Once again, the Japanese have shot at Ai Fukuhara.
In April 2024, Japan's Fuji TV officially announced that it would strip Ai Fukuhara of her job as a table tennis commentator for the Paris Olympics and give the job to Ai Fukuhara's former teammate Kasumi Ishikawa.
The Japanese who once put Ai Fukuhara on the altar are trying their best to dissociate themselves from Ai Fukuhara.
In the early days, Ai Fukuhara was regarded as the glory of Japanese table tennis, but with the divorce and derailment between Ai Fukuhara and Jiang Hongjie, she changed from a national goddess to a "shame of Japan", and even tried to send her to prison for 10 or 20 years.
In an interview in 2021, Ai Fukuhara once said: I can live to this day, it is really Chinese who support me!
Recently, Ai Fukuhara once again reiterated this sentence, she can continue to live, and it is the Chinese who support her.
In fact, Ai Fukuhara used to be a common "group pet", "love sauce" and "porcelain doll" in China and Japan, and although she is now notorious in Japan, the Chinese still seem to hate her.
During the "escape" of Ai Fukuhara and her eldest son, she encountered a serious economic crisis, a Chinese tycoon, lent her 300 million yen (about 14.25 million yuan) without interest, and after she completely lost the opportunity to make a living in Japan, it was the Chinese who supported her on Douyin and Xiaohongshu.
So, why do the Japanese target Fukuhara so much? and why do the Chinese hate Fukuhara?
Perhaps looking back on the first half of Ai Fukuhara's life, some clues can be seen.
01 I'm not a genius girl
In 2000, the "Japanese Dictionary of Sports Terms" defined a professional term "Ai Fukuhara" for 12-year-old Ai Fukuhara:
Ai Fukuhara, nicknamed the table tennis genius, is also active as an advertising star, TV guest and record singer, and of course the future and hope of table tennis in Japan. ”
From the age of 4 until she got married at the age of 28, Ai Fukuhara's youth lived under the camera, just like a realistic version of "Truman's World", trapped under the cage created by the creator.
Ai Fukuhara's parents are both table tennis enthusiasts, and their greatest wish is to train their son to become a top table tennis player.
Before Ai Fukuhara was three years old, her parents poured all their energy into her brother, opened a table tennis hall for him, invited a Chinese coach for him, circled him every day, and left Ai Fukuhara alone at home, regardless of it.
The young Ai Fukuhara was very envious of her brother, and she thought to herself: "Is it that if I also play table tennis, my mother will care about me and accompany me?"
So, 3-year-old Ai Fukuhara picked up a table tennis racket for the first time.
Ai Fukuhara was originally just to attract the attention of her parents, but she didn't expect to immediately show her extraordinary talent, and since then, her mother Chiyo Fukuhara has put all her thoughts on her, and the poor brother has been ignored since then.
At the age of 4, Ai Fukuhara made her first appearance on the stage of a national tournament (under the age of 8) and won her first national championship at the age of 5, and for this she received a lot of attention from Japanese fans.
This has something to do with being cute, but more importantly, strength, for children, even if they are only one year old, height, speed, and strength are much worse, facing players who are twice as tall as themselves, winning the championship is not by blowing.
To be able to have such a performance, talent is one thing, and the strictness of the mother is another.
Ai Fukuhara's training plan
Since the age of 5, Chiyo Fukuhara has formulated a strict training plan for her daughter, 4 hours a day, playing 1000 balls in a row, as long as one is broken, you have to start all over again, and agree not to give up halfway, otherwise it will be a scolding.
As a result, Xiao Ai has had the habit of crying while beating since she was a child, and while crying, she has to show that she will not give up.
When she lost, her mother didn't comfort her, but told her: "It's not good to be a little love, right, if you don't pay attention to it when you practice, it's like this, and now it's even more uncomfortable." ”
When you encounter something, you should first examine yourself, which is the philosophy that Chiyo Fukuhara has instilled in Ai Fukuhara since she was a child.
Since the age of 5, Fukuhara Chiyo has more stringent requirements for Xiao Ai, the original 4 hours of training time, has been increased to 7 hours, Ai-chan is not convinced, but it is useless to disagree, otherwise what awaits her is the famous Cantonese dish "rattan stewed pork" (check it out for yourself if you are interested, it is very delicious)
Ai Fukuhara has never had her own extracurricular time, and has lived in a depressing, boring training life since she was a child, she once said: "My childhood was in the car, watching other children after class, I really want to be like them." ”
Living under the camera, everything about Ai Fukuhara has been arranged, even if there is a moment of relaxation, it will be exposed in front of the camera, with the expectation of "revitalizing Japanese table tennis", moving forward in pain, without childhood, without yourself.
Under the watchful eyes of the Japanese people, Ai Fukuhara has been developing according to the route they envisioned, entering the professional league at the age of 10, entering the Japanese junior national team at the age of 11, becoming the youngest member of the national team in Japanese history, becoming the youngest World Championship player in history at the age of 14, and the Olympic stage at the age of 15.
Ai Fukuhara was a key player in the rise of table tennis in Japan, and for a time she became the pride of the Japanese people, receiving various commendations and awards, and the entire Japanese society appreciated her.
The word "table tennis genius girl" has been recognized by almost the entire Japanese people, but Ai Fukuhara does not recognize it, how can the tears and sweat behind it be summed up by the word "genius"?
Perhaps for the Japanese, they only remember honor, not hard work, so when Ai Fukuhara was down, the Japanese media commented on Ai Fukuhara: "From childhood to adulthood, she has been spoiled by fans and the media. ”
Ai Fukuhara did grow up under the camera, but what I saw in the camera, only hard work, sweat, and crying no one coaxed, and blamed if I was wrong, can this kind of treatment be talked about "pampering"?
If you really want to say "pet", then the real spoiler of Ai Hara may be Chinese fans.
02 Why do Chinese like Ai Fukuhara?
In 2000, former world champion Tomori Koyama poured cold water on the Japanese media: "Everyone is making too much fuss, in China, there are 1,000 players like Xiao Ai. ”
When she was 10 years old, Ai Fukuhara once came to China for training and suffered 13 consecutive defeats, so when she heard He Zhili's words, she also wanted to see if China really had 1,000 of herself.
So, in 2000, 12-year-old Ai Fukuhara left her mother and went to Northeast China.
In the beginning, Ai Fukuhara played in the third-level Chinese table tennis league, and received extremely limited attention, and people didn't seem to know that there was such a crying girl in the Chinese table tennis world.
At the 2004 Karta Open, Ai Fukuhara found her idol Wang Nan and asked for an autograph, she said: When I arrived at the Chinese team, I only had to send water to Wang Nan.
Soon after, Ai Fukuhara made her first Olympic appearance and reached the round of 16, so she received more attention.
In 2005, Ai Fukuhara finally got the opportunity to send water to Wang Nan, and became Wang Nan's doubles partner in Benxi, Liaoning, which attracted countless attention for a while.
By Wang Nan's side, Ai Fukuhara not only learned superb ball skills, but also learned to speak Northeast dialect, one by one, "what do you want", "what do you want", over time, she looks cute and loves to cry, she has become a "porcelain doll" in the mouth of the media, and has gradually become the darling of Chinese fans.
In 2008, Wenchuan was hit by an earthquake, after Ai Fukuhara learned the news, he was so distressed that he couldn't do it, and in an interview, he not only cried fiercely, but also burst into a foul mouth: "60 people went from Japan, how can this TM be enough, wouldn't it be 61 if I also went?"
Since then, Ai Fukuhara has a special care in the Chinese table tennis team "who cries and coaxes", so there was an impressive scene at the Beijing Olympics, in the fourth round of women's singles, Zhang Yining accidentally beat Ai Fukuhara a 9-0, but he was afraid of shaving his head and crying Ai Fukuhara, so he simply didn't act, let the ball fall to the ground, and let Ai Fukuhara 1 point, and explained after the game: "I'm afraid she won't be able to receive it."
But even so, Ai Fukuhara still cried, wiping her tears and saying, "Special, really painful, a particularly painful Olympics." ”
Ai Fukuhara, the big devil of flowing water, in Ai Fukuhara's table tennis career, has become a "crying general" in the eyes of Chinese fans, even she herself is curious, why do Chinese athletes and fans come to coax her every time, after losing to Ding Ning in London in 2012, she said: "During the game, you all cheered for Ding Ning, and now you all come to comfort me, what do you mean?"
Later, a reporter asked her: "How do you have such a good interpersonal relationship in China, and everyone loves you." ”
"Maybe it's because I'm short and fat," she said. Maybe the Chinese prefer white fat and white fat. ”
In fact, she may not know that the Chinese like her, first, because she is cute, second, because she knows that she can't win against China's big devil, and third, because of her kindness to China.
And, of course, her tenth-grade Chinese.
03 Why it is a "shame for Japan"
In Japanese culture, women are instilled from an early age with the notion of being gentle, virtuous, and obedient housewives, even successful women like Ai-chan
So, when Ai Fukuhara was 7 years old, she drew her imagination of the future: a girl, holding a ping-pong racket, wearing a wedding dress.
So, when I heard Wang Nan ask: Ai-chan, what is your biggest dream?
She would reply, "My dream is to get married, have children, and cook for my husband in the future, and as soon as he comes back, I will wait for him at the door and tell him that you are back." ”
In 2017, Ai-chan's dream came true, and she married the little-known Taiwanese table tennis player Jiang Hongjie.
In this marriage, neither fame, strength nor income can be matched, but Ai Fukuhara said that the love between the two was slowly cultivated, and her relationship with Jiang Hongjie was more like the company of relatives.
After marriage, Ai Fukuhara gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another, and on the surface, the family is harmonious and happy, and career, love, and family are moving in the direction of perfection.
In 2018, Ai-chan and Jiang Hongjie also appeared on the variety show "Happiness Trio", and every picture was full of happiness, just like the prince and princess in a fairy tale.
In the show, Ai Fukuhara's tenth-level Northeast dialect gradually became a Taiwanese accent, the reason is that Jiang Hongjie can't understand the Northeast dialect, when a guest comes, Ai Fukuhara is responsible for cooking and cooking, and Jiang Hongjie is responsible for accompanying the guests to drink tea and chat, such a picture is what everyone's life looks like.
Ai Fukuhara's status in the family has not changed because she is more famous and rich than Jiang Hong, and she has even been taking care of Jiang Hongjie's emotions and maintaining her husband's self-esteem.
At the beginning, Jiang Hongjie was also very gentle and considerate towards Ai Fukuhara, but it seems that after Ai Fukuhara announced his retirement, everything began to change.
The original gentleness and thoughtfulness slowly turned into cold violence and suspicion, and Ai Fukuhara, who was accustomed to obedience, did not flee at first, but reviewed the reasons in herself, and in the long run, she fueled her husband's arrogance and let herself live in depression.
may know that he is not worthy of Ai Fukuhara, so Jiang Hongjie is very suspicious of Ai Fukuhara, and the family is not used to seeing Ai Fukuhara dressed up beautifully, and asks her to wear the old-fashioned clothes bought by her mother-in-law, and is even called "a chicken that can lay golden eggs" by her mother-in-law
Ai Fukuhara hugged the photographer, but was disgusted, "Why should I be photographed by someone who has been photographed naked? Then I will also go to find a woman to cheat".
Once, Ai Fukuhara took a fancy to a notebook and wanted to buy it with her own money, but was stopped by Jiang Hongjie.
In order to maintain Jiang Hongjie's poor self-esteem, Ai Fukuhara endured.
But Ai Fukuhara's humility was far from satisfying Jiang Hongjie's greed, and the two ended in divorce in the end.
Just after the two divorced, the Japanese media exposed the news that Ai Fukuhara cheated and intervened, and was sued by the ex-wife of a strange man, demanding that she pay 11 million yen (540,000 yuan) in compensation, but after 13 days, the woman withdrew the lawsuit.
Whether there is really derailment and interference has not been verified, but the Japanese people's fall on Ai Fukuhara quickly came to the table.
At the end of 2021, 1,000 Japanese housewives came up with the selection of "Top 10 Indecent Artists", Ai Fukuhara, who is not an artist, is at the top of the list, and the big scumbag who cheated on minors many times during his wife's pregnancy is only ranked third, and Nozomi Sasaki, who cheated on 100 people, can only rank 5th.
Not to mention that Ai Fukuhara cheated on her, even if it really happened, it was only one person, which can be compared with 100 people? It can be seen that the malice of the Japanese towards women is too great, and what is even more sad is that this is chosen by the housewives.
Japanese fans, who originally regarded Ai Fukuhara as their idol, also reacted immediately and immediately reported to the Education Bureau, demanding that Ai Fukuhara's story be removed from the textbook on the grounds that Ai Fukuhara's morality was degraded and she was afraid of polluting her children.
At the same time, those housewives did not consider it from the perspective of Ai Fukuhara, accusing her of abandoning her husband and children, sympathizing with Jiang Hongjie's difficulty, and treating Ai Fukuhara as a shame for Japan, and most of Ai Fukuhara's work in Japan was frozen.
In 2023, because work stopped, Ai Fukuhara lost her income and couldn't pay off her mortgage, so she tried to rent out a house worth 300 million yen, but no one cared......
When she went through this, her parents didn't say anything, and there seemed to be a suspicion that she and her brother had broken down — the company she and her brother had started had also shut down.
It is worth mentioning that when Ai Fukuhara was 17 years old, her parents stopped working and relied on Ai Fukuhara to earn money to support the family.
In the most desperate time, Ai Fukuhara wanted to see her child, but Jiang Hongjie didn't let her, so she secretly took her son away, and was sued in a Japanese court and sentenced to return it within a time limit.
At first, Ai Fukuhara refused to perform, but after the Japanese court came up with the killer idea that if it was not returned, it would be punished for more than 2 years and less than 20 years, so she had to compromise, and finally returned her son after a series of mediation, and finally reconciled with Jiang Hongjie in March.
In the whole turmoil, it seems that only Chinese fans have said a few words for Ai Fukuhara, and throughout the entire first half of Ai Fukuhara's life, perhaps only Chinese fans can really be regarded as pampering her.
In the first half of Ai Fukuhara's life, it seems that there is no moment of her own, and I hope that she can really live the life she wants.
At the same time, I also wish all men and women in the world to be lovers in everything they meet!