Damn, based on his twitter i had assumed he has poor english, but this interview prooves quite the opposite! Wish I could see this band live, so underrated in some metal communities.
He does quite a lot of work as a music journalist I think, I remember coming across a video years ago of him interviewing Emperor (in English) for HMV Japan
Japanese people speak English more fluently than most people in the USA. Nice interview with a very talented musician, thanks for uploading! P.S. 'Cold Lake' is one of the worst albums in the history of music. It's definitely unique, but there's a reason why no-one else decided to sound like that. Sometimes things are one of a kind because they are really, really bad...
That is absolutely not true. The overwhelming majority of Japanese people can barely speak any English at all. He is obviously an exception as he speaks English very well.