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Body positivity meaning in Japan needs to be corrected

Body positivity means accept positively body images our own.

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Body positivity is important message for all people.

Opportunity of accept their own should be given to all people who suffering body image pressed by others.

One of symbolic person of body positivity in Japan is Naomi Watanabe.

She is loved people and giving courage to people, on the other hand she is recognized icon of plus size female comedian by many Japanese people.

Body positivity meaning is misunderstood in Japan, I think.

Body positivity means not only success of plus size woman but it mean accepting one’s own, gaining self-esteem and accepting others.

Not all the people to be influencers but it is important that receiving correct messages for positive movement.

Listen the messages that try to accepting their own.


Japanese people have the concept of Wagamama Body.

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There are the word Wagamama Body in Japan.

The word is often confused by body positivity meaning.

In many case, Wagamama is negative word.

For example, It mean self-centered way of thinking, acting and saying on your own.


What does it mean of Wagamama Body?

The word of Wagamama Body is often used expression the state that ignore the image of beauty demanded by society, neglect the necessary efforts, and eating and lazy as you like.

The word is include the meaning ignore social norms.

It is bad situations in that some people suffering biased body images pressed by others, and existing the words to ridicule it.

However, Wagamama is not only used negative meaning but sometime positive meaning Kawaii like word.

An unbound free way of life is perceived as a positive message and at the same time suffered jealousy and criticism.


Another case of Japanese comedians who got body positivity.

Nakayama Kinnikun and Yuriyan Retriever (Japanese)

Nakayama Kinnikun is Japanese comedian and bodybuilder.

His joke of use his muscle is characteristic.

Theme of his YouTube channel is workout and healthy eating for bodybuilding.

One time he visited the home of Yuriyan Retriever Japanese comedian.

Yuriyan succeed in dieting from 110kg to 75kg and it is in progress.

Kinnikun reported her workouts and meals on his YouTube.


In the case of Yuriyan, the trigger for dieting.

Yuriyan fell in love one at day and started a diet. It was successful to some extent, but she lost love and rebounded.

Afterwards, She restarted dieting on TV program. She succeed again with supported by personal trainer on three month goals imposed but she rebound again after finish TV program.

She made a small success every time she was given a chance, but it didn't last.

So she thought she had to change herself and visited her personal trainer again.


In the case of Kinnikun, the trigger for bodybuilding.

Kinnikuns started bodybuilding at 17 old because he thought wanted to appeal to women.

When he started bodybuilding, that is not yet known in Japan.

His friends sad his hobbies as strange, but at the same time his motives turned into a desire to improve himself.


Trigger turned into intrinsic motivation.

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Their stories is about gaining intrinsic motivation.

Their stance was changed from a training asking for the evaluation of others to a training to realize their ideals.

Kinnikun described this as "opening the door of the muscle by myself".


They also exchanged views on about their dietary restrictions.

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Yuriyan served for Kinnikun her special diet recipe using organic food.

They recommend dieting with healthy eating ingredients that are free of unnecessary additives, rather than extreme dietary restrictions.

Eating a healthy diet makes your body lighter and worse additives will also less you want to.

Their healthy eating are focusing positive effect for their body than make it low in calories.


To get positive image of own body.

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Yurian and Kinnikun looks like they have a positive images of their body.

They focus to both of external effect by training and internal effect by healthy eating.

Their ideals is based in their intrinsic motivation, they are training and eating fun for realize their positive body images.

Body positivity meaning is state of matching what ideals to be and how it to be realized I think.


Redefining body positivity meaning in Japan.

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In Japan, Body positivity meaning is stereotyped that positive attitude plus size woman.

However, that original meaning is affirmation and acceptance for body images my own.

Make an effort that for ideals my own not for asking of others can also called body positivity.


For the possession of body positivity.

I have a complex in my thin body.

I'm on the middle of journey to get the body positivity for my own.

I want to listen positive message from the people who had their body positivity.


Reference information.

Naomi Watanabe

  • Japanese comedian
  • Born in 1987
  • Live in New York
  • 1 million YouTube subscribers (at June 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFH1T9H5J7lAr4tkhjoVmw (Japanese)
  • She had difficulty learning because she was raised by a Taiwanese mother who doesn't understand Japanese.
  • She studied at Yoshimoto Kogyo's school, a famous Japanese talent production, and after working in several Manzai combinations, she debut as a solo comedian in 2007 and made a break with Beyonce's impersonator.
  • In 2020, she performed a parody of Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's music video "Rain on me" on her YouTube channel NAOMI CLUB. It was introduced to the world media such as US Billboard and received praise from Lady Gaga.
  • Her pop and cute styling and make-up was popular in Asia and was featured on Vogue's YouTube.

Yuriyan Retriever 

  • Japanese comedian
  • Born in 1990
  • Live in Japan
  • 1.2 million YouTube subscribers (at in June 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDvEytlGb_DYqYoZukE75Lg (Japanese)
  • In 2017, She got first victory as a solo female comedian on NHK Kamigata Manzai Contest a traditional contest of Manzai comedy.
  • In 2019, She perform dance on America's Got Talent.
  • In 2020, She succeed diet of 35kg.
  • In 2021, She won R-1 a representative contest of solo comedian in Japan.

Nakayama Kinnikun

  • Japanese comedian and bodybuilder
  • Born in 1978
  • Live in Japan
  • 1.5 million YouTube subscribers (at in June 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOUu8YlbaPz0W2TyFTZHvjA (Japanese)
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHzm--hwx96P9D3Rnbe3LQ (Japanese)
  • He started bodybuilding in high school.
  • He graduated from Yoshimoto Kogyo's school, and he debuted as solo comedian who specializes in muscle joke.
  • In 2006 to 2011, He went to United States, did a comedy concert, enrolled in Santa Monica College where also Schwarzenegger graduated, In 2011 graduated from the Department of Exercise Physiology (GPA3.38).
  • His YouTube is becoming more popular as people interest in workouts at home due to pandemic Go-Out restrictions.

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Thanks for reading.
June 6, 2021, written by Masa - Focus on the interaction.


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