The Chinese collectively stalked a Japanese athlete (5 photos)

Do you know who the most beautiful badminton player is according to sports fans? Chiharu Shida from Japan. And do you know who loves badminton? The Chinese. But it turns out that the cutest badminton player and the Chinese have the most tense relations.





The staged photo shoot is really cute

"I'm scared"

Chiharu Shida, who is called "the most beautiful badminton player", says that obsessive fans scare her "every time we come to China to compete". She even begged Chinese fans to stop harassing her, saying that she feels "very uncomfortable and very scared". Chiharu Shida recently made this known on social media while participating in the Asian Badminton Championships in Ningbo. She said the pressure from Chinese fans has increased in the last 18 months and she has faced real harassment and stalking.



Chiaru at the tournament, how can you tell if she is pretty or not, she runs!

Chiharu Shida, 27, won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the Paris Olympics last year. The Japanese is extremely popular in China and is often referred to on social media as "the most beautiful badminton player."

- Thank you all for your continued support, but I would like to ask one thing from all my fans. We are being harassed every time we perform in China, this has been going on for a year and a half. Lately, we feel very uncomfortable and very scared. From now on, please stop the harassment and this kind of behavior immediately. If this situation continues, I will have to figure out how to stop it, - wrote Shida.

When she said that we are afraid, she probably meant her teammate Nami Matsuyama.





Chiharu gets upset when she finds out she has to go to China( Well, you can't

This has been going on for quite some time. In November 2023, Shida said she was followed and touched inappropriately by fans in Shenzhen. She later asked in a social media post for them to "keep their distance and respect both sides." If the Chinese love someone, they love "with passion," it's their collective tradition. We've never had such fanaticism even towards Stas Mikhailov from mature women. Tracking, where does the athlete live? Easy.



The Chinese are very keen on badminton. Why? There is no answer... tradition.

To China's credit, the Chinese Olympic Committee officially condemned the culture of obsessive fans when Shida complained publicly. And they have even been unsuccessfully fighting this culture for a long time. It's just that everything usually stays inside China, because the Chinese support their own first. The most toxic "fan support" is among Chinese stars in diving, swimming and table tennis. For example, Fan Zhendong, a three-time Olympic table tennis champion, begged fans to respect his privacy after he was mobbed in a hotel lobby.



Fan Zhendong is tired of it all

In 2023, Fan revealed that he was stalked by a woman who got a key card and entered his hotel room. It is noteworthy that the Japanese are usually the best Asians at stalking. And here they were surpassed by the Chinese. Well, Japanese, get over it, "there is always an Asian who does it better." But for online bullying, I would give the unconditional first prize to South Korea, although even this is prohibited by law there, they still manage to do it! And who would you give the first prize for toxic fanaticism?