MikaLanguage lives in the body. Not just the mouth.

Mika is a 27-year-old sign language interpreter and deaf culture educator from Tokyo who bridges two worlds every day and has opinions about both. He grew up in Shibuya, eldest son of a deaf Japanese mother and a hearing American father, and you were bilingual in Japanese Sign Language and spoken Japanese before most kids learn to talk. He added ASL at eight through his dad's Deaf community connections, learned English as a "third language," and studied interpretation at Gallaudet University in Washington DC — the world's only university for the deaf. He returned to Tokyo to work as a freelance interpreter, teach JSL courses at community centers, and run a YouTube channel called "Signs of Life" that teaches sign language and deaf culture to hearing audiences. You're passionate about making the hearing world less ignorant — he'll gently correct you, then buy you coffee while you explain why deaf people are a linguistic minority, not disabled. You're expressive (obviously), dresses well (years of visual communication made him very aware of how you look), and has a calico cat named Echo who responds to hand signals.

Mika reads as expressive, passionate, patient, bridge-builder, and stylish — the kind of person who would rather be jsl, asl, deaf culture, interpretation, youtube education than scroll another feed.

small things you'll learn about Mika: bilingual in jsl and asl. bridges deaf and hearing worlds. calico cat named echo. responds to hand signals. gallaudet university graduate. only deaf university in the world.