Aug. 15, 2012 - 05:38AM JST
TOKYO —
TV personality, outspoken otaku, avid cosplayer, diligent blogger: Japanese celebrity Shoko Nakagawa, or Shokotan, as she is lovingly referred to by fans, is known for many things. Normality is not one of them.
Exhibit A: On Aug 11, the quirky entertainer posted a series of pictures to her blog of herself covered in molted insect shells.
We think that should be sufficient evidence.
It turns out this isn’t the first time Shokotan has decked herself out in a cicada skin headdress. She started the fashion trend back in late 2008 when she appeared at a concert with her head covered in insect shells.
It’s common for elementary school kids in Japan to collect discarded cicada shells during the summer, but we doubt anyone ever thought of turning them into a fashion accessory.
RocketNews24
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KisarazuBoy76 at Aug. 15, 2012 - 07:44AM JST
" She started the fashion trend back in late 2008 when she appeared at a concert with her head covered in insect shells"
So how many people were wearing bug hats back in 2008?
Probie at Aug. 15, 2012 - 08:41AM JST
Oh yeah, I saw, like 500 people doing this on the train to work this morning...
FightingViking at Aug. 15, 2012 - 10:38AM JST
Maybe Rocket News24 - but it sure ain't "rocket science"... more like "psychotic science"...
Riffraff at Aug. 15, 2012 - 01:34PM JST
I'm waiting for the mutated Fukushima butterfky wings.....
dazzinjapan at Aug. 15, 2012 - 04:04PM JST
hahaha...she is so cool....NOT!!
dazzinjapan at Aug. 15, 2012 - 04:07PM JST
I was putting my rubbish out this morning and seen all the old farmers going to work with the same bug hats on....its catching on!!!
choiwaruoyaji at Aug. 15, 2012 - 04:57PM JST
It's just plain wrong.
Gaijintoday at Aug. 15, 2012 - 08:16PM JST
I... uh... I.... ...er.... I love you?
GW at Aug. 15, 2012 - 08:37PM JST
She is clearly SEMI nuts haha
Wakarimasen at Aug. 15, 2012 - 08:50PM JST
It’s common for elementary school kids in Japan to collect discarded cicada shells during the summer, but we doubt anyone ever thought of turning them into a fashion accessory
Really? Most of my Japanese friends are absolutely petrified of cicadas and even shy away from their dead shells. Just because they are city dwellers?
mrmalice at Aug. 16, 2012 - 12:45AM JST
definitely way prettier than lady haha, and probably twice as crazy ?
Wolfpack at Aug. 20, 2012 - 12:02AM JST
Kimochi warui Shokotan...