Sayaka Okada Confesses ‘I Was Born Without Nose Hair’ — 5ch: ‘Wait, Is That Even a Thing?’

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The story

Professional mahjong player and TV personality Sayaka Okada (32) revealed on her X account on September 26 that she was “born without nose hair.” She wrote, “I wonder if I’d have less trouble with rhinitis if I actually had nose hair,” adding the wish, “I’d love just a moderate amount of nose hair, pleeeease.” The unusual confession made its way to 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Express+ board, where it sparked doubts — “Is being born without nose hair even a real thing?” — alongside a broader chat about what nose hair actually does and body hair in general.

Sayaka Okada confesses to hair she “was never born with,” pleads “I’d love just a moderate amount, pleeeease” — post goes viral

Professional mahjong player and TV personality Sayaka Okada (32) updated her X account on the 26th, revealing that she was born without nose hair.

“I was born without nose hair, and I sometimes think my rhinitis might be better if I actually had some,” she confessed. She went on to add, “I’d love just a moderate amount of nose hair, pleeeease.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

What people said

2AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:34
What's everyone's take on being completely smooth down there ("paipan")?
17AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:40
Re: #2
I told a friend who'd booked a pubic-hair waxing appointment, 'Who are you even showing off smooth-and-hairless skin to at 50?'
and she said, 'It helps keep things clean during your period and stuff, that's why I do it.'
For a while she'd just casually bring up her period dates and her waxing appointment schedule like it was nothing, and I ended up memorizing all of it — which honestly made me a little sad.
65AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:26
Re: #2
My 26-year-old girlfriend apparently used to worry about having too little body hair.
Barely anything down there, and maybe 5 underarm hairs if that.
She said she wanted a hairy partner, but I'm not exactly hairy myself.
People say it's a hormone thing, but my head of hair isn't thin, so I don't really get it.
18AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:40
Nose hair isn't exactly "unwanted hair," but who really needs it, right?
24AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:45
Isn't a weird-looking nose just about appearance anyway?
25AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:46
Nose hair's a nuisance, but you're screwed without it — what a spiteful little thing.
26AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:48
My nose hair's coarse as wire so I just yank it all out.
Jealous (of people who don't have to deal with that).
29AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:51
I'm into short-haired, tall girls — what about you guys?
34AnonymousSep 27, 2026 01:56
Re: #29
Being tall alone bumps you up +4 points out of a possible 10.
36AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:01
The time I really committed to plucking my nose hair, my nose started running like a faucet — that's when I realized how important it actually is.
37AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:05
I think Tsurube (the comedian) once said that after he plucked his nose hair, it just stopped growing back at all.
38AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:05
Going bald is evolution. Humanity's body hair is destined to disappear eventually.
40AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:09
She also admitted, "On the flip side, my body hair is super thick."
42AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:10
Scalp hair runs on female hormones, body hair runs on male hormones. That's why you get guys with a full-on beard who are also going bald — it's exactly that.
76AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:49
Re: #42
So I've got a thick head of hair but barely any body hair — does that mean female hormones are dominant in me?
45AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:11
Without nose hair, stuff like PM2.5 particles would go straight into your lungs, wouldn't it?
47AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:12
When I studied abroad in Shanghai for three years, the Shanghai college girl I was living with — who looked like Aya Takashima (a Japanese TV presenter) — had underarm hair.
50AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:15
Re: #47
I heard a lot of Chinese people back in the day didn't shave their armpit hair.
48AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:14
You call that rare? This officer here (a jokey self-reference some posters use) was born with only one nostril.
49AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:15
Live in Beijing for three years and your nose hair will grow in like a jungle.
51AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:16
Is being born without nose hair even a real thing?
52AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:17
Ever since I started wearing a mask more, my nose hair's grown in thick. Maybe airflow hitting your nostrils is what triggers the growth.
64AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:25
Re: #39
People from the Japanese archipelago (Yamato, Ryukyu, Ainu) are unusual for East Asians — on average their body hair runs thicker. Though if you watch [redacted] videos from China, Taiwan, or Korea, you do see hairy people there too.
73AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:35
Re: #65
My bad —
that reply was meant for Re: #64.
70AnonymousSep 27, 2026 02:31
"I never grew armpit hair in the first place,
so unlike all of you, I've never had to deal with hair removal"
— there was a former TV announcer who flexed like that on Downtown Matsumoto's show.

Who was that again?
86AnonymousSep 27, 2026 03:13
Re: #70
I dated 7 women before getting married, and including my wife, 4 of them had no underarm hair at all.
Not shaved — it genuinely never grew in.
Statistically speaking, there's probably a fair number of women out there who just don't grow armpit hair.

Background and Talking Points

Nose hair is generally understood to physically filter out dust, pollen, and bacteria inhaled through the nose, and the thread was full of practical concerns along those lines — comments like “without it, dust and germs get a free pass in” and “PM2.5 would go straight to your lungs.” Meanwhile, how much or how thick someone’s body hair grows is largely attributed to genetics and hormone balance, though folk claims like “thick eyebrows mean thick pubic hair” have no scientific backing and remain pure anecdote. Okada herself has said in the past that her body hair runs thick, so this confession — that nose hair specifically never grew in — was framed as just one quirk of her particular body. On 5ch, a single confession about a physical trait tends to snowball into a debate about what that trait is even for, plus general chat about body hair overall, and this thread followed that familiar pattern.

*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “[Entertainment] Sayaka Okada confesses to hair she “was never born with” — “I’d love just a moderate amount, pleeeease” post goes viral.”

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