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YOASOBI’s Ayase caused a stir when an outfit worn at a Canada show revealed tattoos spreading from his arms all the way up his neck. On 5ch, opinions split between fans of the design and those worried about health implications, with defenders arguing “it’s his own values, so what’s the problem?” alongside more practical concerns like “having tattoos can get you turned away from MRI scans.”
“That’s Some Serious Ink” — YOASOBI’s Ayase Shows Off Outfit Baring Tattoos “Packed All the Way Up His Neck,” Sparking “That’s too much,” “So heavily inked…,” and “I mean, it’s fine though”
▼ “He’s got tattoos packed in solid”
A live shot from a Canada show featuring Ayase, of the music unit YOASOBI, is drawing attention.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
LMAOOO
What exactly is the problem?
And besides, are you all living such noble lives that you get to weigh in on someone else's?
Well, tattoos have historically marked criminals, so it's a pretty common instinct to want to look down on someone who chooses to enjoy getting inked anyway. If you say there's nothing wrong with that, sure, fair enough.
And yet you couldn't help but post about it either, right? Everyone else here is the same. Why do you think you're any different from the rest?
At least I'm not living a life where I go around inking up my body.
YOASOBI should just get married already.
This thread too, huh
There's actually a published study showing tattoos are linked to cancer.
Once your spending habits adjust to a certain lifestyle, it's hard to scale back.
The real question is whether the royalty income keeps flowing long-term.
Everyone in the group should just get covered in ink
— become a full-on tattooed band.
She's basically become an idol for otaku fans now — no way she's getting inked up, lol.
Honestly it's probably people with mental-health-issue tendencies ("menhera"-type).
Like ONE OK ROCK — every single member is covered in ink.
And there are genres where doing drugs is basically treated as mandatory education too.
covered head to toe in tattoos that look like graffiti scribbles.
No taste.
Looking forward to it.
Urita's face tattoo aside, something in the style of Mike Tyson's face tattoo actually looks pretty cool — I'd be into that.
That raises your odds of dying.
It's like a physical version of a Jehovah's Witness situation —
not about blood transfusions, but the same idea of missing out on treatment that would normally save you.
Some medical facilities will flatly refuse to do an MRI at all,
and switching to alternative scans like CT or ultrasound happens plenty.
And even if you can get an MRI, having tattoos means you have to sign a special consent form just for that.
What happens if you get injured?
How do all those European soccer players covered in tattoos handle it?
Unfortunately, yes, plenty — that's why tattoos are becoming more common out in the world.
Especially at shopping malls out in the countryside, it's tattoos everywhere.
What if in ten years he no longer thinks it's "cool"?
Like the pattern feels too intense and starts seeming uncool somehow
— there's bound to be a change of heart at some point…
People change, after all.
There was a comedian who gave advice to someone who'd tattooed their ex's name — like "Takashi" or "Miho" — and regretted it after the breakup: just add "… and others" after the name so it reads like a list.
tattoos will become normal too.
Japan is basically 50 years behind the West on this stuff.
The piercings on those middle-aged guys from the generation that made piercings "normal" are way too gross.
Negative space really might matter.
If you cover everything,
it ends up looking like a futon mattress pattern…
Why does it end up looking like he just picked a uniform out of a catalog?
Even the tattoo artist can't ink it without working from a catalog reference.
— there can't be much blank skin left.
All that's left is the face.
Background and Key Points
YOASOBI is the Japanese pop duo of vocalist Ikura and composer Ayase, best known internationally for “Idol” (the *Oshi no Ko* theme) and for building songs directly from short-story submissions. Ayase, the instrumentalist/producer half who normally stays out of the spotlight, was photographed at a Canada tour stop wearing an outfit that exposed tattoos running from his arms up to his neck — a striking image precisely because Japanese mainstream pop idols and producers almost never display visible ink; tattoos in Japan still carry strong associations with the yakuza, and many gyms, pools, hot springs (onsen), and beaches explicitly bar visibly tattooed patrons regardless of context.
The thread’s actual fault line wasn’t really “tattoos good or bad” in the abstract — posters largely agreed individuals have the right to ink their own bodies. The split was over whether that personal-freedom argument settles the matter at all, with skeptics countering that tattoos carry inherited stigma as a marker of criminality in Japan and that posting about it at all undercuts the “none of your business” framing. A secondary, more concrete disagreement centered on MRI compatibility — whether extensive tattoos meaningfully raise health risk via scan restrictions, versus dismissing that as an overblown internet talking point.
What the thread never engages with, and English-speaking readers should know, is that the MRI claim is not folklore — large tattooed areas can cause skin heating or burns during scans due to metal-oxide pigments, and hospitals routinely require special consent forms or switch to CT/ultrasound instead. Readers may also assume Ayase’s visibility as a public figure means Japan’s onsen/gym tattoo bans are loosening; they aren’t — enforcement remains common, and this incident is notable specifically because it’s unusual, not because it signals a broader shift.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisokusoku+) thread “[Entertainment] YOASOBI’s Ayase Reveals Tattoos Packed From Arm to Neck, Sparks Reaction: “That’s Some Serious Ink,” “Too Many Tattoos,” “So Heavily Inked…”.”
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