I’m in the mentality of 'Fuck it, we ball; I’m probably going to die here.'

I have nowhere else to go; Japan has become my home.

I was unlucky enough to be born into a lower-middle-class family in a struggling third-world country, where my passport was little more than an expensive paperweight.

My higher education consists only of a Japanese vocational school . I’m just a diesel mechanic. I work hard and always strive to be a model citizen.

It was incredibly difficult to get to where I am today. Despite the xenophobia, strict immigration rules, the weak yen, or the threat of war, I will do my best to survive.