Carolyn Kawasaki
Encyclopedia
Carolyn Kawasaki better known as Caiya (カイヤ), is a Chicago
-born American
gaijin tarento, that is a foreign celebrity active in Japan
. Kawasaki was active as a model in the 1980s working in the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 1990 she married Mayo Kawasaki, a Japanese celebrity
. Her fame on Japanese television comes from her playing off the stereotypical American woman from the Japanese point of view as loud, domineering, and materialistic. She has appeared in television shows such as Waratte Iitomo
and Ninja Warrior among others.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-born American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gaijin tarento, that is a foreign celebrity active in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Kawasaki was active as a model in the 1980s working in the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 1990 she married Mayo Kawasaki, a Japanese celebrity
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...
. Her fame on Japanese television comes from her playing off the stereotypical American woman from the Japanese point of view as loud, domineering, and materialistic. She has appeared in television shows such as Waratte Iitomo
Waratte Iitomo
is a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show is hosted by Tamori and has run since 1982. The show is produced in the Studio Alta building located in Shinjuku, Tokyo...
and Ninja Warrior among others.
Other pursuits
- In 1999, Caiya released a cooking book, Caiya no Ai Ippai Cooking.
- In 2001, she released an English conversation book, Caiya no Eikaiwa Haato de tooku.
- In 2002, she released a beauty book, Caiya no Anti-Aging.
- In 2004, she released an interior book, Home Sweet Home Caiya.