Japan DJ joins Tokyo’s growing community of female rickshaw drivers, improves speaking skills
29-year-old juggles radio presenting position with pulling people around; loves both jobs so much, she works 7 days a week.
A Japanese woman who became a rickshaw driver in Tokyo to improve her speaking skills has ended up falling in love with the job while realising her dream of becoming a radio DJ.
Arisa Sekimori, 29, has been a rickshaw driver in the city’s Asakusa old town for eight years.
She is a pioneer among the growing number of women rickshaw drivers in the area and recently became her company’s first female manager.
Sekimori also has another job. She drives a rickshaw four days a week and works the rest as a radio DJ, with no days off.
She said she has a passion for both jobs, even though initially she became a rickshaw driver only to chase her dream of becoming a news announcer.