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Jun 14 2007 11 Comments

Tokyo trance

In fad driven Japan, it’s somewhat surprising that ParaPara dancing is still alive and kicking, the combination of complicated arm movements and abominable Eurobeat backing somehow securing a place in the hearts of its predominantly female practitioners. The video below amply demonstrating the manic movements and monotonous music synonymous with the trend.

Yet in male dominated Japan, such sanitised shenanigans is simply no good, so one enterprising individual has made the most of ParaPara’s predominantly upper body undulations. The crafty addition of massive animated mammaries creating a hypnotic if not exactly wholesome effect.

(video via Japan Sugoi)

Categorized: Music

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  1. PkerUNO says

    6/14/2007 at 5:45 pm

    Hey now, Eurobeat is good!

    It’s just Hinoi Team who suck massive balls. 🙁

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  2. Suhana says

    6/14/2007 at 6:08 pm

    Yeah, maybe that’s ‘hynpotic’ if you don’t have breasts…all I can do it watch it and wince every time they make a particularly sudden move or flop. I mean, owww.

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  3. Adam says

    6/15/2007 at 12:36 am

    And then there’s this:

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  4. Adam says

    6/15/2007 at 12:38 am

    Oops, it didn’t embed the You Tube video. Sorry about that. Here’s a link then:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4gluwp8dqw

    Bikini model Eiko Koike doing ParaPara. *ahem*

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  5. Kyoto Mike says

    6/15/2007 at 7:11 am

    too bad, when I tell Japanese people I like trance, they think of this “Super Euro-beat” crap and not real trance from Europe.

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  6. Kyoto Mike says

    6/15/2007 at 7:13 am

    nice find Adam!

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  7. John says

    6/15/2007 at 3:42 pm

    For some reason it reminded me of Bucks Fizz… and sure enough you tube has the footage from the ’81 eurovision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPUc5PbEh3E

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  8. Lee says

    6/15/2007 at 7:33 pm

    Bucks Fizz, now there’s a blast from the past.

    Although not a necessarily welcome one…

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  9. Koko says

    6/16/2007 at 10:52 pm

    I have to say I agree with Suhana.
    No wonder they look so saggy.

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  10. PkerUNO says

    6/17/2007 at 1:01 pm

    Kyoto: Eurobeat IS from Europe. It’s produced in Italy. Except for the Hinoi Team crap.

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  11. laila says

    8/4/2009 at 10:46 am

    I like the para para on “High School Teacher”, it looks like so much fun
    http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/para-para-dance-videos/

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