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Los Angeles, CA, US

• Utilize problem-solving, critical-thinking, and research skills to address a variety of customer requests.
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with supervisor, coworkers, and other departments to ensure smooth business operations.
• Quickly switch between a variety of tasks requiring high attention to detail.

Kyoto, Japan

• Translate confidential video game projects including UI and dialogue text.
• Collaborate with other team members and create glossaries to ensure consistent terminology.

• Work 1-on-1 with high school students from brainstorming to the final draft of their college application essays.
• Provide feedback, support, and empathetic listening throughout the writing process as students share their stories.

• Improvise various patients with detailed personal and medical histories in clinical simulations.
• Provide constructive feedback to medical students to better prepare them to be kind, empathetic, and caring practitioners in the field.

• Write detailed coverage on clients' submissions, evaluating concept, plot, pacing, characters, structure, dialogue, tone, emotional investment, and marketplace potential.
• Provide detailed and wholistic feedback via final comments and scores.
• Respond to clients and adapt to their requests to ensure customer satisfaction.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Wrote coverage for pitch decks, TV pilots, short stories, and screenplays.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Evaluated scripts, books, Japanese TV pilots, and films for Western adaptation viability in the US market.
• Conducted market research and performed translation checks.
• Created pitch decks and pitched my original pilot to executives.

• Provided synopses, constructive feedback, and suggestions to screenwriters’ pilots and screenplays.

Tokyo, Japan

• Translated dialogue, system text, skill and item descriptions, and character bios in sci-fi and fantasy titles, including Another Eden.
• Thoroughly researched source material to uphold established IPs’ style, tone, and character voices across projects.
• Adapted humor, wordplay, and references across cultures.
• Complied with multiple style guides across projects for a polished, professional final product.
• Sought feedback from supervisors and took notes.
• Regularly collaborated and communicated with team members.

Tokyo, Japan

• Translated character events from popular romance titles.
• Thoroughly researched source material to uphold established IPs’ style, tone, and character voices across projects.
• Sought feedback from editors and took notes.
• Considered voice, style, and tone to ensure an immersive and entertaining gameplay experience.

Tokyo, Japan

• Designed and implemented engaging English lesson plans, worksheets, and games for Japanese students across three public elementary schools grades 1-6.
• Built upon textbook material and conducted research to bring English to life for elementary school students of widely different backgrounds and ability levels.
• Played with students during recess and strived to be a friendly, positive role model to students.

• Proofread manga and light novels, checking for punctuation and grammar, translation accuracy, characterization, and English flow.
• Titles included volumes 1-16 of Sunrise Snack Bar and roughly 30 chapters of Charge!! Men's School.

Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan

• Designed and implemented engaging English lesson plans, worksheets, and speaking activities for Japanese students grades 7-9 across three public middle schools.
• Built upon textbook material and conducted research to bring English to life for middle schoolers, such as teaching students to express their opinions via a class-wide debate.
• Participated in club activities, played with students during recess, and strived to be a friendly, positive role model to students.

• Translated focus group transcripts and an extended interview for a major AAA game publisher as part of a larger market research study spanning 10 countries.

Bachelor Of Arts With Distinction, Asian Studies - Japanese Concentration

+ Senior Thesis "The Policies of Birth Rate Decline in Japan" among the top-scoring papers in the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs.

Flim & Television Summer Institute Certificate Of Completion, Cinematography And Film/Video Production

+ Successfully pitched, wrote, and produced the dark comedy short film “The Real OG”. + Implemented notes from multiple table reads and.

Education record

+ Founded by Stanford University, the IUC is the premiere American program for specialized advanced Japanese language training + Elected.

Education record

+ Six months of study abroad at intensive language school with classes taught entirely in Japanese

Education record

"Society and Culture in Japan" study abroad class, including excursions and workshops

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Education record

Intensive 3-month language program

Bachelor'S Degree, Japanese Studies

Cinematography And Film/Video Production

+ Pitched an original short film script that was voted to be produced by the class (best 2 of 12) + Produced six drafts in three weeks.