😹
imagine smurfing on Japanese television.
they purposefully let a native level speaker to join the game
Rina's voice is really nice
Wasn't expecting a Himeka Nakamoto video to pop up in my recommended
I miss the good all times
The rest of the world when a smartphone can’t understand them speaking English with an accent: “This is so frustrating! Not everyone speaks English with an American accent, you know!”
Japan when a smartphone can’t understand them speaking English with an accent: “This would be a great tool to humiliate teenage girls on TV!”
Choosing an English word that has an R and L right next to each other for the first word is just devious lol
4:02 She said what now?
for any foreign people worried that if they go to an english speaking country people won’t be able to tell what they’re saying, don’t worry, we probably will. if used within the right context, we will understand
wild when they zoomed in on "my butt is big"
the last round just ended up being a roast battle lol
I really enjoyed watching this. 👍🏼😬
I love Rina Hirata ! She spoke English perfectly ❤
Oo, didn't expect to see Suzuka Nakamoto's sister here!
hirata is like a native english speaker
just like me, my class doesn't even understand me at all.
This was insane! First having an American compete on English speaking, and then horribly insulting eachother? What?!?!
that last girl clearly sounds native bro lolol
im dying at how she'll pronounce it perfectly in english and then act surprised when she gets it right LMAOOO
Am i the only one who started hearing bring me the horizon, happy song?
I heard it too and was like…wait
Nah! That girl must of had tutoring outside of Japan & her English pronunciation is too perfect every time 😅
She finds speaking English, just as easy as her native Japanese language.
She’s half American born in America. She’s totally fluent.
It's nice and all but it's not as funny when they get it so easily 😅
She was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona.
Rina Hirata was born in Phoenix, AZ
@@Nathan-hk5xp Do you not read comments before you make yours? About 50 other people before you have said she is from Phoenix. This video is 6 years old, why would you think you are the first to tell people that
By native they just mean american accent
Americans the largest group of native english speakers. Far larger than, british, australians, irish, kiwi etc. The Canadian accent is indesigusable from the american one other than a few words.
@@mzple- Canadians have some different diphthongs.
The Japanese girls' pronunciations are far outside the range of any English dialect.
@@cacogenicistyeah but so do people from minnesota
@@mzpleCanadian = aboot
さすが平田！
それば、平田ちゃんのアメリカ英語の教育が大変な偏りあります。比べ必要じゃない。
@@musenw8834 本当
i will always blame Akimoto for not promoting correctly Hirata, she is literally so well in shows and she also sings really well
if she could´ve wait a little longer, im pretty sure she would be in PD48
Hahaha..I guess Himetan got to study English with Su-chan 😆
God loves you and you don't have to "become better" to go to God, we go to him to become better, and because we are lost without him, and also because He wants us to❤
I feel like the machine was being a bit shit. Some of those attempts were pretty good!
4:02 that... sounded completely different.
Damn these comments suck. It's just an entertainment show, why are you being so serious? It's not like they told them they were horrible for not getting the answers correct.
I can watch this for hours
5:36 does anybody know the title of the song which was played in here
You're damn right I can. Zedd - Addicted To A Memory. Zedd is right up with Avicii for me as far as influence on electronic music, definitely worth checking him out if you haven't heard of him, though you'll almost definitely recognize some of his work. Also, this song has an amazing community mapping on Beat Saber.
@@autumngust519 Imma let you touch me bro 😭
@ there's way that I don't know abt Zedd I've got Spectrum Bulldog & Guardian on my vlrt acc but nevertheless I didn't know this was his song 😭
Anyway magnificent work on writing it down abt Zedd for me and god bless ya
Darude- sandstorm
@@shengloongtan229 that's what I meant the GOAT
This show is purely for entertainment, who cares if one of them has an advantage
By the way, to any non native English speakers. In the United States everyone will know what you're saying no matter your accent. The same way that those in Okinawa can understand those in Tokyo.
Rina changed the show to the English dub soundtrack 😂
They are so cute😊😊
why is the native english speaker shocked 😭
I will defend my girl Rina for the rest of my days cuz everyone’s complaining about her didn’t even bother to think of the context. She wasn’t there to “learn English” but to be the “native” representative. That’s the format of the show. In fact, the main attraction of the show was the Nogizaka girls (the idol group Nogizaka46) because it was a Nogi show and Rina, not a Nogizaka but in fact a “rival” AKB48 girl, was there to function as the “side character” that highlights main characters. And come on, It’s no prize winning in English over Japanese and the even games are not reward-based.
The act surprise thing is just a cultural thing because if she was in fact acting nonchalant about it then people around would be uncomfortable and think she’s full of herself. Also just to put it out, She’s half Japanese with her other half being American. While Rina was never considered to be among the famous ones in/from AKB48, she did get a quite a few side quests and 1 of them was interviewing One Direction
6:37 that one got me