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On October 13, actor Suzuki Fuku posted photos on his Instagram showing off a brunette, short-hair look to match his role as Mark in the musical ‘RENT’. The former child actor known as “Fuku-kun” from shows like ‘Marumo no Okite’ revealed a more grown-up image change, and reactions on 5ch were split. Some praised him, saying “he’s gotten handsome” and “that’s cool,” while others were harsher, calling it “lame” or saying he’s now just “average-looking” — the thread was divided over how to take the gap between this look and his child-star image.
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Suzuki Fuku, who plays Mark in the musical ‘RENT’, updated his Instagram on October 13 to reveal a new hairstyle to match the role.
He posted four photos in total. Suzuki styled his hair into a short brown cut and paired a denim jacket and pants with a necklace. The first shot shows him facing forward in sunglasses, the second has him turned to the side. The third shows off his full outfit, and in the fourth he takes off the sunglasses and poses with a peace sign next to a poster for ‘RENT’.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Both Fuku and Kokoro are terrible actors.
Same with Ashida Mana — they just grew up without their acting ever maturing past "kid mode."
Fuku-kun said he just wants to stay in showbiz somehow, be a celebrity no matter what.
Wish someone would make a shocking reenactment drama about what happened to the kid actor from Lone Wolf and Cub.
He should just keep them on.
Honestly, he has gotten a bit handsomer.
Too good for Ashida (Mana).
He looks like a mix of Ichihara Hayato and that guy from Umizaru.
The outfit's straight-up Nakai Masahiro style.
The Marumo duo (him and Ashida) really turned out talented.
The bear movie 'Higuma' was watchable if you didn't overthink it, but I gave up partway through.
He's like the guy standing at the edge of the group in some delinquent movie.
Pretty lame honestly.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Suzuki Fuku co-starred with Ashida Mana in ‘Marumo no Okite’ and now plays Mark in the musical ‘RENT’. As some commenters note, the production has been staged before, and interest in “what happened next” for former child actors remains strong. The thread’s split wasn’t really about the look itself, but about how to reconcile this more grown-up, brunette-short-hair image with the “Fuku-kun” viewers remember. Positive comments tied the change to his growth and skill as an actor, while critical ones expressed discomfort with the gap from his boyish looks or questioned the direction he’s taking his image. Comments involving insults toward his sister or co-stars’ appearance, sexual remarks, or political labeling have been excluded from this article. Readers should keep in mind that discussions about former child stars’ “now” often invite unrelated attacks or baseless assumptions that have nothing to do with the person himself.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geino Sports Hayabusa+) thread “Actor Suzuki Fuku changes image with brunette short hair! “Wait, is that Fuku-kun?! lol” “He looks great!”“.
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