Would have to be the skinny one for sure
Our ideal is 160 cm with a body weight of 45 kg - I agree
Which body type do you think is popular?
Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese it's your flashy fashion reporter CathyCat
Skinny... curvy... muscular sporty
Which type of girl is popular in Japan, we are gonna show 3 quite extreme pictures
and gonna find out what Japanese people think about it, let's Ask Japanese!
Between these 3 body types, which one is popular in Japan?
Those are all extreme - Which one of them is popular?
What the - What theee
Can I say which body I want to be? - That would be 100% number one
For me it would be number two
Why did you pick one and two?
If you are as skinny as number one, you can wear any clothes you want, right?
I think that's great
Why did you think 2? - I think 2 is more popular with men.
What do you mean?
I think boys like a little more voluptuous girls so I picked two
Are girls in Japan quite strict about their bodies?
If we see a girl that is a little bit chubby we think she will get dissed online.
I think so - Dissed online?
People will probably write "She's fat" if they saw a pic of her online.
People online would probably write horrible things.
I think so.
The internet is rough. - It is.
That's true.
Why did none of you pic the sporty body type?
I don't need muscles
It's better to be a little chubby than having muscles.
Since the Showa days the man stands over the woman in Japan.
That's why I think that a woman is thought to having to be weaker than men in Japan.
Wow what a thoughtful response.
What body type is the cutest in your opinion?
Super skinny, curvy or muscular, which one is best?
One... - One.... - One...
Rather than curvy, super skinny is better?
We admire that skinnyness
Admire?
- We can't get there - Skinny people can wear more clothes
Japanese idols are all extremely skinny, so that is why we admire that skinnyness.
You admire it, but would you aim to look that way?
I gave up
I can't endure those diets - I end up eating
Do you have extremely skinny friends?
Those two - I am not that skinny.
You look quite skinny. - Stop it please
Do you have a diet?
Not that much but...
But I try not to eat after 10
Do you skip carbs in the evening? - I eat normally in the evening
But I sometimes try to eat smaller portions
And that is how you keep skinny?
I am not skinny
Our adored idols and models are too skinny in Japan
That is why we all think we are not skinny enough
Your ideal is too high - Yeah
Skinny to the bone, curvy minnie, muscular girls, who is popular in Japan?
If it's Japan then girls have to be skinny
Extremely skinny right
Extreme?
I think currently the skinny type of Instagram influencer girls are popular
She said extreme, how extreme? What are their measurements?
As tall as 160 cm but with a weight of 45kg - I agree
What what what?
I am 160cm but weighting 45kg is a distant memory of when I was a child.
Same, last time I remember weighting 45kg I was a child.
But Japanese instagramers feel closer to us
And we start thinking everyone has to be like that.
Do you have some friends as skinny as Japanese celebs?
I have one - Is she dieting a lot?
She is constantly dieting
Have you tried to get there too?
No... well... I think we don't have to go that far!
I want to enjoy eating tasty foods so I think I don't have to be like that.
I also brought some body type examples
When looking at Japanese body types, is 1 what you meant?
Yeah would have to be type 1
So curvy girls are not popular in Japan?
Recently some girls do workouts in Japan too - And some are curvy too
This is a personal question but...
Abroad big butts are popular right?
When will big butts get popular in Japan?
I wonder when
When? - Small butts are popular in Japan so...
Maybe one day far away...
Maybe once there is a Japanese celeb with a big butt it might change
In about 50 years!
So there are no people who want to copy that look in Japan?
I think so. We don't see any girls like that here.
Girls always want to loose weight...
But boys might actually like... a little bit of softness... on a girl.
Here are 3 body type examples, which one can be popular here?
Number 1 - Would have to be Number 1
Why did you not pick 2?
Too chubby for Japan
Boys might not like that body type
You said being a little chubby is good but this is too much for Japan?
Too much I think - How about number 3?
You don't see girls with sixpacks in Japan.
Some might like it, but in Japan the marshmallow body is popular
I think
Girls can have some meat on them, but in total need to look skinny here
A body like a marshmallow? First time I have heard that!
So are muscles something bad here?
Girls might want to look like that, but men...
currently Japanese men with muscles are decreasing here
so men might feel they are loosing to the girls...
Girls that are stronger than boys are disliked?
I think that's a thing.
It looks like Japan is still very thinspired, meaning...
Even underweight unfortunately seems to be an ideal, if you look at picture number one...
my first thought was underweight probably...
In Japan there is a thing called the Cinderella diet which
is an ideal weight for talents and models in media
that is almost unattainable for a lot of people
If you are curious about that one, we have done a video about that one, it's the Cinderella diet
Uh yeah
Curvy and muscular, Japan is still quite far away from that unfortunately
Maybe in the future we will see more different body types...
but right now Skinny is the way to go in Japan please guys
take care of your health, eat properly
And catch you soon on Ask Japanese, bye!