There are rumours amongst Shoko-tan fans that she is not long in the world of show business, and that the cosplay idol and blog queen will soon be forced out entirely, having completely fallen from grace.
Exemplifying this is what must have been a crushingly humiliating appearance in a recent episode of variety programme “Anmitsu Hime 2”, where she was snubbed so completely as to not even have been given a microphone, let alone any sort of role:
She was conspicuously excluded from the teams on the show, and was basically ignored. Why even invite a talent to a show if they are not to participate? To grind a message home?
You’ll also notice she has not even been given a lapel microphone as everyone else has.
Fans have gone so far as to call this harassment, and it is easy to see why. She looks positively dejected.
It is said she may have fallen from favour in a show business clique (and is perhaps not as novel as she once was), resulting in the career destroying treatment you see.
It is not all crushing humiliation for Shoko-tan though. She still has her own TV programme, “Shokorita”, where she gaily engages in cosplay and singing, as you can see below with her Ranka Lee group cosplay, not her first by any means:
She looks happy enough here, but one TV programme does not a career make, and she might soon find it cancelled and herself disposed of should she further fall from grace.
Via Let’s Geinou News and Jabro.
With such blatant and harsh treatment, some informed commentators speculate that she may not last out the year; whatever the case, she is certainly at a perilous precipice indeed…
Someone save her!
Really, aren’t it just fans reading into it too much? It is not like she would be invited to a program to be harassed, and it is isn’t either like she has to accept anything.
Maybe she was just feeling really bad that time, but since she had accepted she had to appear anyways but just couldn’t bare talking?
It is not like one can just fall out of grace either lol. Do you think that there is a single person, group or channel that runs the entertainment business?
As long as she is popular, has fans and makes money she will be in it, simple as that. It is not like she is some newbie who can be destroyed by the ill intentions of some ugly bitch pig director or something.
GOD I LOL’D
Oh, a stalker! Feeling popular. :D Teehee.
/blush
You can still have fans and fall from grace in Japan. Just look at Maria Ozawa.
Serves her right.
Raged so hard.
Extreme fucking rage, made more extreme when her grip on my heart tightens with OMG TAIGA COSPLAY
Why did the people ignore her in that show?
Three word response.
What has she done to make everyone mad at her?
She’s a geek. TV people hate geeks.
Then that TV people are fucking asshole.
Is geek that make great things happen
It’s because she’s 3D.
Hurr Durr
Actually it’s because she’s not U15.
Agreed :P
Fuck all of them.
I hope they all die in a fire, together.
Except Shoko-tan of course.
It’s ok Shoko-tan, I still luv you!
NOT FAIR! ;_; WE NEED TO SUPPORT HER!
supporting her forever.
Otaku or cosplay related stuff being bullied/ ignored on mainstream TV?
What else is new?
I’d say otaku and fans should protest and boycott the show, but I doubt that would even make a scratch…
Sad for Shoko-tan, but if she knows what’s best for herself (and I’m shure she must had her share of bad stuff like that), she’ll just ignore that sad episode and get over it.
otaku and cosplay enthusiasts are more abundant than you think they are.
What’s even more sad though, is that shows are allowed to do stuff like that.
And that people keep watching shows like that.
Zerge! For Shoko-tan!
She looks so sad :<
Can’t tell if this is Artefact taking a story too far (as usual), or if this is for real. Not knowing is all the more entertaining.
Leaving aside your baseless calumny, if you read the Geinou source you can see that there are a number of articles there dealing with her troubles – this is not just one thing, and they explicitly voice doubts about her future, which I have merely reiterated.
Poor Shoko, she deserves better treatment :/
I hope it’s just a case of reading too far into a situation, Shoko-tan is full of win in my book.
She’s gracefully lit the otaku scene with her displays of talent, be it singing, cosplaying or drawing. She really deserves some love.
Hmm, if she’s forced out of show business maybe she’ll finally have the time to draw that ero-manga I’m waiting for so eagerly… (she probably has no such intention though lulz)
She could always fall back on her blogging and illustration skills. I loved her Aya illustration that was shown on this site.
Yeah I really dig her art too.
Bring her to the US or somewhere else. We’ll take care of her! LOL’d. SHOKOTAIGA-TAN!!!!
NO. Just NO.
Bringing her to the US would ruin her entirely. She would either
1) become obese
2) dress up in western clothing, along with putting up ridiculous makeup that makes American Asians look so butt-ugly
3) Get a tan which would definitely ruin her perfect milky colored skin
4) Get raeped in an alleyway by hobos who don’t know how famous she is.
5) Get corrupted the AMERICAN way.
6) Burned alive by the anti-immigration extremists and/or KKK who hate foreign artistes
7) All of the above.
Lol.. that’s why there’s the “somewhere else” option.. XD
Wait, number six doesn’t make any sense. With Asians, the only people who would do that are in the really virulent parts of the deep, deep south. I haven’t seen any Asian hatred in years.
All asians should move to Anon’s place nao.
I just love the smell of energetic optimism in the morning.
Boy, do we need a PR remake in the US, or what?
Not surprising at all. Talents have a shelf life of 15 minutes… she was cute for a while, but Japan has bored of her, just like every other play-thing they’ve taken to in the past.
Quite so. The only such celebrities who stand a long term chance are the ones with at least some distinct, developed talent (musicians, seiyuu, etc.)… The very antithesis of the talent.
Indeed…
Showbiz/Entertainment Industry has milked her enough and she served her purpose to them and it is time too look for fresh new talents to milk on…
Man, I dont even know this Shoko-tan chick and I’m in RAAAEG after reading this article! grrr dammit.
It’s time I wear my falcon Kick shoes and burst into that studio kicking ppl’s asses
Fortunately, the Internet has a longer memory than TV. Shoko has been smart enough to build a durable online brand.
oh wow
Mike Abundo in my sankakucomplex? Get out.
LOL
does this article (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20090109r1.html) has some relation to her being bullied by showbiz?
Well I guess it’s time for her to move on to other stuff before it’s too late. Entertainment industry is ruthless, and once people start tiring of you it’s time to make things fresh again.
Show business is indeed a harsh mistress.
Time for her to find something else do hinge on. You can’t rely on good looks alone.
Jesus that’s a bit harsh I wonder what she did? It’s a pity too since she’s pretty cute. And by pretty I mean I’d hit her ten ways from heaven.
Gotta wonder if she’s gonna do porn now after this…Hope not since there are still other decent jobs.
i thought anmitsu-hime was a period drama, not a variety show? maybe this was the SP?
The name was just given as あんみつ姫２…
I think they were promoting the drama by being in a variety show. By the looks of it, I think its one of those quiz show that the teams are based off of popular dramas.
We’ll probably see Shoko on the streets of akihabara doing “wide open” shows soon.
Waa
This type of thing is normal in Japan.
“Land of Shame” as someone put it.