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About Us

Staff

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Bungy Japan believes that its greatest strength is its staff. Our staff are here to provide the best all-around experience, which is individually tailored to each jumper in terms of both safety and fun.

All staff are trained according to New Zealand safety standards, speak both English and Japanese, and are certified nice people. For safety and friendly smiles, at least one experienced, certified New Zealand Jumpmaster is present at every site.

Charles Odlin

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Charles

Since arriving on these shores in 1995, Charles has been a leading proponent of personal challenge sports in Japan. Charles is the founder of Bungy Japan and, with over 13 years of experience in the worldwide bungy industry, has become synonymous with bungy jumping in Japan. As a native New Zealander with 18 years of Japanese language skills under his belt, he can sometimes be seen on Japanese television during the bungy season, or triple-checking the ropes while making bad jokes in Japanese.

Qualifications
• New Zealand Safety Standards Approved Jumpmaster
• Emergency First Aid
• Pre-hospital Emergency Care

Cam Joyce

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Cam

Coming from New Zealand, Cam worked with AJ Hackett for close to five years at all of the major sites: Nevis Highwire (134 meters), Pipeline Bungy (110 meters), Skippers Canyon (75 meters), Ledge Bungy and Sky Swing (47 meters), Kawerau Bungy (43 meters) and Auckland bungy (40 meters). He also has special talents in paragliding and karaoke.

Qualifications
• New Zealand Safety Standards Approved Jumpmaster
• Solo Paragliding License
• Emergency First Aid
• Swift Water Rescue

Hiroshi Ishikawa

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Hiroshi

Hiroshi has been in the Japanese Bungy Jump industry since 2000 working as a jumpmaster in Yamagata prefecture for 5 years. He has also worked on the Minakami site since it opened in 2003 and brings his own special fashion and style to the bungy site. At present he is studying English very diligently, his all time favourite book is the Japanese/English dictionary and balances this with learning a colourful array of new words everyday on site…