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Tsuyoshi |
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He is from Sapporo, one of the top 3 popular cities to live in throughout Japan. He began attending Azusa Pacific University in 1994 and even though his grades weren’t so great, he spent an extremely fun time as an international student and evangelized. While he was there, he met Katsuya Iida (currently the senior pastor of J-House) and they began Funky Friday Night together. This expanded to Azusa Pacific University two years later. After graduating in 1998, he became the pastor of his home church, Airin Chapel Christian Church. He holds Next Generation Ministry’s “MEBIG” seminars in over 30 places inside and outside of Japan. He is also a consultant for Next Generation Ministry’s training, development, and growth and also holds dating seminars for young adults. He has a family of 6, with 3 daughters and 1 son. He really likes playing hard, and eating food so good that it’s emotionally moving. He especially likes pizza from VPN (Vera Pizza Naporitana), a restaurant approved and licensed by Naples (and also snake stew from Taiwan: it’s delicious). Additionally, he likes laughing, deer-hunting, basketball, playing with nerf guns, slacklining, bouldering, drinking specialty coffee, licking olive oil, drawing on the faces of people who are asleep, and he still has many other interests and hobbies, but his favorite is his wife. Oh, how wonderful this life given to us by God is! http://facebook.com/tom.uchikoshi (Please send me a message along with the friend request)
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Kazuhiko |
Born in 1970 in Osaka and grew up in Kanagawa, Kazuhiko became confused about the meaning of his life his second year of college, but met Jesus and was baptized. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from the University of Tokyo. He dedicated to full-time ministry as a doctoral student. He married his American wife in 1999. In 2000, he and his family moved to the United States and he studied at Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (suburbs of Chicago, IL). He earned his Ph.D through his study of the New Testament. After returning to Japan in 2006, he began teaching at Revival Biblical Seminary, and is now its principal, as well as the chairman of Japan Evangelical Theological Society in the Chubu area. He has written The Victory of the God of Peace (Praise Press), The Roman Empire in Luke’s Narrative (T&T Clark) and others. He updates his blog Through a Glass (1co1312.wordpress.com) regularly. He currently lives in Shinshiro, Aichi with his wife and three teenage daughters.
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Men's/Women's Plenary Session Speakers | ||
Go Kaneda ![]() |
Born in 1966 in Australia, Go moved to Canada at the age of 10 and lived there for two years due to his father’s job. After he returned to Japan and looked to connect with English speakers, he met a Canadian missionary and eventually came to know the Lord. After graduating from university, he spent 8 years as a businessman before earning his M.Div from Briercrest Seminary in 2000. Since 2002, he has planted and is pastoring Lynnwood Japanese Family Church north of Seattle. (www.ljfamily.org) He loves to sing. As a student, he formed a band at church and sang for Living Praise of Word of Life Press Ministries. He loves to laugh. Though lately his kids make fun of his “dad jokes.” He loves Jesus and the Bible! Speaking so that the Bible is practical and easy to understand for others is what he lives for. His family consists of a beautiful wife, 4 sons (ages 24, 21, 15, and 14), two dachshunds, and 4 chickens.
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Mariam Kaneda ![]() |
Born February, 1968 in Tehran, Iran to a Japanese father and Assyrian mother. She lived in Iran for 16 years and speaks Japanese, English, Farsi, and Assyrian. She’s a mother of 4 sons, ages 25, 21, 15, and 14. Her husband is the pastor of Lynnwood Japanese Family Church. She met Jesus when she studied abroad in Australia at the age of 19. Two weeks later, she returned to Japan but fell back into the same lifestyle. However, God did not let her go and brought her back in a wonderful way. She is often called “spontaneous” or “free person.” During the bubble period she worked at a bank, then as a patissier, and then as an educator before she arrived where she is now. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, going to the beach, baking, and drinking good coffee. Her hobby is brushing her teeth. ◎What’s your favorite color? ◎What’s your favorite breakfast item? ◎What’s your favorite Bible verse? ◎What did you want to be when you were younger? ◎What do you do to relieve stress? ◎If you were given a day that you wouldn’t die no matter what you did, what would you want to test out? ◎What you’re excited about for EC (your expectations)? ◎A message for EC participants: ◎Your thoughts on ministry for Japanese people abroad: |