[flake]

^
oh god that was scary, I literally stop breathing while watching the video! I feel bad for yamapi, he bent down and was gasping for air.

yea, and also for the two others. That was totally crazy!!

[fariza]

^
oh god that was scary, I literally stop breathing while watching the video! I feel bad for yamapi, he bent down and was gasping for air.

I think Yamapi and Yuu took way better than the other guy. I don't think he's a celeb, probably just a friend of Yamapi, he looks really overwhelmed, I mean he just kneeled down once he got to the No Entry room and basically was just crawling on the floor.

Yamapi mentioned none of this in his nikki, I wonder why. Hopefully, he'll mention it in his nikki for tomorrow.

[nelly]

^I know, he even took off his jacket.

[fariza]

I wonder who the necklace he bought was for. but I'm sure we all have some idea of who it's for. *cough*AY*cough*

[strawberrynkiwi]

Wow Korean fans are really crazy. Same with the Hong Kong ones with MatsuJun. But I guess I will be like that too. The thought of being in the same room as Pi makes me melt. \

So in Japan, if you saw a celebrity on the street. You can't even ask for autograph or take pictures from afar? So you just kinda ignore them?

[fariza]

So in Japan, if you saw a celebrity on the street. You can't even ask for autograph or take pictures from afar? So you just kinda ignore them?

That only applies to JE idols. They aren't allowed to give their signatures and they can't let fans take photos of them. So I guess it's pretty usual for TV stars to be walking on the streets(?)

[clouds4ME]

hmm that sounds kinda weird.
Like if a tourist didnt know that
and they went up to them.. what would happen
do they have like bodyguards surrounding them?

[lilsh0rtnancy]

Wow Korean fans are really crazy. Same with the Hong Kong ones with MatsuJun. But I guess I will be like that too. The thought of being in the same room as Pi makes me melt. \

So in Japan, if you saw a celebrity on the street. You can't even ask for autograph or take pictures from afar? So you just kinda ignore them?

You can ask for autographs, but you can't take pictures of them. That's considered illegal or something, hence Johnny doesn't allow artists pictures to be posted on internet either .

I've read that most JE artists will sign autographs and they're usually nice.

I just find it amazing that they can even take the bullet train without being mobbed by fans, but I guess fans in Japan are more courteous?

Hmm... don't you think the last guy kinda looks like Akanishi Jin? I mean, hairwise & style, it seems more like Jin because Jin usually wears a cap in his pappz pictures. I definitely do not think it's Toma because Toma isn't that tall and I have no idea who the first guy is.
Nvm... most of the fans think the last guy was Shirota's brother.

It's crazy how there was barely any security. They literally had to crawl out from under the mob of fans.

[fariza]

You can ask for autographs, but you can't take pictures of them. That's considered illegal or something, hence Johnny doesn't allow artists pictures to be posted on internet either .

I've read that most JE artists will sign autographs and they're usually nice.

I just find it amazing that they can even take the bullet train without being mobbed by fans, but I guess fans in Japan are more courteous?

Hmm... don't you think the last guy kinda looks like Akanishi Jin? I mean, hairwise & style, it seems more like Jin because Jin usually wears a cap in his pappz pictures. I definitely do not think it's Toma because Toma isn't that tall and I have no idea who the first guy is.
Nvm... most of the fans think the last guy was Shirota's brother.

It's crazy how there was barely any security. They literally had to crawl out from under the mob of fans.

Fans said that last guy who came out was Shirota Yuu, I think the first guy is just a friend and not a celeb
here are some pics, man it must've been crazy I think it was Pi's 1st time to Korea? not a good experience. I hope this incident didn't leave Pi or U-kun any wrong impressions of the Korean fans
source:Yamapi Time/CR

[hitokirichan]

isn't that really disrespectful to be grabbing and clawing at a celeb? celebs are people too and shouldn't be treated like public property. if i see a celeb i'll just keep my distance and give him or her space. i feel bad for yamapi and his friends.

[*~chrissy*~]

DAMN with a capital D-A-M-N. What is going on here? Did they have not any bodyguards? and why is he in Korea??

[fariza]

DAMN with a capital D-A-M-N. What is going on here? Did they have not any bodyguards? and why is he in Korea??

I think it was just personal visit, maybe it was Yuu's present for his birthday. Honestly, I'm not sure. It looks like there's one guy with him but I think we can see that he wasn't much of a help

[nelly]

^ yeah, looks like they only gave him one bodyguard.

[AKIRADOWN]

^^ i thought he didn't have any bodyguard with him, there was another guy beside yuu, anyone know who taht is??

[lilsh0rtnancy]

Damn.... He looks HOT. No wonder everyone wanted to grab him. LOL.

[~LovelyGirl~]

Wow. That was crazy. Those fans were crazy. Gaah. They were like lieterally grabbing him. Poor Pi.
Why did he cam, btw??

I wonder who the necklace he bought was for. but I'm sure we all have some idea of who it's for. *cough*AY*cough*

aww you think so??

[atel]

DAMN with a capital D-A-M-N. What is going on here? Did they have not any bodyguards? and why is he in Korea??

was reading a korean news report, and it said that he was in korea unofficially with his friend and manager. maybe shirota yuu was also there and the news report forgot to mention him...? this was only supposed to be a short trip. then the crazy korean fans (assuming those were all korean fans) got news of his presence and started to wait for him. those photos are taken at Gimpo Airport. poor guy. coming in for a casual trip but getting mobbed. he had his shirt torn and someone tossed a gift and it hit his head. i can understand if he doesn't want to return to korea again after that kind of incident (hopefully he'll realize not all fans are like that), but then again if the manager saw such a large crowd of girls/fans there they could've at least called for additional security from airport to prevent things from getting dangerous either for him or the other people.

This post has been edited by teal: 06 April 2008 - 11:38 PM

[~LovelyGirl~]

was reading a korean news report, and it said that he was in korea unofficially with his friend and manager. maybe shirota yuu was also there and the news report forgot to mention him...? this was only supposed to be a short trip. then the crazy korean fans (assuming those were all korean fans) got news of his presence and started to wait for him. those photos are taken at Gimpo Airport. poor guy. coming in for a casual trip but getting mobbed. he had his shirt torn and someone tossed a gift and it hit his head. i can understand if he doesn't want to return to korea again for that kind of incident (hopefully he'll realize not all fans are like that), but then again if the manager saw such a crowd of girls/fans there they could've at least called for additional security from airport to prevent things from getting dangerous either for him or the other people.

oh yeah I agree. He's surely not going to come back pretty soon after what happened.
Threw a gift? Poor Pi.

I found this on youtube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pznFurMquRg
God, he had to bend to get out. Crazy.

[atel]

oh yeah I agree. He's surely not going to come back pretty soon after what happened.
Threw a gift? Poor Pi.

I found this on youtube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pznFurMquRg
God, he had to bend to get out. Crazy.

hmmm... didn't see that before... i guess it wasn't just korean fans there. anyways, yeah - i guess it's just a case of unfortunate timing and planning... but once a mob gets going there's no way to stop it, whether it's in korea or anywhere else in the world. hope he and his friend, manager, other crew will recover from that. i bet they weren't expecting that kind of response at all. maybe he should've gone in disguise... and maybe if the fans could've held back even a little, things wouldn't have gotten like that...

btw... other korean netizens (after hearing about this news) are expressing how disappointed/ashamed they are at the fans' behaviors. so koreans are aware that this was something that went out of hand...

This post has been edited by teal: 06 April 2008 - 09:39 PM

[miki_chan]

Yamapi was in Korea?! He has Korean fans?! Woahh. He's like treated like any Asian celebrity when he enters Korea huh?