AKB48’s Sayaka Yamamoto “Ultimate Dasakawaii Idol”

The latest AKB48 starlet to be attracting attention with her fashion choices on the rare occasions she is out of uniform is NMB48’s 19-year-old Sayaka Yamamoto with her “dasakawaii” ensembles coming in for both criticism and appreciation, to say nothing of what she looks like underneath them…

Having pulled off the difficult trick of “dasakawaii” dressing – a portmanteau of “dasai” (“unstylish”) and “kawaii” – by what appears to be trial and error with a random agglomeration of punk fashion accessories and “awful” clothing (with a Fuuka-worthy collection of dasa-T in evidence), rather than criticise Sayanee for failing to dress like a 10-year-old schoolgirl her fans instead maintain she is cuter than ever:

As usual, there may of course be other explanations for her huge popularity: