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- Good evening.
- Hello.
- What is your name?
- My name is Aiko, and I am from Japan.
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I live here now, and, daytime, I'm a translator,
and I love my job because when I screw up,
I'm the only person who knows about it.
[laughter]
- So today you're coming to "AGT" to do what?
- I'm here to do a stand-up comedy.
- Wow.
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- You want to start already?
- Sounds good to me.
- Okay. - Okay.
My name is Aiko.
In Japanese--
In Japanese, it means love child.
So I look up the dictionary.
It says, "illegitimate child."
[laughter]
My last name is Tanaka. It means in the rice field.
So my whole name is
illegitimate child in the rice field.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- Nice to meet you.
[laughter]
I love rice. - Me too.
Is this a rice crowd?
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I just got the citizenship.
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Until I got my citizenship, I never had a road rage.
If somebody cut me off, I'd be like, "Oh, so sorry.
I was driving too slow."
But the day I got the citizenship,
somebody cut me off.
I'm like, "What the heck? You can't cut me off.
This is my land."
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That's when I realized I become true American.
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- That's great. Hilarious.
- Because I felt entitled. - Oh!
[laughter]
Oh!
- Before the citizenship, somebody hold the door for me,
I run really fast. I'm like, "Thank you so much."
After the citizenship, I'm like,
"You hold the door, you peasant."
[laughter]
I got sassy.
[laughter]
- I love her.
- Racist people always say
immigrants should not be working.
I agree.
We work too much.
- That's a good point.
- Now, whenever I feel lazy and I take a nap,
I'm like, "I'm doing this for America."
Thank you. That's my time.
- Bravo! - She's incredible.
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- You were so funny. - Thank you.
- I mean, I was really enjoying it.
And I think all of us were enjoying it.
- Everybody was. - I mean, good job.
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- Why are you so emotional?
- I struggle with insecurity,
or a lot of people say I cannot do it
because this is not my language,
but then I had one person who really believed
in me, which is my mom.
- Your mom.
- Last year during pandemic, she passed away.
She wanted me to go for my dream.
- I love this.
- How long have you been doing this?
- For few years. I've performed everywhere.
I've performed in the prison. It's--
- Well, it's important to have a captive audience.
And you got one. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I think your career is about to skyrocket, young lady.
Mama was right.
- Heidi.
- From jail to "America's Got Talent."
[laughter]
I also thought you were hilarious.
- Thank you.
- But since you have your citizenship,
don't get in trouble-- don't get into trouble.
- Don't get into trouble.
That's going to be your bread and butter.
I'm telling you. - But I had a lot of fun.
Simon, what did you think?
- I mean, so funny. So naughty.
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From the minute you walked out,
you got us, you know.
And the best sign if a comedian is doing well,
obviously, is the audience.
And I really liked your reaction afterwards,
'cause I could see how much
this reaction meant to you as well.
So I would like to give you your first yes.
- I'm going to give you your second yes.
- I'm going to give you a third yes.
- You know what?
You got four!
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo!
- Come on, give me a hug!
- Was she not brilliant though?
- Hilarious. - That was amazing.