Joe Odagiri disrespects Koera by pretending to be a woman

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

Actor Joe Odagiri has apologized for writing his name as “Kumi Koda” when a fan asked him for his autograph while he was in a restaurant after attending the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October.

Odagiri, 35, attended the premiere of his new film “My Way,” in which he plays the main character. His autograph was posted on the Internet and picked up by South Korean media which criticized him.

Odagiri released a statement to media, apologizing. He said he didn’t mean to belittle the fan or Korean people.

source: japantoday, innolife

Comments

[katzsong.livejournal.com]

Maybe he got a wicked sense of humor? Why so serious? :3

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

heh, he wishes he was koda kumi.

[headswillroll88.livejournal.com]

nah mate

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

that's weird. Why didn't he just sign his own name?

[baboboy.livejournal.com]

ngl for a second there I was like: what is Koera?

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh I can't type today lmao.

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

But he doesn't look anything like Queen Kumi. I don't get why he was criticized so much. It just looks like a joke.

[beanii.livejournal.com]

I found that more funny than it is rude. Actually I don't even find it rude, I just find it funny. He's an odd character.

[tsuyogari.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's such an odajoe thing to do haha.

[opal.livejournal.com]

lmao

[sai12.livejournal.com]

lol why would he sign her name in the 1st place? How weird

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

lmao what a troll

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

poor koera

[hyphensaregreat.livejournal.com]

lol omg that's kind of genius ngl

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

lol
if i was a celeb id sign my autographs with other celeb names

[geniebsmart.livejournal.com]

Wow...
I had to read this three times to see WHY this was considered rude in the first place XD LOL!

[kakkoi-x.livejournal.com]

lmao me2 i felt stupid i was like wait....wut? wuuut

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

y so serious

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

he's not really disrespecting korea but he is an asshole

[pepsi-twist9.livejournal.com]

this, I know people think it's funny but if I saw someone I really liked and asked for an autograph I'd be pissed if he just wrote me off for no reason.

[6rystalis.livejournal.com]

I guess it's a bit like teaching people how to swear in another language, but not telling them what it means??

[runandtelldat.livejournal.com]

lol nice

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

clearly ya'll dont kno who joe odagiri is otherwise u'd be crackin up.

he is a KNOWN eccentric person and i think he's been known to pull this prank on his japanese fans as well.

he's like the troll king of japan, ppl need to calm down.

also he's hot and really talented

[cocobaby347.livejournal.com]

Pretty much all of this.

[nene718.livejournal.com]

did they really have to turn this into a Japan vs Korea thing? jfc.

[simplyobessed.livejournal.com]

mte!

[aifurikuri.livejournal.com]

?

[naegastar.livejournal.com]

All I can focus on is his handwriting...seriously almost didn't recognize that last character as 'mi' - thought it was a 4 at first and was like 'wat.' Dx This is what being a Japanese minor has done to me

[phonominal.livejournal.com]

it's like on all my walmart giftcards i just draw a smiley face when they ask for a signature

[youlittle.livejournal.com]

bloo you are such a prankster

[nandexdame.livejournal.com]

lmao this is hilarious. i wonder why he picked Koda Kumi's name to write.

[ideservestars.livejournal.com]

who cares

[lil-rach-angel.livejournal.com]

Now the fan has proof Odagiri did the joke signature, which in turn will shoot up the price should it be put up for auction online later on. :P

[suzieeq-luv.livejournal.com]

Lolol. Moonchild reference xD