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  • When I first came to Tokyo,

  • I had an obsessive longing for Shibuya.

  • Like, “this is the city of youth!”

  • This is the famous Scramble Eggs!”

  • - Scramble Eggs? - Did you mean Scramble Crossing?

  • What the hell is Scramble Eggs?

  • I have never wanted to become a world famous artist.

  • I want to become someone like 'those who know, know'.

  • This is why I always think I need to do something while I'm 16.

  • I know I need to create something now.

  • I've been doing ballet since childhood.

  • That's how I started liking make-up.

  • I feel much better when I have make-up on,

  • I feel like I'm being myself.

  • This is actually the first time I have made clothes,

  • it's so much fun, I feel so excited when I'm doing it.

  • I love clothes because we can express our emotions

  • through design, regardless of gender.

  • I have the thing against [Tokyo] society,

  • but there are things that I don't like.

  • People make rules for everything here.

  • We are forced to stick to rules that we can never follow.

  • I don't like that.

  • Tokyo is a difficult place for skateboarding.

  • We were once skating in front of Harajuku Station.

  • The police then arrived 10 minutes later.

  • My friend had a Swiss Army Knife for fixing skateboards,

  • they said it was subject to the Firearm and Sword Possession

  • control law.

  • He was arrested at around 12am and wasn't released until about 7am.

  • I wish someone made a free skatepark that was open all evening.

  • Japan is quite behind on everything,

  • even the gender and sexuality.

  • 'Cause you never see gay couples, lesbian couples

  • on the streets of Tokyo.

  • I want that to change.

  • I wish this was an era where people accepted different identities,

  • but society still rejects people who are different.

  • I hope we'll build a society where people respect each other more.

  • Then I think life will be colourful and much more fun!

  • Being a 16-year-old is...

  • a 15-year-old is still a child,

  • then a 17-year-old is an adult.

  • That's just my understanding.

  • It's a period of life that we suffer and undergo lots of self-exploration.

  • I practice a sport called parkour.

  • When I'm doing this, I release lots of stress.

  • It's the most enjoyable moment of my life.

  • I want to become the champion in K-1 [mixed martial arts].

  • I think being 16 is not young,

  • there are high school students who are already pros.

  • So I think I started a bit late

  • even though everyone says I'm still young.

  • But I disagree. I want to work even harder

  • and become a professional as soon as possible.

  • I'm really interested in health and wellbeing,

  • making everyone healthy with themselves,

  • physically and emotionally.

  • That's why we shouldn't be hurting the planet,

  • because it's kind of helping us in a way.

  • So we should be paying it back.

  • I think that we have a right to say this stuff,

  • and a right to have a voice as well.

  • My strength is... I'm very positive.

  • I don't lose against any of the negative people.

  • 16 year olds...

  • ...still have a future ahead. I think that's wonderful.

  • When I'm in bed, I think to myself,

  • 'I made such a great effort to make today special.'

  • If I think that before I fall asleep, then that's awesome for me.

  • I just do what I want to do.

  • I can do anything I want, because I have plenty of spare time.

  • I can stay in the library for a whole day and do some research,

  • or I can go out to support my favourite musicians and pop idols.

  • We are a pop group called MAGiCAL PUNCHLiNE.

  • A lot of our songs have hard rock elements in them

  • but a lot of them also include magic too.

  • I hope we encourage people who also want to become pop stars.

  • We want to make people smile as much as possible.

  • Social networks have grown rapidly.

  • We can share our stories to a world that is larger than our classroom.

  • Our generation can openly share opinions.

  • I joined an [environmental] international volunteer club.

  • When I went to a demonstration for the first time,

  • I realised environmental issues are not just other people's problems.

  • I thought, 'I must get involved in this.'

  • I haven't achieved this yet,

  • but I want to go around Shibuya with my friends,

  • and research which areas have the most rubbish

  • to create a map of them.

  • We should never be satisfied with the status quo,

  • we must take action ourselves to protect our future.

  • I want to tell people that and take action with everyone.

When I first came to Tokyo,

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