1What made you want to come to Japan to study?

When I was 12 years old, at a school that corresponds to junior high school in Japan, I was able to choose Chinese, Vietnamese, or Japanese to study as a foreign language. I chose to learn Japanese and that motivated me to study in Japan. I also studied for a year at a private high school in Tokyo when I was a high school student and experienced a home stay. So when I started thinking about going to study in Japan again at university, I learned about the exchange program between the ESC Rennes School of Business and Meiji University and applied.

2What is your favorite class?

Creative Marketing (Prof. Makoto Mizuno)

3What surprised you the most about studying at University in Japan?

• The length of classes is short
  At universities in France, many classes last two to three hours. In Japan, classes are an hour and a half, and the contents are concentrated.
• There isn’t a lot of homework!

4What surprised you the most after you came to Japan?

I feel that prices are high in Tokyo, because of the strong yen against the euro. Eating out is less expensive than it is in France, but fares for public transportation are very expensive.

5Where is your favorite place in Meiji University?

Brand-new Izumi Library opened in April, 2012.
Meidai Mart (convenience store on the campus)

6What about your outlook for the future?

One of my dreams for the future is to direct plays and other shows.
I belonged to a circus for 15 years since I was 3 years old, doing acrobatics and juggling. The circus traveled to 30 countries, mainly in Europe, and having traveled to various countries with different cultures and languages since I was young was a valueable experience that widened my horizon. When I was 17, I was injured and was no longer able to perform in the circus. So I started studying commerce at university. I think that the knowledge I gain on commerce, such as marketing, will be useful when I am a director.

7What is your favorite Kanji?

仏　(It means "France")

8What is your favorite Japanese word?

Darui (だるい) means "feel sluggish", because we don't have a word to express that feeling in French.