2024-04-26 05:39:41
Recently, news broke that an active Japanese member of a Korean girl group was working as a hostess at an entertainment bar in Japan.
On the 24th, a video featuring a waitress was uploaded to a Japanese cabakura (a portmanteau of cabaret and nightclub) TikTok account. The woman in the video introduced herself under her stage name “Sakura Ruru” and said, “I am a new woman who has been working for 3 months. » Lulu wore an off-the-shoulder dress that revealed her upper body.
Lulu continued, “I have been active as a K-pop idol for 6 years, since I was 18,” and “I am currently working as a “cabajo” to raise funds to start a dance studio. In this scene, several photos of Haru, a Japanese member of the girl group “Nature”, were shown in action. A cabajo refers to a young woman who serves guests in a cabakura.
Lulu also said she was waiting for the nomination, saying: “I wasn’t a good drinker until a year ago, but I think I’m surprisingly strong on alcohol.” He ended the video by saying “Thank you” in Korean. The Kyabakura account contains numerous videos of female customer service workers wearing short dresses, known as “holiday uniforms.” Comments on the video included: “Is it really nature day? » and “What a day!” »
Kabakura is located in Kokubuncho, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, famous as the best entertainment district in northeastern Japan. A woman with the stage name “Lulu” is also listed in the receptionist introduction section of the website. Lulu also introduced in her profile: “My hometown is Miyagi Prefecture and I was an idol in Korea. » His birthday was February 21 and his blood type was B.
As this video spread on social media, it became a hot topic among K-pop fans. Nature has not held any formal group activities since participating in the web drama’s soundtrack last year, but no announcement of the agency’s dissolution has been made. Additionally, on February 21, the agency posted a message on its official Instagram saying, “Congratulations on Haru’s birthday.”
Kabakura, which appeared in the late 1980s, is a club where mainly men nominate waitresses they like and drink alcohol there. It is characterized by hourly payment and illegal sexual contact with customers is prohibited inside the store. Although it is different from customs stores like bedroom salons in Korea, K-pop fans who have seen the current situation react with surprise.
On social media and online communities, reactions such as “I feel like I can’t say anything,” “I’m so shocked,” “I’m bitter,” and “I hope people don’t ‘Don’t dwell on my K-pop’ experience while working at an entertainment establishment.
An official from the n.CH Entertainment agency told Chosun.com on the 26th: “We are aware of the problem, but it is difficult to confirm because it is not the time of the group’s activities.” When asked, “Has nature dissolved?” ”, he replied: “No”.
One day he posted on his Instagram: “Thank you to everyone who supports me. “At the moment I can’t say what I want to say yet, so please wait a little longer,” he wrote.
A Japanese hostess from Kyabakura who introduced herself as “from a K-pop girl group.”/Instagram
The 9-member girl group Nature debuted with the single “Feel Good” in August 2018. An innocent atmosphere was sought, but audience interest was minimal. Then, in January 2022, they tried to change course by borrowing traditional African dance as choreography with the song “RICA RICA”. The unconventional choreography became a hot topic on YouTube, but that interest didn’t last long. Additionally, they released songs such as “LIMBO!” (Come over)” and “Children”.
Meanwhile, in Japan, there are cases of people who worked as idols but then turned into hostesses. In 2022, it was shocking to learn that Shida Manaka, a former member of Japanese idol group “Keyakizaka46”, had become an employee of Kyabakura.
Kana Kobayashi, who debuted as part of the second generation of the popular Japanese girl group “AKB48”, said in an interview with Japanese media last year: “I had difficulty living after a divorce and I currently work in an entertainment establishment. Kana Kobayashi said at the time: “Some fans who came as guests knew about my plight and even bought me champagne, saying it was ‘the price of diapers’.”
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