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JAPANESE HOST BOYS: KABUKI-CHO HOSTS HAIRSTYLE. SHINJUKU HAIR SALON, CLUB AI, JROCK VISUAL KEI TUTORIAL.

Posted by La Carmina on March 8, 2011


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Hello, pretty host boys! I guest-hosted a Norway TV show about love in Japan, so of course, we explored the unique phenomenon of the host boy. Women pay these spiky-haired creatures to sing karaoke with them in Kabuki-cho clubs, drink copious champagne and whisper sweet nothings. A rent-a-boyfriend, if you will.

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The Norway TV show went to the home of Club Ai’s #1 host boy (yes, they are ranked and their “bite-me” photos displayed outside the club). Keiju greeted Ari and Per in nothing but a bath towel.

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Ari Behn, bestselling author and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, is quite the Prince Charming himself.

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But how can anyone compete with these slick-suited, vaguely foreign smooth-talkers?

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Bracelet buddies. (Super Exclusive Lothario Host Friendship Club?)

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Like many of you, the Norwegians wanted to know — what’s the secret to Japanese host boy hair? How do they get it so stylized? So we took them to Kurokami, a hair salon that specializes in these matters.

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Ari and Per got host-ified!

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The amount of hairspray used is unbelievable (almost a can a person). Using a small comb, the hair stylists sectioned, straightened and sprayed.

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Voila: Ari Behn as a host boy.

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We got a host-style wig just in case. The cameraman modeled it for us!

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Naomi and I had so much fun working with Norwegian TV (she took these photos). Our coolhunting and trend consulting firm, La Carmina & The Pirates, helps film/TV crews shoot in Japan and elsewhere. We help with arranging locations, translation, business dealings and more. There’s more about our services on our website.

Do you swoon in the presence of host boys? Have you ever been to a host club? What was it like?

PS: I think my host boy is much more attractive than the ones on the Norway TV show…

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  1. Icepeach
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:26 pm | Permalink

    HI!!<3 I am a Norwegian girl that was on your website, and read about you working with Ari and Per from the program " Ari og Per" And i am sooo jealous about they going to Japan meeting you!!!! Im am just 14 so my parents refuse me to goo =(

    Reply
    • lacarmina
      Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:39 pm | Permalink

      Thank you, I’m glad you saw it!

      Reply
    • -kodama
      Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:44 pm | Permalink

      Maybe you will see Japan when you are a little older- you wouldn’t be allowed into that host club until you’re an adult anyway… but you can still make touring Japan a fun goal for the future when you’re done with school! d(^_^)

      Reply
  2. Momo
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    What a doll ;).

    Reply
  3. LazyKandi
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:39 pm | Permalink

    FUCK YES!

    Reply
  4. Kon_kodou
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:39 pm | Permalink

    *o* the white haired one!

    Reply
  5. Stefan
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 9:41 pm | Permalink

    I contackt u when i go to Tokyo again.

    Reply
  6. ☆ Parangnabi ☆
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

    I want to rent- a -boyfriend , sexy, handsome and younger them me xDD

    amazing what the hairdresser made with their hair style *_*

    Reply
  7. Paulina
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 10:44 pm | Permalink

    The host boy hair part was hilarious xD

    Reply
  8. Laura
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 10:54 pm | Permalink

    PROPS ON LISTENING TO CHTHONIC, they are absolutely mindblowingly good!!! :D

    Reply
  9. Isa
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    It isn’t because you wrote “half naked japanese host boys” that i read your blog entry. Of course not ! I’m not that kind of girl

    Reply
  10. Eva
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

    HAHAHAHA!!! Wow!!! RENT-A-BOYFRIEND!!!!

    Reply
  11. Psique
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:35 pm | Permalink

    so hair-spray’s the secret huh??

    Reply
    • lacarmina
      Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

      I think the secret to host hair is Passion :)

      Reply
      • Psique
        Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

        I know, I just get frustrated sometimes….. i wish I could do it as fast as in kurokami hair salon

        Reply
  12. Dania
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:58 pm | Permalink

    Omg, please tell me what club the first guy is from! I had a hard time finding ones I really liked visually when I went. :[

    Reply
  13. Marissa
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:26 am | Permalink

    Do Lemon and Ementhy join you on any of your adventures anymore these days? I miss those two from your posts…

    Reply
    • lacarmina
      Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:32 am | Permalink

      Awww! I miss them too… we haven’t been able to meet up for some time

      Reply
      • Marissa
        Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:34 am | Permalink

        Aw, that’s too bad. Though I was hoping to hear something like they’ve both been super busy after taking up respective modeling careers or something :)

        Reply
  14. John
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:26 am | Permalink

    Thanks for introducing me to ChthoniC. Great band it seems.

    Reply
    • M12
      Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:27 am | Permalink

      I saw them live some years ago, very powerful band! I especially loved seeing Su-Nung live <3

      Reply
  15. Carlos
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:22 am | Permalink

    Ooh ooh there’s documentary about rakkyo lounge in Japan about host boys “the great happiness space” or something like that. Its a very enjoyable documentary

    Reply
  16. Jill
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:26 am | Permalink

    AH Japan, you never cease to amaze me with your strangeness lol

    Reply
  17. Star_gackt
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:26 am | Permalink

    I wish Singapore haz it , it would be fun to experience it :)

    Reply
  18. Flip
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:33 am | Permalink

    LAWWWWWWL. Carmina, I love this, really, just to see someone like Ari Behn in host hair, so lawl.

    Reply
  19. Stacy
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 2:04 am | Permalink

    I lived in Japan and briefly dated a guy who was a host….interesting experience. Spent Xmas eve in a host club. Probably best Xmas ever! hehe

    Reply
  20. Andrea
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 2:06 am | Permalink

    I wanna see more about host-boys. Its so hard to find good info! Please make host-boy “shopping guide” La Carmina!!! Onegaishimaasssuuuu!

    Reply
  21. Anonymous
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 3:47 am | Permalink

    ah-hahah ! This article is so much FUN ! ( ^ __ ^ )

    Reply
  22. Jackie
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 5:25 am | Permalink

    i <3 this photographs

    Reply
  23. Glitch
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 5:34 am | Permalink

    *writes down on paper.* Going to salon = getting girls.
    Chthonic? I do believe the internets has just been won. :)

    Reply
  24. Jrockonhigh
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 5:41 am | Permalink

    It sounds like an interesting experience but I’ll wait until I’m twenty at least. This post was interesting and their hairstyles are awesome; if only I could get my hair to cooperate with me to try to ‘host-ify’ it.

    Reply
  25. Sarah
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 6:16 am | Permalink

    chthonic is an awesome band:D

    Reply
  26. Portgas
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    HOT! <3

    Reply
  27. Lena Hizaki
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 10:18 am | Permalink

    I’ve never been to a host club, but now I sure want to go to one someday! haha ^^
    This was an awesome episode, half-naked host boys was much to my liking. xD

    Reply
  28. コンスタンティーナ
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

    the best host boy could only be Basil! <3

    Reply
  29. Hege
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 10:38 pm | Permalink

    This show was awesome! I’m hoping for more Norway- collaborations :D

    Reply
    • Lena
      Posted March 9, 2011 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

      Haha, same here! xD

      Reply
  30. Yukiro Dravarious
    Posted March 10, 2011 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    ahh! I wanna get host hair one day ^~^

    Reply
  31. Katrina Elm
    Posted May 22, 2011 at 8:58 am | Permalink

    Yes, Seba is much better looking! I actually own a documentary on host clubs in Japan, because they fascinate me so! I think the next book you write, La Carmina, should be a book on the coolest places to go in Japan. I know I would buy it. Or a shopping guide, because I think you know the best places to buy goth and kawaii things.

    Reply

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