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On October 14, comedian and chiropractor Rakushingo (47) watched a clipped video from an online show featuring a popular female TV personality (28) who had referred to him without an honorific, and posted an angry message on X: “Don’t call me that without an honorific, damn it!” The backlash over being addressed without an honorific became a hot topic, and on 5ch (Geinou Sokuhou+), opinions split over what etiquette should govern how entertainers address each other and their viewers — and whether the need for honorifics depends on the other person’s fame or whether the two have actually met. Many commenters also pointed to generational differences in values.
Rakushingo Loses It: “Don’t Call Me That Without an Honorific!” at Popular 28-Year-Old Female TV Personality
Comedian and chiropractor Rakushingo (47) updated his X account on the 14th, posting what looked like an angry outburst at a fellow entertainer who had referred to him by name without an honorific.
Shingo attached a clipped video from an online show.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
What's weird about it?
Are you stupid, talking that way about someone you've never even met?
Even when you do know someone, you still use "-san" in front of the public — that's just basic manners.
Guess you weren't raised right.
I'd love to meet your parents.
Or maybe Gen Z really has gotten dumber.
When we were that age, this level of stupidity would've been unthinkable — it's just abnormal now.
Calm down, Rakushingo.
Reminder: even the old folks just called him "Tamori," no honorific, as usual.
Honestly kind of scary.
Would you lose if he actually punched you?
There's a memoir where he talks about being bullied by delinquents (DQN types).
Well, that's just how things were back in his prime…
Guess there's nothing left to do but mail him a Tupperware container (a running meme where fans send him plastic food containers).
But if it had been Murashige who said it, that'd be a whole different story.
Why's that?
He outranks him, so it's fine.
She used to hang around Tomabechi back in the day too, right?
Lately everyone's going "respect (lol), respect (lol)" and it's creepy.
"Respect education" (lol)
What was he even angry about this time?
Well, I obviously wouldn't drop the honorific to their face, but if they're total trash as a person, I'd probably just skip it behind their back.
But minor, also-ran talents like Rakushingo-san? You don't get to drop the honorific.
Because people might mistake it for looking down on someone beneath them.
she sees him as some has-been she used to watch on TV back home,
and that's why she dropped the honorific.
No wonder he's pissed lol
If it's just someone you've watched on TV and never actually met, dropping the honorific is pretty normal.
But if you're just a viewer or a fan, it's fine to skip it.
You say "same industry," but is he actually still active in it?
Background and Key Points of This Debate
Neither Rakushingo’s X post nor the news coverage reveals the female personality’s real name or the exact wording of what she said, and there’s no sign the two have ever interacted directly. This was purely a one-sided reaction to a clipped video from an online show that he happened to watch — not the result of a face-to-face confrontation, a point that’s easy to misread. Within Japan’s entertainment industry and among viewers, referring to someone you’ve never met without an honorific isn’t unusual in itself, and the mixed reactions to this incident stem from differing views on whether dropping the honorific is acceptable — views that shift depending on whether the two parties actually know each other and on their relative fame. Rakushingo has also spoken publicly in the past about being bullied by fellow comedians, and the thread contained both sympathetic comments referencing that history and comments questioning his one-sided outburst of anger.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou Sokuhou+) thread “[Entertainment] Rakushingo Loses It! “Don’t Call Me That Without an Honorific!” to Popular 28-Year-Old Female TV Personality — Anger After Watching Clipped Video from Online Show.”
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