The Unfiltered Life of Japan’s TOP Male Fitness Icon | @KanekinFitness

Episode #23 of “Live in Tokyo” Shun Kaneko, otherwise known as Kanekin (Kanekin Fitness), is arguably Japan's first and biggest Japanese fitness content creator. He started in 2014 and shined a lot on fitness content for a Japanese audience, and currently is a Olympia and IFBB Pro competitor and champion in the Men's Physique category. In this episode, you will learn about how Japan sees the fitness and bodybuilding world, cultural differences between the USA and Japan, opening up a successful gym business in Japan, and how Shun's upbringing with extra strict Christian parents made it so he wants to live life harder now to make up for lost time, and other topics related to living and working in Japan. 👉Follow Shun Kaneko (Kanekin): YouTube: ‪@KanekinFitness‬ Instagram:   / shun_kaneko_   👉Follow Max Instagram:   / maxdcapo   Tiktok:   / maxdcapo   X: https://x.com/maxdcapo 🎧Live in Tokyo Podcast audio only: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XdRNqW... Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/486frwfz Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/bdh7wpjd 📙Like the Live in Tokyo Podcast? Support me on Patreon!   / maxd   Patrons get Exclusive Early Access to Interviews, Behind the Scenes discussion, and more. I’m a 1-man show still so any support is helpful. Or Join as a Member on YouTube to support ad well. ✖️Thank you to the below Patrons for helping me create videos✖️ Joshua Titus, Kazuo Jin, David Morales, Alex Capo, Ken, Andy 👇Second VLOG Channel👇    / @maxdunhinged   Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 0:59 Who is Shun / Kanekin? 3:38 Shun on Growing up in Japan with 14 siblings 8:35 Being a bilingual Japanese English speaker in Japan 10:50 Childhood, wanting to be Japanese as a kid and Confidence in life 13:21 When did Kanekin start professionally bodybuilding? 14:53 Bodybuilding leagues in japan explained 17:48 How is Japanaese Fitness different from the rest of the world? 20:05 How Shun got his start on YouTube 22:10 Bodybuilding vs. Men's Physquie in competitive sense 23:16 Can Japanese people actually achieve the top physiques in the world? 25:28 How is health culture different in Japa and America? 27:12 What Gyms are like in Japan and Kanekin's own gym 34:20 Tattoo story, Shun got kicked out of a gym in Okinawa 36:38 Being half Japanese and speaking Japanese in Japan 37:57 Being mixed Japanese / American and how it affects Shun 41:40 How Japan/Asia is on the come up in the bodybuilding scene, confidence of Americans vs Japanese 46:05 What motivates Shun now? Shun's family 46:40 Sending your children to Japanese schools and school uniforms importance 47:55 People are always trying to cancel Shun 50:02 Finding out the end goal and works backwards 51:04 Being the first person to do fitness YouTube in Japan 52:27 Shun was not a rich kid, contrary to popular belief 53:45 Japanese guys love to touch muscles 54:40 Changing Japan's perception on bodybuilding and fitness 56:03 The World has gotten bigger in Japan, One Piece 56:48 Christian Parents made it difficult to learn about the world, music or pop culture 59:44 Making up for lost time, and finding yourself in your late 20s and 30s 1:04:30 Best food spot in Japan 1:06:08 Concluding thoughts