{"id":2593467,"date":"2025-03-02T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/2593467\/model\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:00:19","slug":"naomi-watanabe-challenging-japans-female-beauty-standards-bbc-100-women-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/2593467\/model\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Watanabe: Challenging Japan\u2019s female beauty standards &#8211; BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A8MS9xbqj6o?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNaomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian who wants to conquer New York, and she also wants to challenge Japan&#8217;s female beauty standards.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People say, oh my God, you are fat! Don\u2019t show me your arm!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian, fashion icon and social media powerhouse, with 10 million followers on Instagram. Affectionately known as \u2018the Japanese Beyonce\u2018, she\u2019s now making a name for herself on the international comedy scene. <\/p>\n<p>Her ability to unapologetically embrace who she is has helped her break down body image norms in Japan &#8211; a culture that idealises skinny women &#8211; and led her to create her own fashion line, inclusive of plus-size women. She has featured on the cover of Vogue Japan and in fashion campaigns with brands such Adidas, Hugo Boss and Fendi, and also hosts her own podcast as she navigates her new life in New York.<\/p>\n<p>As she takes on her next challenge of breaking into the US comedy scene, BBC 100 Women sat down with Watanabe to discuss her work as a body positivity icon, how it feels to be one of Japan\u2019s most-loved personalities, and how to be funny in a different language.<\/p>\n<p>00:01 Meet Naomi Watanabe<br \/>\n01:17 Debut show in NY<br \/>\n02:19 \u2018Funny fashion, funny acting, funny dancing\u2019<br \/>\n02:48 \u2018I\u2019m not skinny, not tiny\u2019<br \/>\n03:40 \u2018We are the punyos\u2019<br \/>\n04:52 Body positivity<br \/>\n05:41 What her audience think of her<br \/>\n06:28 Naomi\u2019s childhood<br \/>\n07:43 Why she chose comedy<br \/>\n08:38 Dating in America<br \/>\n10:47 Performing in English<br \/>\n11:09 \u2018New York is special\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The BBC 100 Women team has a mission to address the under-representation of women in media. If you are interested in their content check out this playlist  \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4cbktJ5umbEcZTeaQO2v86O   <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #bbc100women #naomiwatanabe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian who wants to conquer New York, and she also wants to challenge Japan&#038;#82<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2593468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[627838],"tags":[201658,1640937,761689,1640932,1142973,1145684,8274,1193866,761684,1640936,15270,1640938,1640935,106,22840,28623,6268,66071,973376,14197,627766,1640934,1640933,21343],"class_list":{"0":"post-2593467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-model","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-bbc-100-women","10":"tag-bbc-documentary","11":"tag-bbc-world-service","12":"tag-beauty-standards","13":"tag-body-positivity","14":"tag-comedy","15":"tag-docs","16":"tag-documentaries","17":"tag-explainers","18":"tag-fashion","19":"tag-hannah-gelbart","20":"tag-investigations","21":"tag-japan","22":"tag-japanese-comedy","23":"tag-naomi-watanabe","24":"tag-new-york","25":"tag-podcast","26":"tag-podcasts","27":"tag-radio","28":"tag-stand-up-comedy","29":"tag-world-service","30":"tag-world-service-radio","31":"tag-21343"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2593468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}