''Oumi'' is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

television series in 24 episodes broadcast on Kanal 5. The series was directed by Hans Pihl and Pontus Ströbaek, the host was

Mi Ridell Mi Ridell (''Mi Ingrid Marie Pettersson'') (born 3 June 1968 in Karlskrona) is a Swedish actress and singer. Ridell was a celebrity dancer on Let's Dance in 2008, broadcast on TV4. Selected filmography *''Oumi ''Oumi'' is a Sweden, Swedish ...

as Oumi. Ridell used make-up, posed as

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese and told famous

Swedes Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr ...

that they were interviewed for a program called ''Good Morning Tokyo''. Oumi conducted the interviews so that the interviewee usually was uncomfortable or embarrassed before finally unmasking. The series was a comedy inspired in

Wendy van Dijk Wendy van Dijk (born 22 January 1971) is a Dutch actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best known for her portrayal of Ushi Hirosaki, a hapless Japanese journalist featured in both a series of Dutch television shows and a theatric ...

's character Ushi Hirosaki.

External links

Web page on kanal5.se
archived on the

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the original
Fictional interviewers Fictional reporters Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel) original programming {{sweden-tv-prog-stub