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Zokkun, a 52-year-old streamer active mainly on Kick, reported on X on September 10 that he’d fallen ill. During a stream conducted amid heavy rain from a linear precipitation band, he used the rain as a makeshift shower and, at the end, stuck his head into a puddle on the street. He was later hit with a 38°C fever and blood in his urine, and a hospital urinalysis reportedly detected “numerous bacteria.” On the 5ch Geinou/Sports News+ thread, reactions came from all angles — opinions split on whether the infection route was through the mouth and nose or something else, alongside debate over whether health insurance should cover it, and comparisons to another streamer who pulled a similarly reckless stunt in the same downpour.
Zokkun, a streamer active mainly on Kick, reported on X on September 10 that he’d fallen ill. He said doctors told him it was likely caused by exposure to contaminated water during a stream held amid heavy rain from a linear precipitation band, and he also shared images of his test results.
He used the heavy rain as a makeshift shower — and finished by putting his head in a street puddle
Zokkun is a 52-year-old streamer belonging to “Kickers,” a streamer group led by Yokoyama Midori. After starting out on Niconico Live and Twitcasting, he now mainly streams on Kick, doing chat streams while wandering around outdoors or driving.
Source: yutura.net / Original article here
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Streamer Zokkun (52) shampoos his hair in a puddle during a stream in heavy rain. Afterward: a 38°C fever, difficulty urinating, and blood in his urine sent him to the hospital. Numerous bacteria were detected — if it doesn't clear up, he's due for kidney tests
Ew, gross lol
If your kidneys go, that's rough
These days, Kick streamers give off the vibe old-school Niconico streamers used to have
A wounded scalp🤕
Exactly this
If you deliberately do something that gets you sick, you should have to cover 100% of the cost yourself
It goes against the spirit of 'mutual aid' (the principle behind Japan's health insurance system)
Sharp pain in my lower back, chills so bad my teeth were chattering, and a raging fever — thought I was gonna die
Even in zombie movies you don't need to get bitten — infection through the eyes is a thing too
I think it's infection through the mucous membranes of the eyes or nose
Since stomach acid works like a filter, drinking it might honestly have been the safer bet
Does that mean if you skip the umbrella on a rainy day you might get sick or even go bald?
It was probably that puddle he stuck his head in at the end that did it
Flooding happens constantly across Asia — if this were all it took, everyone there would be dead
Places like India deal with dirty water on the daily
Everyone does die from it
The people around today are just the survivors
People actually do die from it
It just doesn't make the news over in Japan
What gets reported overseas is only the flood death toll — nobody hears about the deaths that follow afterward
Nobody's getting that water on their upper body, huh
Even just your feet can be bad news if there's a cut or wound there.
A healthy young person's probably fine, but if you're worn out and your immune system's weak, it'll get you.
An open wound can fester or turn into tetanus
Schools never teach you that stuff
Honestly makes all that studying for college entrance exams feel pointless
Bacteria from the gutter water probably got into his nose or mouth, or he touched things with dirty hands
Even a small cut on the foot seems risky
And if the dirty water reaches your groin, it feels like contaminants could get into your body that way too
A category?
Isn't it a video streaming site?
Like YouTube
I'd think it wouldn't get in that easily unless the urethra itself was exposed to the dirty water — what exactly did he do?
Maybe it's not through the urethra — it got in through the mouth or nose and spread through his whole body
Could the toxins have hit his kidneys?
Bacteria got in through his eyes, nose, or mouth, multiplied inside his body, and is now attacking his kidneys
Rainwater straight from the sky would've been fine
Rain is actually really dirty when it first starts falling.
Dust, grime, and fine airborne particles stick to the raindrops on the way down.
You can really tell after a passing shower clears up — cars end up filthy.
Once it's been pouring steadily for a while though, I think it's fine.
He might even consider it a win (´･ω･`)
If he dies trying to make a living off streaming, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
During heavy rain from a linear precipitation band, sewers overflow, making it easy for bacteria from wastewater to mix into puddles on the road. However, urinary tract infections involving blood in the urine and fever typically occur when bacteria enter through the urethra, so it’s medically unclear how exposing just his head to dirty water led to these symptoms. The thread raised several theories — infection through the mucous membranes of the mouth or nose, infection via the eyes or a wound — but all of it remains speculation. Some also argued that insurance should cover 100% of the cost, but unless the act is officially ruled intentional self-harm, standard insured care generally still applies — worth noting that this isn’t a claim with real legal grounding. Zokkun belongs to “Kickers,” a group that keeps producing content too risky for stricter platforms like YouTube; understanding that Kick is their home base helps explain how this dangerous stream came about in the first place.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Streamer Washes His Hair in a Puddle During Torrential Rain, Ends Up with a Fever and Blood in His Urine — Urinalysis Finds ‘Numerous Bacteria’.”
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