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On October 4, actress Hirose Alice (31) posted on X that she’s decided to call her devoted fans who follow her every move “weirdos,” sparking a huge reaction with 1.369 million impressions. The humor-filled post, capped off with a grateful “Thanks for sticking with me until today, and please keep it up,” was largely welcomed on 5ch’s Geinou Sports Express+ board as an “affectionate nickname,” though some posters critiqued the naming sense itself, compared it to other famous fan nicknames, and brought up differences with her younger sister, actress Hirose Suzu — making it a topic people took in very different ways.
Hirose Alice: “I’ve decided to call my most intense fans this — ‘weirdos.’” Affectionate post goes massively viral
On the 4th, Hirose Alice (31) updated her X account, writing, “I’ve decided that from now on, I’ll call all of you high-firepower fans who follow me no matter where I go… ‘weirdos.’” — coining a new nickname for her devoted fanbase.
Full of humor, and capped with the closing line “Thanks for sticking with me until today, and please keep it up,” the post drew a flood of approving replies: “That affectionate, razor-sharp naming sense is on fire,” “Thank you for the best nickname ever!,” and “That’s so cool!! I’ve decided to join the ranks of the ‘weirdos’ too.” It has sparked a massive reaction with 1.369 million impressions.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
but you know you're being mocked, right?
That's got better taste than this one.
it captures the trait while still sugarcoating it nicely.
or so I heard, who knows.
If you can't pull off 'eternal,' you're a disgrace as a Jin fan.
I've never even heard of this person having fans.
Quiz☆ The correct answer came a year later — right after it, her 'Arikichi-san… geez (laughs)' came across as endearing.
I've just been inducted into the 'Weirdo' Hall of Fame
I'm 'Pervert' (a near-homophone pun on 'weirdo' in Japanese).
it's somewhat famous that Hirose Alice's Likes tab used to be entirely voice actor Kazuki Hanae.
When she mentioned on another show that she was a fan, he showed up as a surprise and she turned into a total puddle lol
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
It’s not unusual for celebrities to give their fans a nickname, and within the thread some posters compared the cleverness of the naming to another well-known fan nickname, “unicorn” (Reply 23). Because “weirdo” can also read as sarcastic taken at face value, reactions split over whether it’s an affectionate nickname or a jab, with one cooler-headed reply asking, “Being happy about this does make you a weirdo, sure, but you know you’re being mocked, right?” Meanwhile, the sheer scale of the reaction — 1.369 million impressions — speaks to just how widely the post was read. Several replies also brought up her younger sister, actress Hirose Suzu, suggesting that the contrast between the two sisters’ public images shaped how the topic spread.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sports Express+) thread “[Entertainment] Hirose Alice: “I’ve decided to call my most intense fans this — ‘weirdos.’” Affectionate post goes massively viral.”
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