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Fans continue to marvel at Jimin's popularity in Japan
BY pjms_gina · December 4, 2023
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Jimin has been causing quite a stir on social media with his recent trip to Japan, where he sparked a frenzy among fans, thanks to his extensive popularity in the country that has positioned him as one of the most loved K-pop idols in Japan. As previously reported, his airport look resulted in massive sales to Dior from fans as they attempted to replicate his simple yet unique and brilliant accessorizing [refer here]. Additionally, a local chain restaurant in Japan has been getting an influx of customers after Jimin visited the eatery and posted a photo on his social media. The massive volume of traffic caused the restaurant's management to implement a ticketing system to aid in managing the sudden big number of customers more efficiently [refer here]. All these events have resulted in a hot topic among fans on the kind of influence that Jimin holds globally, Japan being one of the top countries where his impact is undeniable and can be really felt in numerous aspects of the social environment.
As a follow up to the restaurant viral trend, it has now been about 5 days since Jimin visited the 'Coco Ichibanya' restaurant causing many fans to visit the eatery for meals as well. However, it is reported that the queueing at the restaurant by fans is yet to subside till now. If anything, the customers seem to be increasing in number each day because a few days ago, fans who visited the restaurant stated that they were waiting for 5 to 6 hours to be served but now the wait time has become 7 hours! Fans are seen starting to queue at the door of the restaurant from as early as 9 am or before, just to stand a chance of entering the restaurant and sitting at the table that Jimin sat, as many are said to lose out on a ticket because of the long queues and wait time.
The queue to enter Jimin's CoCo壱 restaurant at 9am! 🤯pic.twitter.com/sz4gVK9CFI
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) November 29, 2023
7 hours of waiting for a table or complete loss of the ticket at the CoCo壱 restaurant!!!! My God Jimin JIMIN is king midas everything he touches turns into gold 😭
— ¹³ ☽ (@pjmpoems13) November 30, 2023
IT BOY JIMIN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zehBDsrY08
5 days later and people still queueing up for over 7 hours to sit at Jimin's table in CoCo 😭 pic.twitter.com/dRmv36j1BW
— Star 🥚 (@minieskies) November 30, 2023
People going daily trying to get seats at Jimin's table in CoCo but it getting constantly sold out 😭😭😭 imagine if he opened his own restaurant or any kind of brand pic.twitter.com/brr3LLtnqF
— Star 🥚 (@minieskies) November 30, 2023
For the OP "the numbered tickets have already been distributed for the seat where Jimin sat in CoCo壱, so I'll try again next time"pic.twitter.com/2pvAjMNTmu
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) November 30, 2023
In a different case, the 2023 MAMA Awards ceremony held in Japan further demonstrated the deep love that the country has for Jimin. In this event, he won the 'Best Male Artist' award following his hugely successful official solo debut this year, where his album 'FACE' reported the highest number of sales for a Korean solo artist in its first week on Oricon chart. The Japanese public evidently received his album very warmly and deeply appreciated his spectacular artistry.
Now on winning this award, many of those in attendance of the show stated that the whole venue erupted in loud cheers the moment Jimin's name was mentioned as the winner. Of note is that many Japanese fans were not among the attendees of the awards show because not BTS nor any of the members would be attending the show even though they had been nominated under various categories. This implied that rather than his fandom, it was mostly the public and fans of other artists in attendance, who showed this much love and support for Jimin, further demonstrating his impact in the country.
Additionally, despite knowing that Jimin would not be attending the show, some of his fans still showed up to the show anticipating a win, showing the strong love and support system for him by his Japanese fans.
So many posts by users on X all narrated the same thing, that the cheers for Jimin after his win were incredible.
[#2023MAMA] Best Male Artist #jimin #지민 @bts_bighit
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) November 29, 2023
We proudly announce the great winner of the 2023 MAMA AWARDS!🏆
ONE I BORN
2023 MAMA AWARDS#MAMAAWARDS #2023MAMAAWARDS pic.twitter.com/zD4U0XUkYo
#JiminMAMABestMaleArtist#우리지민이상받았네
— 올포지민 (@ALLFORJIMIN_KOR) November 29, 2023
pic.twitter.com/DwIzqkcx7u
non jimin biased japanese armys qrting the MAMA jimin winning tweet and saying when his name was announced the dome shook 🥹
— We swim forever⁷ ♡ 🍉 (@nerdalicious00) November 29, 2023
Waaah apparently most of the people there weren't even armys since other group fans got tickets to see their faves and no one from BTS was attending so it was mostly non armys cheering. Jimin is so loved by everyone omg 🥺🥹 https://t.co/ikX4WA3H6d
— Star 🥚 (@minieskies) November 29, 2023
More people saying the same 🥹 pic.twitter.com/HJdFLVvjuF
— Star 🥚 (@minieskies) November 29, 2023
“The cheering when Jimin was announced as winner was awesome. It was heartwarming to feel that Jimin is loved not only by ARMY but also by KPOP fans”
— MOCHITEN🪞| 🎧Like Crazy (@JIMIN_MOCHITEN) November 30, 2023
“The moment when Jimin’s name was called, there were filled with cheers that I think everyone in the venue was cheering for him” pic.twitter.com/m9dzsr9trI
“Especially when Jimin Chan’s name was called, Everyone was happy and waving their light sticks so high!”
— MOCHITEN🪞| 🎧Like Crazy (@JIMIN_MOCHITEN) November 30, 2023
“Everyone was shaking with excitement and saying “ Wow~~!” ”
“The venue was so warm for Jimin” pic.twitter.com/4f1uyABsMg
“I will never forget the cheers so loud that the Tokyo Dome shook.”
— MOCHITEN🪞| 🎧Like Crazy (@JIMIN_MOCHITEN) November 30, 2023
“The cheers of everyone’s celebration at the Dome were amazin. I hope it reached to Jimin”
“I wanted Jimin chan to hear the cheers too…But I believe that cheers of congratulations have reached to him💜” pic.twitter.com/g3JMBRF6Mw
The cheers for Jimin when he got announced as winner for Best Male Artist😭👏 it’s warm my heart that despite he wasn’t there, lots of people cheers and support him💖
— titi¹³ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ (@dior_miimi) November 30, 2023
Congratulations Jimin🎉
(Vid cc to @/_uhmzee_) pic.twitter.com/jvh0v52lht
The cheers for Jimin when he got announced as winner for Best Male Artist 😭 even non pjms were so happy for our Jimin ❤️🔥 Jimin is so so loved 🤍 pic.twitter.com/Ju9XrGN8Vk
— ꜱʟʏᴛʜᴇʀɪɴ ᴊɪᴍɪɴ (@jimin_lil_devil) November 30, 2023
oh my god the loud cheers when his name showed up 😭 pic.twitter.com/JZ89YChjFa
— raghad (@shyjjmn) November 29, 2023
Fans on X celebrated Jimin and his big win with beautiful messages, bringing numerous tags and keywords onto USA and worldwide trends where 'CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN' rose as high as #2 on USA list and #1 on the worldwide list. Multiple other trends related to the celebrations also emerged and were as shown below, displaying the electrifying excitement in the atmosphere.
Jimin's X Trends | Worldwide 🌏
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) November 29, 2023
Earlier "CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN" was trending at #2 Worldwide and in the US as we celebrated Jimin's magnificent MAMA Best Male Artist win! 🔥
Additionally, #JiminMAMABestMaleArtist trended at #7 Worldwide and "OUR JIMIN RECEIVED AN AWARD" at #22!… pic.twitter.com/QzwpyS6OHu
"CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN" is currently trending at #1 worldwide with #SpotifyWrapped
— FirstSnow JiminData ❄️ (@FJimindata) November 29, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN
JIMIN MAMA BEST MALE ARTIST#JiminMAMABestMaleArtist#우리지민이상받았네
OUR JIMIN RECEIVED AN AWARD pic.twitter.com/c8vLp0Hclv
The excitement was over the roof as fans felt that he absolutely deserved that win, looking at all the records he has achieved with his album as compiled below.
Jimin's win for BEST MALE ARTIST in MAMA2023 is truly well-deserved.
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) November 29, 2023
This year has been a great start to his journey as a solo musician, and his records speak for themselves!pic.twitter.com/6eiSL1EY8r
We want to thank Jimin for his incredible work and express our pride in him.…
Always, Jimin never fails to show his gratitude to the fans, and shortly after the awards show ended he posted a heartwarming message for fans on Weverse, thanking them for all the awards that BTS and its members had received. His humility and gratitude is one of the core reasons why fans adore him so much!
Jimin's Weverse Post 231129
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) November 29, 2023
🐥Today we received many really precious awards.
🐥I'm sincerely thankful to ARMYs, who always cheer for us and love us.
🐥I will do my best to show you even better music and performances.
🐥Thank you once again and I love you 💜
Jimin must be so… pic.twitter.com/r5JJTdZ6Ib
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