Back when I first started writing, I was obsessed with anime. I ended up creating a character with a Japanese name, and he eventually became one of my beloved characters. The book he was originally from is no longer one that I'm working on, but he's become a protagonist in the novel I'm currently writing. I want to incorporate his heritage into my writing, and I know having a Japanese name isn't enough.
That's where you come in. I know that there's not many people on here who live in Japan or are Japanese-American, but I'm sure you've heard of good resources or books that deal with growing up as a Japanese-American teen. I've already referenced Writing with Color. Unfortunately, none of their mods are Japanese and the questions they've answered aren't the ones I'm really looking for. I'm pretty much open to anything. A website with some helpful references, a book that's written by a Japanese-American author that has at least some focus on their heritage, or even a youtuber who talks about stuff like that.
Thank you for whatever help you can give!
Edit: As suggested, here's a little more about my character. He's fifteen/sixteen, depending on the part of the book it's at. He lives in the Northeast of America - Connecticut, to be exact. He used to live in a pretty diverse area before moving to the town of Wildegate, which is slightly modeled after my not-so-diverse town. I'm not sure if I want his mother to have lived here her entire life or have moved here at a younger age, but she's his Japanese parent. His father isn't in the picture. Since he doesn't have any friends that he's really close to, he's close to his mom.
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