Japanese Crazes

Every year a new craze hits Japan and students and teachers alike get caught up in it.

In my first year I saw a lot of this guy:

This is ‘Hard Gay’. He was educated at one of Japan’s most prestigious universities. He then became a wrestler and in 2006 he spent most of his time dressed like this and thrusting his groin at people. All harmless fun and I loved the elementary school kids’ impressions of him.

Then I became aware of ‘Gorie’. A man dressed as a cheerleader complete with a range of outfits and colours. He released a few singles including a copy of “Hey Mickey”.
Well this year is no exception and we now have Koujima Oshio. He also went a top class university in Japan but is now famous for appearing on TV in swimming trunks and singing nonsense songs. Needless to say the kids love him and they love nothing more than a foreigner doing impressions of him. Yes I will stoop to any level to get my kids to speak English!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d_11yXPu-k&NR=1