Ouendan – where a foreigner can learn about Japanese manliness

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    On Friday, Takeshi Kitano hosted a TV show focusing on how young men in Japan are apparently not as manly as previous generations. The show spent a lot of time discussing the traits of Japan’s so-called “herbivore men” and panelists talked about how much cooler Japanese men were back in the old days.

    One segment of the program looked a student from Zimbabwe who was learning about old fashioned Japanese manliness through participation in Nodai‘s ouendan (“cheering squad“).


    Viewers are left with the impression that the manly ideals embodied in the ouendan’s grueling training regimen are disappearing among Japan’s youth.

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