{"id":"ken-sama","name":"Ken-Sama","summary":"Ken-Sama is a fictional American weeaboo character born from a 2009 4chan copypasta about an adult man desperate to move to Japan. The character picked up a strange afterlife, with 4chan users mourning his supposed death in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and a 2021 Twitter hoax reviving him as a 'glow-up' legend with a Japanese wife.","tags":["ken-sama","ken sama","4chan copypasta","weeaboo","otaku meme","gomenasai my name is ken-sama","japanophile"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/ken-sama-ken-sama-original-portrait.webp","caption":"The widely circulated cropped portrait that became the face of the Ken-sama meme, originally posted in 2009.","width":1600,"height":900,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/ken-sama-person-finder-prank-entry.webp","caption":"A prank entry submitted to Google's 2011 Japan Earthquake Person Finder falsely listing Ken-sama as deceased, part of the early meme circulation.","width":680,"height":437,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/ken-sama-ken-sama-lore-reply-tweet.webp","caption":"A 2021 reply tweet revisiting the original kimono blog posts and the long-standing debate over Ken-sama's identity.","width":680,"height":901,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/ken-sama-social-01.webp","caption":"Ken-Sama","width":720,"height":548,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/ken-sama-social-02.webp","caption":"Ken-Sama","width":542,"height":819,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ken-sama/history.md","related":["3dpd","desu","2017-las-vegas-strip-shooting","goodnight-sweet-prince","i-saw-flying-lotus-in-a-grocery-store-copypasta","john-is-kill","cardboard-box-gundam","meido-outfit","otaku","pantsu","white-man-in-a-kimono","waifu"],"popularityRank":2855,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}