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Jamasian
Hey all!

I was browsing youtube.com tonight, looking to see if there were any new music videos by everyone's favourite bad girl Koda Kumi. What I came across was something a little more disturbing...or at least it was distrubing to me.
I saw a FOUR YEAR OLD girl on stage gyrating to Koda Kumi's "Cutie Honey" eek.gif . I'm a big fan of the song, but not so much a fan of the effect it seems to be having on VERY young Japanese girls.

I just wanted to know if anyone else is disturbed by this video and also if anyone thinks Koda Kumi is a good role model...

I'm not looking for a debate, I just wanna know what other ppl. think about this. If this has already been posted, let me know, other than that, lets hear what ppl. have to say.

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03lIJBxFf8

~*Jamasian*~

P.S. Don't be angry with me for posting this...
ham_let
you have no idea how creepy i found that to be. possibly b/c it reminds me of that other weird video someone posted of a person with a skin problem dancing around and it looked like a marionet doll. hrm icon_confused.gif

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veronitron (3 weeks ago)
what a slut
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crimson river
i've seen only three or four of her music videos, and i'm neither a fan of her music nor the way how she chooses to portray herself. but it disturbing to hear that a 4 yr old child would gyrate to her tunes, yikes. so in conclusion, i would say that she isn't such a good role model. but sex sells unfortunately, so... shrug.gif
Ino
lol japan is famous for that. have you seen Hello Project vids? that makes me nauseous, 40 year old men dancing along with 12 year old girls
Suren911
I blame Tsunku. Him and his pedophilia. The youngest girl in Hello Project is 9 years old. *gag*

I wonder what's Tsunku's explanation.

Tsunku: "She's a 9 year old with the body of a 12 year old!"
Ino
like my friend showed me this thing called "berryz Koubou?" (dont know if that is right, and they were wearing short skirts and the only people in the audience were old men... sick.
strawberryofdoom
Dear god, little kids pukeface.gif Yes indeed these type of things target old horny mens embarassedlaugh.gif
ham_let
QUOTE(Suren911 @ Aug 27 2006, 05:01 PM) [snapback]2225746[/snapback]

I wonder what's Tsunku's explanation.

Tsunku: "She's a 9 year old with the body of a 12 year old!"

LMAO. embarassedlaugh.gif

stuff like this would get a definite 'ó_ô' in any other country. embarassedlaugh.gif
summeroflove2008
OMG. That is just WRONG. It's like she lost all her childish innocence already...There's a show almost exactly like that in China, featuring young kids doing very grown-up like performances.
tafc1
ITS WRONG on some many levels!
randomkrndude
little girls getting encouraged by the audience to dance like child prostitutes.

why m i not surprised that this show is japanese.
mataspeed
That's just wrong.... But the Japanese sure seems to like it.

And she said she wants to be Koda Kumi when she grows up omg lol!
Tami
...you see the same thing in the United States all the time. Go to a mall embarassedlaugh.gif
hotstuff
wow that is just creepy at every level.
If the japanese like this kind of thing, then their culture is really sick.
kaleidoshuffler
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" we must not judge others on as to how they are because we don't really understand their culture and that our culture is different from them, so it's not actually comparable. instead, look at it in their perspective, not on your culture's perspective because it will definitely come out as biased."
splur
It's a very different type of mentality in Japan. I can't even find words to explain it, it's just very different from what we see here in western culture. Morning Musume and the whole Hello! Project is young girls singing and dancing more towards an older generation of men. But it's kind of the young princess/warrior complex which still goes around in Japan even though it was given up a long time ago.

I'm not going to open the video because I'm at work. We'll see how bad this video really is.
disappearing castle
actually its not so bad,shes 5 year old n she just like to dance n hav learn it.u all r wrong,not her.
DrAP
That is "SCARY" how japooon brainwashes young girls into their future wage earners, in the pleasure & entertainment industry.

Recently there was this craze over an 11 year old idol-girl, whom her parents had sold off into the yakuza entertainment industry as a future japoon adult entertainment star. Also for the international anglo entertainment market.

These girls need to wake up and rebel against evil japooon instead of supporting it.
Ino
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does anyone besides me find this completely repulsive? ^
Takashi
QUOTE(Ino @ Aug 28 2006, 01:38 PM) [snapback]2228585[/snapback]

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does anyone besides me find this completely repulsive? ^

*raises hand*
splur
QUOTE(Ino @ Aug 28 2006, 08:38 AM) [snapback]2228585[/snapback]

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does anyone besides me find this completely repulsive? ^


Ya baby, that's hot. LOL!!! Joking, I know how old she is.
Tami
Poor irie =/
shortfused
QUOTE(Ino @ Aug 28 2006, 07:38 AM) [snapback]2228585[/snapback]

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does anyone besides me find this completely repulsive? ^


love2.gif oooopsss, i mean this: pukeface.gif
splur
Just got home. Just watched that video. That is so wrong... SO WRONG!!
SagaciousLuDa
I wonder how many pedopiles there are in japan lol
toki
why are people basing japanese people off of dances performed on comedy shows?? O___O
Takashi
QUOTE(toki @ Aug 28 2006, 09:53 PM) [snapback]2229846[/snapback]

why are people basing japanese people off of dances performed on comedy shows?? O___O

you do realise japan bashing is the most popular sport online icon_rolleyes.gif
mataspeed
QUOTE(Ino @ Aug 28 2006, 07:38 AM) [snapback]2228585[/snapback]

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Thats hot... laugh.gif
SagaciousLuDa
how old is that girl?
Jasel
She was 11 when that was taken I believe. Possibly 12 but I'm pretty sure it's 11.
SagaciousLuDa
hmmmm........i hit it....lol




j/k embarassedlaugh.gif
kaleidoshuffler
QUOTE(Ino @ Aug 28 2006, 07:38 AM) [snapback]2228585[/snapback]

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WOW!!!

i like her!!!

she's twelve this year...? i'm really interested... love2.gif love2.gif love2.gif

!!!NOTE!!!
-> DON'T, and i mean DON'T ever think of me as a pedophile. why...? my age is near her age. icon_wink.gif icon_wink.gif icon_wink.gif
Najjiah
omg... thats so wrong. why is that little girl acting like a pussycat doll? thats horrible. if she were my kid id freakin smack the slut out of her. this is one aspect i find in japanese media thats a bit disturbing. i mean thats a CHILD for fuqcxsake. eeew. thumbsdown.gif



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03lIJBxFf8

cookies8900
QUOTE(kaleidoshuffler @ Aug 29 2006, 05:26 AM) [snapback]2232132[/snapback]

WOW!!!

i like her!!!

she's twelve this year...? i'm really interested... love2.gif love2.gif love2.gif

!!!NOTE!!!
-> DON'T, and i mean DON'T ever think of me as a pedophile. why...? my age is near her age. icon_wink.gif icon_wink.gif icon_wink.gif

shes 11
splur
She's actually almost 13. But yes, 11 when that picture was taken.
toki
well i heard she quit this modeling thing now. thank goodness. can you imagine how screwed up her life might have been being known in japan as the underaged girl in a bikini with D cup breasts. people wouldn't take her seriously.. i wonder where were the parents in this.. =___=
Suijen
^ Making money of course.
kaleidoshuffler
QUOTE(cookies8900 @ Aug 29 2006, 06:54 PM) [snapback]2234332[/snapback]

shes 11

QUOTE(splur @ Aug 29 2006, 08:48 PM) [snapback]2234757[/snapback]

She's actually almost 13. But yes, 11 when that picture was taken.


still near my age. Talktohand.gif Talktohand.gif Talktohand.gif

QUOTE(toki @ Aug 29 2006, 08:51 PM) [snapback]2234768[/snapback]

well i heard she quit this modeling thing now. thank goodness. can you imagine how screwed up her life might have been being known in japan as the underaged girl in a bikini with D cup breasts. people wouldn't take her seriously.. i wonder where were the parents in this.. =___=

QUOTE(Suijen @ Aug 29 2006, 08:54 PM) [snapback]2234777[/snapback]

^ Making money of course.


that's the biggest possibility. either that or she has no more parents, or her parents know about this so they don't really care.
Takashi
QUOTE(kaleidoshuffler @ Aug 30 2006, 12:49 PM) [snapback]2236111[/snapback]

still near my age. Talktohand.gif Talktohand.gif Talktohand.gif

your age being what?
kaleidoshuffler
seventeen as for now (2006)
splur
she's no where close to your age kaleido... you pedo. ROFL! you're almost my age... that's so wrong.
kaleidoshuffler
QUOTE(splur @ Aug 30 2006, 09:24 AM) [snapback]2236611[/snapback]

she's no where close to your age kaleido... you pedo. ROFL! you're almost my age... that's so wrong.


just as i thought... once you say that you "like" or "really like" you get to have the impression that your'e a perv since all people think that once you "like" or "really like" something (especially if it's a girl), you are SEXUALLY INTERESTED. what's worse is that when you say that you "like" or "really like" someone younger than you, you are to be considered, not only as a perv, but also as a pedophile. sure.gif sure.gif sure.gif

what i meant by "really like" is the pic of her. (she's cute, you know). i didn't mean as a... whatever your'e thinking that i'm thinking.i didn't say that i am attracted to her by the way she looks in her bikini.

beiseds, what's your age anyway? icon_neutral.gif icon_neutral.gif icon_neutral.gif
splur
Lol, I was joking. Even though, she is no where close to your age.

I turned 19 recently.
kaleidoshuffler
oh. ok. sorry if i heated up a little. embarassedlaugh.gif embarassedlaugh.gif embarassedlaugh.gif

anyway, congratulations for turning 19. biggthumpup.gif biggthumpup.gif
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