What Japanese Think Of Bald People | Street Interview
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- Did you know that there is a Japanese term for “hair harassment”? It’s called "Kami Harasumento" and Japanese men who are bald or have thinning hair often find themselves the butt of jokes in the workplace. We recently conducted a street interview in Korea about the same topic, and were fascinated by the local insight. Check it out here if you haven't already ► • What’s It Like Being B...
This time, we are going to hit the streets of Tokyo to find out how Japanese people feel about bald people.
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - How often do you see bald people in Japan?
1:27 - Impressions of bald people
3:18 - Why does Japanese society perceive bald people this way?
6:05 - Are you scared at the thought of going bald?
9:11 - Dating life as a bald person
11:18 - Can Japan's perception towards bald people change in the future?
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one punch man/saitama should be japan's official mascot for being confident despite hair loss 😅
You know what?
Of course they did “one punch man challenge”
But NOT the being BALD 😂
Yes
Ikkaku from Bleach was confident as hell before Saitama, but I wonder if there was a confident bald character before Ikkaku?
He’s their david goggin
I think most countries look down on baldness to some level. However, in a lot of those other countries, you can turn it around and make yourself look more masculine and confident. I'm not too sure how Japanese would handle it though. Being a comedian and the butt of a joke doesn't seem the way in my opinion.
I’ve noticed that it seems like baldness is rarer in Japan compared to most countries though so it might be harder. But then I also don’t see too many Japanese with full beards.
@@PeteS_1994 beard and body hair in general are associated with dirtiness in Asian culture, so it's really rare to find an Asian that are not clean shaved.
@@PeteS_1994 a lot of workplaces don't want employees to have facial hair
Honestly laughing at bald people is not regarded as sexual harassment at this point. I hope it will be changed or bald people should be prouded like Song of Japanese Techgiant Softbank.
@@PeteS_1994many rural Japanese people have a thick beard since they are free to grow it unlike the majority of salarymen in the city.
It's ironic that the one lady associated baldness with dirtiness. I shave my head every week and I feel so much cleaner and refreshed after doing it.
Me too! It is self-car and maintenance. I feel so refreshed and confident after! Honestly, I think she’s a very rare minority of people who actually thing that.
And here’s the kicker: At the same time, many Japanese (women) associate beards with a “lack of hygiene”. With some people you really have to wonder if they really believe what they are saying or just parroting what other people keep saying without ever having thought about it themselves even for just a minute.
@@TheDeceptiveHero weirdest paradox, beards are considered dirty but abundance of pubic hair is normal? I really don’t get it
@@TheDeceptiveHero A lot of times people just regurgitate what they hear others say
Do they don't learn in school that becoming bald can be the result of heredity, hormonal changes, medical conditions or a normal part of aging?
US House Representative Ayanna Pressly has Alopecia-loss of hair has stop wearing wigs
I like when someone said “even if he has a bald hair, but as long as he’s confident in himself…” and what really matters is we respect everyone because we all have our own background and preferences about the way we live our life in both aspects inside and outside.
Facts.
Did you really "100" your own comment? lmao
good comment.
25 and my hair is receding rapidly, been buzz cutting my hair since the pandemic started and I don't give a fxck about what people thinks about my hair, it's my life anyway tho
Amen brother!
Me tooo
People say i look 40 so i stopped buzzing
Oh my god, me tooooo…finally found someone similar hahahaha my hair is practically gone and I’m only 23, maybe due to stress + genetics. During the pandemic I just want to embrace my baldness and accept me as who I am. High five brother ✋
Started going bald at 21. Shaved my head at 25 and still scored some gorgeous women. You'll be fine bruh
Food additives....righhht he skipped right over genetics
Or over dying his hair.
There is clear evidence in the literature that inflammation, hormone profile, hypertrophy, and other features of alopecia are affected by nutrition. So he's not wrong. Also there are significant epigenetic effects from nutrients. Food is basically a bunch of chemicals, don't underestimate its effects.
@@minifix true but he should have mentioned genetics too .
@@minifix It's not completely irrelevant, but the effects of nutrients on hair loss is very, very small compared to inherited genetics.
@@minifix It's a factor but it's a smaller one, hormonal profile, particular genes and even head perimeter muscle tightness (sounds odd but it's a new area of study with a lot of supporting evidence) are main factors, check out the CZcams channel "What I've Learned", he recently interviewed a person who is on the leading edge of the research.
I think it's really interesting that Japanese people blame lack of nutrition for balding, and that's why they think it's more common for poor people to be bald. I haven't heard of that before. I've always heard that baldness had to do with genetics. So I wonder if it's just that wealthier Japanese people are able to pay for different treatments to replace their hair or hide their hair loss.
Yeah, baldness is 95% genetics. If you want to know when/how a man is going to go bald, look at his dad.
Very negative thinking towards baldness I would go has far to say ignorant. Please people with negative thoughts read more international medical information and health and fitness information
@@Spacemongerr The gene predominantly responsible for balding actually comes from your mother which she carries from her father (your grandad) not your father. So look at your grandad on your mother's side.
@@IISocratesII Hm, you sure about that? I'll have to look it up, but anecdotally my granddad on my mothers side still has all his hair, like all her brothers.
I started balding in my early 30s, just like my dad, his brothers and their dad.
Edit: I googled it, and it is indeed a reductive oversimplification, one article called it a myth. Balding genes have also been found on the Y-chromosome (which only men carry). But thanks for correcting me, it is not enough to just look at the mans father.
@@Spacemongerr How old are you and how much hair do you have left? Want to know how many more years I have before I have to shave it all off..... lol
"Are you scared of going bald yourself?" I mean, you can already tell his hairline is receding, so it'll happen eventually. Just a normal part of aging for most men, unfortunately. Genetics plays a bigger role, though.
Funny how many said bald people look dirty. I think it's the precise opposite. The reason that the image of Mr. Clean is bald is to reinforce the cleanliness aspect, for example.
Correct. They suggest to shave the beard to be more clean, yet they think the opposite about hair. Ironic.
I don't think the word "clean" is translated properly here for non-japanese people. The comments about balding men being depicted as "not clean" translates better to "unkempt or not properly groomed" imo.
The biggest problem imo is the associations with balding men in japan. There's this stereotype of a drunk middle aged salaryman (office worker), who looks unkempt (hair messy, tie untied, top buttons undone) who smells (smokes, drinks, bad teeth), has a pot belly and is partially balding and often trying to cover it up with a comb over.
not necessarily. We have a lot of people in our family with that kind of hairline, it goes there at the age of 30 and then doesn't reced further.
Not really. When it comes to Asian men, it's not that common for them to go completely bald. Their hair stops receding at some point. They may get bald spots here and there.
@@Rationality4Life that's not an asian thing, that happens to every single male. The difference is that most people just shave it completely off when they start balding
Thank you for your videos.
It's a free world, every hairstyle is awesome. 🗾🔦
Being bald isn t a hairstyle... since there s no hair
@@phantommagnolia Not exactly true, I work with a guy who has been shaving his head bald since he was in his early 20s, he just doesn't like to deal with his hair everyday... So, off it went. That's a hairstyle in my book.
@@phantommagnolia They're ODing on copium.
Cope 😂😂
I'm not Japanese, but it seems most cultures have something disparaging to say about someone physical appearance. Fat, thin, bald, short, tall, etc. Unfortunately. I think there's more important matters to look for, such as integrity, kindness and honesty. Yeah, I know I live in a fantasy world. But bald men are sexy, so are men with hair.
Its worse when you are bald
People always keep looking for someone to belittle in order to make themselves feel big. A basic foundation of every society is the exclusion of people who are different, because it defines what makes someone a full member of that society and what doesn’t. And since personality and skills are generally hard to measure, people tend to look at something simpler - appearance.
Each to their own I suppose. Do you like my bald head?
@@TheDeceptiveHero In ancient times, for instance, the people who were different like the mads were not excluded but considerated. The exclusion is not a basic foundation of every society like you said
@@gaysonjiovanni1593 It sick
I would liked to hear questions that distinguished between natural thinning hair and balding versus men who choose to shave their heads. I have been shaving my head for 25 years mainly because I could never find a style that suited me. Without exception everyone said it made look 10 years younger. I live in Canada so it’s no big deal at all. In fact it’s become a fashion.
It was nice to hear all the young ladies say they thought personality was more important.
The guy in the wild hat was awesome.
As one of the respondents said, Jason Statham. Can't get more manly than that (Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson too). And it does add a timelessness.
Hello fellow Canuck, I am bald by choice too. I like to keep my head 'baby butt smooth' therefore I shaved it every day in the shower. I use and prefer the deluxe OmniShaver.
I would be curious to know more about "Hidden insultss" the idea is very interesting
I was interested too. An example might be when you say : "you like cartoons don't you?" You could be implying the person is immature without actually saying it.
Yes, I think that's what he meant. Normal words like "bald" but saying it is actually a criticism. They're not saying it to be nice, even when said with a pleasant tone. I think in English, we have the term "backhanded compliment."
this video gives me hope 😭
It comes down to ones own insecurities. You either own it or you don't
'What do Japanese people think of bald people?'
Saitama: *WHAT DID YOU SAAAAAYY!?!?!*
Lmao that scene is my favorite part of OPM. Love the Japanese sense of humor
@@nocuh Man's was so relatable too tho
@@diversejoe617 fav shonen protagonist. Everything from the lack of patience for villain monologues, to naming his super attack Killer move: Serious, serious, serious punch 😅
@@nocuh And don't forget about consecutive normal punches
I want to hear more from Japanese Dr. Seuss Cat in The Hat man !!! 🤣
I vividly remember the scene from the Japanese movie , "Shall We Dance", where hair played a significant role in the character's confidence.
Is it a new movie? Couldn't find it online.
@@asianprince8718 It's a 1996 movie. It was one of the first Japanese movies I'd ever watched, and one of the funniest.
When I saw this episode I somehow thought of that Curb episode where Larry David (a very self-consciously bald man) has misadventures at a Japanese restaurant.
As a Japanese man, I am just just my hair with a person attached to it. Ill lose purpose if I go bald, which is probably why Im starting to have a midlife crisis as my hairline is starting to recede😅
Be a badass monk who don’t get excited or upset about anything.
lol sounds like a joke from Gintama
Being a bald man in Japan, I’ve never had any problems. In fact, when I started shaving my head I got a lot of compliments saying I look cool. But for the most part, I really don’t think people care THAT much about other people’s hair! Being a nice and friendly person counts for so much more here. 👨🏻🦲
You are a foreigner. That's why they might not care that much. They don't look at you as one of their own, and expect you to be different anyway.
You are completely leaving out the fact that you're a white foreigner. Two points that totally exclude you from most typical issues Japanese people experience.
Snowflake
This is bitter for you to swallow, but as white foreigner in Japanese, your opinion is the least sought after in physical appearance matter 😅
My sweetheart is bald and I still love him, for his personality and big heart. Each time people asked him "How did you get bald at your age?" He would look at me, and I step in saying "It's because of kids and genetics, he dealt with my kids and they are little demons. But he loved them so much as his own kids, and he didn't need to but he step up as a father figure they needed. And my kiddos love him for that...." And it's true, I always encourage him to be an amazing person no matter what happens. Whatever people say, it's basically they are shock and/or trying to make you uncomfortable. So ignore that and show your personality, turn it in to a joke and make them feel weird for asking that question or make them laugh. 😁🤣
New title, Asian Trivia👏
It's usually in Korea and certain parts of China to see bald guys bald or long hair asian men
ねえ、まず言葉の定義をちゃんと決めてインタビューしようよ。What is your definition of bald and baldness? 韓国のインタビューでは「禿、ハゲ」ではなくて「坊主頭」をテーマに話していたよね？ ハゲ=Less hair, 坊主頭=Shaved head. You interviewed on Shaved head in Korea and now you are interviewing on hair loss in Japan.
Interesting shift of societal perception over time. During the Edo period (1603-1867), all men had to shave their heads (sakayaki)
If i ever lose hair I would rather be bald compared to half and half
That Jimbei reference. I like it.
Testosterone itself doesn't directly cause hair loss. However, increasing your testosterone levels can also increase your levels of DHT, causing damage to your hair follicles and speeding up the effects of male pattern baldness.
Love the jinbei guy haha
Hmmmmm....so little time...so many concerns! Self-confident, and unflappable is all it takes!😎🤙🕉
In the Afican American community it is/was not uncommon to see bald headed men. In many instances these men had a head full of hair and they kept their hair shaved/bald during the summer months to keep cool, or just prefered a bald head. There was no stigma attached in any way, shape or form and it was not uncommon for African American women to have a preference for a bald headed man :). Fast forward to 2022 and due to the pandemic, or other reasons I see so many men of different races and ages wearing bald heads, and I gotta say they look fantastic! Again, I have never looked at a bald head man and thought a ything other than...Niceeeee 😉!
Yes in the Black Community it is not uncommon. It’s normal on both sides. But Black Men LOVE to make fun of Black Woman and call them bald if they don’t have straight hair. That’s what we need to get into. 💁🏿😬
This video is important to me, as I started losing hair at 22 (genetics, my father and his brothers are all bald), and now at 24 I'm embracing baldness, turning into part of my current aesthetic.
And honestly I was curious about their opinion, which doesn't still seem updated at all with current western standards. No wonder why morale in Japanese is so low.
Edit: and they seems to know wrong facts also, just like the girl at 5:30: I've seen plenty of homeless people with long and strong hair in my country. Lol.
Taking finasteride saved my brother's hair!
@@sobakakustovsky3909 Sexual dysfunction isn't really worth the risk
@@pablo8286 you can try with a daily microdosis 0.25. If you don't have side effects after 2 weeks you start taking 0.5mg. If yiu don't have side effects you can continue with 1mg. Most people including me have zero side effects! I started 1 month ago.
If you get teased for anything that just goes to show how immature those people are and it's a form of bulling remember karma is coming
Thank you.
lol the guy who mentioned that one piece quote
Be like Johnny Sins, he is bald and he has become everything this world has to offer 😂👌🏻
Or Jef B, just a guy that is the richest man in the world
@@Itsabdirisak Exploiter*
I hope Asian Boss can do a piece on Japanese citizens reacting to the heinous assassination of Shinzo Abe!
As a bald man having tried dating in japan, i can say women will not like u at first but you gotta put in the effort.. talk.. be funny, give flattery.. show confidence and most of all show u have money! Lol while its true that you will lose already on first impressions but u can still make up for it!! Gambate!
Please make investigation bout Shinzo abe attack
Been waiting for the baldness cure, they say it's in Riken already.
Alot of the top athletes and actors are bald Micheal Jordan, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Magic Johnson, Shaq, Andre Agassi, Floyd Mayweather, Kelly Slater. Actors like The Rock, Bruce Willis, Taye Diggs, John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Lawrence Fishburn, Stanley Tucci, James Gandolfini (rip) Patrick Stewart, Yul Brenner, Dave Chapelle, Robert Duval, Ed Harris. It's a legit power look especially with a beard and originally the samurai would shave the top of their head called "chonmage" so it was more comfortable to wear the kabuto helmet.
6:38 I see a man of cultured right there, quoting straight out of One Piece 😄
Having a bald head could be considered a hairstyle in itself. Honestly though, I don't think people should make such a big deal about it. I also think people should stop making such a big deal about what people are wearing. It's all superficial.
I’m bald and a bit broad/built so when I put on my sun glasses my Japanese coworkers think I look like some yuzuka gangster.
It's interesting that most of these respondents started by speaking in general terms and explaining societal opinions and only when pressed gave their own opinion.
It's like enjoy it while you have it. Otherwise I personally think it's sexy for relatively young
men to have bold heads. I'm 76 now but had a good set of hair till like 3yrs ago but had
cancer treatment and with that hair became so thin and lost almost all on the top although
can't see it myself from the front.
I tried to shave it all but then you'd have to do it constantly or it will look unkept so decided
to keep some length. I bet I look hideous but could care or less at this point.
Would love to see the influence nouya inoue has had in Japan
Ageing doesn't necessarily mean losing the hair for men, I've known guys with great hair well into their 70s, including my grandfather, and a saxophonist friend of my mother's who was in her band, who had really lovely black floppy thick short hair in his 60s. Whilst I prefer a full head of hair, what looks worse is greasy combover bits, if you are going bald I think it's better just to rock that rather than cling to hair hope lol. Also some guys just suit bald better like Richard OBrien, I can't picture him with hair at all. (From The Crystal Maze and Rocky Horror Show)
The guy that mentioned jason statum is exactly right: America(n media) spends a lot of time on making bald guys feel cool. Thats why you see so many bald “cool” actors
They must spend just a little bit of time then, 'cause there's only , like, 5 very famous american baldy actors lol
5:18 この女性の話し方、凄く丁寧で礼儀正しいですね
相当な教養あるんだろうな
I really dont understand why they percieve being bald negative, considering historical hairstyles in Japan as little as 150 years ago, where they were shaving half of their head or even fully in case of buddhist priests and it was a status symbol. Just how did it change so much i such a short time.
Im from korea and im 24years old
Im hair loss now so my confidence get low and i dont go outside before the night come. Sometimes i think i why should i live. I just wanna live in another country. Because hairloss and bald is mockery in korea.
I don't think the interviewer communicated the idea of baldness well. "Bouzu" means people with shaved head and they can grow hair if they want.
Imagine if one of the interviewees is wearing a hair wig
I thought yakuzas generally sport the bald and buzz cut look? Funny I didnt hear any mention of the yakuza
im a working guy and i am bald, i can pinpoint some homeless people that have a full beard and full set of hair on there heads XD
I don't care whether someones balding cuz it's natural, but it definitely doesn't usually look great compared to other stuff. When people shave on purpose for a clean hygienic look tho, or maybe the bald head/beard techno/tech look, those are styles more than balding. I like when people make it work for them, make it a style that accents their personality/masculinity/clothes/etc, all that definitely helps the issue vs like...Danny Devito in S9 of Always Sunny In Philadelphia crazy bald guy look lol
Shaving my head improved my life in Japan in every way imaginable.
How so my man? Genuinely curious.
I personally like the bald look. It can add heaps of character.
It’s a bit strange that some Japanese women in this interview consider baldness ’dirty’ (how does that logically make sense?), but nevertheless good to hear their honest opinion. Beards are also, often, considered dirty. (I’m a baldie with a beard)
Japanese people often refer to bald guys as ‘Tako’ (octopus), btw.
Side note: Japanese Buddhist monks and priests are most often bald, and I have never seen a homeless bald person…
A little bit of generalization: manual workers go bald, office workers wear wigs or cosmetic products to hide it. And while office workers are forced to look clean for the job, manual workers often tend to look more natural and compfy, as they lack contact with clients or their job would make them dirty anyway, so dressing up beyond certain level makes no sense. They arent "dirty", but they are more often then not, clothed more casually and not like models from fashion magazines.
If for whatever reason I go bald, I want to be that bald man who buys absolutely ridiculous wigs to wear when I'm off work
Also, my 3rd favorite teacher was a bald man with lots of personality
😂
The girl that said she sees bald men as "filthy" really pissed me off
i think this interview should feature some bald men/women
"Stop counting only the things that you have lost" I liked that but why he said about foreign audience, is that some common reference that I don't get?
Its funny as I have been out and about and some women have stroked my head. Like their little pet.
whats up with the face filters ?
5:20 I’ve seen a lot of starving homeless people who are alcoholics have the most thickest hair ever. Crazy how genetics never has crossed their minds
Estas opiniones estuvieron de pelos.
03:00 girl on the left looks like twice mina
Thanks to Turkey for getting my hair back. It is the greatest destination for transplant surgeries.
I love how the one guy used the One Piece reference lol I'm from the states and many, many guys, even some women have thinning hair. Over here being bald became more of a style of acceptance, rather than the old days of wigs, comb overs, and brutally painful hair implants.
1:22 that blonde... hes sooo familiar. Is he that visual key artist who is bald?? I fogot his YT channel. Omg!
This is the problem with the world, too judgemental about how someone looks
Rachel from tower of God?
Is there anything based on which Japanese people do NOT judge and look down on each other?
dude. what. why do japan have the same graphic as america. i thought it was 2D!
No way you guys met Mr. Omicron!!
"the foreign viewers will understand what I said" we sure did brother, we sure did
Welp... guess I'll be staying home then.
its awesome to see that jason statham is known well in japan
This is certainly more open minded compared to the Korean one
Interesting to hear what they said and felt about this! I believe balding in your older years is fine but I can understand if your younger and balding it can be real detrimental to your self esteem. And when people tease you about it makes it even worst. I agree with the guy that our diet can be the factor to why guys are balding and balding in their early years. It would be good to get your daily nutrients in and try to eat most of your meals clean I guess. And try nofap as well because ejaculating constantly rids your body of it’s vital nutrients
Diet nor fapping really has nothing to do with male pattern baldness, its purely genetical and androgenic.
Neither of those things are correct. If you are not starving, food has nothing to do with it. And health professionals say everyone should masturbate regularly for health reasons. For men especially it prevents prostate cancer, but it is healthy for both genders. (If you have sex regularly it's not needed).
@@Spacemongerr keep believing what you want because many times those same health professionals themselves say enough research isn’t done on the link between constantly masturbating and hair lost
@@TheDaglers there’s many different factors to hair lost and diets is definitely one of them. You don’t have to have a super strict clean diet but if you aren’t at least getting your nutrients in not only will your hair start to feel it also your body
@@arbsan8366 I should perhaps have said "scientific studies" instead of individual health professionals. Look it up my man.
Oh and have a nice day :)
The girl who said you bald because of lack of nutrition should reflect on what she is saying as her hair is thinning out too.
Lmfao.
I feel attacked 🤣♥️
8:47 - Absolute sigma male 🤩
Seems like an odd topic for a video, but whatever floats one's 🚢.
When you watch this at night and then you're sleepy, it's like listening to an anime and then you don't understand what they're saying...🔥😁
Japan fashion is lit af. Everyone looks like the 90s.
saitama: say one more
8:47 this guy has the best beard in japan maybe even the world epic
I see more homeless people with long hair in America. Some seem a bit uninformed on where hair genetics come from.
3:54 Please refrain in future from including such handsome interview subjects in your videos, it's very distracting... We do however need a whole vid on dude at 8:47, and whatever the hell his deal is. Hell yeah.
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Please make an road interview in India on recent killings of Hindus by Muslim extremist Jihadis
One noun short of a title.
People dont want hair on face but they want on head. The world is crazy...
I never saw a bald homeles in Japan,,on the contrary they were all very hairy.
Interview them about young guys in skinhead culture! i think they will have different perspective about them. Balding is different from deliberately shaving hair.
Being bald in Japan is not as bad because of the manga, anime, etc as say... in Korea. Do one for South Korea.
They did it already