Why do Japanese female stars like to marry ordinary people?

The news that Satoshi Ishihara recently married an "outsider" caused discussion on social networks. Unlike the China Internet, which has been keen to discuss the marriage of female stars and rich families, Japanese artists are increasingly inclined to choose ordinary people when considering lifelong events in recent years. What does this mean?

Satoshi Ishihara adopted the way that Japanese stars routinely announced their engagement. She personally wrote a personal letter announcing that she had married an out-of-circle boyfriend her age, and they had known each other for about a year.

In the letter, in addition to expressing gratitude, she also talked about her confidence in this marriage: "I am sure that he is the one who can share and overcome all difficulties with each other ... I hope we can cherish what we love together and spend the rest of our lives together."

This "he" is the legendary "ordinary person" and "outsider". This word is often used by Japanese media, and often appears together with the words "ordinary people", "ordinary men" and "ordinary women". It has been verified that this word originated from the mutual trust relationship established between the media and artists' offices, and was adopted in order not to expose the identity of amateurs. The result finally evolved into a fixed vocabulary in news.

Someone has made statistics on this word and found that in just 20 15 a year, there were nearly 1243 news items related to "ordinary men" and nearly 3200 news items related to "ordinary women", and most of these news items appeared in Japanese entertainment news.

Compared with such a huge exposure, the love relationship between stars and "outsiders" can be said to be low-key and difficult to detect. Take Satoshi Ishihara as an example. In a variety show in June 5438+10, the program group specially arranged for a young girl to ask Shi if she had a boyfriend. Ishihara replied categorically that she had no boyfriend.

The number of "ordinary people" in entertainment news of Japanese media statistics has increased sharply.

In 2006, Ishihara once fell in love with her company's agent. At that time, her boyfriend sent her to take the driver's license test, and when she came home, her boyfriend also drove to pick her up. Although Satoshi Ishihara, who was only 19 years old at that time, was a newcomer, she naturally enjoyed the process of falling in love with "ordinary people".

In fact, in East Asia, China, Japan and South Korea, where the entertainment environment is similar, the marriage of celebrities presents some different patterns.

In China, it seems a common thing for a female star to marry into a rich family, which is regarded as the best destination for a female star's marriage. Replacing "talent" with "wealth", the traditional concept of "both talent and appearance" is also applicable in contemporary society.

The Japanese-style "ordinary people" model, in which one party is anonymous and has complete privacy, rarely exists. It can be said that the private life of stars is also a part of TA's work and achievements, and it has become an important part of entertainment news and hot search.

However, just because a star marries a rich family doesn't mean that they have bought a combination of love and money for the rest of their lives. They not only have to lay down their jobs, but also face various risks on the unpredictable ship of giants.

20 14 Bidai Syulan, who married Indonesian overseas Chinese tycoon Li Yunfeng, was supposed to be the standard model of marrying into a rich family, but two years later, she encountered a financial crisis in her family business. At that time, she was still recovering from childbirth and was anxious to come back and plan a concert tour to pay off her husband's debts. Overexertion also caused her to have hives all over her body.

In South Korea, the limited resources also limit the possibility of female stars marrying into the giants because the giants themselves are equivalent to the chaebol who control the political economy of South Korea. Except for a few actresses, such as Gao Xianzhen and Kim Hee Seon, who are married to real giants, more female stars are married to insiders.

The combination of Song Hye Kyo, Beijing and Song Joong Ki, Rain and Jin Taixi, Zhang Dongjian and Gao Xiaoying ... also illustrates the strict control of Korean entertainment circles on artists. In addition, the warm image brought by the group hug also satisfies the imagination of fans and brings more possibilities for married career.

However, in Japanese entertainment circles, it seems that in recent years, the phenomenon of insiders solving marital affairs by themselves has decreased a lot. More commonly, like Satoshi Ishihara, they marry outsiders and strictly separate private life from work. More importantly, after marrying a foreigner, actor Miki Nakatani completely cut off the harassment and interference of domestic entertainment media on his private life.

Like Satoshi Ishihara, in the past two decades, marrying an outsider has become an important means for Japanese stars to solve lifelong problems.

From Hiroshi Abe to Ishihara Satoshi, falling in love with foreigners is not an accidental encounter, which is full of long-term careful planning by the parties.

A person familiar with the matter pointed out that the reason for marrying an outsider and not disclosing the identity of the other party is because of the professionalism of the actor industry, in order to protect the actors themselves. When watching an actor's film and television works, the audience and fans will not easily think of each other's husbands, but will be deeply attracted by the actor's acting skills, thus strictly separating the actor's private life from his work.

Although this explanation sounds a bit far-fetched, it reveals the long-term hard work of Japanese entertainment circles to concoct people for their own actors, and those "outsiders" who marry stars also protect their private lives and family privacy to the greatest extent.

In addition, in 2005, Japan implemented a very strict personal information protection law, and the trend of marrying ordinary people also showed an upward trend as a watershed, and the privacy protection of celebrities also reached a new level.

Since then, Japan's rich list has gradually disappeared from people's sight, and the mosaic in TV programs has become thicker and thicker. Whether it's a celebrity residential interview program or a variety show that disturbs ordinary people, almost every frame of the picture, as long as it is suspected of exposing the identity of the other party, is seriously mosaic. Even if it is an empty shot on the street, it only takes pictures of pedestrians' hurried footsteps, and celebrities are no exception.

Mosaic in TV programs

However, falling in love with stars also makes people outside the circle feel different in love.

According to Japanese media reports, a 38-year-old programmer once revealed his love experience with a-list actress to the media. This first-line female singer has attended many red and white song parties and is called "representative" singer in Japan.

Men outside the circle said that just knowing a female singer was a dreamlike process. Although we broke up now, it's still like a dream.

He used to be a fan of that female singer, and he began to get in touch slowly without knowing it. Two people know each other from friends, and the "friends" in the middle are at least four or five floors apart. Everything seems like a miracle.

After knowing each other for nearly a month, this man named Yoshida gradually became a member of the circle of friends of female singers. He said that he didn't want to fall in love at first, but later the fun between friends became a world of two people. Once, with the idea of giving it a try, he showed his mind to the actress and finally got a positive answer from the other side.

After the relationship started, because of work reasons, the two people maintained a long-distance relationship, but during this period, the relationship between the two did not cool down through text messages and telephone calls. The female singer often sends him short messages to express her love. Between the lines, we can see that her heart is very delicate and sensitive, and the artistic culture that programmers usually like is often shared with him. The programmer said that the singer was just an ordinary woman in his eyes.

After getting along for a year, the female singer found someone she likes again, and they also decided to break up, but for this programmer, this relationship will never be forgotten.

"She doesn't even have time to sleep. She was busy all day, and we gradually lost the time for communication. Breaking up is not because of quarreling, but gradually everyone is not in contact. "

Similarly, another "outsider" has more contact with celebrities. He is in his thirties this year, with an annual income of 8 million yen (about 5 1 000 RMB). He is engaged in the retail industry and his appearance is not particularly outstanding. He was not a very popular boy when he was a student, but he had contacts with five entertainers through dating software and social networks. In an interview, he also.

This dreamlike love experience has also created an atmosphere of competing with stars among ordinary people.

Even on some dating websites and dating websites, there are special paths and skills to teach you how to meet celebrities.

The first is the geographical location, where famous people live in Tokyo, Ximabe, Ebisu, Hiroo, daikanyama, and Suzhou. Artists from all walks of life will have dinner here after work, and people who want to fall in love with stars will choose the right time and usually go to restaurants or bars that can be open all night after 9 pm.

But falling in love with a star, the actual communication process is not as glamorous as people think. Someone once called this kind of love "the love relationship in the hotel".

In the same city, if you want to have a long-distance relationship, most of them meet in private hotels. To become a star's pillow, long-term waiting and patience are essential.

According to an ordinary woman who anonymously revealed that she was in love with her idol, in the past two years, the two met in a hotel room from beginning to end, but she persisted for such a long time, reassuring her that the male star, who is nearly 30 years old, has not heard any gossip for two years.

When singer Seiko Matsuda got married, she boldly brought the dentist's husband to the media, only to find that two years later, the two ended in divorce.

They just met in a bar in Xima. In order to prevent others from finding out, they took two taxis to the appointed hotel. In the subsequent communication, the other party admitted that they had never held hands with other girls on any occasion except filming.

In short, you should always avoid people's eyes when interacting with artists. Even if the wedding news is to be announced, "ordinary people" may appear in public as a portrait. In 2007, Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe announced his marriage in a hotel. He was the only one when he appeared, and the photo of his fiancee was only his sketch.

They have been married for almost five years. Hiroshi Abe said that they met at a friend's party, and his first impression of her was because of her beauty. It will be another 65,438+0 years before we meet again. After the two finally decided to contact, most of the time they also contacted by phone and text message.

Although there is an age gap of nearly ten years, Hiroshi Abe said that he didn't feel the communication gap. By his own admission, the most reassuring thing for his wife is that she can always support him in an invisible place and give him the advice of "ordinary people": "This is interesting" and "that doesn't look boring". In a word, in Hiroshi Abe's eyes, his wife's opinion is the most true.

Portrait of Hiroshi Abe and his wife

Nowadays, "outsiders" have become the first choice for Japanese stars to choose lifelong partners. This seems to make many ordinary people feel much closer to the stars, but more is the voice of regret. Just after the news of Satoshi Ishihara's marriage broke out, Japanese netizens began to panic: "If Gakki also marries an outsider, this country will perish."