Shannon McNaught
Shannon is originally from New Hampshire in the USA, the land of lots of trees and moose. A love of Japanese music inspired her to study Japanese, and after a year of study abroad during university, she decided to move to Tokyo in 2014. She’s been working, rocking out, and exploring Japan ever since. Shannon currently works as an English teacher and freelance translator. She also manages her own Visual kei news site (linked below). Despite having a wealth of knowledge about more recent music, her ultimate favorite bands tend to hail from the 90’s. Shannon will be happy if you give her tea, pizza, or a cat.
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![Japanese Youtuber creates real-life, tile-shattering rocket punch[Video]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/06/rocketpunch2.png?w=639 "Japanese Youtuber creates real-life, tile-shattering rocket punch[Video]")
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![Limited time Your Name anime-themed cafes to open in Tokyo and Nagoya in January! [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/12/yournamemain.png?w=640 "Limited time Your Name anime-themed cafes to open in Tokyo and Nagoya in January! [Pics]")
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