[theqoo] A JAPANESE MEMBER WHO IS GETTING INTO A CONTROVERSY ALL DAY DUE TO HIS ANCESTRY

“Family name: Tokuno

‘Toku’ means ‘to obtain,’ and ‘no’ means ‘ability.’

This surname is so rare that only about 3,000 people nationwide in Japan possess it.”

Controversy is arising as a large number of Tokuno people were found to have worked in the employee roster of the Government-General of Korea

According to the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty (the Gojong Annals), it states that after the Eulsa Treaty, Tokuno family received a decoration from the Cabinet of the Empire of Japan

Real-time trends: Japanese Government-General of Korea (t/n: His ancestor was the top administrative body during the Japanese colonial rule in Korea)

I think this is the first time there’s been a suspicion(?) about an idol’s ancestors being the Japanese Colonial Government in Korea… 

1. No but this is seriously disgustingly shocking… What in the world… It hasn’t even been 100 years since Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonialism. Can’t you read the room and filter out those disgusting stuff

2. If you feel wronged by accusations of guilt by association and are so confident about your family, reveal the truth yourself so the public can see how you react. Aren’t you refraining from doing it clearly because you have something to hide? Just look at Utada Hikaru; there was an uproar about her family being from the Japanese colonial government. By the logic of the shielders, does that mean she is fine too?

3. Even when Koreans come from nepotism, people are critical, so why are the fans praising him for his wealthy Japanese background? ㅋㅋㅋ; The level of intelligence here

4. As a Korean, this feels very disturbing, and you’re telling me he was none other than the Japanese colonial administrator 

5. I’ve never seen allegations like this before…

6. Then the reason they are super rich is that they have been plundering Joseon for generations….

7. The company that debuted him and the fans supporting him aigo… The ones shielding him are the worst 

8. It’s creepy that they got exhumed for acting all high and mighty about their family background.

Japanese Colonial Government-dol… this is on a whole different level.

If it’s untrue, then clarify. You just need to clearly clarify all the suspicions, like why you couldn’t go to the US for the SM concert or whatever it was. Let’s see your family tree ㅋㅋㅋ

9. Hul;;;; Yushi?????? I seriously can’t turn a blind eye to this when the country should be put in front of the fandom 

10. If a Japanese person has a rare surname and comes from a wealthy family, people usually suspect they’re from a trashy family, but instead of turning a blind eye and keeping quiet about it, or worse, using it as a reason to fangirl…? And you’re telling me this is how the truth came out…? I feel dizzy, so dizzy

11. If you’re going to support a Japanese celebrity, it would be better to stay low-key rather than drawing attention to things like a rare surname

12. It makes me barf. To think that a descendant of a Japanese war criminal who occupied Korea is doing so well as a K-pop idol

13. Wow, it seriously makes me sick. I don’t know who he is, but I really hate it when they piggyback on Korean culture to get loved

14. Fans were defending him by saying he can’t choose his own ancestry, but isn’t the problem that he shamelessly came to Korea to be an idol? It’s infuriating that he lives well in Japan, but nothing can be done about it. However, making money as a celebrity in Korea is truly shameless

15. The Hannyeos who defend this ugly, anti-Japanese person with ancestors from the Japanese colonial government who hates his own hates… being a weaboo is indeed a mental illness