# Tattoo Regrets, Life in Japan and Growing Up a Delinquent - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069709413833953702 - Source language: Japanese - Target language: English - Duration: 2:31 - Published: 2026-06-24 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/ja/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AB%E5%BE%8C%E6%82%94%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AE%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E5%85%83%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%92%E8%AA%9E%E3%82%8B.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent) At 15, when I was 15—this is going to reveal my age, but... [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=3) When I was 15, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, and even back then, I was volunteering in Tohoku the whole time. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=12) So there was that too, and despite being a delinquent, I had this desire to help people. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=19) That's just my personality, which led to this. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=21) And also determination. Determination. Do you regret it? Getting them done? [0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=26) I've never regretted it, not even once. Not even once, but still, when people without tattoos ask me if they should get one, I always tell them not to. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=37) I tell them, "It's easier to live without them." [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=39) Because there are still so few places you can go in Japan. [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=42) You've started showing them recently, right? [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=44) I used to hide them. I lived my life hiding them too. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=46) Lately, the media actually asks me to show them, but until then, I lived my life keeping them hidden. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=53) Because if you show them, there are too many places you can't go. [0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=56) It's still a difficult place to navigate, Japan is. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=57) You've finally been able to show them, right? [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=59) Finally. Now, on the contrary, they ask me to show my back, telling me to wear clothes that expose my back. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=65) So today, I made sure it's visible... ...so I can show it. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=71) People often mistake it for a dragon, but... this is a phoenix. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=75) A phoenix and what's the flower? It's a peony. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=79) But it's a fact that there are really many places you can't go. [1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=84) I've even been banned from restaurants because of this. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=87) So much for the tattoos. You used to be a delinquent, right? [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=92) Is that what they call it? I wonder. Yes, a former delinquent. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=99) We have a question: "What's your craziest story from your delinquent days?" [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=104) My own craziest story from my delinquent days, right? [1:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=107) Yes, exactly. Not about others, but about yourself. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=111) I can't say it. Thank you very much. If it's the absolute craziest, I really can't say it. [1:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=119) What's the reason you didn't go to middle school? [2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=122) This person knows that I only graduated from middle school. [2:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=126) Yes, I only graduated from middle school, but... [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=129) Elementary school graduate? Elementary school graduate. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=131) Well, it's compulsory education, so you technically graduate from middle school anyway. [2:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=135) I say I only graduated elementary school because I didn't go to junior high. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=138) I say this for entertainment purposes. Though in reality, I did graduate junior high. [2:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=143) Well, there's no clear reason why I didn't go to junior high, but... [2:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rCknbRsKUg1z/en/tattoo-regrets-life-in-japan-and-growing-up-a-delinquent?t=148) I simply went off the rails.