Balancing creative careers and lo...

Balancing creative careers and love ft. Keagan Raphael and Kei Nagata | Tokyo Lore Drops Ep. 6

Tokyo Lore Drops por Tokyo Lore Drops
T1 · E6
17 ago 2026
01:17:08

Notas del episodio

In this episode, we have our first guests on the podcast, two creatives living in Tokyo: Keagan Raphael and Kei Nagata!

We talk about:

• Why both of them came to Japan

• How both of them got into their respective careers

• Balancing their creative careers and their own relationship

• Keagan supporting Kei's business Brownie Shots, Kei supporting Keagan's music work

• How their different communication styles complement each other

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Keagan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keaganraphael

Keagan's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/707OmZTNJHXFBvUXnc4XUo?si=SAepQKJqRI2esueBM9oWwQ

Kei's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mskeinagata

Brownie Shots Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brownie.shots/

Keagan and Kei's upcoming events:

- Keagan's album "Talana Hill" coming out later this year

- Keagan is performing on October 11 at Wall and Wall to celebrate the release of Nenashi's album "MOMENT" http://wallwall.tokyo/schedule/20261011_nenashi/

- Kei does monthly meetups for Brownie Shots https://www.instagram.com/brownie.shots/ - Singles event and 90s themed party

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0:00 Welcome to episode 6!

03:23 Keagan joining the JET programme

11:09 Kei moving to Japan and studying here

17:58 How Keagan became a musician

25:55 Keagan being fulfilled as a teacher

30:29 Kei's Brownie Shots!

33:35 It's hard to find good brownies in Japan :(

37:43 Kei is a natural at bringing people together

39:14 How Keagan and Kei's different communication styles complement each other when working on events or Brownie Shots

44:16 Who made the first move?

46:06 Living together after not even being together for a year

50:06 Balancing creative careers and their relationship

1:02:56 Recording a song together

1:08:52 Making each other feel remembered

1:13:54 Keagan's and Kei's upcoming events that you can attend

Palabras clave

living in tokyo
dating
friendships
lore drop
career
working in tokyo
working in japan

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Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo, Japan