Kegadoru: Injured Idol Fetish
Japan’s famous Harajuku, is famous for the extreme and weird fashions and cultures it is home to. From Yamambas to Gothic Doll Girls, If you are wandering around this wild section of Japan, you are likely to get an eye full.
With the recent trends you may even see an increased number of girls that appear injured. Heads wrapped in bandages and eyes covered in patches, these girls have not been on the losing end of a fight, but rather the youth of Kegadoru, translated “injured idols” and a fetish for scantily clad women to dress up in bandages.
“Many of the men who come to Akihabara often compliment us on how good our bandages look, or how cute they are. For girls hanging out in Akihabara, bandages and eye patches have become a must-have fashion item.”
Attention seeking to the next level it seems a shame that these girls feel like bandages andfake injuries are the only way to a man’s heart.
“When you’re covered in bandages, everybody pays attention to you and worries about you. They also provide a chance to start talking to guys, who’ll ask you how you hurt yourself, so the bandages are really, really good,”
Apparently the color of the bandages also plays a role in the fashion with White symbolizing chastity and virginity and Black symbolizing an even darker side to the trend.
We believe Red probably symbolizes they are really hurt and need to go to the hospital.
(Mainichi)
By Sun Tzu on 23-11-2007
Comment by Aberystwyth
November 24th, 2007 at 6:59 am
This is just weird!
Comment by marcus
November 24th, 2007 at 10:45 am
-This is madness!
-This is…
SpartaJapan!Comment by Trish
November 24th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Definatly belongs on news of the wierd. Once again, I am thanking the gods I am happily married.
Comment by UnF
November 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
What ever made the Japanese so friggin nuts?
Comment by salman
November 25th, 2007 at 2:24 am
this is a Madness………….
Comment by n-blue
November 25th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Nippon always have new strain thing. It’s not the first and last. Funny to see, thanks for the news.
Comment by Alex
November 25th, 2007 at 7:23 am
haha I saw a girl like that on the train today, I really thought she was dying or something but now I know she wasn’t
Nice post, was a very interesting read.
Comment by skyyy
November 25th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
thats heaps cute, ages ago was the band-aid coverin the mouth an now this…. ^_^v cute la ~
Comment by chuchi
November 26th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
a couple of atomic bombs will do that to you…
Comment by lunakizz
November 26th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
cute!!
Comment by Casual Adventurer
November 27th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Dammn….. I guess It’s different to the usual fetish where the girl is dressed as a nurse and you have injured……. your part that you want her to fix…….
“It’s OK Dear, You can call me Doctor”…..
Comment by Lilli Lee
November 27th, 2007 at 10:10 am
This is really weird fashion
Comment by jwb
December 6th, 2007 at 8:28 am
This… is beautiful…
Comment by eve
December 6th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
chuchi
the nuclear bombs didnt make japan weird. far from it. as a dutch-indonesian whose family was on the receiving end of japanese cruelty in WWII, i can tell you that the culture was already pretty steeped in fetishtic weirdness.
Comment by arisu
December 6th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
should mention romain slocombe and trevor brown. cuz romain slocombe is pretty much the father of medical art and trevor is also a big deal about it. but if they wear eyepatches and bandages just to get attention from dudes that’s kinda stupid and i guess a bit childish… besides, seem like they don’t understand much of the concept of the medical art and what’s behind it.
Comment by Annette
December 6th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Trevor Brown was the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
Something I’ve noticed is that when there is a strange new trend in a subculture there is the explanation that they give to curious outsiders and the explanation that they keep to themselves, It’s possible that they are doing medical art as subversive performance/fashion. Subversion doesn’t work the same if everybody knows what it really means.
As a comment on culture what does it tell us about the Japanese? That competition for male attention will spur girls to fake terrible injuries because Japanese men are so insecure around women that this is what it takes to make them feel unthreatened? I’m not saying that this is the case, I’m just trying to prompt an added level of thinking about it.
I think this fashion is wonderful for how it prompts people to think about how people behave and think about disability, injury, femininity and sexuality.
Comment by Remka
December 9th, 2007 at 11:28 am
This is just… not new at all. Like arisu wrote, R. Slocombe a T. Brown are working on these stuff for years now, not even mentioning japanese artists influenced by the SM scene.
I’ve seen weirdest thing while wandering in the Red Light disctrict in Amsterdam, or Hamburg, and it was not about fashion at all… Anyway there are sure strange fetichisms here, the strangest for me is when these things make their way to the mainstream world trough the magic keyword “fashion”.
Im living in Japan for a while, and well I say that the analysis of Annette makes a lot of sense for me. Sexuallity is a matter of power, anyway…
Comment by Remka
December 9th, 2007 at 11:30 am
And also : nobody pays attention to these girls, only ppl going to Harajuku the week-ends. For those who(ve been there, it a bit like Piccadily Circus whith this old vintage punk rock scene, everybody knows its just for the show…
Comment by damadorme
December 10th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
TAH BUNITA!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Screwbird
December 11th, 2007 at 1:57 am
While I’ve spent a bit on time in Japan, I don’t claim to understand the Japanese. However, being human, they are driven by the same motivations as most people.
So I’m not convinced there is anything especially subversive or artistic about this trend. Most fashion trends are simply about getting the attention of the opposite sex, and if nothing else, the Japanese are trend whores.
Western men are attracted to women that flaunt their sexuality with foobs and revealing dress.
Such behavior is far too aggressive for the average Japanese guy. So to encourage a Japanese man to open a dialog, it seems a Japanese women has to be as non-threatening as possible. Evidently, the whole school girl thing was still too threatening. So now we have this.
I recommend putting some of these bandages on a girl in a school uniform. It will be a combination irresistible to most Japanese men. The girl will either meet a man or be molested on the subway.
Comment by Léo
December 18th, 2007 at 4:40 am
Um paÃs tão lindo e com uma tradição cultural tão magnÃfica, se perdendo com uma adolescencia pobre desta forma. Só posso dizer que é uma pena!
Comment by Mel
December 18th, 2007 at 7:12 am
This is just funny, if o think about it they are correct everyone look at you wen you are with a big bandage.
Comment by Marcjonatas
December 18th, 2007 at 7:24 am
My God, I do believe atomic bomb has turn them corny goofy!!! Come back wonderful Japan!!!
Comment by Paulo
December 18th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Acabei de voltar de Paris…e acreditem…os turistas mais bizarros do mundo são os japoneses…chega a ser redÃculo e uma ofensa as tradições antigas!
Have just come back from Paris…and believe…the bravest tourists of the world are Japanese…it is scandalous and an offense the old traditions!
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Est revenu juste de Paris…et croit…les touristes les plus courageux du monde sont japonais…c’est scandaleux et une offense les vieilles traditions!
Ist nur von Paris zurückgekommen…und glauben Sie…die mutigsten Touristen der Welt sind japanisch…es ist skandalös und ein Vergehen die alten Traditionen!
Comment by Paula
December 18th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Muito sedutora!!!
Comment by Marquinho
December 18th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Que merda hein…
Enfaixa o Cú tb vai parecer uma tanajura de bnda branca…. rss
Comment by Nome
December 18th, 2007 at 10:42 am
essas meninas tem merda na cabeça.
deveriam se enrolar com papel higiênico.
Comment by Goos
December 18th, 2007 at 11:08 am
This fashion is coming from the Japanese anime and manga.
Appears constantly on some characters of the manga and anime Naruto.
As there is a fever about the anime and manga Japanese and their characters, is a step to move to real life.
Indeed, last year in Brazil, a collection, not remember the Sao Paulo or Rio Fashion Week, used in their collection of jackets, t-shirts and boardshorts, prints the character Naruto.
Comment by Guilherme
December 19th, 2007 at 7:17 am
até que são gatinhas!!
Comment by Gustavo
December 19th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Muito sedutora???? Ta doida??? hahahahahahahahaha
Comment by val
December 27th, 2007 at 5:09 am
the last sentence killed me.LOL.
Comment by Schwelty
December 29th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Didn’t this trend start with the famous Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion? When was that, like in 1995?
Comment by kurobuta
January 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I had the same thought when i saw this….
Comment by thwax
January 11th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Gasp! A youth trend influenced by something that happened a whole thirteen years ago? That ain’t right. These girls should have started dressing like this when they were two if they wanted any pop-culture cred…
Comment by Foofoo
January 31st, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Japanese people got some really weird and sick fetishes.
…i am SO moving there
Comment by ben
May 7th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
it is just stupid..
whats so frigging horny about it?
im not sugesting that its only the pussy or the tits or the whole idee behind having sex..
but this is just frigging weird
Comment by DJ Suzy Solar/Trance Fetish
July 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Well bandages are not one of my fetishes, but these girls are hot!! They look so vulnerable and cute, especially the girl with the scissors:)
Comment by ilhame
September 7th, 2008 at 5:48 am
wow!!!
Comment by friedlinx
September 15th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I’d hit it.
Comment by Indra
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
These girls clearly study behaverial science.
Comment by Goji
February 17th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Bandages have been a big thing in Second Life for some time. It’s a Neko/ Furry thing mostly…
Comment by Momoko
April 7th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Reminds me of GoruLoli.. Its cute ^^
Comment by Anne
December 16th, 2009 at 1:05 am
I dunno, I think its pretty cute. The eyepatches not so much, but the some of the regular bandages? Adorable. Then again, I always did go for the woobie type.