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Pikotaro Wants You to Stay Healthy by Hopping and Flapping [Video]


Posted on  May 11, 2020

Let Pikotaro whip you into shape with his latest song. Are you stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic? Are you thinking that you should exercise more? Are you not sure what to do? Maybe you can do some Zumba. Or how about doing a yoga class through Zoom? Or you can forget all that and give working out …

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Pikotaro Addresses the Coronavirus Pandemic in “PPAP 2020” [Video]


Posted on  April 5, 2020

I have a hand. I have a soap. UH! Wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, wash… With the global coronavirus pandemic going on it is more important than ever to frequently and thoroughly wash your hands. It’s recommended that you should carefully wash your hands for at least 20 seconds using soap numerous times throughout the day. …

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Forever PPAP: X Japan’s Yoshiki And PPAP’s Pikotaro Team Up! (Video)


Posted on  September 5, 2017

The most sentimental rendition of PPAP yet. Leader and co-founder of the legendary Japanese rock band X Japan has posted a video to his Instagram account in which he teams up with Pikotaro to create one of the most haunting and hilarious renditions of PPAP yet. The video below was posted to Yoshiki’s Instagram page on Monday (Sept. 4) and …

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Pikotaro And A Twitter Controversy: Spanish Pro Footballer Gerard Pique’s Eventful Trip To Japan (Video)


Posted on  July 13, 2017

  This week professional Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique tweeted out two videos of his recent visit to Japan; one in which he performs a cover of last year’s viral sensation “PPAP” with Pikotaro himself, and another one which resulted in a bit of criticism from many Japanese Twitter users. In the Pikotaro video, Pique, who plays for FC Barcelona …

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Pikotaro Helps Fight Global Poverty And Hunger Via New PPAP Cover (Video)


Posted on  July 9, 2017

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a video starring the leopard print wearing singer-songwriter from Chiba, Japan, Pikotaro, in order to raise awareness about the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established in 2015 by the United Nations, the SDGs are a 15-year plan consisting of 17 global goals created with the intent of doing things like ending …

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Pikotaro Gets Anime Series, Avex Releases Preview Of Pikotaro Sung Ending (Video)


Posted on  July 7, 2017

On Wednesday (Jul 5) the Japanese video and music production company Avex released a preview of the ending song for Pikotaro’s upcoming anime series Pikotaro’s Lullaby Lullaby (ピコ太郎のララバイラーラバイ, pikotaro no rarabai raarabai), Created and planned by the Japanese comedian, music producer and man that plays Pikotaro, Kosaka Daimaou, this anime series was announced last month and will consist of three-minute-long …

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Pikotaro And Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Team Up In Order To Get People To Change Their Light Bulbs (Video)


Posted on  May 26, 2017

The city of Tokyo has released a parody video of last year’s viral sensation PPAP, which stars both the man responsible for PPAP, Pikotaro, and Tokyo’s current governor Yuriko Koike. This peculiar team-up between the leopard print suit wearing YouTube star and Tokyo’s first female governor is the result of a Tokyo city campaign intended to promote energy conservation by …

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Pikotaro Makes Guest Appearance In PSY’s New Music Video (Video)


Posted on  May 12, 2017

Two YouTube viral sensations finally meet. PSY, the Korean pop star/rapper/dancer and man behind the viral music video of 2012, “Gangnam Style,” has released a new music video, which features a brief guest appearance by none other than Mr. PPAP himself, Pikotaro. Released on Wednesday (May10), this music video is for PSY’s new song “I Luv It,” which is one …

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