Japanese actor Yui Itō, best known for portraying Sakura Haruno in Live Spectacle Naruto: Song of the Akatsuki, reportedly came close to an alarming encounter with a troubling individual at Jump Festa 2024.Shared by social media X (formerly Twitter) user @/uchihassasusaku, Itō uploaded an Instagram story of her talking about being chased at this year’s Jump Festa convention. Itō was there for a talk event regarding the live-action Naruto stage play, along with Masaki Nakao who played Naruto Uzumaki. Based on the translation, security footage didn’t capture the incident, causing Itō to fall asleep crying with feelings of frustration and depression. The Instagram image of the bamboo forest was uploaded to calm her nerves.Naruto fans online are expressing their sympathies to Itō, while calling out the toxic and sexist attitudes of those with a grudge against a fictionalized character like Sakura. As mentioned in uchihassasusaku’s thread, the women who have played Sakura worldwide have frequently experienced harassment in one form or another. This includes Japanese voice actor Chie Nakamura, who had fans tell her Sakura was weak and useless during meet-and-greet events. Yeo Min-jeong, the Korean voice actor for Sakura, talked about how upsetting it was to hear so many fans using swear words about Sakura. Even Katharina von Keller, the German voice actor for Sakura, experienced online harassment on TikTok for playing the character.
Japanese actor Yui Itō, best known for portraying Sakura Haruno in Live Spectacle Naruto: Song of the Akatsuki, reportedly came close to an alarming encounter with a troubling individual at Jump Festa 2024.
Shared by social media X (formerly Twitter) user @/uchihassasusaku, Itō uploaded an Instagram story of her talking about being chased at this year’s Jump Festa convention. Itō was there for a talk event regarding the live-action Naruto stage play, along with Masaki Nakao who played Naruto Uzumaki. Based on the translation, security footage didn’t capture the incident, causing Itō to fall asleep crying with feelings of frustration and depression. The Instagram image of the bamboo forest was uploaded to calm her nerves.
Naruto fans online are expressing their sympathies to Itō, while calling out the toxic and sexist attitudes of those with a grudge against a fictionalized character like Sakura. As mentioned in uchihassasusaku’s thread, the women who have played Sakura worldwide have frequently experienced harassment in one form or another. This includes Japanese voice actor Chie Nakamura, who had fans tell her Sakura was weak and useless during meet-and-greet events. Yeo Min-jeong, the Korean voice actor for Sakura, talked about how upsetting it was to hear so many fans using swear words about Sakura. Even Katharina von Keller, the German voice actor for Sakura, experienced online harassment on TikTok for playing the character.
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