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04-12-2016, 04:35 PM
How an American became a professional ninja in Japan
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Chris O'Neill is a ninja. Really.
A Japanese tourism board just hired 29-year-old O'Neill to perform with*six other ninjas, both in the country and abroad, to promote the Aichi region.*O'Neill is the only American in the ninja squad
SEE ALSO: 6 full-time ninjas wanted to help promote tourism to Japan (http://mashable.com/2016/03/15/japan-ninjas-tourism/)
The Aichi prefecture liked O'Neill so much that they created a seventh position just for him.
"He was really amazing," Satoshi Adachi of Aichi prefecture told Agence France-Presse (http://news.yahoo.com/american-becomes-japans-first-salaried-foreign-ninja-094720207.html). "He has great acrobatic skill and the ability to speak in front of the public. He's also passionate about promoting tourism." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/american-ninja-chris-oneill/)
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Chris O'Neill is a ninja. Really.
A Japanese tourism board just hired 29-year-old O'Neill to perform with*six other ninjas, both in the country and abroad, to promote the Aichi region.*O'Neill is the only American in the ninja squad
SEE ALSO: 6 full-time ninjas wanted to help promote tourism to Japan (http://mashable.com/2016/03/15/japan-ninjas-tourism/)
The Aichi prefecture liked O'Neill so much that they created a seventh position just for him.
"He was really amazing," Satoshi Adachi of Aichi prefecture told Agence France-Presse (http://news.yahoo.com/american-becomes-japans-first-salaried-foreign-ninja-094720207.html). "He has great acrobatic skill and the ability to speak in front of the public. He's also passionate about promoting tourism." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/american-ninja-chris-oneill/)
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