On September 27, TV personality Masanari Iida (a former BreakingDown fighter with over 130,000 followers on X) posted a video to X showing himself enjoying raw venison sashimi and beer in the woods, and it went on to rack up more than 4.6 million views. In response, posts flooded in on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Express+ board warning about the risks of eating raw game meat, including hepatitis E virus and parasites. At the same time, some pushed back on the warnings as “know-it-all” posturing, arguing that eating what you want is a matter of personal responsibility — splitting the thread between concerns over food safety and respect for individual choice.
On September 27, Masanari Iida (410,000 subscribers) posted a video on X of himself eating raw venison sashimi. The post has been viewed more than 4.6 million times, drawing a wave of comments warning about the dangers of eating raw deer meat.
“Venison sashimi and beer” in the woods
Iida has previously competed in BreakingDown, and in July 2025 he withdrew from “BreakingDown16” citing a falling-out with organizer Yuji Mizoguchi. He has more than 130,000 followers on X.
Source: yutura.net / Original article here
My joints can't keep up with that
Says venison but it looks like beef
Well, any meat is risky raw anyway
And if it turns into Guillain-Barré syndrome, you're done for
This whole trend of eating everything raw makes no sense to me
Just because he's in the woods doesn't mean he's eating something caught minutes ago
Freezing takes care of the parasites, but it won't kill the hepatitis virus
He's probably just farming impressions
Mizoguchi's guy Komeo just racked up huge view counts through infamy, after all (referring to a BreakingDown member)
Humans aren't built to eat living creatures raw
Eating what you want is his own responsibility
You're all just hypocrites playing know-it-all
Then don't go to the hospital, don't use your insurance
If he gets sick, he can cover his own medical bills, every last yen
Wondered who it was and went up close, and it turned out to be Iida
Never seen him in person, but yeah, he's really good-looking
At cheap all-you-can-eat yakiniku places there are tons of people scarfing down low-grade imported meat cooked super rare — you'd think they'd be way more exposed to bacteria and parasites, but they never even get diarrhea, just fine and tough as nails lol
From that point on, just power through it with sheer willpower
Oh, that can happen too?
Eating raw food is seriously scary
You eat sashimi yourself, don't you?
People online lately meddle way too much in other people's business
Dying isn't necessarily a bad thing in itself, but I hate seeing medical resources wasted on it
Nothing happened to me, but was that actually dangerous?
Is your name Higashide, by any chance? lol
The heart can have parasites too (Sarcocystis)
https://www.iph.osaka.jp/s007/1000/200629/20200629105035.html
It's seriously delicious
If you ever get the chance, definitely try it!
Beef or horse sashimi is way tastier, several times over
Not something you need to eat in an age with this much food abundance
Background and key points of this topic
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare classifies raw game meat, including venison, as something that “should not be served raw” under the Food Sanitation Act, since risks like hepatitis E virus, Sarcocystis, and other parasites can only be eliminated by cooking. One commenter in the thread (#15) pointed out that freezing can kill parasites but does nothing against the hepatitis virus — a distinction that’s easy to miss and worth keeping in mind. The thread split along a familiar 5ch fault line: those raising food-safety concerns versus those defending individual choice under an “it’s his own responsibility, so leave him alone” stance — a pattern that recurs well beyond just raw-food debates. Iida is a former BreakingDown competitor, and the video’s 4.6-million-view count speaks to how much attention it drew; that said, no one in the thread reported him actually falling ill, so it’s worth remembering the warnings here are general risk statements rather than a confirmed case.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “Masanari Iida’s video of him eating raw venison sashimi racks up 4.6 million views — flood of warnings about the dangers of eating raw game meat.”
