Kohtaro Kaba

 Hello everyone！My name is Kohtaro. Please call me “Koh” because Kohtaro is long and hard for foreign people to say. I’m from Japan and I’m 19 years old. I came to upper intermediate this term. So I was in intermediate last term. It has been more than 4 and a half months since I came to Dunedin. I’m going to stay here until August. I live with my host family. I have a few experiences of going overseas, to Brisbane, Australia; Vancouver, Canada and here.

Why have I come to Dunedin? Because Otago University and mine in Gifu are sister schools. Of course I also study English because I’m specializing in English in my University. And Dunedin’s environment is very similar to my home town. It is also country side, there are lots of traditional and cultural buildings and nature. In winter, the temperature becomes very low. These are the reasons.

I have some hobbies. Firstly, I like both watching and playing sports. In particular, I like baseball. I had played baseball for 12 and a half years. I have been supporting the “YOMIURI GIANTS” which is a Japanese professional baseball team since I started to play baseball. I always look forward to singing any team songs when I go to watch a game.

Secondly, I like singing. I often go to Karaoke with my friends. And thirdly, listening to music. Especially, I like Japanese pop and western music. Recently, I often listen to “One Direction” and “West life”.

In my future, I want to be an English teacher or an interpreter. If I can become a teacher, of course I want to teach English and I want to teach baseball too in a club. Then, I want to tell about my experience of studying abroad. If I can become an interpreter, I want to work at my favourite baseball team the GIANTS because when the team wins a game, players who succeed in the game have to answer in an interview. So if the player is a foreigner, an interpreter is definitely needed.

        This is my introduction. Thanks for reading it. I’m going to do my best to learn English and to realize my dream in the future.