Stormtrooper Portal
Welcome to the Stormtrooper Portal. Here you will find videos and pictures of me in my armor dancing (prancing?) around Tokyo. I seem to get on TV a lot in armor for some reason ^^;
The items below are some of the more popular articles.
Danny's News (options)
The Clone Wars
So how are you enjoying the new Clone Wars TV show? Didn't get round to watching the film...(more)
Thu 10/09 03:48 comments (36)
Working Desktop
Just to remember how strong the dark syde is....^^ Bye(more)
Thu 08/07 19:08 comments (11)
UK designer wins Star Wars c...
In Hollywood's annals of the plucky little guy defeating the big guy, it might not quite r...(more)
Fri 08/01 11:32 comments (4)
Work Music
I know that many of you listen to anime EPs/OPs and OSTs but is that only what you listen ...(more)
Sun 07/13 15:00 comments (74)
School Girls and Trooper
More from todays iPhone 3G launch - more later but am looking for some cool captions here ...(more)
Fri 07/11 14:28 comments (54)
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Articles (options)
Silicon Valley in Tokyo (95)
Tue 11/11 15:45
Included in the photo is Joi Ito (CEO of Creative Commons and board member of a zillion other web properties - check his LinkedIn), Andrew Huang (Vice President Hardwar... (more)
Poll : Are you interested in working in the Internet field?
64%  Yes
10%  Already do
9%  No
15%  Not sure
2%  used to
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Tokyo Tour (163)
Wed 11/05 18:15
Went with a bunch of Silicon Valley directors and CEO's out for a tour of Akihabara yesterday and took them along to a live house run by a few comrades at Dear Stage. ... (more)
Poll : What do you prefer?
65%  Package tour
35%  Organize and travel alone
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Tokyo Rock Trooper (116)
Mon 10/06 13:46
Well its been nearly four months since we filmed this video ^^; The main reason that it took so long was because every time I sat down to edit it, it was taking ages t... (more)
Poll : Your fave trooper vid was being...
9%  Akiba Dance Trooper
63%  Shibuya Dance Trooper
11%  Caramell Dance Trooper
9%  Rick Trooper
8%  Tokyo Rock Trooper
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dannychoo.com on CNN (278)
Mon 09/15 15:59
So the filming that I mentioned in A Week in Tokyo 23 and the Japanese Girls article was for CNN - the feature went out today at 8AM JST and is being broadcasted throug... (more)
Poll : How long have you been a reader for?
7%  1-2 months
13%  2-6 months
23%  6-12 months
38%  1-2 years
16%  2-4 years
3%  More than 4 years
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A Week in Tokyo 24 (148)
Mon 09/08 13:38
Been one of the busiest weeks so far and this is how I felt like yesterday night - absolutely knackered! If you have not seen it yet, check out the Japan Public Sleepi... (more)
Poll : Whats the longest you've played a game in a single session?
5%  1-3 hours
12%  3-6 hours
16%  6-9 hours
16%  9-12 hours
25%  12-17 hours
13%  17-24 hours
13%  More than 24 hours
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G4TV (129)
Sat 09/06 15:18
Comrades from G4TV were in town from LA for a week and we thought it would be great to so some stuff together. image ID#21830 ... (more)
Poll : Which would you like to see the most?
77%  Girls school
3%  Boys school
20%  Mixed
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Japanese Girls (199)
Fri 08/22 22:56
Was out n about in Shibuya yesterday with a TV crew filming stuff which I will anno... (more)
Poll : People in your region are generally...
41%  kind
19%  horrible
39%  neither
 irene in Canada
Oh well...
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Tokyo Trooper (105)
Sat 07/26 22:41
Still got quite a few goodies to show you from the Good Smile offices but thought we'd take a short break today for those who are not here for the figures. High res ve... (more)
Poll : Do you read all articles?
29%  Yes
65%  Most
5%  Some
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About
Over 2 million unique users per month visit this site for the exclusive figure coverage direct from the manufacturers, photos and guides on living in Japan, Japanese subculture and the occasional stormtrooper dancing around in Tokyo. If you are interested in these topics and are also interested in joining a community of folks who also like the same stuff then this is the place for you. If you want to see the figure coverage now, you can dive into the Figure Portal and Japan coverage is in the Japan Portal. Read more about this site.

This site is run by Danny Choo - former Engineer for Japan Airlines, Website Manager for Amazon, Windows Live Product Manager for Microsoft and currently in startup mode for his own IT firm in Tokyo.

Danny/this site has made apperances on CNN, G4TV, Tokyo MX TV, Giant Robot Magazine, Ascii and a load of other Japanese newspapers/magazines. Read more about Danny.
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