Kiko Mizuhara Criticized for Insulting Japanese Culture in Magazine Photoshoot

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Kiko Mizuhara Criticized for Insulting Japanese Culture in Magazine Photoshoot

Japanese model and actress, Kiko Mizuhara, seems to have a love hate relationship with netizens. She has a reputation for being daring, direct, and edgy. Back in May, she received a lot of backlash with Japanese netizens when she recounted an unpleasant experience with an Uber driver asking her if she was an AV actress. At the time, Japanese netizens criticized her for making comments that were deemed demeaning to adult film workers. Kiko Mizuhara later clarified she was not discriminating against them. She is under fire with Japanese netizens again with a picture from her recent photoshoot for INDIE MAGAZINE.

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The backdrop of Kiko Mizuhara’s pictures are set in what looks to be a traditional Japanese room. Someone with more conservative values might say these pictures are provocative.

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Kiko Mizuhara left Kobe, the town she grew up in most of her life—alone—and moved to Tokyo when she was only sixteen years old to work as a model for ViVi magazine. It was a time when the LA Barbie look was dripping off every teen dream in sight. When everyone had dyed blonde hair, a tan and a short frilled skirt, Mizuhara did the complete opposite—dead set on landing her first ViVi cover, wanting nothing more than to be noticed. And it worked. 12 years later, her accomplishments are exceeding 'just' being an internationally successful model by far. ⁠ ⁠ For the cover story of INDIE – An Education, we caught up with @i_am_kiko to talk fashion, the film industry, and coming of age on the public eye.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Skirt @ysl by @anthonyvaccarello⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Photography⁠ @hedvig_jenning ⁠ Styling @dogi_ ⁠ Words @hgshephrd ⁠ Hair and Make-up @rieshiraishi1220⁠ Production @takaresaka⁠ Production Assistant @ryoma0423⁠ Photography Assistant @markarrigophotography⁠ Styling Assistant @nfarnaus⁠ @isaacpsolano @rumiko_koyama⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠

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What really got some Japanese netizens angered was this picture. Kiko Mizuhara is sitting on a coffee table wearing a thong and her legs wide open against the Japanese backdrop. A number of Japanese netizens were offended with her pose in this picture. Many of them left comments such as, “Very nasty behavior.”, “Japanese people wouldn’t sit on the table like this.”, “This is simply insulting Japanese culture.”, “The picture makes people very unhappy.” There were also supporters who said Kiko Mizuhara’s style has always been this extreme and that it shouldn’t be insulting Japan.

Kiko Mizuhara didn’t respond to any of the backlash this time. Do you think this picture is offensive to Japanese culture?

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2 thoughts on “Kiko Mizuhara Criticized for Insulting Japanese Culture in Magazine Photoshoot”

    1. I read she was trying to make a comeback recently and got backlash from it. It’s unfathomable how the VICTIM is being blamed.

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