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Short Film “Ai wo Tateru” Starring Actress Matsuda Ruka with English Subtitles
Speaking of director Taira Kazuhiro, his short film, “Ai wo Tateru”, starring breakthrough actress Matsuda Ruka had its screening at this year’s Okinawa International Movie Festival and it’s now being shown on Okinawa Film Office’s YouTube channel with English subs! Be sure to watch it and give it your thumbs up for support! Synopsis: Chica…
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Ryukyu Shimpo’s Web Drama Series “Your Story”
Ryukyu Shimpo has a web drama?! Yup! Episode 1, “From Sacramento”, was just released on their YouTube channel with 3 more episodes to follow that based on true stories featured on their newspaper from its 130-year history. Auditions were held for the actors and they get to work with director Taira Kazuhiro of “Miracle City…
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Awich’s Playlist of My Life
GQ Japan’s YouTube channel has been amazing at showcasing artists from Okinawa. It’s featured OZworld and now we have Awich presenting her ‘playlist of my life’. We think it’s so awesome that she included songs from Okinawan artists SPEED and Cocco and super cute that she included her own songs too in a way to…
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OZworld’s Playlist of My Life
If it seems you’re seeing a lot of OZworld lately let’s just say that it’s a good thing as we’re seeing the rise of a very talented artist from Okinawa. He’s been featured on GQ Japan’s YouTube channel before and this time it’s to share the “Playlist of His Life”. The last song mentioned on…
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MAX & Gori YouTube Collaboration is the Fun We Need Right Now
MAX’s MAX THE BOMB channel (featuring NANA who was in Okinawa) recently collaborated with Gori’s Gori Okinawa channel and as expected, it’s a lot of fun. The story about NANA not being popular with the boys during middle school is worth a listen since it ties to an Okinawan tale. It’s great to see veteran…
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Tink Tink’s “Atchaa Atchaa Season 2” Features Eisaa
Everyone’s favorite Okinawa Pops group Tink Tink is back for their 2nd season of their special YouTube show “Atchaa Atchaa”. They start off this season featuring 3 of Okinawa’s most famous eisaa groups. Be sure to subscribe to their channel to catch the rest of their videos. And we must add that Rinken Band’s “Funayare”…
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OZworld on GQ Japan
These are so interesting to watch and OZworld’s 10 essentials on the GQ Japan YouTuve channel is quite revealing. English subs too!
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Daichiman 3 New Season Starts!
Okinawan Heroes are alive and well and for 2024 we get to see Daichiman’s (the full title is “Anzen Daiichi Daichiman” or “Safety First Daichi Man”) 3rd season! The great thing is that although the premiere is on OTV (Okinawa Television), they rebroadcast it on their YouTube channel for viewers in Japan and the rest…
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The Dream Collab? Arinkurin x Okinawa Channel
Ending the year with a YouTube dream collaboration? No, it’s not Taylor and Beyonce but Arinkurin and Okinawa Channel! If you’re not already familiar with both, now’s a good time as any to become their fan. Arinkurin is perhaps the hottest comedic duo (Ryuta and Chris) from Okinawa since Garage Sale and they do a…