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🇯🇵 A multilingual sociolinguist from Tokyo
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I am a sociolinguist and MA candidate in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University (expected in May 2026). My research primarily focuses on socio-politics within media discourse, particularly German migration debates and global terrains. I have previously completed a BA in German Studies at Sophia University (Tokyo).
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Currently living in Tempe, Arizona, United States
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[Fields of Research]
Discourse Analysis / Critical Theories / Pragmatics / Sociolinguistics / Constructionism / Identity / Narrative Inquiry / Rhetorical Studies / Media / Ethnography / Epistemology / Poststructuralism / Ideology / Multimodality
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💼 Portfolio (Research & Writing Samples)
Strategic Use of Performative Gender in Hip-Hop Discourse - BA Thesis in Linguistics (2023)
- This project was developed as my bachelor’s thesis in Linguistics at Sophia University (Fall 2023). It examines the ways in which white female Hip-Hop performers strategically negotiate their racial and gender identity to legitimize their cultural authenticity, particularly in MC battles against Black male opponents.
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- Abstract Available:
BA Thesis_Abstract_YutoFujitani.pdf
North Korean Defector’s Trauma Narrative and Identity - Seminar Project (2024)
- This project was developed as part of my graduate course LIN 616: Narrative Research and Practice at Arizona State University (Fall 2024). It analyzes the narrative discourse of Yeonmi Park on The Joe Rogan Experience, highlighting identity shift, ideology, and trauma in digital media contexts.
- Theoretical Frameworks
- Abstract Available:
Narrative_Identity_Abstract_YutoFujitani.pdf
Cultural Geographies of Bonn: Rhetorical Space and Material - Seminar Project (2025)
- This project was developed as part of my graduate course LIN 654: Rhetorics of Place and Space at Arizona State University (Fall 2025). It examines how the spatial configurations of Bonn as a ‘student city’ provides material accessibility, physical mobility, and equal possibilities of social activities, which collectively functions as a rhetorical agency that allows international students and immigrants to integrate well into Germany’s social paradigms.
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