 Konnichiwa, Hawaii. A Japanese language broadcast streaming live from Dantan Honolulu and available on YouTube. I'm your host, Yukari Kunisue, and joining me today in the studio is Pastor Teki. He's a Christian, a Honolulu Christian church pastor, and he has a very interesting background as a sushi chef and former youngster. Hello everyone. From Dantan Honolulu, I'm here in Japan. Hello, I'm your host, Yukari Kunisue. Today's broadcast is a unique background. I'm going to talk to Teki Shinji, a Christian, Honolulu Christian church pastor and former youngster. Teki, thank you for coming. Hello, thank you very much. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. I'm going to introduce you to a very unique background. There are many different categories. I made a mistake. What was it again? Chimpila? Chimpila. Chimpila and Gangsta. There are a lot of differences. That's right. I often say Yankee. Do you mean Yankee? In my time, I used to say Tsuppari. In the time of Reesent, I used to call it Sori-Komi and Punch Parma. Did you do that? Basically, it started with Sori-Komi. What is Sori-Komi? I used to call it Sori-Komi. Sori-Komi? I used to call it Sori-Komi. Do you do it yourself? Do you do Tokoyasai? I used to call it Sori-Komi. I used to call it Sori-Komi. I used to call it Sori-Komi because I was cool. Now it's like this. I wonder what it means to say that I took it off. The woman came in front of me, but at that time I was on that side. What kind of category did you do that? In the end, I was in middle school and high school. I was in my first year of high school. In my time, I used to call it Sukeban. It's a long time. Do you remember the word Sukeban? I remember the word Bontan. I was wearing thick clothes. I was wearing thick clothes. I was in that era. So you were like that since you were in middle school. I was in middle school and I debuted in my second year of high school. You debuted in your second year of high school. How did you debut? I was in middle school next to my school. I was in the same class as the bad guy. I was in the same class as the bad guy. I was in the same class as the bad guy. I became friends with him. That's how I became friends with him. You felt like you were influenced by your friends. That's right. You felt like that when you were in high school. That's right. That's how I became friends with him. What is Yankee? I have a lot of Yankee friends around me. I was in the future. I was in high school as a teacher. I was very loyal to me. I was in part of an office of someone family. So I stood by Yankee. And you were in the Y Legendary military? Yes, I was in the p2k military. There are other nostalgic things coming up. So you came to the Recruit, and you were recruited? Well, Recruit is a place where you get a lot of love, and you get to go on a ride, and get to know Nari-Nari-san. But I can't go on like this. I'm a kid, so I can't go on a ride. So I fought a little bit there. At that time, I fought once. When I was walking in the city, I think I was about 16 years old. But when I was walking in the city, there were three people in front of me. I had eyes. I was just wearing gloves. So I got into a fight there. I thought this would be bad for the three of us, but I couldn't run away. So I went to the back. There was a lot of Makuragi in Sendon. I can't forget it now. The Seibi-Ukebukuro Line in Tokyo, behind Kyosé Station. There were Makuragi there. When the three of us had the Makuragi, we thought, this is bad. We were shot in the back. We were shot in the back. We were hit in the leg. We thought, this is bad. The police came and saved us. We were taken to the ambulance. At that time, I noticed that it was painful when I fought. I noticed it was painful. When I was shot in the back, it was painful. What are you doing? I can't help it. I went to the surfer. You went to the surfer. At that time, there was such a course. It was a good idea to go to the surfer. There was a course called, if you stop doing something, you will become a surfer. I see. I don't know what to do. There was a punch mark. I had a cute hairstyle. There were a lot of surfer with bad eyes. I see. The Yakuza Yobi army changed direction and became a surfer. I don't remember going to the high school, but they told me that they didn't want to go to the high school. I wanted to go to the high school when I went to the high school. You liked cooking. Yes. I went to the training. I see. At the same time, I went to a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo. It was my first time to go to a Chinese restaurant. You made Chinese food? Yes. You made Chinese food? Yes. At that time, I didn't want to be a cook at that time. I was lying. I was reading it at that time. It was a success book. I wrote it down. I wrote it down. I wrote it down. It was a self-motivation book. I wrote a lot of success books. I will definitely succeed. I want to become a surfer and become a surfer. Become a surfer. At that time, I was looking for a restaurant in the U.S. when I was almost finished 19 years old. I came to the U.S. You came to the U.S. Yes, I came to the U.S. It was the American dream. Let's go. I was going to go to the U.S. I was going to go to the U.S. I was going to go to the U.S. I was going to go to the U.S. When did you go to the U.S.? In the U.S., I was a high school student at that time. I was the best in the English language in the school life. It was the time when the training camp was finished. Only English was available. It was the best in English. I got this book from under the university. Even under the university, I can't get used to it. Exactly. Everyone, you got the best. Back then, It was 1984. It was 1984. Chinese Airlines was the only one in the United States. That's why I went to San Francisco. I went to San Jose's Japanese food restaurant to work there. It was in California, right? Yes, it was in California. How many years were you there? I was there for 4 years. What did you make at that time? Was it Chinese food? At that time, I went to Japanese food. Actually, it wasn't good to change at that time. But I wanted to do something in the future. You want to eat this, right? Yes, I wanted to eat that. So, I went to the country for this job. I see. So, I went to the temple. Finally, I went to the sushi bar. I see. I went to the sushi restaurant. So, you went to the sushi restaurant. Yes, I went to the sushi restaurant. Did you see it? Yes, I made sushi bars at home on my birthday. I went to the sushi restaurant. That's great. That's what I'm talking about. I'm still on YouTube, so I can't do my image training. I see. So, I don't forget. I see. So, you experienced a lot of things like that. You became a boxer, right? Yes, I became a boxer. I'm sure you will be interested in that. I was the one who was the most surprised. You were the most surprised. Yes. The owner of the place where I worked was Christian. He went to a Japanese church nearby. I went to the owner's house. He took me to the church on Sunday. That's what I'm talking about. I see. Actually, the story was a bit dark. My parents were Christians. I see. So, you had a background in your own way. Yes, but I don't want to say too much. I was Christian, but I got divorced. On the contrary, I want to say that my husband became a Christian. That was the opposite. But that was one of the most important backgrounds, right? Yes, that's right. When I was little, I saw him as a teacher. The Christian church was the most hateful thing in the world. The most hateful thing? Yes. Christians and churches were gathered in advance. I went to the church, but I was actually like this in the house. I fought and divorced. So, when I saw that, I thought that the Christian church was the worst religion. So, I had a negative image. It was really negative. But I thought I'd go to the owner's house and ask him to go to the church. I didn't want to go to the church. But I had a bad feeling when I was little. I couldn't say no. I couldn't say no. I thought that something would happen to me. I want to go there. So, I didn't want to go to the church. I didn't want to go to the Christian church. I didn't want to go to the church. When I was little, I went to the Sunday school church. It's a daily school. I didn't want to go to the church for a long time. But when I went to the church again, everyone was welcoming me. I came often. I came often. I came from Japan. About 1,500 people were in their 40s and 50s. When I went to the church, they were welcoming me. I came from Japan. They were welcoming me warmly. I felt good. I think it's good. I went to the church because I was studying English. I went to the church in September. On December 12, the Christian church were hold on. There was no Internet at that time. I took it from everywhere I saw. I was on many occasions when I was told that I would go to America. I was on many occasions when I was told that I would go to America. steak was all over there. It was a huge way. By the way, I thought everyone I think it's like that. While I was working, I started going to the church. And then I went to a warm place. When you read the holy book of success, most of the holy books have been printed, and Christianity is pretty much in the past. So when you read it, you become a Christian and read the holy book, and if you read it as a past, you become a good human being, and you can succeed. It's a pretty good feeling. The reason I became a Christian at first was that if you believe in it, you can succeed. I see. It was like that. But for young men, it's a very good motivation. Yes, that's right. It's a feeling of being warm, and connecting to success. That's right. It's like living alone in foreign countries. Did you have a family there? Yes, that's right. I came from Japan, and I lived in Japan for a while. I was like, where are you from? Yes, yes. But when I came here, I didn't know anything about it. I was like, it's really weird. Really? Yes, it's really weird. I don't know about the punchman. The people here. What is the punchman? I don't know about the punchman. I don't know the beauty of it. Why do you have this hairstyle? At that time, I had a hairstyle like that. Yes, I went back once. Yes, once. I went back to the punch again. Yes. I didn't know anything about it. In Japan, I was like, where are you from? When I came here, I didn't know anything about it. I didn't know anything about it. I was like, it's really weird. Yes, it's really weird. I was like, it's really cute. I can imagine that. I lived my whole life. Yes, I lived my whole life. Yes, I lived my whole life. Yes. And in the second half, I was in California. Why did you come to Hawaii? I would like to continue with the story. Yes. 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We want to teach you about those things in our industry that may be a little outside of your experience. So please join me because Security Matters. Aloha. We're back. I'm your host, Yukari Kunisue. And this is Konnichiwa, Hawaii. Talking with Pastor Shinji Seki, Japanese Christian pastor in Honolulu. We're live on Think Tech Hawaii, Japanese TV program, Konnichiwa, Hawaii. Today, we're going to talk to Pastor Shinji Seki, who is a member of the Honolulu Christian church. Thank you for your continued support. Thank you. We have a lot of things to talk about. We woke up in the Christian church. In just three months, we had the Holy Spirit of the Christian church. I'd like to talk a little bit about the Holy Spirit of Hawaii. How many members of the church that you have now, Pastor Shinji, are members of the church? Yes. For example, the Honolulu Christian church has both English and Japanese. English and Japanese. Both of them have English and Japanese. It was established in 1932. It's a long time ago. At first, it was the church of Japanese people who came to Japan. But when the children of two or three were born, the Holy Spirit of Hawaii was needed. So, they made the Holy Spirit of Hawaii. They also had English and Japanese. So, Japanese people are more popular. Yes, they are. They're old. Yes. In total, there are about 300 to 400 people. 300 to 400? And in Japanese, there are about 130 people. And in English, there are about 200 people. I see. So, not only Japanese people, but also other people. Yes. I think it's because of Hawaii, but most of them are Japanese. Yes, they are. But there are Korean, Chinese, and other people. There are a lot of mixed people. Yes. So, in Japanese, there are people who speak Japanese. Yes. In Japanese. Yes. From Japan. Yes, almost. Yes. For example, in Japan, there were Christian people who came here to look for the church. Yes. There are people like that. Yes. In Japan, there are Christian people who came to Hawaii to look for the church. Yes. But most of them live in Hawaii. There are Christian people here. Yes. There are a lot of Christian people. Yes. Yes. Yes. So, what kind of activities do you do? Well, on Sunday, I have a 20-minute break from 9 p.m. Yes. I have a 20-minute break from 9 p.m. Yes. Yes. There is absolutely no rest, so I have a 25-minute break every week. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Regardless of Christian life, do you think I'd go into the church with someone? Well, I wouldn't do that. Yes. At the end of the day, everyone is fresh unless they're Christians. That's why I'm chosen. I see. So everyone could come to a church when they're not Christians. Yes. So, I hope everyone will visitfigures in the future. Yes. I like Sanbika. I'm interested in politics. I want Japanese community. There are many ways to do it. At first, I was told that there is a family in the school. There is something like that. That's right. I'll go back to the story. I came here and entered Christian church. I was given a sermon. I was given a sermon and I was told that it would be a great step. It's a jump. What kind of life is that? I like it. I like it very much. But when I rented a room at that time, the host had a lot of life. He had a hard life. I had a suicide mistake. I was 10 years old. I had a daughter. She found a medicine for her mother. I had that kind of life. But that person believed in Christian. It changed a lot. I had a hope to live a brighter life. When I learned about that change, I wanted to use my time. I was given that thought. That person believed in it and saw a change. That's right. The senior who worked with me decided to become a doctor and went to a new school. That person was also a cook. Looking at that, I realized that there are choices in life. Some people say that I am a Christian. Were you told? I laughed and laughed. I had never thought about it. I started to realize that there is a way to become a doctor. When I think about it, when I see people like that, when I think about myself, I feel good but I also enjoy eating delicious food. But when I think about God's work, it would be great if I could give my life. But when I see myself, I don't think I can become a doctor. I don't know if I can do it. I don't think I can do it. I want to become a doctor. But I don't think I can do it. I wanted to become a doctor but I couldn't. At the end of the day, I decided to become a doctor and became a doctor. What kind of voice did you hear? I heard a voice in the youth. Yes. And then, I heard that I should not be a patient with Peter's death. I was told by Peter but at that time, I had an experience that I was told. I was touched. I was told that I was a calling from God. Then, the church supported me and I was able to enter a new school in Japan. So, I was returned to Japan and studied in the U.S. How many years did you go to the new school? Four years. Four years? So, as a cook, I stopped doing that. I gave up and recovered and went to Japan for 4 years. I had never studied so I studied from 1 to 1. You were number one in high school. Yes, I was number one. Then, I graduated and I spent 12 years in Japan. You spent 12 years in Japan. Then, in 2005, I came to Japan with a Japanese church and asked for permission to come to Japan. How many years have you been there? It's been 14 years since 2005. 14 years. It's been 15 years. Yes, it is. When I was in Japan, I heard a lot of stories from many people. Here, I was in Hawaii and I think there is the same thing, but in Hawaii, there is a problem. Family problems are the most important. Family problems. Family problems are the most important. When I was young, before I got married, when I was young, I didn't know the value of my life. I didn't know the meaning of my life. I met a lot of young people like that. You were a student. Yes, I was a student. I was a student. You had been thinking about family for a long time. Yes, I did. I had a lot of problems with my family. I was in the role of Yakuza. I was in the role of Yakuza. The members of Yakuza were taking care of the family. They were taking care of the family. That was also the case here. Family is always a theme. That's right. I think it's a good story. Yes, that's right. It's a book about taking back the shape of God for the family. It's a book about taking back the shape of God for the family. The family was originally one of the many families that were given by God. If the family was really loved and cared for, it's simply because they are happy. But when it's broken, everyone gets really upset. I see. I also wonder why it's broken. Why is it broken? In the end, I want to be recognized. I want to be evaluated. I want to be accepted. I want to be accepted. There was no such place. In my case, in the family. There was a place where there was a family and there was a house. There was no family. If you are watching this, why don't you talk a little bit about how you can find that book? Those who live in Japan search for it on Amazon. If you search for it, you can search for it on Amazon. Those who live in Hawaii can contact the Honolulu church. You can share it. What you write on that book is how you can bring your family back to their original form. That's what I write. I was raised but I wanted a place where I could be recognized. I want to be loved. The theme of my life is why it's broken. I want to be loved. I want to do my best to be recognized and I want to be able to do it. But it's not completely human. I would be happy if it was appreciated by people but if it was negative, it would be broken. I have always been appreciated by people. But at times, I want to be loved by God. It's not human. When I realized that I was loved by God, my life changed. I see. It's a very touching story. Especially when I was young, I was in a environment where I had no family and I was living here. I was also in the library. If you have a chance, if you are in Honolulu, you can go to the Christian church and see the book. If you are in Japan, you can read this book on Amazon. Thank you very much. It's almost time. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for coming. We are going to stay tuned. We are going to have more Japanese shows. Thank you for watching. This is Tink Tek Hawaii. Konnichiwa, Hawaii.