{"id":142706,"date":"2025-05-24T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142706"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:22:22","slug":"shotaro-calls-twices-sana-a-national-treasure-and-fans-arent-sure-how-to-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shotaro-calls-twices-sana-a-national-treasure-and-fans-arent-sure-how-to-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"Shotaro calls TWICE\u2019s Sana a \u201cnational treasure,\u201d and fans aren\u2019t sure how to feel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the May 23 episode of Fridge Interview,<strong> RIIZE<\/strong> member <strong>Shotaro<\/strong> melted hearts when calling <strong>TWICE\u2019s Sana<\/strong> a \u201cnational treasure\u201d in Japan. While his comment might\u2019ve charmed some, it quickly sparked drama and turned into a hot topic. Critics on the Internet accused the RIIZE member of name-dropping to gain clout.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MaflAuTnXGs\" title=\"[\uc0ac\ub098\uc758 \ub0c9\ud130\ubdf0] \ub0a8\uc790\uac00 \ub3fc\uc11c \ub3cc\uc544\uc628 \uc1fc\uc9f1\ud83e\udda6l EP.12 \ub77c\uc774\uc988 \uc1fc\ud0c0\ub85c \ud3b8\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MaflAuTnXGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The conversation was casual and friendly. Shotaro had just reunited with Sana, and they were reminiscing about their early K-pop days and how their fame has grown. He shared how wild it felt to have random people in Japan recognize him thanks to RIIZE\u2019s recent, well&#8230; rise! But when he said, \u201c<strong>Sana noona is like a God in Japan&#8230; sort of a national treasure<\/strong>,\u201d fans got divided. Some thought it was adorable, but others felt he was exaggerating her fame to ride TWICE\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguinstrawb\/status\/1925498615948276077\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shotaro saying that SANA is like a National Treasure and God in Japan\ud83d\udc51 <\/p>\n<p>even his friends who are uninterested in idols only cared to know if he met TWICE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sAJjbuY4Vt\">pic.twitter.com\/sAJjbuY4Vt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jay\ud83c\udf53 (@penguinstrawb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguinstrawb\/status\/1925498615948276077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shotaro also mentioned that his friends back home care less about his career and more about whether he\u2019s met TWICE, especially Sana. That made both idols laugh, but the internet didn\u2019t take it quite so lightly. Some fans argued that TWICE\u2019s popularity in Japan isn\u2019t what it used to be, with groups like <strong>Stray Kids<\/strong> allegedly taking the spotlight. Others defended the comment, saying it was clearly lighthearted and meant to show love for a respected senior.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Shotaro was just trying to share a funny story and show some admiration. But in the world of K-pop, even playful compliments can turn into headline drama!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the May 23 episode of Fridge Interview, RIIZE member Shotaro melted hearts when calling TWICE\u2019s Sana a \u201cnational treasure\u201d in Japan. While his comment might\u2019ve charmed some, it quickly sparked drama and turned into a hot topic. Critics on the Internet accused the RIIZE member of name-dropping to gain clout. The conversation was casual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":142707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[2441,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-142706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-riize","10":"tag-twice"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}