Only 1.3% of the population is foreign-born,

只有1.3%的人口是在國外出生的。

and black people are especially rare.

而黑人尤其少見。

But now, one Nigerian-American is becoming ubiquitous there,

但現在，一位尼日利亞裔美國人在那裡變得無處不在。

because he's on Japanese TV every single day.

因為他每天都在日本電視上。

— Ike Nwala is a pretty recognizable face in Japan.

- 艾克-恩瓦拉在日本是一張很有辨識度的臉。

He's a member of a popular comedy troupe, and he even appears in commercials.

他是一個受歡迎的喜劇團的成員，他甚至出現在廣告中。

— Ike originally came to Japan working for Goldman Sachs,

- 艾克最初來到日本，在高盛工作。

but he quit to join up with a talent agency,

但他卻辭職加入了一家人才中介公司。

and his celebrity exploded practically overnight.

而他的名氣幾乎在一夜之間爆棚。

Part of his popularity is because of his ability to switch back and forth

他受歡迎的部分原因是他來回切換的能力。

between Japanese and English whenever he needs.

在日語和英語之間，只要他需要。

— Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, welcome to Tokyo Disney Sea.

- 女士們，先生們，男孩們，女孩們，歡迎來到東京迪士尼海。

— So you're a comedian, but you do kind-of everything?

- 所以你是個喜劇演員，但你什麼都做？

— In Japan, if you're a comedian, they just see you as an entertainer,

- 在日本，如果你是一個喜劇演員，他們只會把你當成一個藝人。

so they expect that you can do anything.

所以他們希望你能做任何事情。

So I do narration jobs, I do voice jobs.

所以我做解說工作，我做配音工作。

I do my main job, comedy.

我做我的主要工作，喜劇。

Even music.

甚至是音樂。

— Sorry about that, you've gotta take your shoes off.

- 對不起，你得把鞋脫了。

— Yeah, no, it's all good.

- 是啊，不，這一切都很好。

You pretty much do your own hair, though?

你幾乎是自己做頭髮，雖然？

— Yeah, I do my own hair. It's kinda...

- 是啊，我做我自己的頭髮。這有點...

they don't know how to do black hair.

他們不知道如何做黑頭髮。

— This is every day for you though, right? — Yeah, this is everyday.

- 你每天都是這樣，對吧？- 是的，這是每天。

— Dang, man. — Monday through Friday.

- Dang, man.- 週一到週五。

— Wear the funky clothing...

- 穿著時髦的衣服...

— Since last year, Ike's been one of the main hosts of a show called “Oha-Suta.”

- 從去年開始，艾克就成為了一個叫 "Oha-Suta "的節目的主要主持人之一。

That means that, while a lot of adults recognize him as a sketch comic,

也就是說，雖然很多成年人都認識他是一個小品漫畫家。

to their kids, he's like Steve on Blue's Clues.

對他們的孩子來說，他就像《藍色的線索》裡的史蒂夫。

— This isn't just any kids show.

- 這不是普通的兒童節目

— No, this is like the Japanese version of Sesame Street.

- 不，這就像日本版的芝麻街。

It's the most famous children's TV show in Japan.

是日本最著名的兒童電視節目。

— But just because Ike's famous doesn't mean he doesn't have to deal with prejudice.

- 但是，僅僅因為艾克的著名 並不意味著他沒有處理偏見。

Japan's one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries in the word,

日本是言語中人種最單一的國家之一。

and it doesn't have the best reputation for diversity.

而且它在多樣性方面的名聲也不是很好。

— What's it like being a black dude living in Japan?

- 在日本生活的黑人是什麼感覺？

— I'm pretty sure you experienced the whole train thing,

- 我敢肯定，你經歷了整個火車的事情。

where you sit down and then, like,

在那裡你坐下來，然後，像，

there's open seats next to you, but people don't sit down.

旁邊有空位，但人們不坐。

— That's happened, yeah.

- 這是發生了，是的。

— I don't think Japanese people are racist.

- 我不認為日本人有種族歧視。

I think they just don't know.

我想他們只是不知道。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

Let's do this.

讓我們做這個。

Ike sees himself as a comedian,

艾克認為自己是一個喜劇演員。

so you might think that being on “Oha-Suta” is just a distraction from his career goals.

所以，你可能會認為，上 "大發須田 "只是為了分散他的事業目標。

But Ike says a kid's TV show is an important place for him to be.

但艾克說，孩子的電視節目是他的一個重要場所。

— I think me being on the children's show every day is huge.

- 我覺得我每天上兒童節目是很重要的。

— Why's that?

- 為什麼會這樣？

— The children now, who are going to be growing up to be adults,

- 現在的孩子，即將長大成人。

they already have the image of...

他們已經有了形象的...

different people, you know?

不同的人，你知道嗎？

— Little kids seeing you on TV and it's, “Oh, this is just a… he's another guy.”

- 小孩子看到你在電視上，它的，"哦，這只是一個... 他是另一個人。"

— Yeah, “He's a normal guy.”

- 是啊，"他是一個正常的傢伙。"

Whereas, you know, 15 years before,

而你知道，15年前。

things were just like, “Oh, a black guy!”

事情只是喜歡，"哦，一個黑人！"

“We've seen a lot of white people, but, like… woah, black guy!”

"我們見過很多白人，但是，就像... ...哇，黑人！"

You know?

你知道嗎？

“He's like a Pokémon or something!”

"他就像一隻神奇寶貝什麼的！"

I don't know.

我不知道。

“He's a rare Pokémon!”

"他是稀有的神奇寶貝！"

You know?

你知道嗎？