Senior citizens may want to stick to the standard rajio taisō. Otagei, or wotagei as it is sometimes written, is a type of dance often performed at Japanese pop idol concerts by hardcore fans (aka otaku). It involves energetically waving around lightsticks, jumping, and occasionally yelling and cheering in unison with other dancers. Rajio taisō, on the other hand, is a …

Get your otagei on. The otagei dance group Kita no Uchishitachi has released a video which shows them performing a routine to a song with one of Japan’s most popular music videos of 2017: “Fukyōwaon” (Dissonance, 不協和音) by the pop idol group Keyakizaka46. Check it out below. The version of “Fukyōwaon” used in the video above is a cover performed …

Your phone is ringing. Go to an anime song or idol concert in Japan and you will almost certainly see a bunch of guys frantically waving lightsticks around, cheering and jumping around, all while working up a mean sweat. This is called otagei (sometimes written wotagei) and it is one of the many ways otaku (hardcore fans of anime, manga, …

Who says otaku can’t dance? Just in time for the April 1st start date of the highly anticipated second season of the hit anime series, Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin), a Hokkaido otagei (otaku dance) group has released an Attack on Titai themed dance video that is sure to get you pumped. If you’ve ever been to or seen …