The controversy over idols’ “love ban” has never stopped. Most fans believe that idols should abide by this rule, keep themselves clean during the “business period” and keep them single is their duty.
However, in a recent love news about ABK48, the most well-known idol group in Japan, the protagonist , Okada Nana directly denied the existence of this ban, which surprised many fans.
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Who is Okada Nana?
This name may be a bit strange to those who don’t know AKB48, but she is actually a core member of the group in recent years. After joining in 2012, Okada gained many fans with her refreshing image. This time, the relationship was exposed by "Weekly Wenchun", which immediately caused an uproar.
Extremely fans posted photos of themselves tearing down the surroundings of Nana Okada, and the anger of being betrayed by their idols in the fragments spread out from the screen. Different netizens have different reactions. Korean netizens who also have idol culture think this is not a big deal. It is unscientific for young and beautiful idols to not fall in love; while Japanese netizens who are well versed in Japanese cultivation culture can understand this anger very much. "Not only that Okada is in love, it also betrays the fans and the entire group." A fan's tweet from
. The photo after smashing the surroundings is attached below
In fact, since the establishment of AKB48, news of members' love has emerged one after another. Why is Nana Okada's influence so fierce this time?
This starts with the 2017 AKB election. At that time, 48th-series member Rinka Sudo publicly announced at the venue that she was going to get married. Later, Nana Okada, who won the ninth place, said in his statement that "this behavior is not desirable" and that "as the discipline committee member of AKB, do her best to take on the responsibility of AKB forward, and lead the members to the top."
As soon as this statement was made, she immediately received support from a large number of fans of 48th-series. After all, in their exclusive circle, idols are the king of doing their careers. Since then, Okada also emphasized the principle that idols cannot fall in love in the show. She believes that even if they have a heart, they can just fall in love. "Even if it is for fans, they should not fall in love. It is not professional ethics to transform secret love into a romantic relationship."
Due to this character, Okada's popularity has risen steadily and won the best result of the fifth place in the 2018 AKB election. In the following years of online elections, she also won the best results in popularity. After the relationship was exposed, Okada issued an apology letter, but in the letter, she only admitted that her behavior was inconsistent with her previous remarks, but did not violate the company's regulations. It implies that AKB has no ban on love.
This really caused a thousand waves, and almost all fans of the 48 Series were angry.
30 A year old idol,
has never been in love? Does the
AKB series love ban exist? There is no expressly prohibited clause in
. AKB founder Akimoto Yasuhira once mentioned in a radio 10 years ago that the team did not prohibit love, and the "love ban" was just a meme that was used by a theme performance. Although not written into the contract, this ban became a tacit consensus among idols in the 48 series, and later became a "unspoken rule" in idol culture.
Love is an idol who is disqualified, and an out of character has to pay the price. For example, the incident of Natsukoshi Nam shaving head that is not a fan has heard of: In 2013, member Natsukoshi Nam was exposed by "Weekly Wenchun" to spend the night with male actor Shirahama Yalan . After the incident, Natsukoshi Nam posted a video of a shaved head apology, proactively admitted his mistakes, and took all the responsibilities. Due to the sincere apology, the company did not terminate the contract with him, but demoted it.
Until last year, Feng Annan graduated as the last member of the AKB48 founding group. She was 30 years old this year and married someone she fell in love with at first sight when she was in high school.
The former popular contestant Rino Hara was downgraded from AKB48 to HKT48 after being exposed for a scandal. Although she is no longer a member, she is still single at the age of 30 and has no plans or wish to get married.
More members work hard to stay single for fans, the 32-year-old veteran member Yuki Kashiki was only exposed for one intimate photo with a male friend during the more than ten years of AKB, but the man later denied his relationship. In the interview, Kashiki himself said that compared to getting married, he wanted a child more.
Former AKB48 member Watanabe Mato has been in the industry for more than ten years. He has been adhering to idol principles until he retired at the age of 27. He even kept in mind the love ban when complaining about the small account. He fantasized about falling in love with Hanyu Yuzuru and wrote "what the agent allowed" before he fell in love with Hanyu Yuzuru .
Another former core member of AKB48, Mariko Shinoda, said in an interview with the magazine that she would not fall in love even without a ban. "Because there is something she wants to do, love is unnecessary for me."
In order to protect AKB's idol reputation, generations of senior members have practiced to uphold this "principle". In the eyes of fans, Nana Okada denied the ban in order to shirk it. It is not difficult to understand that such behavior is regarded as "irresponsible" by them.
Is the love of the idol in the development of the idol really a love?
No matter which country in China, Japan and South Korea, idol love is a "collapse" for fans. In order to maintain fans, many companies will issue a love ban on their artists. South Korea's JYP company has a clause that artists are not allowed to fall in love within 3 years after their debut - the boss Park Jin-young admitted that the original deadline was 5 years, but everyone could not abide by it, so it was changed to 3 years.
The controversy over the love ban has not stopped in recent years. The main views of those who support it are "Idols are also humans" and "Love is natural human rights ". AKB48 Director Mioji Mukai also said at a press conference that "love ban" will be reconsidered in the future.
A survey conducted by a private website, 66% of 335 people aged 10-60 in Japan believe that idols are fine for
In the comments of Japanese media, criticisms are one after another. Some critics believe that this unspoken rule seems out of place in Japan, which is now trying to improve women's rights. It is even more cruel and inhumane to cover this unspoken rule from the perspective of business and business.
In 2015, the Tokyo District Court made a controversial ruling on a case of a girl idol’s love breach of contract. The verdict required that the girl idols who had collapsed due to their love experience pay for the production company's training fees and clothing fees, which caused protests from some Japanese non-governmental organizations at the time.
However, there are still many fans standing on the opposite side - it doesn’t matter whether other people’s idols fall in love or not, my idol should not fall in love. It is one thing that
is broken by fantasy. The ban on love in 48 is somewhat different. The premise of the operation of 48 idols is that fans pay real money, so to some extent, idols and fans have formed a potential contract.
Whether it is going to the theater to watch a performance, attend a handshake meeting, or canvassing votes for idols... Just like leveling up for the character you selected in the game, when the idol's cultivation depends on the financial resources of fans, love is like a foul operation, breaking this contract: everyone has spent money, why can only you have a relationship with her outside of her career?
But some people in the Japanese entertainment industry believe that this ban is actually protecting young idols.
As a training idol, AKB has very low age restrictions when recruiting members. Idols over 16 years old can only stand on the stage in South Korea. In Japan, as long as they are in the sixth grade of elementary school, they are eligible to apply to become members of AKB. The young idol who was seduced to fall in love had to pay more than imagined. For example, Du Yuwei from SNH48 committed suicide after being exposed because she was dating a married man.
The private relationship between idols has also become the spearhead for their attacks on each other for the sake of their superiors. The election of the 48 series is real money. If you pull down someone, your ranking will rise to one place. Why not do it? After Okada's relationship was exposed, he hinted that "I am not the only one who has had dinner with the male actor in the theater."
former AKB48 member Mihime Nishino posted the marriage news this month.Not only is her husband 32 years older than her, she was previously arrested for suspected sexual assault of a minor girl.
Shida Mariko got married after quitting the group, and the other party proposed to her when she had eaten alone for the first time. After the relationship was twice as fast as possible, the breakup came faster than expected. Just a few days ago, Shinoda was exposed to have a broken relationship with her husband and planned to fight for custody of her daughter.
For these idols who have been busy with their idol careers and lack social life experience, it is not easy to date and fall in love normally. After graduation and quitting the group, they are about to enter the third year or are over 30 years old. They may still be a blank piece of love and marriage.
The reason why many people do not have the desire to get married may be due to the inertia left by their past work and life. They are still full of resistance and even fear of having a private life for their idols.
Written by: tt, Jonas
Edited by: Sebastian
The picture is from the Internet, and the ownership belongs to the original author
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