I did a little internet stalking on a person called Ladybeard. Well to be honest, I follow him everyday so there wasn't really anything new. I love him and you should too, regards a devoted fan girl.
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| He's the Beauty and the Beast! |
So I'm taking just a teeny-tiny bit of freedom regarding this task because I've been following Ladybeard (or Beard-chan, it's a nickname fans use) for some time now and I have knowledge how he interacts with his fans through social media from a longer period of time than just a couple of days. So I hope this is ok!
To sum up Ladybeard: He's a cross-dressing metal-singing pro-wrestling Australian living in Japan. Ladybeard is a character made for pro-wrestling: she's a 5-year-old girl who loves all things kawaii (Japanese for cute). Ladybeard brand has expanded a bit though and Ladybeard can mean both the pro-wrestling character and Ladybeard's celebrity persona as well. He also does kawaii-death metal shows, modeling and TV advertisements. In this post, I mostly talk about Ladybeard's persona, not that much about the character.
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| Sing, dance, destroy!! |
Ladybeard's known for his warmth towards his fans. It's a known fact that he wants to deliver a good show and that's why he's also known as a perfectionist: he really wants to nail everything down for his audience's amusement. This shows in his social media profiles as well.
He mostly posts photos of his projects and adventures to social media, but also gives us updates of his life. Sometimes he makes fun video clips and posts them to FB! He's gives off a very genuine image, even when he has to comment something more negative. He updates his social media daily but doesn't spam.
Here are some examples of how he interacts with his fans online:
- He did a thing a couple of weeks ago when he asked his fans to send him poses and he'd imitate those poses, took photos of them and posted them to Twitter for one hour
- He sometimes replies or likes the tweets send by his fans (He even calls his fans "Ladybirds" because they tweet so much!)
- He had an "Ask Ladybeard"-segment in his radio show where fans could tweet him questions. I got my question answered twice! ♥
- Like I mentioned above, he gives off a really genuine image of himself: apologizing when something hasn't worked, worrying about his fans if something has happened (like one time people send him really depressed messages when he had promised to give some life advice, so he took time to apologize about not being able to help them professionally and then proceeding on talking for a long time in his radio show about his life advice in hopes of helping his fans out) etc.
- His pages are managed in both Japanese and English so everybody has a chance of understanding what's happening
The whole Ladybeard thing is not about laughing at men in dresses or anything. It's about him wanting to make others feel happy. And it works, I feel super happy whenever I see him having a fun time and doing silly stuff. Aaand destroying some boundaries at the same time!! It's super awesome that he boosts the message with being super nice online (answering questions, doing "fan service" etc.) and offline (giving his all at gigs, being super nice when talked to etc.). It all works out so well.
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| Here's me making all my friends jealous by posing on Ladybeard's arms. |
He's a very interesting and energetic person who likes making others happy. What could be better? Now go follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!
Stay genki & kawaii,
Oona
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