96

Jim Petiprin

Jim fixed the wall at 203 for $20.

95

Kenji Kitagawa

Kitagawasan looks much younger than he actually is.

94

Les O'Brien

Les was my best friend growing up in the trailer park.

93

Hana Ide

Hana brought Funions to my house.

92

Roy Hanashiro

Dr. Hanashiro is the best guy to hang out in Japan with.

91

Dave Sweeney

Dave is hogging the smug.

90

Hoshiyama Futoshi

Hosshan has a poker face like no other.

89

Takao Ikeda

Takao is the best tattoo artist I've seen.

88

Joe Stewart

Joe is the essential philosopher athlete.

87

Eri Tsukada

Eri is the best inventor of new English I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

86

Andy Fadous

Andy is nearly as charming as his older brother.

Miuchin

Miuchin is a tough bastard when you're trying to score on a breakaway.

Chiharu Kumo'oka

Chiharu loves the Hanshin Tigers.

84

Steven Hansen

Mr. Hansen is the king of the Hansen Compound.

83

Stephanie Vasicek

Stephanie used to love to party.

82

Erica Moizumi

Erica was cool enough to hook me up with a washing machine and some other things before leaving Japan.

81

Yumi Aoki

Aoki-sensei is the coolest teacher at school.

80

Tad Nelson

Tad joined me on a crazy adventure up to Houghton.

79

Jason Juretich

Jason hates the dentist.

78

Belinda Peters

Belinda and I played some serious Atari together when we were kids.

77

Anna Gayeski

Anna's nipple used to pop out when she swam in my pool.

76

Chie Ogawa

Chie is the coolest Japanese girl I have ever met.

75

Takashi Fujita

Fujita was the worst karaoke singer until I came around.

74

Brandy Munsell

Brandy is half the reason we all hang out with Shawn.

73

Gary Bronczyk

Gary used to get "stung" by my dad.

72

Jason Cain

Jason and I had a lot of fun climbing trees in our grandparent's backyard when we were little.

71

Tom Burns

Tom is Harley loving fool.

72

Toshie Kitanaka

Toshie always helps me out when I need some tough stuff translated.

70

Dennis Gaty

The hardest I ever laughed is when Dennis showed me his Badger card.

69

Akemi Fulks

Akemit is Jason's wife.

68

David Ellem

David is my boss two days a week.

67

Rick Kaupp

Rick got me into cycling.

66

Koji Sakai

Koji is the my only Japanese friend who knows anything about jazz.

65

Joe "Thor" Thereau

Thor worked a stint on an Alaskan fishing boat.

64

Aaron Randolph

Aaron made me dry heave with his little game of Don't-Flush-The-Toilet.

63

Tom Dean

Tom is the king of the tube float.

62

Chris Neihoff

Chris is up for doing something any time you call him.

61

Jarred Jessop

Jarred knows how to liven up a bonfire.

60

Mutsumi Matsuoka

Mutsumi loves to party.

59

Matt McKimmey

Mickey makes a mean batch of home brew.

58

Erin Lundy

Erin has the sexiest voice.

57

Jason Powell

Jason was the all American popular guy in high school but he is a super nice guy.

56

Yuki Iwamoto

Yuki had to teach English at the worst elementary school on the planet.

55

Casey Wearing

Casey managed to grow up normal despite the fact that his entire family is clinically insane.

54

Chris Scott

Chris used to, and still might, pick up roadkill along to the side of the road so he could sell it to the taxidermist.

52

Tom Glavich

"Top Gun" Tom is a serious golfer but isn't afraid of a little golf cart off roading tomfoolery.

51

Dave Klemkow

Dave was cool enough to be the preacher guy at my backyard wedding.

50

Chris Matheson

Chris has the dubious distinction of being the person that christened my testicles "The Boys".

49

Jamie Todd

Jamie was one of the original pizza punk delivery boys at Roza's Pizza.

48

Tom Cummings

Tom gets his vegetables in other ways, like "from eating ketchup".

47

Emily McKimmey

Emily taught my wife how to roast marshmallows.

46

Brad Adams

"Listen!!"

45

Eiji Imanishi

Eiji "Mr. Wonderful" dresses in pajama-esque gear every time we go out drinking.

44

Ian Diem

Ian and I used to talk while our two soccer teams brawled.

43

Fusae Ikumatsu

Fu-chan's bar was the first drinking extablishment I ventured into in Matsubara.

42

Ben LeFebvre

Ben got in an arm wrestling match on the steps of our hotel while we were visiting Seoul.

41

Pahnee Taylor

Pahnee rides a bicycle like a bat outta hell.

40

Brian Vasicek

"Ol' Painty Can" Vas was the hippest custodian.

39

Shannon Kelsey

Shannon was the hottest soccer player in our college intramural soccer league.

38

Erik Glavich

I once body slammed Erik over a coffee table.

37

Andrea Burmann

Andrea chooses boyfriends by how nice their teeth are and how thick their accent is.

36

Juan Gutierrez

Juan got pushed down the stairs at Churchills for repeatedly touching some guy's girlfriend's ass.

35

Marla Fallarme

If there's an ounce of gossip in the great Almont area Marla knows about it.

34

Micah "Gibbon" Widder

Gibbon doesn't like watching "thrillers".

33

Shuji Hayami

Shuji almost started crying last night when I told him that I will go back to American some day.

32

Dan Myers

Dan's rendition of This Land is Your Land will forever resonate inside the Blarney Stone Pub.

31

Chris Hashikawa

Chris is the second best penny trivia player on the planet.

30

Jeff Deachin

Nobody I know can tell me where the hell Jeff is.

29

Mayaka "Spanky" Matsuoka

Spanky loves peanuts.

28

Belinda Griffiths

Belinda unknowingly inserted "daggy" into my vernacular.

27

Nathan Dietrich

Nate is the proud father of two girls, two dogs, and two miniature goats.

26

Hideaki Nakamura

Hideaki and I just got back from guiding a group of Mt. Ena.

25

Nathan Gayeski

Nate used to be a skinny wuss back in the day but now he's doing triathalons.

24

Ian Kaupp

Ian is the dopest relative I have.

23

Joshua Taylor

Josh is a fellow fan of Michael Moore.

22

Heangchol Chung

Chung-sensei is sage when it comes to the finer points of English education.

21

Jun Nishii

Jun has the best example of how Japanese girls differ from white girls.

20

Sam Blair

There is nothing in the world Sam enjoys more than eating some Pucca and drinking some Asahi Black on the stoop.

19

Jack Cain

My dad and I can not enter a parking lot without getting into a fun filled squabble about where to park.

18

Masami Masuda

Masuda-sensei is a whole lot of energy rolled up in a very small package.

17

Bill Ude

Anybody that has ever met Bill has left with a story to tell.

16

Kirk Hansen

Kirk got stalked by a mountain lion while hiking in New Mexico.

15

Joe Fadous

Joe is the most charming human being on the planet.

14

Koichi Takahashi

Koichi is the only other guy on my basketball team that has the same anti-group mentality that I do.

13

Shannon Wearing

Shannon made me a hat and a pair of booties in her yarn class.

12

Shawn Munsell

They greatest thing Shawn ever did was get a bunch of us poor college guys access into the all-you-can-eat food show at the IMA in Flint.

11

Mateo Pillot

Mateo gave me a ride to school everyday back in high school.

10

Takami Seiriki

Takami will be Takami Cain as soon as she goes to the city hall and gets her name changed.

9

Sandra Hansen

Mrs. Hansen is the best cook I know.

8

Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff sent me a slice of pizza all the way from America.

7

Hiromi Yata

Hiromi, my dad, and I went and played Pachinko together.

6

Jason Fulks

Jason and I stood on the Great Wall of China together.

5

Michelle Knowles

Michelle and I won about ten intramural volleyball championships in college.

4

Sean Wilson

Sean is the only guy I can seriously discuss the finer virtues of Henry Rollins and bushido with.

3

Tim Todd

Tim has fixed my computer at least a dozen times.

2

Jacqueline Sadohara

Jacqueline is the first person I've ever met from Northern Ireland.

1

Greg Berner

Greg is the only person I know who has been duped into eating something that was laced with a laxative.