How to introduce yourself as an Exchange Student?


I'd like to know with which name an exchange student will be called (first
name or last name), when he/she joins a class at an average Japanese school.
On the one hand, it may be the case the "Japanese behavior" is adapted and the
student is called by his/her last name, or the student decides themself how to
get called.




The majority of them will call you whatever you want them to call you.
Especially since you are a foreigner.

If you were Japanese, they would call you by your family name unless you were
very good friends or had a very common name like Sato or Takahashi which was
shared with someone else in the class.

Also, unless you got an obvious name like John or Bob, they will probably not
be able to tell which one is your family name.

My coworkers almost had a heart attack from the surprise during the last group
meeting when they realized they had been calling me by my first name for the
past 2 years. They were all sure it was my family name.




The majority of them will call you whatever you want them to call you.
Especially since you are a foreigner.

If you were Japanese, they would call you by your family name unless you were
very good friends or had a very common name like Sato or Takahashi which was
shared with someone else in the class.

Also, unless you got an obvious name like John or Bob, they will probably not
be able to tell which one is your family name.

My coworkers almost had a heart attack from the surprise during the last group
meeting when they realized they had been calling me by my first name for the
past 2 years. They were all sure it was my family name.

