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The style of this article may be different from the previous image of blogger Joshgaard (se) silent (pi), because today I want to talk about a serious issue. The content of the article may offend some officials who like "flower beauty man" and "small fresh meat", please Haihan. In addition, this article is not aimed at any celebrities, please do not "take a seat".
In Asian countries, the public loved the masculine, healthy tough guy image for the aesthetic of men. Japan's Ken Takakura has become an idol in the hearts of a generation of Chinese audiences with his tough appearance.
Ken Takakura
However, this aesthetic trend was gradually changed by the appearance of a man, who is known as the "godfather of the boy group" in Japan.
When it comes to the hot aesthetic orientations of "small fresh meat" and "flower beauty man" in recent years, we have to mention Kitagawa and his Janis office. It should be said that Janis Studio single-handedly shaped the trend of contemporary Asian men's "feminine softening" aesthetic.
Now the blogger casually searches for the artists of Janis Office, and what comes into view is a full Japanese "cowherd" style.
I have always respected aesthetic diversity, but my personal aesthetic is based on the view of "natural, confident, and not deliberately blurring gender".
Among the "beautiful men" launched by Janis Studio, the most successful should be Takuya Kimura in SMAP. Relying on "prosperous beauty", this male star has been popular all the way from the "small fresh meat" period to the present.
Takuya Kimura
Of course, the appearance of the other few is still debatable.
SMAP
But I think this kind of person who is overly obsessed with the aesthetics of "low childhood" and "motherhood" may not be normal. It is possible that bloggers have seen too many foreign "special cases" and always feel that a person is too addicted to this aesthetic, and there are often some "amazing stories" behind it. Sure enough, a recent BBC documentary detonated the Janis scandal.
The negative rumors about Kitagawa have actually been going on for many years. But no amount of rumors can match the detonated discussion this month in a BBC shocking documentary, Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop.
The rumor that Kitagawa infringed on his underage artists has long been a secret in the Japanese entertainment industry and the hearts of the people, but it has been avoided because of Kitagawa 'national treasure" status.
In an interview with the BBC, a man who goes by the pseudonym Hayashi told his story.
Kitagawa
At 15 Hour, Hayashi submitted his resume to Janis Office, and after the audition, he was invited by Kitagawa to a house in Kitagawa . There are many similar houses in Kitagawa that are often called dormitories because boys often stay overnight.
After entering the house, his nightmare begins, and that night he is violated by his boss. However, his people and partners are used to this kind of thing, and tell him, "If you want to succeed, you need to endure." None of his friends opted out.
Janis idol group Hikari – GENJI
As early as 1999, related incidents were exposed. At that time, a victim of the same experience told reporters, but the result was unsuccessful.
In this documentary, BBC reporters interviewed more than ten victims. The results of the survey were eye-popping, with the youngest victim being only 12 years old.
What is even more unbelievable is that in order to satisfy Kitagawa 's "bad taste", he actually injected female hormones into artists to prevent these boys from "maturing" prematurely. This perverted behavior lasted for more than 30 years. So the Janis "flower beauty man" and "little fresh meat" you see may be pathologically stimulated by estrogen.
Janis Junior (this image has nothing to do with the parties to the incident)
In the natural state, men should have a masculine face and a strong body, which has always been the standard for male aesthetics in most parts of the world.
But suddenly there is such a "beautiful man" without obvious "male characteristics", which will indeed make the audience "refreshed" in a short time. However, behind this aesthetic, it is to meet the needs of Kitagawa perverted.
Janis Junior (this image has nothing to do with the parties to the incident)
Victim Hayashi told reporters,
I have only lived in Japan and think it's a great country, but maybe I'm wrong.
He felt that the reason for the boys' silence may have something to do with their dreams. I feel that this is different from being "violated" in the general sense, because this is not a man's aggression against a woman after all.
It may be due to "face" or succumbing to power, even though such incidents have been exposed many times and victims continue to come forward to identify, Kitagawa has always been a "highly respected father" in the hearts of artists. During his illness, his artists took turns to take care of him. Kitagawa passed away in 2019.
Born in 1931, Kitagawa was born in the United States to Japanese parents.
After the end of World War II, Kitagawa began working at the U.S. Embassy in Japan. Outside of work, he began organizing nearby kids to play baseball together. By chance, he took his children to watch the movie "West Side Story" ("West Side Story").
People were very interested in the musical, so in addition to baseball training, the children also began to train in song and dance.
Later, Kitagawa selected four of these children to form the group "Johnny's", which became the first group of "Janis Office" that became famous all over the world.
Janis Group - Arashi
In the seventies, when most countries adopted "folk" as mainstream music, Kitagawa chose to stick to the brisk stage performance form similar to the Jackson Five brothers, which became the prototype of the later boy group form.
In the eighties, the "Junior Team" launched by Janis entered the foreign market and successfully gained popularity. Taiwan's "Little Tigers" are an early "idol group" modeled after the "Junior Team". Since its inception, the "Junior Team" has insisted on performing a stage play called "Play zone" every year, which began in 1986 and lasted until 2008.
Junior team
Although the two players withdrew from Janis in 2020, the "Junior Team" continues to this day under the name of "combination but different stations". In addition, SMAP, Hikari Genji, Hideaki Ryuzawa, TOKIO, Arashi... Kitagawa has made countless celebrities.
In the early days, Janis's male star painting style was quite normal, but after entering the new century, he gradually became "cowherd".
Yuma Nakayama
The "trainee" system, which has been touted in recent years, is actually derived from Kitagawa 'Janis Junior" system, a group of boys aged 11-15 who have been trained for years to compete for the opportunity to take the stage. However, who knows whether this system is purely to cultivate excellent artists, or to satisfy Kitagawa 's perverted desires?
Steve Jobs once said: Customers don't know what they want.
In a way, a good "product" is one that can be unexpected. It can guide the user to feel that the product is designed to meet their own needs, even though this "need" may never be realized until the customer sees the product.
From this point of view, Kitagawa is indeed a good sales guru. He is keenly aware of the gap in the market and is able to introduce a new model to make the market demand with his "plan".
Toshin Ikuta
The "products" he created have changed the aesthetics of the new generation of Asian countries towards men, and the momentum of the "Korean Wave" has also expanded to the world.
Judging from various news over the years, as well as recent BBC reports, the rumors about Kitagawa are most likely true. Many fans even said: None of the male stars of Janis were spared.
Among Janis's artists, many entered Janis at an early age before their world view was established for acting and physical and mental "training", and they were still grateful even if they were "violated". This may be one of the reasons why Kitagawa chooses children for training, perhaps the real Kitagawa is an excellent brainwashing and PUA master.
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