Debito Arudou

Debito Arudou is a writer, blogger, and human rights activist. He was born in the United States and became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2000.

Arudou was born David Christopher Schofill in California in 1965. He was raised in Geneva, New York, and became David Christopher Aldwinckle when his stepfather adopted him in the 1970s. He graduated from Cornell University in 1987, dedicating his senior year to studying Japanese after visiting his pen pal and future wife in Japan. Aldwinckle moved to Japan for one year where he taught English in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and later spent one year at the Japan Management Academy in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, before returning to complete a Masters of Pacific International Affairs at the University of California, San Diego .

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