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A thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board blew up after a poster showed up whose only hobby is watching the 1980s Fuji TV show “Yuyake Nyan Nyan” — and got grilled with questions. The show ran for two and a half years, but the poster said, “I died on August 31, ’87, and then again at the finale on September 20 — ever since, I’ve just been an empty shell,” revealing they haven’t gotten into anything else since the finale. They said they still support Onyanko Club member “Yuyu” to this day, and replies kept coming asking about her age back then, for images, and for other background info. The thread lit up with debate over the merits of such devotion, alongside plenty of nostalgic reminiscing.
What people said
Don't you get tired of it?
Nope, never get tired of it
Anyway, no matter what — no matter what!!
Yu-Nyan is my life
Do you listen to their music or watch their other variety shows too?
I especially like Yuyu from Onyanko Club
Sounds like a nice, relaxing retirement you've got going
"Retirement"?? I'm 58, that's still young
Nothing
I died on August 31, '87, and then again at the finale on September 20
Ever since, I've just been an empty shell
I've saved stuff that used to be up on YouTube
I don't know much about it, but Yuyu's not exactly a busy A-lister these days, right?
Yuyu made a comeback appearance in 2002 after a long absence, but hasn't appeared publicly at all since
I caught a brief glimpse of her face in a 2010 Flash (tabloid magazine) article
Yeah, the PTA really hated it
Yuyu at 34
Marina, who was on TV two days ago
Yuyu, age 17
Nope. Most Yuyu merch is cheap and easy to find, so I don't really feel the need to buy it all — most items only run a few hundred yen anyway
Yuyu at 27 — this was around the last time she showed up in the media
In 2007, she appeared by phone on "Kaikan MAP" (TV Asahi).
Ah, that's Sanma's show
She talked a bit about her falling-out with Mami-Mami
This hairstyle of Yuyu's is so cute
What magazine is that from?
Is there really demand for movie-themed cosplay?
Huh? Ever since "Ushiro Yubi Sasare Gumi" came out!
By the way, how old are you?
I'm from the "yutori" generation (the relaxed-education generation — i.e., much younger)
I wanna see you, Yuyu!
Minako Honda
Miporin
Yuki Saito
Nanno
Coco
Babe
I went to Yuki Saito's 40th anniversary concert
Oh nice
What did she sing? I really want to hear "Shiroi Honoo" (White Flame)
She played pretty much all her famous songs
Yep, I watch it
I also watch Hiroki Azuma's stuff
I think it means it was a risqué show airing in the evening slot
"Nyan nyan" was slang for sex
Background and talking points
“Yuyake Nyan Nyan” aired in Fuji TV’s early-evening slot from 1985 to 1987, and is known as the show that launched Onyanko Club — born out of an amateur-audition segment — into overnight stardom, laying the groundwork for the idol boom that followed. As the thread itself notes, the show’s suggestive title and content drew criticism from PTA groups at the time. The main point of debate in this thread was whether to see the poster’s continued devotion to one member, some 40 years after the show ended, as “admirable” or “a bit much” — and the poster themselves noted that the spread of video streaming services has made it easier to preserve and rewatch old footage, which they credited as part of why the obsession has lasted.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “My only hobby is watching Yuyake Nyan Nyan — what’s your take?“.
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