Sho Kasamatsu Jokes That Only Ahn Yujin Fans Showed Up at the Airport

Sho Kasamatsu arrived at a Korean airport ready for the kind of fan welcome usually reserved for major celebrities. Instead, he found only staff from his Korean agency waiting for him.

The Japanese actor shared the story on MBC’s variety program “Radio Star,” which aired on Sept. 2. Appearing without an interpreter, Kasamatsu showed off his fluent Korean and drew laughs with his account of expecting a more enthusiastic reception.

He said Korean fans had told him they would come to meet him whenever he visited the country. Because fans often wait at airports for famous people, Kasamatsu decided to prepare for his own arrival. During a visit for an interview last year, he spent 30 to 40 minutes putting together a simple outfit inspired by Korean idol airport fashion. He then tried to look stylish and posed with a wistful expression as he left the terminal.

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I was expecting it, but there was nobody. There were only the Korean agency men.

But no fans were there. “I was expecting it, but there was nobody. There were only the Korean agency men,” he joked.

On a later trip, he arrived without telling anyone. When he saw a large crowd, he assumed fans had somehow guessed his arrival. He imagined people taking photographs and cheering as the doors opened. Then he noticed IVE member Ahn Yujin standing nearby. The crowd had come for her, and the people he briefly mistook for his own fans left with Ahn. Once again, only agency staff remained.

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I thought, ‘Today, the fans guessed that I was arriving.’