Mikan Mandarin

Background

Mikan Mandarin is a social media star and YouTuber whose original content has earned her recognition in that niche. She’s a Libra, born on October 8, 1997, in Iraq. She is of Kurdish-Iraqi descent, and her family relocated to Sweden when she was two. She has two siblings, and when she was eight, her mother moved to the United Kingdom, leaving Mandarin with her father. Mandarin attended Bunka Fashion College but dropped out. She then relocated to Japan on a student visa.

Mandarin began her YouTube journey by launching a channel in February 2017. Her earliest video was uploaded in March of that year, and it is titled “Mikan Takes You To IKEA.” Mandarin’s earliest uploads were mostly vlogs. Eventually, she transitioned to fashion-related content. After moving to Japan, Mandarin tweaked her content to represent her environment. She was uploading videos on Japanese history, culture, snacks, and learning the language. In June 2019, Mandarin uploaded her channel’s most popular video. This video is titled “DOs and DONT’s In Japan || My Tips for Visitors” and has over 2.4 million views. In 2020, she started a Japanese channel because her Japanese followers had increased. Mandarin speaks only Japanese on this channel. In 2021, she launched an A.S.M.R. channel called Softly Mikan A.S.M.R., where she eats different Japanese treats and has only three videos posted. Mandarin launched her J-fashion-inspired fashion brand called Vina of the Valley in 2022.

Mandarin is an adorable YouTuber who has fully embraced Japanese culture. She has 323,000 YouTube subscribers and more across other social media channels. As a YouTuber, Mandarin’s private life is public information. She used to date Hirokazu Anami in 2017 but is currently dating Yasuki who is half Filipino and half Japanese. Mandarin shares her success with friends and family.