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Name: Heath

Location: Indiana
Why do you love Japan: I really don't know, I just do. Lots of awesome stuff and culture.

Ever been to Japan, if so where: Nope, but I'd really like to go to Osaka someday! And I'll probably end up studying for a semester or year in Sapporo

Interests: Anime, manga, Japanese, classic rock, Japanese music

Other Online Hang Outs: Homestarrunner.com, vgcats.com, penny arcade, animelyrics.com

Personality: I'm kind of shy in person, but since this is online I don't really have a problem. Sometimes I don't like to try and say something, because I might be wrong, and I don't enjoy looking stupid (who does?) But I really enjoy learning Japanese (aside from my problem with relative clauses, some of them can get complicated)

Any other Additional Info : Just hoping to have some fun, maybe learn some things to help me in learning my Japanese. Yorosha!

Name: Sailorsasami (Sasami)

Location: Hawaii

Why do you love Japan: I'm Japanese ^-^ not full, I'm hapa. My mom is half so I learned some Japanese from her and she worked in a Japanese store. I got interested into to culture because my brother did and now I really love my heritige.

Ever been to Japan, if so where: Unfortunetly, I haven't been to Japan due to financal reasons. I actually planned to go two years ago, but had to back out due to that. I was going to go this year, but I need the money for college.

Interests: Drawing, reading Manga, Speaking Japanese, Internet, Listening to J-pop, Singing J-pop, watching Japanese dramas, and cooking.

Other Gaian Hangouts: Tokyopop Manga Guild, Magical Poll Land, and The Hello! Project Guild

Other Online Hangouts: Oekaki Boards, Morning Musume Bit Torrent Sites, Neopets, and Myspace.

Personality: ^-^ I'm really silly with people I know, but all in all I'm shy and quiet (IRL). I'm obnoxcious with people I know and really Ms. Know-it-all. I look like I'm smart, but I'm really average (I think it's cause I'm part Japanese), online I'm talkative and loud and silly and stupid. lol.

Favorite Food: Katsudon, and Curry!
Least Favorite: Vegetables ( I love Peas though)
Secret: I don't like fruits (unless there in Jamba Juice or juice or fruit roll-ups, or pureed or etc.)

Favorite Musical Group: Morning Musume (if you didn't see all the Morning Musume stuff I like)
Favorite Singer: Utada Hikaru
Secret: I can watch any music video and pick up on the dance moves.

Favorite Japanese Drama: OMG, I don't know!!! Too many good ones.

Study: I've been studying Japanese for about five years (one year from my family and four in school) Even, through my family can speak Japanese I'm not fluent. I'm better at understanding then I am at speaking it.

Name: Grey
Location: United States
Why do you love Japan: A few years ago I went to Hawaii. There was a large Japanese influence and it really sparked my interest. Several years later the opporunity to take Japanese at school opened and I decided to take it. Ever since I have had an immense interest in the culture and language.
Interests: Calligraphy, writing, dancing, cake-decorating, cooking, physcology, geneaology, and ancient history.
Other Gaian Hangouts: The Writers Forum
Other Online Hangouts: The Maneskinn High Forum
Personality: Bubbly and energetic. A little shy when first meeting people.
Any Additional Info: I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and one of my pet peeves is internet talk. It drives me crazy.

Name: Naomi

Location: Teh america

Why do you love Japan: Umm, just always have, can't explain too well.

Ever been to Japan, if so where: No, but I'm moving to Tokyo in a couple years.

Interests: music, drawing, anime/manga, snowboaring, playing instruments, I don't know.

Other Gaian Hang Outs: Rp threads.

Other Online Hang Outs: None. I'm not online too often.

Personality: WEll considering I'm bipolar, It changes back and forth alot from happy to depressed.

Any other Additional Info: *Shrugs* Just ask.

Name: Jennifer (or Gin)

Location: Indiana

Why do you love Japan: Just cause its differnt and more interesting then most other conturies I studied in history class when I was in school.

Ever been to Japan, if so where: No

Interests: Art, Anime, Drawing, Writing poems and short stories, Gaming, and learning new languages.

Other Gaian Hang Outs: To many to name off, since I go every on Gaia

Other Online Hang Outs: Furry Comic pages like Jack, Sabria Online, and Shafters. Vampire Comic pages, like Bad Blood.

Personality: I'm a kind person, some say I can be annoying at times. *shrugs* I'm very shy when meeting new people in person. But when I met anyone new on the net or in person, I can't start a conversation, they need to help me out on that. I'm a big gamer, I love playing the Final Fansty games. I also love anime. I love to draw anime stayle, but also add my own stayle of art to it as well. Also by far, all the languages I have learnt. I've found the japanese the easiest, I don't know why, but its very easy to me.

Any other Additional Info:I would love to go to Japan, but I don't think I ever will be able to. Cause of my fear of planes and hight, and the fear of dranwing. So I wouldn't be able to go by air or boat. But I'm still interested in learning the language for the fun of it, and to help the exanged students that would happen to come to the USA.

Name: Jacqueline (friends call me Jackyl)

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Why do you love Japan: You know, I'm not sure. ^^; Since I can remember I've been enfatuated with the land, culture, people, religions, traditions. . . everything.

Ever been to Japan, if so where: Actually yes! ^.^ I stayed with a family in Kyoto for a month (their son stayed with us for a year. . . he's like my brother now, and they my extended family). Well, the town I stayed in was Seika-cho, in Kyoto Prefecture. I also got to go to Nara, Osaka, Uji. . . I think Kobe, and Lake Biwa.

Interests: Video Games, anime, music, art, philosophy, ancient cultures

Other Gaian Hang Outs: I'm a member of these guilds:
The Elven Brotherhood and Sisterhood
The Witchcraft Guild
Shindemo Boogie Woogie - A Miyavi Guild
Room 304 - The Dir en Grey Guild
Gamer Chicks
Gaian Goddesses Guild
Grandmaster Gamers
A.G.E
The Yami no Matsuei Guild

I own The MoonChild Society - A Gackt Guild

And I'm a part of the HyperDemension RP. 3nodding

Other Online Hang Outs: You can find me on LiveJournal under the name Galadhfea, and also on Deviantart, by the same name.

Personality: I'm quite shy, but when I know people well, I can act really weird. ^.^ Online it's not so bad and will probably start acting silly pretty quickly. I have a tendancy to only say things that are relevent to the topic at hand, or if I feel it has some sort of relevency. This causes for times when it seems like I'm not visiting the guild, but most of the time I'm here every day.
I like to think I'm an understanding and openminded person too. . . and pretty easy to get along with. I do have strokes of elitism, but not usually when I'm a part of a guild. 3nodding

Any other Additional Info
Likes: Yakisoba, snakes, summer, computers and technology, Sony, strawberries, Iced Green Tea, freedom

Dislikes: Spiders, authority figures, clowns, stupidity, discrimination, coffee, cold weather, most vegetables, most seafood.

Bloodtype: Still don't know. gonk

Favorite music genre: Industrial, but I listen to and enjoy most genres. . . except for country.

I'm also a very random person. ^.^ And for some reason I always type in Green text on Gaia, though my favorite color is blood red.

Name: ~wolf-tsubasa~/ Wolfie
Location: Florida gonk
Why do you love Japan: I love japan because of all of its awesome inteligence and its language that I have fell in love with. I havnt mastered it yet but i hope to. Also my cousin went to college there and she brought back a whole lot of experience and cool stories, language and items.
Ever been to Japan, if so where: N/A
Interests: Japan! Friends, books, drawing, painting, and all other arts.
Other Gaian Hang Outs: N/A
Other Online Hang Outs: N/A
Personality: Outgoing, Fun. Comical but intelligent.

I should have posted awhile ago, but forgot to...
Gomen

well...

Name: Online: Shinku IRL: Jen,Shinku,Chibi

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Why do you love Japan: its so interesting, the culture, and well everything to it... you also have to add that anime/manga is a plus XDD

Ever been to Japan, if so where: I wish

Interests: Anime, Video Games, Rave, DDR, uhhh *thinks* roleplaying, and other crap

Other Gaian Hang Outs: Dark Twilight Bar/Guild (worker-somewhat)

Other Online Hang Outs: xanga, illwillpress.com (gotta love Foamy) uhh HERE! and uhh... well google, when you search for anime pics. ^ ^ and shoujo-aiheavens.com

Personality: shy yet hyper. Im loud once you get to know me, im very kind from what im told XD and i like to help others with their problems, im always looking for friends. and well.. love life isnt great, but STILL! im all good!!!

Any other Additional Info: not really, but if you want to know something, just pm me.