Keizo Kay Yamamoto

Keizo Kay Yamamoto (a.k.a. K. K. Yam) is a tranquil rover and deliberate writer, weaving monologues, dialogues, and travelogues into the digital realm.

He also serves as an independent English-Japanese [en-US | ja-JP] content editor, interviewer, translator, and subtitler. Since 2006, he has Read morecontributed to numerous media content production projects in Japan and globally under his digital media sole proprietorship Bluish Media (formerly BLUISH MEDIA OÜ | azure connexion, LLC).

Keizo is a native Japanese speaker and writer fluent in English (TOEIC L&R score Percentile Rank 99.5%), with proficiency in other languages. He pursued studies in Languages, Information Science and Management, and Multimedia Communications at universities and a graduate school in both Japan and the U.S. Before 2006, Keizo accumulated professional experience as an Airport Services Manager and Marketing Specialist at prominent global airlines based in the U.S. and U.K.

Having lived and worked in Japan, the US, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the EU, Keizo has visited over 600 airports across 85 countries and regions on 5 continents, flying with 100+ different airlines since the late 20th century. Currently based in Tokyo and Sapporo.

A user of XTM, Wordfast, memoQ, and other translation management tools.

Passed the Qualification Test for the Hokkaido Gov-certified Outdoor Nature Guide (2024)

Free to travel.