Most millennials would credit Filipino TV personality Ellen Nishiumi for their knowledge of and love for JapanMost millennials would credit Filipino TV personality Ellen Nishiumi for their knowledge of and love for Japan. Known for her dynamic role as the host of the popular show Oh Tokyo, Ellen Nishiumi has been a pivotal figure in promoting Japanese culture among Filipinos.
Nowadays, it’s much easier to visit Japan. It’s not unusual to hear an Oh Tokyo quip among Filipinos while enjoying a spoonful of tonkatsu and making a candid comment as to how it tastes the way Ellen used to. Some would even go as far as to say that Ellen was the precursor—the OG as kids say these days—of travel vlogging in Japan. “I didn’t really expect it to be so famous,” she admitted as we sat at a café in one of Shibuya’s newest skyscrapers overlooking the famous crossing.
Ellen came to Japan in the late ’80s after training to be part of a dance troupe. “I never hid the fact that I came to Japan as an entertainer,” she said. Later, through her work, she met her husband, a businessman whom she and their closest friends fondly call Teddy. “He really made an effort for me,” she said. “When I came home for several months, he would fly in and visit as often as he could.
Her parents didn’t even know she was working as a TV personality until friends of theirs saw it. “They were in Makati and the TV had Oh Tokyo playing. They called my parents and asked if it was really me since the woman on the screen looked and sounded like I did,” said Ellen.Oh Tokyo ran until 2008 when Tsuzuku Hiroaki, the show’s director, producer, and vice president for WINS International, got sick and later passed away.
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