Dave Spector

Dave Spector (デーブ・スペクター born in Chicago, Illinois) is one of the more visible foreign personalities (gaijin tarento) in Japan. He is a Jewish American. He studied abroad at Sophia University in 1972. He has lived in Japan since 1983. He speaks Japanese fluently and appears regularly as a commentator on several different Japanese television programmes (such as 'Soko made itte, iinkai'). He writes columns for Shukan Bunshun magazine and Tokyo Sports Shimbun and has written several books. Image File history File links Dave_Spector. ... Image File history File links Dave_Spector. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... A gaijin tarento (外人タレント) is a foreign celebrity (gaijin) active exclusively or almost exclusively in Japan. ... American Jews (also commonly Jewish Americans) are Americans of Jewish descent or religion who maintain a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... Sophia University ) is a private university, with its main campus located in Yotsuya, an area of Tokyos Chiyoda Ward. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He speaks good Japanese, almost identical with a native speaker's. He seems to have larger vocabulary of the language than an average native speaker has.

In the United States, Spector has appeared on The Tonight Show and Iron Chef, among other programs. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai Iron Chef is a Japanese television program produced by FujiTV. The original Japanese title is Ironmen of Cooking ). It began airing on October 10, 1993 as a half-hour show, and after 23 episodes was expanded to a one-hour format. ...

In the late 1990s, the English-language periodical Tokyo Journal reported in an article titled "The Incredible Inflating Man" that Dave Spector had exaggerated his experiences and qualifications on his resume and public biography. The article was picked up by a few Japanese-language publications and, apparently as a result, Spector's public appearances and career declined for a time. However, he was subsequently hired by NBC to provide some commentary for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and has appeared regularly on Japanese TV since then. The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. ...

External links

• Official site
• Dave Spector at Internet Movie Database