When mentioning muscular foreigners I can only think of stern looking ones.
Like bodyguards.
Saying it like this, Japanese people generally have a smaller body.
But we are a lot taller now, than we used to be in the old days.
We are gonna Ask Japanese today about muscly men, which are called "macho"
here in Japan. And we are gonna ask them what the difference is
between muscly men in other countries and muscly men in Japan.
Let's go and Ask Japanese.
- They are so cool. - Super dark!
- Dark skinned. - As in tanned?
- Yeah - Cool.
When thinking of foreign muscular men, I think of tall men.
Do you mean it seems like abroad there are more muscular men?
I personally have the image that black people seem to be very muscular.
Black people look a lot stronger than people whose skin is white.
When mentioning muscular foreigners I can only think of stern looking ones.
Like bodyguards.
Yeah or wrestlers.
I am under the impression that foreign muscular men are like bodybuilders.
I think the muscles seem to attack differently.
Instead of more muscular men abroad, I would say there's a different physique.
Abroad their bodies seem to just be built better.
Foreigner's bodies are totally different.
And they are taller too.
Saying it like this, Japanese people generally have a smaller body.
But we are a lot taller now, than we used to be in the old days.
What do you think is different between foreign and Japanese muscular men?
Japanese are very thin.
Thin. Shin and bones.
Not many muscles there.
We Japanese are maybe not as well built but...
we actually have some muscles going on.
Japanese generally are quite slender.
And foreigners are....
big and muscular.
I think they way the muscles develop.
Looks a bit different.
From the physique, we have different height.
Japanese people might look skinny but if they take their clothes off
they might be muscular.
With many people you won't be able to tell when they wear clothes.
With many foreigners, you can look at them and tell they are muscular.
When you can tell it from the first look, you know that's a foreign macho.
Are you under the impression that there are more muscular men abroad?
Yes. Maybe because many people there like meat.
All that protein.
It's weather they have chest muscles or not.
The way the muscles show on the body is different.
It seems like they have more muscle fiber
They seem to have more.
It seems like it is easier for them to gain more muscle fiber.
It seems like Japanese have to work really hard for them.
Can you name me an actor?
Maybe a movie star who you imagine to be a very muscular man.
That guy who appeared in Too Fast and Too Furious.
- The bald one. - Did you say bald?
Yeah the actor in Too Fast and Too Furious... His name... was Dom?
It seems that in foreign action movies, there are a lot of muscular men present.
A muscular Japanese person would be Takei Sou.
But with foreigners...
- They all seem to have more muscles. - Or like Justin Bieber.
Actors generally seem to have them.
- And all Korean idols recently seem to have them. - You are right there.
Might be just my imagination.
Thank you very much!
Seems like the general idea is that Japanese muscular men,
you don't really know that they are muscular underneath all their clothes.
They are generally smaller built, and not so tall.
Once they take off their clothes, you might be able to see that they
actually have muscles. But it's not something that stands out
as much as you would see it on a muscular foreign person.
Who might be coming to their country.
They also thought of muscular action heroes and similar ones
so you can even see when they are wearing their t-shirt that they are
really well built. Generally they said that the built of the body
is different between Japan and other countries.
Hmmh. Interesting.
If you wanna see some muscular Japanese men, we do actually
have a video of that when we went to the beach, to Yuigahama.
That was actually quite fun. If you wanna click the top right of the screen
you can see how it looks when they take off their clothing.
You just sneezed...
Anyways. Keep watching Ask Japanese. Love you guys! Bye!