Foreigners show their Japanese singing skills on 'Nodo Jiman Za! World'

I thought Nicholas Edwards was a girl at first. Sort of like Ellen. He had a great voice in a feminine way.

Just watched his performance and he was amazing! Yeah, i mistook him for a girl at first though.

He does look feminine and looks like the type you'd find in a shojou manga. Great voice, too. Wonder if he'll try to pursue or get offered a recording contract of some sort.

Wow, this is sung better than the original.

If you can sing well you should be able to sing well in Japanese (assuming you can memorize the lyrics or can read the words at karaoke). Japanese is one of the simplest languages on the planet in terms of phonetics and lack of intonation/stress.

Well so much for a foreigner introducing some manliness to the male vocalist culture in this country!

He sang Konayuk (Powder snow) by Remioromen in the final round.

Unless the meaning was (Powder yuck), this should be written 'Konayuki'.

Moderator: Indeed, it should. Thanks for pointing it out.

Funny Ben. That i is important.

Edwards won because his singing voice shows how much he loves Japan and Japanese songs

What should loving Japanese songs and Japan have to do with a singing contest??

Wherecan I sign up?Does anyone know how to get this station in N.Y.C.? Thank You!

Edwards won because his singing voice shows how much he loves Japan and Japanese songs.

tmarie, I agree: This is one of those countless shows designed to inculcate the notion that anything the Japanese do as a matter of course requires superhuman dedication and training for foreigners to achieve.

foreign residents who love singing in Japanese

There it is again. If anything in the "free" world can be called propaganda, this country has it down to a fine art . . . or maybe again it just comes naturally . . .

@plastic "superhuman dedication and training"

That's what I should have had before attempting to do a karaoke "Haisai Ojisan" in Naha last weekend. Now I know to train in advance to see if I can say any of the words besides the ones in the title. It's a good thing that the song's author Kina wasn't there to hear me that night (it was at his live house/restaurant).

Can Nicholas Edwards warble that annoying Kimura Kaela "A Winter Fairy on a Melting Snowman" CM song?

Damn! That was impressive!

The Japanese love to have their egos stroked over and over again! Tell them you love their food music culture etc..but in this music and it will help you win in this society. This kid from Oregon was on Tokyo MX TV show The Golden Hour a few months ago all dressed in pink wearing angel wings. Really kawaii!!

Sorry it was supposed to be in this case music. Good luck on this nodo jiman!!

I thought the Peruvian guy was much better. Also there was another blonde girl who was very cute and had a great voice, shame she didnt make it to the final 3

@JapanGal: I thought Nicholas Edwards was a girl at first. Sort of like Ellen. He had a great voice in a feminine way.

I make the same mistake with most younger Japanese men. What is it with the feminine look, why are they trying to look like women? I find most of their eyebrows to be creepy. I think they spend more time on grooming themselves than women, and that is not right is it?

lol

hed fit in with all the herbiviours here

This is just one show of so many that the Japanese love to see, us gaijins drooling over Japan, Japanese culture, food, music etc..but if I were in Mexico, I would rather have Japanese etc..say nice things about my country than complain, and I am sure this is just human nature, French do not want to hear non French complaining about Paris etc..right?? They would rather we say how much we love French wine, bread, etc..right? So I guess Japan is not that much different in the respect that people need to be made to feel liked, appreciated etc..right?? IMHO.

What a beautiful voice he has! I know Japanese is hard to pronounce U.S. people are same as speaking English we do. But his pronunciation is really nice! Sing a song is really good way to speak & learn foreign language. I'm studying by Avril Lavigne's song. But I don't feel my pronunciation becoming better. I have to continue that. The important thing to studying English is enjoying. Sing a song is fun. Fun & continue make our English skill much higher level. I felt how he loves Japanese songs. As a same tome I’m proud of my country Japan. I’m Japanese but I have a lot of thing I still don’t know. I’m studying English now but I have to know about my country culture etc.

I saw him on TV. I think he's a good singer with high range and a feminine voice color. By the way, how to join in this contest? Can anyone give me the website of the TV program? Thanks.

I want to join ... How can i contact them????

****i like singing Japanese songs very much ... I would like to be apart of this ... I want to join the contest ... Can someone tell me how?