{"id":6451,"date":"2025-03-12T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eascenter\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:26:53","slug":"aina-jinguji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eascenter\/2025\/03\/12\/aina-jinguji\/","title":{"rendered":"Aina Jinguji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Aina Jinguji<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><b>Can you tell us about your research focus or interests?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My research interests are Japanese video games, Japanese pop culture and media, Japanese literature, and the U.S.-Japan relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Do you have any advice for incoming students?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My advice for incoming students is to pursue everything you are interested in, even if it is not in your field of study. Things will connect when you least expect it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are your plans after graduation?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My plans after graduation is to work in the game industry in a position related to game design or U.S.-Japan localization.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: hidden;background-color: #ffffff;height: 256px\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;border-style: hidden\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;height: 100%;border-style: hidden;width: 19.9742%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6455\" 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