 In 2000, director Mike Sakamoto directed a short documentary film on Nakane, entitled "Secret Asian Man", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and along with the film his live performance received favorable reviews.In 2010, Nakane auditioned for the popular TV show "America's Got Talent (season 5)" with his one-man band act.He passed the preliminary auditions, competing with estimated 100,000 participants (17,000 acts) and went to Las Vegas as one of the top 85 acts.