Name: What It’s Like To Be A 16-Year-Old In Tokyo Today | i-D
Uploaded: 2020-01-22T09:33:16.000Z
Duration: 5 min 15 s
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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 feel much better when I have make-up on,

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

I have the thing against [Tokyo]  society,

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

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

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.

'Cause you never see gay couples,  lesbian couples

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!

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

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].

there are high school students  who are already pros.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

'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 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.

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.'

but I want to go around Shibuya with my friends,

and research which areas  have the most rubbish

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.